Fix randomness in game
Can you please STOP influencing randomness in MTG Arena?
Yes, stop influencing normal randomness with algorithms that try to decrease strength of one deck over another one by influencing drafts or opponent matching.
Example 1:
I have a milling deck.
Based on Ruin Crab. 4 copies.
For ~50 consecutive plays (sic!) with this deck I only once had Ruin Crab in my opening hand.
Typically it takes 2 mulligans to end with a Crab in my hand.
Not to mention problem of drawing lands afterwards (60 card dech, 24 lands).
Also, it is much more likely I get paired with opponent that uses maximum deck size of 250 cards.
I also have a Terisian Mindbreaker in that deck. 2 copies.
And in contrary to Crab I end with it in my first hand in 33%-50% plays...
But when I play my second deck, where Ruin ***** are not a core of solution, I don't have any problem with getting them in the first draft.
Example 2:
Drawing lands only or no lands at all (in a 60 card deck with 24 lands).
It is a usual thing to encounter, drawing 5 lands in a row. No matter if you draw them "normally" or you shuffle your deck in between draws.
It's plainly to common.
My personal maximum was 3 lands in opening hand and then, drawing 7 lands consecutively...
Same goes for not drawing any lands BUT interestingly, drawing most expensive cards in deck... Although you only have 4-6 of those in deck.
In contrary to one very dumb article on the internet, comparing it to flipping a coin for 200 times and we will always have 50/50 chance for both.
No, we will not have a 50% chance on throwing one side.
If anyone know how probability for consecutive actions works he knows what I am talking about.
For example: for 10 coin flips we only have 0.0977% chance of throwing one side on 10 consecutive throws.
Please stop rendering randomness in MTG Arena as it probably does not bring anything good to players.
I have no problem with loosing to a opponent that has a great deck.
That's actually an opportunity to learn new things.
I have a problem loosing because 2 out of 3 plays are broken because of shuffle problem.
Same way I hate to win when I see that my opponent can't play because of broken draws.
Thanks in advance.
Oh sorry, I forgot to mention one thing:
maybe you really don't influence it in any way.
But your algorithms are based on some pattern/s that can be reproduced and result in reproducing same outcome.
That might be a case why people face unrealistic situations for a random-based actions.
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failnation#65496 commented
The actual problem is, as you've stated, you have a mill deck, play with something else.
The algorithms are *working as intended", meaning the rigging is intentional, and getting screwed is supposed to frustrate people into paying real money to accelerate their collections for more powerful cards faster. These two things are what make people not want to play in general.