How do you like the new event decks? (Please post in the other more recent poll thread)

shteev
shteev Posts: 2,031 Chairperson of the Boards
edited July 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion
As far as I can tell, Event decks were the part about deck slots that everyone really liked.

So this change isn't going to be popular, is it.

How do you like the new event decks? (Please post in the other more recent poll thread) 58 votes

I like the new event decks
20%
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I do not like the new event decks
63%
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There is no neutral option
15%
span_argomansjechuaSteemeWiLDRAGEStormcrowCorn_NoodlesMburn7HiportesMarcel 9 votes
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  • babar3355
    babar3355 Posts: 1,128 Chairperson of the Boards
    I do not like the new event decks

    Are they serious with this?  I can no longer bring in my basic deck and tweak it to include zombies or embalm or whatever the objective?  Now I either have to create it from scratch or edit my deck permanently.  Seems like a really awful change to me.

    The change they SHOULD have implemented, was letting you customize a deck for an event (say Trials of the Planeswalkers or Fateful Showdown) and then use the same deck on every node. 

    What kind of crack brain idea was this?

  • Brigby
    Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
    Hi Everyone. Apologies for the confusion. I am reaching out to the developers right now to find out what is going on. I will update everyone once I get a reply.
  • Matthew
    Matthew Posts: 605 Critical Contributor
    edited July 2017
    I do not like the new event decks
    @Brigby

    Please let them know that this is a huge step backwards from the way things were before the update. The first iteration of deck slots worked fantastically, in the sense that it let you port a pre-constructed deck into the event, which you could then tweak as necessary without changing the original copy of the deck. I won't get into the inability to rename the chase decks; that's another subject entirely.

    But there was literally no reason to change the functionality of deck slots. And if it was done in an effort to force people to purchase deck slots (which I'm sure you can't reveal to us, even if you are privy to that knowledge), your developers are well and truly out of touch with their playerbase.
  • ambrosio191
    ambrosio191 Posts: 313 Mover and Shaker
    There is an option to port an existing deck into the event deck slot.  Right next to the green arrow is another button that does just that.  You can even edit the event deck.  At least for fateful showdowns it also carries over the planeswalker from the previous node as well as the event deck which seems to be what people wanted.  I selected one deck to start and havent changed it yet.
  • Laeuftbeidir
    Laeuftbeidir Posts: 1,841 Chairperson of the Boards
    I do not like the new event decks
    well, I just hope it doesn't do the same thing at coalition PVE events.. I will certainly not enjoy to re-build everything on each fight.
  • babar3355
    babar3355 Posts: 1,128 Chairperson of the Boards
    I do not like the new event decks

    Erm... Ok I think I need to redact my previous post... I now see that there is a little icon under your custom decks that allow you to move an existing deck to the Event Deck.  You can then edit it here.  This is actually an ok change.. but not really different from what we could do before... 


  • shteev
    shteev Posts: 2,031 Chairperson of the Boards
    ... So what, we've jumped the gun AGAIN with negative reactions to non-existant features?

    oops :)
  • Brigby
    Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
    Ahh I see. Yes. Those icons underneath your existing decks will allow you to use them as your Event Deck. Here I was worried those icons weren't working, or the design had changed unexpectedly.

    Glad to hear that players are still able to use custom decks as event decks.
  • speakupaskanswer
    speakupaskanswer Posts: 306 Mover and Shaker
    I do not like the new event decks
    I still don't see the benefit of this. Everyone was fine the way it was!
  • Ohboy
    Ohboy Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    I like the new event decks
    Currently better because it kept all the good things and now the event deck persists. 

    Basically the best from old and new format. 
  • Matthew
    Matthew Posts: 605 Critical Contributor
    I do not like the new event decks
    Yeah, I realize I misspoke with my previous comment here...my bad...
  • majincob
    majincob Posts: 732 Critical Contributor
    I'm waiting for the weekend event to double check that it still functions in the desired fashion before making any judgement.
  • WiLDRAGE
    WiLDRAGE Posts: 145 Tile Toppler
    There is no neutral option
    I will reserve judgement until the weekend events.  In Trial of Zeal, I would often use Sorin for 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 but 3.3 would have a vastly different deck because of the secondary objectives.  If this is no longer possible then it will be a definite step backwards.
  • Steeme
    Steeme Posts: 784 Critical Contributor
    There is no neutral option

    While it looks like they are building upon the deck slot feature, I see no net benefit right now.

    They need to take this one step further, and "remember" your decks from the last time you played the same event.

    Then the player can start with what they used to have, and keep it, tweak it or replace it based on prior performance and any new cards obtained since.

  • Ohboy
    Ohboy Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    I like the new event decks
    majincob said:
    I'm waiting for the weekend event to double check that it still functions in the desired fashion before making any judgement.

    If totp is of any indication, looks that way. 
  • Waschecht
    Waschecht Posts: 76 Match Maker
    I like the new event decks
    Like the new feature button where you can make one of your standard decks an event deck
  • Tilwin90
    Tilwin90 Posts: 662 Critical Contributor
    I do not like the new event decks
    They are problematic when it comes to story mode. Now if I want to edit a deck for a specific heroic challenge for example, I have to edit one of the default decks. There is no "event deck" slot there, and I cannot edit a deck once I have it in place anymore. Complicates even further when it comes to sideboarding.
    So.... no, I do not like the way this was implemented. Sorry :neutral:
  • Ohboy
    Ohboy Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    I like the new event decks
    I did story mode just last week. 

    There was no event deck for story mode, was there? 
  • Eyris6
    Eyris6 Posts: 31 Just Dropped In
    I do not like the new event decks
    In theory this is a great idea. In practice, playing Fateful Showdown is now super annoying because there's only a single event deck for the whole event. So if I'm moving down the list, I keep having to replace the deck, but then if I want to go back and try and get some more points from a previous fight, I'll have to recreate that deck from memory. Previously, each fight saved the PW + deck you chose. Annoying step backwards.
  • Emanon2000
    Emanon2000 Posts: 156 Tile Toppler
    edited July 2017
    Confusing.  Agree with previous post... I liked before when each fight kept its PW... If I decided to go back to it the PW I used on it last was still there and I just had to tweak it.   It was almost as annoying to have to build a new deck each time but since every fight has a different requirement 25% of the nodes I use different PW's anyway.

    I'm still annoyed that you can't tweak decks in the Story Line and not affect your main deck.  Any changes made to the deck aren't temporary so I have to go back and fix my decks after playing the story line.

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