iPadOS app performance
Hello! I’ve started playing Magic Arena on iOS and iPadOS and love the new availability. However, the iPadOS app seems to lag behind in terms of performance, which surprises me. On my iPhone 12 Pro Max, the performance of the Arena app is great, with close to 60 FPS performance and few frame drops or awkward moments.
The iPadOS version however, falls behind. On my 2018 iPad Pro (arguably a better machine than my phone) the app plays in 30 or fewer FPS, scrolling horizontally through a large battlefield has issues, selecting lands from a stack is frustrating, and the images seems stretched to the screen incorrectly.
I would expect the iPad app to be the premier way to play Magic! Pokémon TCGO, for example, is only on iPads, and runs well (despite the quality of the game.) I would love to see the iPad app jump up in performance and UI in the near future.
MoxMulder#69748
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kubulux#43339
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I need performance mode so much. After couple of updates ago, my older ipad just loads so looong, app crashes every 15 min and performance is very very bad.
Disable some effects is one thing but probably code base of this app is really getting heavy. It calls for refactoring and looking deeply into it.
Please do something, otherwise many people including me will stop playing. I'm not buying new device just to play it.
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UndeadLegends#47914
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I fully support this comment and hope Wizards upgrades it on this platform. There should be performance options too like the ability to shut off unnecessary graphics or movement on screen to help. I lag out once every 4 games or so for no apparent reason and it’s not my Wifi and my iPad is fairly new. It’s very frustrating when you’re in a pivotal moment in the game and all of a sudden you can’t play your cards cause your hand keeps minimizing and then pulling itself back up and your card doesn’t follow your finger on the screen it’s like 10 steps behind you and then your opponent says “Hello” because they think you’re being slow.
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MDF#96955
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Same with the android version being limited, other games have no issue and I can see my CPU and GPU have plenty more to give both hovering around the 20-30% mark to hit the 30fps ceiling so it would be nice to at least be able to get 60fps as it is it feels sluggish and unresponsive at 30