Release Notes 4.5 *UPDATE (10/21/20)

Magic:PQ Support Team

UPDATE (10/19/20)

Added more Fixes.

• Fixed an issue where Sphinx of Foresight was not drawing a card at the beginning of the player's turn.

• Fix an issue where you would not be able to cast Alter Fater if there were creatures in your graveyard.
• Fixed an issue where cards that have the "Move creature from your hand to the battlefield" trigger, were removing the creature's mana if the player denies the replacement prompt when the battlefield has no free slot.
• Fixed an issue where Siona, Captain of the Pyleas was not triggering when casting Glaring Aegis.
• Fixed an issue where you were not able to cast Ruinous Ultimatum when having only Vanguard supports on the board.
• Fixed an issue where Golden Egg was not converting gems to the correct colors (PW colors).
• Fixed an issue where Lotus Petal was not working when returned to the battlefield from the graveyard.
• Fixed the issue when you fetch the same creature 2(two) times, with different basic Evergreens, using Vivien, Monster's Advocate PW ability, they enter the battlefield with only 1(one) basic Evergreen.
• Fixed a loop caused by the interaction between Archon of Sun's Grace and Bless of Nyx (Calix PW).
• Fixed an issue where Leyline of Combustion was not triggering when an opposing Vanguard ability was activated.
• Fixed an issue where the mana bonuses were becoming 0 instead of +1 when Price of Glory was on the board and a gem conversion was made.
• Fixed an issue where Kogla, the Titan Ape was returning the first Human creature instead of the last Human creature.
• Fixed an issue where Renata, Called of the Hunt, was not updating her power (Devotion) at the end of the player's turn.
• Fixed an issue where Kenrith, the Returned King was not counting Vanguard colors toward its color trigger.
• Fixed an issue where Pestilent Haze was not being casted when there were only opposing creatures or Vanguard on the battlefield/board.
• Fixed an issue where the Full Art version of the card Sorcerous Spyglass was displaying with the wrong set icon.
• Fixed an issue where Chandra's Incinerator was not triggering the effects from the "When you deal noncombat damage to your opponent's Planeswalker" trigger.
• Fixed an issue where Niambi, Esteemed Speaker's effect was not triggering when returned to the battlefield from the graveyard.
• Fixed an issue where Tome of the Guildpact was counting Vanguard colors to the “draw” trigger.
• Fixed an issue where Chandra's Pyreling was not triggering after a Vanguard ability was activated.
• Fixed an issue where Sporeweb Weaver was triggering whenever the Planeswalker would lose life.
• Fixed an issue where Mantle of Tides "Resourceful" ability was only working once.
• Fixed an issue where Mindleecher was not displaying its Mutation text when triggering Mutation.
• Fixed an issue where Chandra, Awakened Inferno's PW ability was not reducing Chandra's Incinerator's cost when dealing combat damage.

KrizzB

Sad to see multiple duplicates from earlier patches on this list of newly added fixes.. Specifically the Renata and Ruinous Ultimatum ones..

Also adding such a list this close to release doesn't bode well to be honest 🤣 hope you have had enough time to actually playtest all of these! 

Bubbles_CS

KrizzB said:

Also adding such a list this close to release doesn't bode well to be honest 🤣 hope you have had enough time to actually playtest all of these! 

I don’t think this is a sign that these were rushed. I see this as a sign that they took extra time to get them right and added them late because they are now confident they are squashed where they weren’t at time of announcement.

jtwood

KrizzB said:

Sad to see multiple duplicates from earlier patches on this list of newly added fixes.. Specifically the Renata and Ruinous Ultimatum ones..

Also adding such a list this close to release doesn't bode well to be honest 🤣 hope you have had enough time to actually playtest all of these! 

I think it's a sign they're done developing and ready to publish tomorrow.

KrizzB

jtwood said:

KrizzB said:

Sad to see multiple duplicates from earlier patches on this list of newly added fixes.. Specifically the Renata and Ruinous Ultimatum ones..

Also adding such a list this close to release doesn't bode well to be honest 🤣 hope you have had enough time to actually playtest all of these! 

I think it's a sign they're done developing and ready to publish tomorrow.

Hope so! Can't wait to get my hands on some of the new goodies 😁

Magic:PQ Support Team

UPDATE* (10/21/20)

• Minor text changes

Apple ID Login

• Players have now the option of logging into the game using their Apple ID. (iOS users)

jtwood

Serious question: What benefit is there to using an Apple ID to log in?

Magic:PQ Support Team

UPDATE*

Rising Tensions

• PvP

• Progression Rewards

• No Entrance Fee

• Legacy

• All Planeswalkers’ colors are allowed if matching the node color.

• 3 Nodes (Unlocked from the beginning)

• Recharge Time: 8h

• Initial Charge: 1 | Max Charges: 6

• Duration: 46h

Magic:PQ Support Team

jtwood said:

Serious question: What benefit is there to using an Apple ID to log in?

It's the same system as Facebook login.

You can log into your account using different Apple devices with your Apple ID.

For those (like me) who use Apple ID in all other kinds of web accounts, it's good because you can "centralize" all your accounts.

ArielSira

Whenever I push the app away and do other things on my phone (or nothing) it will give a "has stopped working" message after a while. This is strictly since the update.

TomB

critman said:

I find the app to be more unstable now than it has been for a long time, I'm constantly surprised at the moment to find it resetting when I put it in the background to use even a low resource app like Slack or Twitter.

Of course, as a long time player of the game, I remember it being worse than this, and I'd certainly never put the app into the background while I was engaged in a fight for fear it would reset.

Still, this is not a welcome development. My app reset overnight last night, with my phone sat unused on my bedside table. (Perhaps this was because of a maintenance being run, though? We shall see how it fairs over future nights).

It DOES seem a bit more glitchy, doesn't it? I hope they stabilize it better in the next few updates.

JamesGam

critman said:

TomB said:

critman said:

I find the app to be more unstable now than it has been for a long time, I'm constantly surprised at the moment to find it resetting when I put it in the background to use even a low resource app like Slack or Twitter.

Of course, as a long time player of the game, I remember it being worse than this, and I'd certainly never put the app into the background while I was engaged in a fight for fear it would reset.

Still, this is not a welcome development. My app reset overnight last night, with my phone sat unused on my bedside table. (Perhaps this was because of a maintenance being run, though? We shall see how it fairs over future nights).

It DOES seem a bit more glitchy, doesn't it? I hope they stabilize it better in the next few updates.

Why is it so unstable when it's in the menu system, doing nothing? And when my phone is idle? Just how many resources does a menu system need to run? Are they mining bitcoin on my phone?!

Today, my phone provided me a kind message "MTGPQ has stopped working" and the app reset while in the background

Stormcrow

My phone didn't shut the app down when it was in the background, but it did complain to me that the app was draining a lot of battery while on in the background, which it has never done before, and it "suggested" that I shut PQ down. If the new update made it so much more of a battery vampire, it might be that different power management settings or different phones are being more aggressive about not letting it drain battery life.