Magic The Gathering: Arena

Magic The Gathering: Arena Dev Tracker




22 Aug

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@Padishar:

Seems good. It has been too many subforums so far. Having only two makes perfect sense.
One thing: Can we have updated selection for avatars, maybe from Standard legal sets?

Yes! That is part of the rework. :relaxed:

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@Avatar1971:

You might consider merging the 2 feedback forums of "Arena Feedback" and "Feature Requests", I have noticed they often overlap with each other where the feedback wants a new feature or the new feature is really just feedback. Anyway this all sound like a really good change.

Those boards will be leaving! The only boards we're going to have (as of now) are:

  • News and Announcements
  • Patch Notes
  • General Discussion
  • Strategy
  • Player Support
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I HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE!

It is time for something that people have been asking for, for a while... A forum rework! Woo! The forums you know and love are about to be streamlined, more organized, and easier to use. It's all very exciting!

I wanted to give you a heads up about what is leaving:

  1. Post count- There just isn't a real need for it. Your opinions are valid whether you have 2 posts, or 2,000.
  2. Badges (like Lead by Example)- These haven't been available for a while, so we're wrapping it up.
  3. The closed beta forums- All of the information stored there is very, very outdated. This information will still exist, just not publicly visible.
  4. We're trimming down the amount of boards- We have a LOT of discussion boards, and most of them aren't used regularly. We're keeping General Discussion and Strategy... The rest are leaving. So for example, if you'd ...
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21 Aug

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Originally posted by Akhevan

instead it creates a condition: return, THEN destroy

Does it?

How did you know that it was some kind of a condition?

In general, Magic is a game that works based on rules. You do get a free pass on this one because the rules are nowhere to be found in client. However,

101.3. Any part of an instruction that’s impossible to perform is ignored. (In many cases the card will specify consequences for this; if it doesn’t, there’s no effect.)

The parts of its effect that cannot be performed are simply ignored without any consequence to the spell's resolution.

To be fair, there are other card games out there where "then" does mean "if you do, then." I've always found that weird though. #wotc_staff

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Originally posted by Raeckz

Hey Jay! A bit of constructive criticism, I feel like some of the rewards in the premium pass aren't exciting enough... particulary ones that hand out 6-mana PW's that are basically unplayable, even considering it's one of the very few ways to obtain them. I'd like to suggest adding some Rare/Mythic Wildcards in the mix for the upcoming pass, it could even replace the random Mythic card drop... though I'm afraid Eldrain pass content is probably already decided, but hopefully in the future :) Also, unrelated, I would love to see Wildcards for styles someday, so I can get the style I want instead of earning styles for cards I'm never going to use. Cheers and keep up the good work my man!

Thanks for the thoughts. On the 6-mana planeswalkers (from the planeswalker decks), we didn’t think of those as a big reward, just a nice extra thing to throw in to fill out players M20 collections. In retrospect, I wish that was more clear in the presentation. I’ll think on the other suggestions.

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Originally posted by techretort

Wow, thanks for the reply! I've got to say I'm pretty blown away that a game I've been playing for 20+ years has someone who listened to my feedback. Keep up the good work and pushing for what the players are asking for. I know it can't be easy trying to advocate for the community when people (like me sometimes if I'm honest) are giving you hell, but you've done right my me and I appreciate it a lot.

I've been playing for 20+ years myself, and, as someone with a pretty busy job, Arena has made it much easier for me to play the game I love. So you can imagine I'm pretty motivated make sure it stays great. Keep up the feedback (even if it sometimes means giving us hell). We honestly are always trying to do right by you and all the players, and it's helpful to hear where we are (and aren't) getting that right.


20 Aug

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Originally posted by PAMILA_VOL

by refreshing the quest you mean giving us 3 new ones or getting a new one and losing any uncompleted quest over the new one?

Refilling back up to 3, keeping any progress on existing quests.

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Originally posted by kubic_HS

Will be still 15 levels given out via codes/events as promised? :) thanks for the answer

You'll be able to get the 15 levels we mentioned through events and codes, yes. By my math we've got 9 out currently (2 codes for 2 levels each, 5 through the Planecation events). There's more coming too.

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Originally posted by Lambda_Wolf

Regarding this quote from the July 10, 2019 update:

As previously announced, we will remove the level purchase button at the end of this month. After hearing player feedback, we are looking at ways to let people who want to purchase levels to still do so somewhere. But this will be surfaced in a natural and not "in your face" way.

Is that going to happen during the Core 2020 season? I knew that gems-for-XP is contentious, but (much like OP's suggestion) it seems like a safety valve to prevent frustration for people who are just barely short of a desired reward at the end of the season.

If you've purchased the Mastery Pass, you can click on any level you haven't gotten to yet to purchase your way to it. As we've said, this isn't the way we intend players to get their levels, and we'll be providing several options for players to earn the XP they're missing. But if this is the right answer for you, it's available now.

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Originally posted by isospeedrix

quick question, can mastery orbs be saved for future sets or they must be spent on m20?

Mastery Orbs earned in M20 are only for that Mastery Pass. If you have unspent orbs for M20, the pass will stick around for you to be able to slot them in until the ELD pass ends.

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Originally posted by Twitch89

What's the final day for this battlepass?

You can earn M20 progress until early in the morning on 9/26; it ends just before the Eldraine pass begins. Also, when the the new pass starts we'll be fully refreshing all your quests and weekly wins, so you can start the new pass with a fresh slate.

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Glad you're enjoying it! We definitely keep an eye on player feedback (wherever it's given). On your request for a grindable XP event, well, we'll see what happens there.

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You have dared to dream the greatest possible dream, and have achieved it.

Well done.


19 Aug

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Why Epic Games Store? Because Epic Game Store is an awesome partner that is helping bring our game to new people and places.

There are absolutely no plans to create exclusive content, you'll still be able to play with your friends, and existing players don't have to migrate. New players can still download it from our website if they'd like.

Epic Game Store is just one more way for people to play. :grin: