MTG Arena and Forum Suggestions
So I have been playing a lot of Arena in the last few weeks, although I started playing probably around when it debuted, and I thought that I would post my thoughts here regarding some things that I would like to see added to the game or included in future updates. These are in not in order of priority as listed here, and indeed some are rather trivial compared to others.
1) I would like metrics and stats for my collection to be available in game. As far as I am aware this is not currently available, and I think it would be rad to be able to see the total number of cards in my collection, number of each color, set, rarity, and so on. I'd also like better and more comprehensive deck metrics and stats such as the ability to track a specific deck iteration win/loss ratio.
2) I would like 3+ player games to be available, and a Game Lobby/LFG system would also be pretty groovy in my opinion.
3) I would like a "Mark All As Seen" button on my collection page. It's a minor thing, but I find it slightly annoying or anxiety-inducing to have to mouse over every new card to remove the "New" tag. This may not be something everyone cares about. No big deal.
4) I would like Custom Games and Formats to receive support and be playable on MTG Arena. Star, Emperor, Type 4, Horde, Archenemy, Planechase, and Wizard's Tower would all be great to be able to play via Arena. ****, Booze Cube support would be fantastic too, but I expect that one won't happen.
5) I would like a goldfishing option so I can play my deck out solo to test it.
6) Direct Challenge and Friend Challenge seem to have a lot of overlap in functionality and purpose, and they could probably be combined or streamlined a bit more.
7) The last item I would like to see, and it is a big one, is more product reciprocity between paper and digital Magic the Gathering. I realize that there are some pre-cons that have codes in them for redemption on MTG Arena, and that is the kind of thing I am talking about. I would like more of that. ****, I'd like every printed card to have a QR code or keycode that you could input to Arena. I'd also like to be able to receive product directly from MTG Arena for having completed a particular grouping of cards. This could work in a similar way to how MTGO used to do things where you would receive a full set when you completed it digitally. I don't immediately know all of what to suggest here for practical implementation of this feature, and my memory of how it used to work on MTGO is foggy, so don't bite my head off about it, but the bottom line is that it feels pretty bad to me to have so little product reciprocity across the board between digital and physical MTG. This is the single most important issue, to me, on my list.
8) I'd like to be able to trade cards with other users of MTG Arena.
9) Would be nice to know if any WotC employees read the MTG Arena forums, and especially if any devs read them.
Anyway, if you read the whole thing, thanks and cheers!