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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Chi-Ang#08915 commented
capture log
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Chi-Ang#08915 commented
I had several 1 cost white buff spells in hand and no spells or abilities that used black mana in hand or in play, 3 plains and one swamp in play. When casting my 2 cost {w}{1} spell it auto tapped 2 white mana for some ungodly reason. Which meant I could not kill the creature I was blocking which resulted in me losing the game.
Why would the auto tapper keep the black mana open when I had no use for it. Incredibly frustrating as this resulted in my third loss in the draft. I will no longer ever use the auto tapper as I can see no logical reason why it would ever tap in this way.
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Arch57#46528 commented
Wanted to do some science. Did another 3 rounds, the matchmaking is utter dogs*it. I don't even know how you f*ck up that bad at matchmaking. Im a bronze 4 and I went up vs 2 golds and whatever the h*ll a red ranked is. I advise no one to use this game until they fix things. Maybe lack of players will make them get off their lazy *sses
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GreedsWrath#52207 commented
Would be nice to draw land while my opponent can draw what ever the f*ck he wants…………. Your draw system is still not up to the “par” you say it is🙄🙄🙄
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Urzas#12984 commented
Do yourself a favor and uninstall the game now. WotC doesn't care about their player base. I've faithfully played MTG in one form or another for 30 years and they have never listened to their player base. Look at the **** they pulled on the D&D community and the MTG 30th anniversary con they tried to pull. $1000 for 6 packs of proxy cards that are not even playable in sanctioned tournaments. I did and I will never give them money again. **** WotC and **** Hasbro!
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Panic#40580 commented
Like the game, the people who made it. is soulless and without integrity. The way they COMPLETELY ignore over 20 pages of ****** off costumers (and that's just the ones stepping forward) just shows what kind of "people" is running this shitshow. How they have dodged prison time or ANY kind of legal actions towards them is beyond me. Thieves and cowards, hiding behind a company front. Well in a postive light, they really do make blizzard and activision look good compared.
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Furlo#46458 commented
In my last premier draft event, I played against 4 high-ranked opponents (1 gold, 2 Platinum, 1 diamond!!!) one after the other in different days of the week..while I am currently bronze-ranked! I hardly think there were no other bronze-ranked players to play against. It would be nice to improve the assignments system, especially in events where I have to "pay" every time 10000 gold coins to enter.
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Gotabeer#13943 commented
I just started playing again after 28 years and was surprised WOTC still has not fix MTG's fundamental flaw which significantly reduces the skill in this game. Too many games are decided by whether you get the proper number of lands and mulligans don't solve the issue. Its a simple fix. Just split the 60 card deck into two decks. One deck is land, the other is spells. Player chooses which deck they want to draw a card from. Nothing really changes in the game except you now have a more skill based game which will drive higher numbers of people to play and spend money. For as long as this game has been around, you should have much higher tournament cash prizes and publicity, but due to the amount of luck you allow in the game you will never achieve multi-million dollar tournaments. Get rid of the luck and people will pour large amounts of money into the game to compete. You are hurting yourself and the game by allowing a poor land/mana system to plague this game.
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GoghCohen#37535 commented
This is so stupid. Gets me down to 5 hp and I finally draw a card. Guess what that card was capable of? Discarding and drawing 2 mana card.
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Haystack#90070 commented
Here's a little story for ya:
I went to a commander night about two weeks ago and asked all the people I talked to the same line of questions.
1. You're playing a paper game of magic against mono black and your opponent plays sheoldred turn 4 and you respond by killing it. What is their turn 5 play?
Every single person said they didn't have a clue.
2. Do you play arena?
3. If yes, apply question 1 to that.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO PLAYED ARENA ANSWERED PLAY ANOTHER SHEOLDRED.
We all know.
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Haystack#90070 commented
Are you really just begging people to uninstall the game? I just installed for the first time in a few months and what happened? Fifteen straight games going second including five straight games where I hit 4 Farewell and 2 land in the top 15 cards of my deck. It's SO consistently bad it blows my mind how this product satisfies ANYBODY. It's literally shameful.
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chewie#89577 commented
What the **** is going on with this ******* game either I get no ******* land coming or it gives me nothing but ******* land. How the **** are you supposed to play this ******* game you useless *****.
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TheShadowMuffin#18807 commented
Matchmaking is completely broken. I'm currently sitting at Bronze 2(2 wins - 9 losses) and being matched against gold and platinum in Premier Draft ONE where i'm getting destroyed left and right. While getting rekt I'm also only ever on the draw even while being forced to play way higher ranking opponents.
Please fix matchmaking, or at least let me have a higher chance of being on the play when i'm playing higher ranked opponents, have an 18% winrate, and having been on the draw for the last 9 games in a row...
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Arch57#46528 commented
About to go 0-3 in draft as a bronze because I matched vs 2 golds and a Platinum. Congats arena, you just lost a customer. Get your sh*t together or watch your app die.
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cubik#16566 commented
Well, last update bought us indeed a step closer to complete non-sense. A deck which had 55% winrate is now down to 28%. Another, wich had 48% prior to the last update is now down below 20%. And so on. 6 loss in a row, 1 win, 3 losses, 4 losses, and... 1 win. 3 losses... etc. While it was already quite easy to guess before the latest update, I can even predict the course of couple of games in advance now, it's so scripted that it's quite frightening. And talking about wins... I now win usually only to someone who, like me, see what will arrive once the opening hand is set, and concede in the first two turns. I had matches lasting up to 50 minutes, now 3 minutes is a big maximum. Lots of changes within a week. Don't count on me to put a single $ in the online game, it's all going in physical cards, at least, there is still some sport in the IRL game. The online one will definitely never become a major eSport hit, it's to much pay-for-win oriented... It felt quite already the case on the mobile version, while the PC version seemed still decent, but now, MTGA has turned for me into a not even frustrating anymore casual WC game. I'm all with the ones who are feeling the same in this thread. The ones who say "na, you are just loosers, the game is fine and perfectly balanced" are either trolls or pigeons. And both are sad human beings...
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Yourdeath#15281 commented
I'm writing from my personal experience and reflects my POV only: I wonder how software engineers that work in this company sleep at night? this is what you do with your programming skills? instead of building an app to help humanity, you're building a 100% scripted game by a rigged matchmaker to take advantage of human weaknesses to make them become frustrated enough to spend more money on cards? is that the purpose of your life? I hope Wotc and Hasbro will go bankrupt soon, to whoever is considering playing this game, know that it will just cause you to spend money and have negative feelings constantly as this game is scripted, nothing is random, its sole purpose is to make you spend as much money as possible by any means possible
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Yourdeath#15281 commented
I'm writing from my personal experience and reflects my POV only: I wonder how software engineers that work in this company sleep at night? this is what you do with your programming skills? instead of building an app to help humanity, you're building a 100% scripted game by a rigged matchmaker to take advantage of human weaknesses to make them become frustrated enough to spend more money on cards? is that the purpose of your life? I hope Wotc and Hasbro will go bankrupt soon, to whoever is considering playing this game, know that it will just cause you to spend money and have negative feelings constantly as this game is scripted, nothing is random, its sole purpose is to make you spend as much money as possible by any means possible
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Yourdeath#15281 commented
I'm writing from my personal experience and reflects my POV only: I wonder how software engineers that work in this company sleep at night? this is what you do with your programming skills? instead of building an app to help humanity, you're building a 100% scripted game by a rigged matchmaker to take advantage of human weaknesses to make them become frustrated enough to spend more money on cards? is that the purpose of your life? I hope Wotc and Hasbro will go bankrupt soon, to whoever is considering playing this game, know that it will just cause you to spend money and have negative feelings constantly as this game is scripted, nothing is random, its sole purpose is to make you spend as much money as possible by any means possible
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Uberfish#84950 commented
In matchmaking today, I've faced almost nothing except minion of the mighty and hammer time decks. I've watched my friend play on his own account running almost the same deck and he hasn't seen either decks in over 20 games. Out of the last hour I've played, 90% of the decks I've faced are running these two decks. Either that's all people are playing in the play queue in historic and explorer, or I'm being forced matched against these decks. I'm not running decks which have either of these cards, and if I don't run turn 1/2 answers, I can't get a game which can last beyond turn 3.
I've contacted support and they've assured me 'matchmaking is running as intended'. In that case, their intention is to put midrange/control decks up against jank turn 1-2 mulligan to win on turn 2 combos until the player gets so frustrated, they build decks that just counter this strategy.
Of course, the other explanation that I'm being matchmade against them almost exclusively because of a bug or improper implementation isn't possible according to level 1 support agents, who block my request at first contact.
I would include log files, but it won't let me upload a 52mb file.
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Zvizzd#90848 commented
Please please please fix the shuffling algorithm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!