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Is it true that the older sets that were already in Arena don't work anymore with the current rule set?
No, those sets still work. The level of polish on them is lower than the bar we've had since open beta though. #wotc_staff
Is it true that the older sets that were already in Arena don't work anymore with the current rule set?
No, those sets still work. The level of polish on them is lower than the bar we've had since open beta though. #wotc_staff
Do you guys have remote employees? No one in their right mind is going to give me a signing/relo bonus big enough to cover the sunk cost of getting out of a brand new FHA mortgage, but the skills alignment there is top notch and I never thought a job at WotC would be in the cards for me.
I recommend applying if you think you're a good fit. #wotc_staff
If it helps, you have my support for the change!
Is there somewhere I can find a list of all custom priority holds? I think Goblin Warboss has one?
Relatedly, I couldn’t figure out how to pull off a complicated play recently. I had Warboss and the red Cavalier in play, and Warboss had summoning sickness. I wanted to activate Cavalier’s ability after the token had been made (to buff the token) and before declaring attacks (so I could attack with Warboss). I ended up giving up trying to make it work because I had lethal anyways, but is there a way to hold priority there? I couldn’t seem to put the stop down because the bar hadn’t changed to “combat mode” yet.
Fortunately, we got to do one better for Legion Warboss: all cards that trigger when a certain step or phase occurs will give your opponent priority for the rest of the current step/phase if you put it into a legal zone for that trigger this step/phase. This also means that stuff like Arclight Phoenix entering your graveyard before combat will give your opponent a chance to react.
There is not a list of all the weird things that we do for Arena's default priority. It's already pretty unwieldy to describe and it changes with almost every release. If there's a frequent case that you think we don't handle, feel free to suggest it!
As for your complicated play, my recommendation is to open your Settings. Under Gameplay there should be an option called "Show Phases", which always shows the "phase ladder". You can toggle this setting by hitting the 'L' key in game (for "ladder", I guess?). This will allow you to put a stop at the beginning of combat any time. Alternativel...
Read moreIs the fact that Wicked Wolf’s ETB doesn’t yield priority automatically hand-coded? I lost a game recently after using Agent of Treachery to take control of a Tolsimir, Friend of Wolves and then casting Wicked Wolf my next turn. I didn’t turn on full control because Wicked Wolf doesn’t pass priority automatically.... but apparently Tolsimir does. I did have food on the table to use.
Yes, it is. We added the work for Wicked Wolf specifically because of the interacting abilities. I'm still trying to convince our designers that holding for any fight-resulting trigger is a good idea. #wotc_staff
Can you elaborate on that? I'm genuinely curious how a mechanic as logically simple as Overload(if cast for alternate cost, change target to all) would be 'yucky'.
I'm Canadian unfortunately and unwilling/have no desire to move south, but I'd volunteer time remotely if it will bring non-standard formats to Arena faster. The disparity between Online and Arena makes me sad.
Sure, I'll try to summarize. Most of what I say below could be changed to make Overload work; my point is that that work hasn't been done yet and is pretty nontrivial.
The Games Rules Parser (GRP) reads the exact text on the card. So, for [[Cyclonic Rift]], it sees two abilities, "Return target nonland permanent you don’t control to its owner’s hand." and "Overload 6U". It parses those abilities independently. That is, for [[Mind Rake]], its first ability is literally the same as [[Mind Rot]]'s. They literally use the same code, there's not a Mind Rake version and a Mind Rot version.
Not only that, but there isn't any text on the card that says "Return each nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand." So we'd need to recognize that that is a text that we need to create. And then that needs to be an ability that Cyclonic Rift has access to (i.e. is loaded into the game when Rift is), but that it doesn't actually have (until you cast it using Ove...
Read more.. shouldn't it be really easy to bring in, say, all the RTR cards forward if this is the case? I can pitch in if it'll help.
You could apply here if you'd like! We do have an open position on the Rule team.
As for bringing in old sets, it's really equivalent to bringing in a new set for a lot of them (roughly as many unimplemented sentences and keywords). And RTR is actually one of the worst: Overload is a pretty yucky mechanic for a system that expects cards to do what their text says. #wotc_staff
I just have so much trouble buying the whole "we didn't anticipate people using his +1 on enemy creatures!" because Arena literally warns you when you target your own stuff with it, so at least the people who programmed the set were thinking of it as primarily good for that.
Firstly, that warning is automatically generated because it makes the target lose all abilities. Remember that code for MtG: Arena is generated via parsing the card text. Virtually nothing is hand-coded for exclusively for a single card.
Secondly, Arena usually starts implementing a set weeks after the set is "locked in" because the printing pipeline is longer than digital's. We give feedback about what's likely to be easy or hard to do during the design process, but it's set pretty much in stone before we start committing code. I look forward to the day when Play Design can iterate on a set in Arena, but that's still petty far out. #wotc_staff
Assuming the buy-in is a one-time just like the Brawl one, but do we know if WoTC confirmed that?
Correct, these events are one time entries where losses don't hurt you.
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@WotC_Lexie:Keep the questions limited to MTG Arena questions, please. :slight_smile:Do you mean that if he wants to know more about interaction or game rules, he shouldn't go to general discussion? If so, could you explain what would be the place for those questions? Strategy doesn't seem like the place for it and neither do Announcements, Patch Notes or Player Support.
You are definitely more than welcome to ask about in-game interactions, game rules, etc in General Discussion. His question was about something outside of the game.
Keep the questions limited to MTG Arena questions, please. :slight_smile:
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I went to my local store on the weekend, but they didn't have any brawl decks left for sale, and I only play online so I don't have any paper cards of my own.... meaning I couldn't participate. What are my options for getting the styles? Will I be able to buy them in the Arena store?
I believe those rewards will only be available through the event.
Check the store! :grinning:
