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We agree it’s too low. In the next release we’re bumping it up to 40.
We agree it’s too low. In the next release we’re bumping it up to 40.
Sorry if I am missing something here, but am I understanding the wording correctly that the 'first' 500 people that GOT INTO mythic will be the people selected for this early selection? I got into Mythic very early this season entering at rank 38 or something but am bouncing around 350-450 currently. Do I need to maintain below 500 still or am I ok to not worry as either I was one of the first 500 people in or not and me playing now won't affect that?
You are understanding correctly. Selection for this will be based on when you entered Mythic, not your current numeric placement.
Read moreThough the season won't end until August 24, we're also standing by our decision that the first 500 players to reach Mythic by 7:00 a.m. PT on August 10 will receive invitations to participate in the October 9–10 Qualifier Weekend
Does anyone have clarification on what "first 500 players" means? I thought the deal before was the top 500 by tomorrow, but first 500 implies it's the earliest. I feel like the player base is huge and that there have to be 500 people at Mythic by now, so have I already missed my window? Is it worth grinding drafts?
The "Early August" season will award entries to the top 500 Mythic players, while the "Late August" season will award entries to the top 1,200 players as usual.
Apologies for the ping, but /u/WotC_Jay would you be able to clarify if your statement here is different from the one from the State of the Game abo...
It's "first", not "top" in this case. I don't what current data looks like, but by this point in a month we usually don't have 500 Mythics in draft yet.
We don't love using "first" here, but, because of the way our Mythic leaderboard works and updates, we can only get a totally accurate list of "top" after a season has completed and there are no more matches happening. So, as a one off here, we're using "first" because we need to pull a well-ordered list mid-season.
For clarification is the Historic brawl event, 60 or 100 cards? u/wotc_jay
100-cards. From here on out, if we say "Historic Brawl" and don't qualify otherwise, it will mean 100-card.
Pretty weird that the precon decks are 'delayed' though.. As they are already in the game for new players.
Why are these being kept away from existing players?
I can't see how these decks have anything to do with the upcoming delayed releases.. but ok.
It's the process of running the granting for the existing players that creates problems here.
Anyone know if we are still getting intro decks tomorrow? that would be a huge change they failed to address.
Decks are delayed until the release on the 24th, unfortunately.
So is the 100 card historic brawl queue coming next Thursday with the new cards? Scoured all the articles and that seems to be the implication but it doesnt seem to be spelled out anywhere. No complaints just trying to get my days straight
Thursday for the Historic Brawl queue
I dont think that's actually clear, since all the events are ending and the backend is changing it may reset the quests.
Mrbiggbrain is as good as their name - quests will not reset for this release
We're aware and looking into this. Until we can get a fix out, CS will be able to help anyone affected but this.
/u/WotC_Jay Hi there, thanks for the update. The article says "both seasons will have the full normal rewards" - does that mean just the boosters and gold, or the card styles too? Are there 2 different sets of 2 card styles to collect for August 10th and August 31st, or are they the same? Thanks in advance. :)
2 sets - The "early August" season has different style rewards than "late August"
Has the new player deck grant date changed to September? as the renewal season article has the heading "Early August". But has the "Deck Grants" listed for August? Edit due to half of my post missing
That’s coming with this release
Can we expect to see an errata if it is ruining the historic brawl queue?
Yup; we're interested to watch how perpetual plays out here. We think it can be fun and fair, barring a few cards, but if we learn otherwise we'll change our plans.
We know that some players want a faithful recreation of tabletop Magic, and Standard, as well as Premier Draft, on MTG Arena, and we will continue to provide that.
And Pioneer in the future right?
To that end, he confirmed that they are going to ensure Standard, booster drafts, and other tabletop formats remain intact the way they are now
And Pioneer in the future right?
I just want to know if it dead for good, officially. To me, Modern will be too expensive in 5 year to be worth in MO and tabletop. Pioneer could be a alternative but maybe that is why they think is better to let it die. Just want to have the official word.
Not dead. Still something we want to do, but not something we have the bandwidth to put on a schedule currently. We're working to fix that, but with no clear timeline we felt it right to communicate that it was paused. We talk often about how to make this work (it's come up for me multiple times this week, for example).
They should just errata perpetual to not stick on commanders.
This was discussed, and if we see more problems than we expect it's on the table. But there's also a lot of fun to be had via perpetual buffing of commanders, and some fair-play debuffing too. We want to see how that goes first.
For newer players: Insolate Neonate is an efficient discard outlet that has seen a ton of constructed play, despite looking like trash.
Also, the set's code is J21 (as in the url below)
https://media.wizards.com/2021/j21/Shoreline-Scout_sjweu238.png
A note on setcodes here: Reprints from Modern Horizons 1 are MH1, Modern Horizons 2 are MH2, reprints that were already on Arena use that set code, and the new, digital-only cards and other reprints (that weren't already on Arena) use J21.
I'm more terrified what rares we will get as filler cards from other sets already in arena, but with a new symbol, so we can collect another useless 4 of. Like [[Woe Strider]] or [[Archon of Sun's Grace]] or [[Lathliss, Dragon Queen]] or all the Temples.
Any reprint in Jumpstart: Historic Horizons that was already on Arena is using a version already on Arena.
Really need a full list to see how many cards are new vs existing to know how much this will ultimately matter.
There's a breakdown at the end of this article: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-digital/what-mtg-arenas-jumpstart-historic-horizons-2021-07-26
For the 372 new-to-MTG Arena cards:
13 Mythic Rares
56 Rares
123 Uncommons
180 Commons
For the total of 767 non-land cards:
13 Mythic Rares
85 Rares
286 Uncommons
383 Commons
What I find interesting is that nobody is picking up on the statement that the Jumpstart event is now best of 3 and not best of 1. That will add a bit more time to complete the requisite 2 wins per pack combo.
I entered the original event 62 times and then 18 more on the second event to end up at 74% complete on rares before diminishing returns stopped me from trying to finish. That was 80 x 2 = 160 Bo1 games needed to play even at a 100% win rate.
This set is smaller by about 1/3, so I will probably cap out at 52 entries, give or take, before diminishing returns again gets too steep. That would be 104 Bo3 matches. I think that is a lot more games to play. Average for Bo3 is 2.5 games so that is about 62% more games to play for the rewards even though the set is 2/3 the size.
Lucky for me, I like the format.
The best-of-three line is a goof in the article; it's getting fixed.
Read moreOn Mac, I usually launch MTGA directly, and only open the Epic game shell when I have to. Usually this is fine; at some point while logging in the client will tell me if it is outdated and needs to be updated.
However, if an update isn't forced, there isn't any notification. This happened with the prerelease packs for AFR. I was oblivious to the fact that they were available to purchase, because they weren't in my client. Eventually, like 10 days ago, I saw someone mention them here on reddit, and when I couldn't figure out why my client would not offer them, I ended up logging in on mobile to get them before they disappeared. Then I realized it was an issue with an out-of-date client and launched the Epic installer for an auto update, and sure enough they then appeared in the store for my kid's account.
I mention this because it's in the same category of issue and it almost cost y'all lost revenue, since I only buy for prereleases and would not have gone b...
Thanks for the comment. We're aware that some miscreants fine people don't always use the launchers, and are working on better tech & processes to make sure you don't miss out.
Also, BTW, there was a new patch released today that fixes a couple bugs, so you probably want to re-run that EGS launcher.
This feels appropriate https://twitter.com/Jon_Nauert/status/1410329707980152839
Always upvote a "Little Bobby Tables" reference.
And, in this case, the problem was that we were over sanitizing/protecting and needed to chill out a little bit. A simple '+' won't hurt anyone
