Repeat elite pack?

HypnoticSpecter
HypnoticSpecter Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
in MtGPQ General Discussion
The elite pack this cycle is just a repeat of a prior cycle. I've never seen that before, but I haven't been playing since elite packs first started. Is this normal? I do recall that Rhonas got offered in two different packs, but never a full repeat of a pack. It seems unnecessary when we've got mythics and masterpieces that haven't been in elite packs yet. But I can see how it would be a good thing for some people who didn't have enough unobtainium the 1st time around. Just curious what anyone knows or thinks about it.
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  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    Yes it is a repeat.  My assumption is it has to do with the team turnover precluding anything novel for a while.
  • GrizzoMtGPQ
    GrizzoMtGPQ Posts: 776 Critical Contributor
    Yeah, what the actual ****? Why did the Elite Pack repeat when there are a bunch of mythics and masterpieces from HOU that have never made it into one? @Brigby can you confirm if this is a defect?
  • Daddystyx
    Daddystyx Posts: 103 Tile Toppler
    Not only is it a repeat it is widely considered one of the worst elite packs ever made.  Everything except hellfire is horrible in the pack.  @Brigby
  • Dave808
    Dave808 Posts: 55 Match Maker
    Completely agree. I thought the same exact thing, not just a repeat, it's a repeat of the worst elite pack I've ever seen. Incredibly disappointing after waiting 2 weeks for something new. 
  • hawkyh1
    hawkyh1 Posts: 780 Critical Contributor
    if you must repeat, why couldn't the repeat be the
    one with swarm intelligence?

    HH
  • Thésée
    Thésée Posts: 239 Tile Toppler
    Maybe the repeat is caused by the problem of cards not added to the card pool yet. I guess some mythics that were supposed to be in the next Elite pack are not available yet in the game because of the bug 
  • Brigby
    Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
    Hi Everyone. We are aware of the Elite Pack reverting back to the 1st HOU rotation, and we are investigating this issue to determine how we can alleviate it. Thank you for your patience.
  • shteev
    shteev Posts: 2,031 Chairperson of the Boards
    Brigby said:
    Hi Everyone. We are aware of the Elite Pack reverting back to the 1st HOU rotation, and we are investigating this issue to determine how we can alleviate it. Thank you for your patience.
    Cheer Brigby. I hope you can take steps to mitigate the effects of this decision which you somehow manage to imply isn't entirely under someone's control. It must be weird working at a company where things just happen by magic.
  • Sirchombli
    Sirchombli Posts: 322 Mover and Shaker
    That answer is so weak. 
  • GrizzoMtGPQ
    GrizzoMtGPQ Posts: 776 Critical Contributor
    What are you all expecting? He said this was not intended. A bug perhaps? That's the nature of all bugs.

    He's looking for ways to fix it. You remember there is no dev team, right? There may be a vanishingly small number of things they can do at the moment.
  • losdamianos
    losdamianos Posts: 429 Mover and Shaker
    shteev said:
    Brigby said:
    Hi Everyone. We are aware of the Elite Pack reverting back to the 1st HOU rotation, and we are investigating this issue to determine how we can alleviate it. Thank you for your patience.
    Cheer Brigby. I hope you can take steps to mitigate the effects of this decision which you somehow manage to imply isn't entirely under someone's control. It must be weird working at a company where things just happen by magic.
    and gathering*
  • GrizzoMtGPQ
    GrizzoMtGPQ Posts: 776 Critical Contributor
    @Brigby do you have an update? Are we just waiting for the end of the cycle in 8 days or what?
  • shteev
    shteev Posts: 2,031 Chairperson of the Boards
    GrizzoMtGPQ said:
    @Brigby do you have an update? Are we just waiting for the end of the cycle in 8 days or what?

    GrizzoMtGPQ said:
    What are you all expecting? He said this was not intended. A bug perhaps? That's the nature of all bugs.

    He's looking for ways to fix it. You remember there is no dev team, right? There may be a vanishingly small number of things they can do at the moment.

  • Azerack
    Azerack Posts: 501 Critical Contributor

    shteev said:
    GrizzoMtGPQ said:
    @Brigby do you have an update? Are we just waiting for the end of the cycle in 8 days or what?

    GrizzoMtGPQ said:
    What are you all expecting? He said this was not intended. A bug perhaps? That's the nature of all bugs.

    He's looking for ways to fix it. You remember there is no dev team, right? There may be a vanishingly small number of things they can do at the moment.

    Isn't that why the Tech world invented Contracting? Just hire a few people to quick learn the code and suss it out? ;-)
  • Gunmix25
    Gunmix25 Posts: 1,442 Chairperson of the Boards
     
    shteev said:
    Brigby said:
    Hi Everyone. We are aware of the Elite Pack reverting back to the 1st HOU rotation, and we are investigating this issue to determine how we can alleviate it. Thank you for your patience.
    Cheer Brigby. I hope you can take steps to mitigate the effects of this decision which you somehow manage to imply isn't entirely under someone's control. It must be weird working at a company where things just happen by magic.
    shteev said:
    GrizzoMtGPQ said:
    @Brigby do you have an update? Are we just waiting for the end of the cycle in 8 days or what?

    GrizzoMtGPQ said:
    What are you all expecting? He said this was not intended. A bug perhaps? That's the nature of all bugs.

    He's looking for ways to fix it. You remember there is no dev team, right? There may be a vanishingly small number of things they can do at the moment.


    Just curious, how you are adding anything to the conversation other condescension?


     @Brigbyis there discussion to whether or not future elite packs will be more of an amalgam of masterpieces from various sets, rather than the most recent one? 

  • babar3355
    babar3355 Posts: 1,128 Chairperson of the Boards

    It's cute that people think this is a "bug".  Guess which elite pack will be coming out next cycle? I am guessing the next one that came after the current one last time.

    We have no development team for content.  Get used to it or quit playing would be my recommendation.

  • HypnoticSpecter
    HypnoticSpecter Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    edited September 2017
    If it were intended, then Brigby would've told us that rather than telling us the new team was investigating on August 31. I don't see why he would be dishonest. That being said, if he comes back 2 weeks later and tries to claim this was intended all along and will not be fixed going forward, I'll have to assume bad faith.
  • TheDragonHermit
    TheDragonHermit Posts: 465 Mover and Shaker
    babar3355 said:

    It's cute that people think this is a "bug".  Guess which elite pack will be coming out next cycle? I am guessing the next one that came after the current one last time.

    We have no development team for content.  Get used to it or quit playing would be my recommendation.

    The question then is where are we in the transition, is there a new studio lined up, have they started familiarizing themselves with the code?
  • GrizzoMtGPQ
    GrizzoMtGPQ Posts: 776 Critical Contributor
    @babar3355 my guess on the next elite pack is that it will be ... nothing. Just like the last time it was bugged and there was nothing there.
  • HypnoticSpecter
    HypnoticSpecter Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    Let's hope @Brigby can check on this in advance to ensure we don't lose out on an Elite pack again. We've given more than adequate notice.

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