Algorithm Improvement
I'm sure you're getting a lot of complaints about how one-sided your algorithm is not being impartial and often times screwing over players with land draws that should not be happening in a purely random sample - so my complaint can be added to that pile.
But, an idea for changing the algorithm to improve randomization would be having the program assign a number to each card remaining in a deck and pile shuffling the cards into X amount of piles (let's say 6). It can repeat this process Y amount of times then take the middle of the pile and put those cards on top. A better template would be from the card shuffler for poker sets from stores.
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Fearthechicken#49574 commented
Constantly lose at least 6 out of 10 games due to the SHUFFLER! It DOESN’T WORK! There has to be an algorithm that works better than the current one or at least put an icon on the screen that players can use to reset the match or end with draw within the first 5 rounds. It doesn’t have to be perfect but it needs FIXED it’s VERY frustrating.
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xTehOnex#15434 commented
MMR system needs a complete redo.
I take a break from the game for 8 months, come back and I am bronze ranked. Immediately I am put against silver, gold, plat, diamond, and mythic players. I do not get matched against players in my rank nearly ever.
So I get to enjoy playing high MMR games, while feeling like I am complete trash at the game because I am only in bronze. When it reality, your MMR is completely separate from your rank and has zero relation to it.
Either change it so your MMR is displayed and you ONLY play against those within +/- so many MMR - OR - change it so you at least aren't playing against people outside of you rank (ex. Bronze vs. Bronze, Diamond Vs. Diamond, etc.)
I'm done trying to enjoy ranked when I am put up against top 200 mythic streamers when I am a stay at home dad.
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Alu card#32803 commented
Entire games with zero drawn mana.... in a mana heavy deck. Then there are games where well over half the draws are mana.... of the same names in clumps because the algorithm doesn't shuffle properly!
It's even more apparent in draw or scry decks just how clumped the cards of the same name are.....
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Sparky93#04353 commented
How is it possible that every saturday and sunday i easily fly through mythic rating and then during the week i lose every single game? Dogshit programming, this game isn't competitively viable AT ALL. Fix your matchmaking or fail. Period.
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Photon_mass#22311 commented
Based on what I have seen on this forum and your lack of responses, it is very clear Wizards of the Coast or whoever cares nothing about the customer's enjoyment or experience.
I used to love this game. it was the best way to relax and allow the mind to have fun, but after returning from a small break from playing it was a completely different experience.
The deck shuffling and dispersion of land have now made this game completely unplayable. I have tried every formation of a deck, and I have tried playing decks that were constructed by the game. In any circumstance the deck is shuffled so only 1-3 lands are dealt the entire game or land is all that I am dealt.
I have pleaded with your company to address this and heard no response.
So I am taking a break from Magic, and sadly, perhaps I may try again to see if things change, However, my current level of frustration and WoC's lack of care inclines me to just say good riddance to a malfunctioning product.
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Asinann#94917 commented
Your land distribution is absolute garbage. If I put less than 25 land in a deck I only get what I draw at the beginning of the game, AFTER I mulligan because the first two pulls gave me one land, if I put 25 land in the deck I start with 3 and by turn 7 have 9.
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ARivasII89#76709 commented
Why the **** is it that, as soon as I choose to play Mono Red, I am immediately and repeatedly paired with ******* ANGELS?!!?!
I NEVER see the **** Angels deck, when playing any of my midrange range decks. Yet, it never ******* fails, the moment I choose to play Mono Red, that's all you all pair me with.
**** YOUR STUPID ******* ALGORITHM, WIZARDS!
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Alu card#32803 commented
A card game that requires proper shuffling Shou have proper shuffling.
It's easy to tell with draw or scry decks that your shuffling algorithms are disgraceful trash that has a pattern of putting same cards together....It's blatant and makes the game less enjoyable.
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ARivasII89#76709 commented
Why the **** have I been paired against Gruul Aggro (a notable bad match up for midrange) FOUR ******* TIMES IN A ROW?!!?
Seriously, what the ****, Wizards. Enough with the manipulative match pairings.
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Yisreal#66128 commented
The Card shuffling system needs to be updated, no matter how many times i edit it seems my matches consist of TOO MANY manas, or nothing but cards, Also how you know its bad when I have only 1 type of a creature card but some how get it in every game but other cards i have 4 of i never see, and ive test it out with friends, we can go over 10 mins without seeing the other half of a deck, it seem like magic is favoring cards I have other card I want to play!
Overall the Shuffling needs an overhaul why have 100 card deck if you you wont see half of it because -
Dmack665#71970 commented
like you can't tell the moment your algorithm picks a winner 4 games in a row they just happen to get around the skill card come on you could at least act like your playing far loser.tictocticrocrictoc
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ARivasII89#76709 commented
Why the **** do I ONLY get paired with life gain decks, when I'm playing Mono Red?! Haven't seen a single one, when I play midrange. Switch to Red and its half of my ******* pairings! Really?
In case you idiots don't know, CONTRIVED and LOP-SIDED match pairings are not "fun!"
Pure idiocy, Wizards.
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uly#27594 commented
There needs to be a better ratio, or cycle on how many times you go second. I’ve literally got 2nd the past 6 games in ranked and lost, due them starting. It’s ******* ridiculous. All those games I could have won going 1st and setting up my board. Playing these ***** *** red or blue decks. Of course they are going to win if they go first. This arena is ******* garbage and needs to be fixed. Don’t get me started on the mana that doesn’t show up or mana is the only thing that shows up.
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SexyBoo4RU#97772 commented
Please fix the Shuffling AI for playing. It is getting ridiculous that every player i play against gets perfect cards everytime during a game, and i only get ALL lands or ALL creatures or HIGH cards. There numerous times i dont get any other land but one (from the beginning) for 7-10 turns later in the game in which i am already dead. you need to readjust the shuffling to that it balances out the cards in my decks (in which i have a good balance of cards of every type and lands). This is not making the game fun when i dont get anything i can use within the first few turns. Everyone i pay against seem to always get their lands and every card they can use everytime. Which isnt fair. Do better and adjust the AI shuffling.
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HI-TAN#42214 commented
土地を引く確率がおかしい。占術で4枚土地を送ったのにドローは全て土地でした。
盤面には土地が6枚あり、4枚送り、3枚土地を引く。あからさまに負けを誘発するような土地の引き方に疑問を感じる。(1枚目)またデッキに1枚しか入れてない土地か頻繁に初手に来る。これはかなりの確率で起こっているので、有難いですけど、おかしい気がします。(2~4枚目)、少ない枚数の土地が初手に来る事が多い気がします。7戦行い4-3でしたが、この内5戦土地1枚のカードが初手にありました。
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[Deleted User] commented
2 ******* sundering titans in a draft and he draws both. All my lands stacked at the end of my deck. Yes the devs are playing private accounts to cheat you out of money.
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[Deleted User] commented
@Rezzahan:
[less than a 0.1% chance of happening]
[bound to happen quite often]
pick one
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Sphinx#02515 commented
Mana draws are completely out of reality when it comes to builds!!
It never fails, I will perpetual5ly draw 2 mana regardless of percentage of mana built into the deck. Out of 100 matches with mana varying from 35-48% I have drawn 4 mana ONE FREAKING TIME! Typically I will have two in my hand initially and never draw another for 5-10 hands. It literally is breaking mathematical principles that I would never get 1, 4, 5, 6 or 7 mana in my hand initially. Why does it seem to ***** me in mana draws nearly every single time?? I adjust mana all day long trying to get this right, and it never EVER works!!!! I could have a deck comprised of 50% mana, and only 2 will be drawn initially, then its non-stop mana draws ruining yet another game. What in the actual **** is going on??? This never happens in REAL WORLD decks I create... only on this trashy ARENA setup am I ever having to deal with 2 mana on perpetually every single dang game. FIX THIS!!! -
Ghillie commented
This is absolute garbage, incompetence, and an embarrassment to the gaming community.
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FIGHTlikaMAN#37689 commented
Fix your mana system........