OKTAGON Q&A Session - February 2021 *UPDATE (03/12/21)
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1. Hi! I am trying to recruit for my coalition Casual Cards, but cannot post anywhere. How do I make posts in this forum?
Answer: Hello, we have an area here on the Forum dedicated to this topic. I hope this helps!
https://forums.d3go.com/categories/mtgpq-coalitions
2. Adding Quest Journal / Daily Quests was very amazing and great to assist players and give them more chances. I like it really I only have an Issue that from the beginning of the journey releasing till now wich is the new bottom home Icon shows me 3 gifts and I have nothing. but when real new gift have been completed then it shows be the real number 1 or 2 usually. can you fix this for me? I am not new in this game and I am pretty sure there is nowhere an collect button existed.
Answer: Thank you for the interest. This is a known issue that is confirmed to be fixed soon, before the next release. Thank you for your patience as well.
3. Have you ever considered expanding the number of creature slots on the board? There are cases when you can get 4 creatures on your side instead of max 3, and even tho it's always temporary, it shows that it's not impossible. If you rework the battle screen layout (e.g., reduce closed hand panel width, reduce the creatre icon width on the board, etc.), I am sure you could fit 6 creatures instead of 3 on one side (two vertical rows of 3, front and back, with front attacking first). I think it would contribute immensely to deckbuilding, thus resparking the interest in the game for many veteran players and engaging new ones. That would also give more sense to some PWs (like Koth) having 10 creatures deck slots. If you haven't yet, would you consider it now?
Answer: Yes, we’ve considered this. But this is something where we still have a lot to iterate and test yet. Changing a fundamental game mechanic affects not only the design of most sets, but also the game’s UI, QA tests, playtests, and so on. Thank you for sharing your feedback and you can rest assured that we already had (and will have) some thoughts and discussions regarding this subject.
4. Will we have different 3-color combinations of Planeswalkers? I miss my favorite (Mardu)
Answer: Yes. definitely! We have plans to have all the available 3 color combinations.
5. Are older Planeswalkers sometimes getting updates/rebalance? Some of them are really odd like all Sorins and the Rakdos Dragon guy, so overwhelming, but their playstyle is so cool that I wished they were better so I could spend my resources to get them.
Answer: We have plans to rework and update some old Planeswalkers. However, these updates will probably not take place until the release of all the remaining Puzzle Masters (PMA) contents.
6. will we have back the opportunity to get the exclusive zendikar lands like creeping tar pit or lavaclaw reaches? i started the game later and only could get these two, i would really like to get the other color combinations
Answer: Yes. In general Exclusive content like those ones will be available both through the Booster Crafting and in future offers or events as well. In case of the Exclusive Cards from Zendikar Rising, these are already available in the regular Boosters and Booster Crafting.
7. Some daily quests are undoable for certain players, like buy a pw. That's not possible if you have them all. PR level up a PE. What if they're all at max lv? Question/request is to make universal quests. Preferably involving battles after all, that's the main aspect of the game?).
Answer: The Daily Quests are conceived to touch upon a variety of gameplay aspects. In some cases, the Free Reroll might be an option to switch the current Daily Quest with another one. Note that you will get a Free Reroll each day.
8. Is there going to be a daily PVE event to compliment the once-every-other-day Zendikar Expeditions? I often find myself finishing dailies and with nothing more to gain from playing more. And I suspect that's what you want, for your clients to play more.
Answer: Yes. We have plans to create a new PVE event soon, with an unique approach and great replay elements.
9. Any chance of making more stories in story mode? It's prominently presented on the home screen but it's a completely useless button for most players.
Answer: Yes. We’re studying this option. Thank you for your interest!
10. Game stability and lag is a problem for me, even in a new phone with lots of free memory and super-fast WiFi. What are your plans to reduce these QoL issues as the game grows ever larger?
Answer: Thank you for interest in this topic. We are aware of this problem, we have done some optimization work before and we are trying our best to make the game more optimized whenever we get the chance.
11. Why make the Mox Ruby (and presumably the other 4 moxes for the other cards) colorless rather than their specific color (i.e., red for mox ruby, blue for mox sapphire, black for mox jet, etc.)? There is precedent for making artifact support cards colored cards, like you did with Embercleave for example. I don't think it makes sense to have Mox Ruby be colorless rather than red. It's most powerful effect, giving a red card full mana if you make a match within it's mana field, essentially requires you to run red cards, which means that you'll need to run Mox Ruby with a PW that has red in it (or access to the 5 colors) to get maximum benefit from it anyway. And it makes more sense flavor wise because the card is inextricably linked to red, not any other color. I hope you change Mox Ruby so that's red, and that as you release the other moxes, they be their respective color rather than colorless cards. Thank you very much.
Answer: Thank you for your feedback and suggestions. This is a very interesting point and is very aligned with some thoughts that we have regarding this and other cards. Mox Ruby is considered by many players as a must have, as you mentioned, but we’re studying if this “auto-include” impression is really something that we want about this card. If not, probably the whole Mox cycle will have some minor changes, very aligned to what you mentioned. But if so, this will happen only after the release of upcoming Puzzle Masters (PMA) contents.
Observation: We know that some of our answers in regards to questions about new features and questions and feedback related to your ideas seem repetitive. It has to do more with the fact that we often can't say much about upcoming features nor give an estimate on when these ideas could potentially come to the game.2. Adding Quest Journal / Daily Quests was very amazing and great to assist players and give them more chances. I like it really I only have an Issue that from the beginning of the journey releasing till now wich is the new bottom home Icon shows me 3 gifts and I have nothing. but when real new gift have been completed then it shows be the real number 1 or 2 usually. can you fix this for me? I am not new in this game and I am pretty sure there is nowhere an collect button existed.
Answer: Thank you for the interest. This is a known issue that is confirmed to be fixed soon, before the next release. Thank you for your patience as well.
3. Have you ever considered expanding the number of creature slots on the board? There are cases when you can get 4 creatures on your side instead of max 3, and even tho it's always temporary, it shows that it's not impossible. If you rework the battle screen layout (e.g., reduce closed hand panel width, reduce the creatre icon width on the board, etc.), I am sure you could fit 6 creatures instead of 3 on one side (two vertical rows of 3, front and back, with front attacking first). I think it would contribute immensely to deckbuilding, thus resparking the interest in the game for many veteran players and engaging new ones. That would also give more sense to some PWs (like Koth) having 10 creatures deck slots. If you haven't yet, would you consider it now?
Answer: Yes, we’ve considered this. But this is something where we still have a lot to iterate and test yet. Changing a fundamental game mechanic affects not only the design of most sets, but also the game’s UI, QA tests, playtests, and so on. Thank you for sharing your feedback and you can rest assured that we already had (and will have) some thoughts and discussions regarding this subject.
4. Will we have different 3-color combinations of Planeswalkers? I miss my favorite (Mardu)
Answer: Yes. definitely! We have plans to have all the available 3 color combinations.
5. Are older Planeswalkers sometimes getting updates/rebalance? Some of them are really odd like all Sorins and the Rakdos Dragon guy, so overwhelming, but their playstyle is so cool that I wished they were better so I could spend my resources to get them.
Answer: We have plans to rework and update some old Planeswalkers. However, these updates will probably not take place until the release of all the remaining Puzzle Masters (PMA) contents.
6. will we have back the opportunity to get the exclusive zendikar lands like creeping tar pit or lavaclaw reaches? i started the game later and only could get these two, i would really like to get the other color combinations
Answer: Yes. In general Exclusive content like those ones will be available both through the Booster Crafting and in future offers or events as well. In case of the Exclusive Cards from Zendikar Rising, these are already available in the regular Boosters and Booster Crafting.
7. Some daily quests are undoable for certain players, like buy a pw. That's not possible if you have them all. PR level up a PE. What if they're all at max lv? Question/request is to make universal quests. Preferably involving battles after all, that's the main aspect of the game?).
Answer: The Daily Quests are conceived to touch upon a variety of gameplay aspects. In some cases, the Free Reroll might be an option to switch the current Daily Quest with another one. Note that you will get a Free Reroll each day.
8. Is there going to be a daily PVE event to compliment the once-every-other-day Zendikar Expeditions? I often find myself finishing dailies and with nothing more to gain from playing more. And I suspect that's what you want, for your clients to play more.
Answer: Yes. We have plans to create a new PVE event soon, with an unique approach and great replay elements.
9. Any chance of making more stories in story mode? It's prominently presented on the home screen but it's a completely useless button for most players.
Answer: Yes. We’re studying this option. Thank you for your interest!
10. Game stability and lag is a problem for me, even in a new phone with lots of free memory and super-fast WiFi. What are your plans to reduce these QoL issues as the game grows ever larger?
Answer: Thank you for interest in this topic. We are aware of this problem, we have done some optimization work before and we are trying our best to make the game more optimized whenever we get the chance.
11. Why make the Mox Ruby (and presumably the other 4 moxes for the other cards) colorless rather than their specific color (i.e., red for mox ruby, blue for mox sapphire, black for mox jet, etc.)? There is precedent for making artifact support cards colored cards, like you did with Embercleave for example. I don't think it makes sense to have Mox Ruby be colorless rather than red. It's most powerful effect, giving a red card full mana if you make a match within it's mana field, essentially requires you to run red cards, which means that you'll need to run Mox Ruby with a PW that has red in it (or access to the 5 colors) to get maximum benefit from it anyway. And it makes more sense flavor wise because the card is inextricably linked to red, not any other color. I hope you change Mox Ruby so that's red, and that as you release the other moxes, they be their respective color rather than colorless cards. Thank you very much.
Answer: Thank you for your feedback and suggestions. This is a very interesting point and is very aligned with some thoughts that we have regarding this and other cards. Mox Ruby is considered by many players as a must have, as you mentioned, but we’re studying if this “auto-include” impression is really something that we want about this card. If not, probably the whole Mox cycle will have some minor changes, very aligned to what you mentioned. But if so, this will happen only after the release of upcoming Puzzle Masters (PMA) contents.
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Hi everyone,
How are you?
Here's another Q&A SESSION.
Here's another Q&A SESSION.
We will answer the questions posted by February 21st, so please send your questions and doubts HERE.
Make sure to submit only 2-3 questions maximum, this way the team is able to focus and will try to answer all questions in a given month.
Make sure to submit only 2-3 questions maximum, this way the team is able to focus and will try to answer all questions in a given month.
Thank you for all the support,
Marcela.1
Comments
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When will kaldheim be live?
Anxious to play a renewed angel/valkyrie deck
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Somewhat new to the game, is there any way we can craft cards we want? There are so many decks I wish to finish but the random card crafting is a pain0
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You guys need to submit your questions here; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYqub9Qek-ycIeX8mddiH9MPqudIxeRfiNECZRaKCHHxDBGA/viewform
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I’m pretty convinced at this point they just make up their own softball questions to answer anyways1
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QuiksilverHg said:I’m pretty convinced at this point they just make up their own softball questions to answer anywaysThat's definitely not true. A lot of the questions that have been answered over the last year were ones I submitted, and if you read the responses, people usually say "Thanks for answering my question, but..."1
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Let see if this will be included in the next Q&A
What is the purpose of the Q&A when we seemingly do not get answer from the devs. on even simple/uncontroversial questions?
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jtwood said:QuiksilverHg said:I’m pretty convinced at this point they just make up their own softball questions to answer anywaysThat's definitely not true. A lot of the questions that have been answered over the last year were ones I submitted, and if you read the responses, people usually say "Thanks for answering my question, but..."
Case in point
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It's the 26th now. When will the answers be posted?0
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The answers are usually posted 1-2 weeks into the subsequent month
Do we know where..?0 -
Yes, here. The thread is usually updated with the answers when Marcela has time.2
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We must have really put them to the test with our questions...
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Hi everyone,
Here are the answers we got from the devs.
Thank you for your patience,
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Nice! I really like the idea of board size increment!
Very curious about the release pace of the other PMA sets anxious for the white and black specifically 0 -
5. Are older Planeswalkers sometimes getting updates/rebalance? Some of them are really odd like all Sorins and the Rakdos Dragon guy, so overwhelming, but their playstyle is so cool that I wished they were better so I could spend my resources to get them.
Answer: We have plans to rework and update some old Planeswalkers. However, these updates will probably not take place until the release of all the remaining Puzzle Masters (PMA) contents.
I find this answer absolutely disgusting. Every Q&A since Ixalan the devs have said they are "working on" (or "exploring" or "looking into" or "planning on") balancing older planeswalkers. That's what, 2 years now? But now suddenly that project that has shown 0 progress is getting bumped behind a brand new, completely needless and unrequested block of new cards and walkers? And one that has been given no release timeframe, preview, or explanation whatsoever?
Look, if you're going to give **** Q&A answers I get it. Its a business first and you have other priorities. But to give an answer that is just as useless as a generic platitude but also specifically designed to piss everyone off is just horrible. And now, a year from now or whenever all the PMA sets are out, we are going to expect some rebalancing of our favorite walkers from old sets (well, anyone who is still here will at least), and I have a sinking feeling that there will just be some new thing that gets priority by then too. Come on guys.
9. Any chance of making more stories in story mode? It's prominently presented on the home screen but it's a completely useless button for most players.
Answer: Yes. We’re studying this option. Thank you for your interest!
See, THIS is the generically useless option we've come to expect from our dev team. Its still awful, but somehow I like it better than that garbage. I have no idea how it can take 4 years to "explore" an option as simple and desired as expanded story mode, but at least its not "probably coming in 2 years maybe"
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Mburn7 said:I find this answer absolutely disgusting.My view is I always appreciate when more details are given over a generic answer, even if the details aren't what I was hoping for. Plans aren't future features (they might never happen), and asking Oktagon to stop telling us about plans just in case they change seems really counterproductive.On rebalancing planeswalkers, I don't even think the plans have changed. I think it's always been communicated as something on the back burner. Despite that, progress isn't zero; three older PWs were rebalanced about 18 months ago.1
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Volrak said:Mburn7 said:I find this answer absolutely disgusting.My view is I always appreciate when more details are given over a generic answer, even if the details aren't what I was hoping for. Plans aren't future features (they might never happen), and asking Oktagon to stop telling us about plans just in case they change seems really counterproductive.On rebalancing planeswalkers, I don't even think the plans have changed. I think it's always been communicated as something on the back burner. Despite that, progress isn't zero; three older PWs were rebalanced about 18 months ago.But that's the thing, this ISN'T actually giving more details than the generic answer. "After all the PMAs" means the same thing as "we're exploring the idea" or "eventually" or "Soon™".The fact that it appears to be a real answer is why I'm so upset with it. Let me ask, if the answer was "Ask us again in 2 years and then maybe we'll think about it" would you still be so appreciative? About a feature that has been so heavily requested and was promised "after we catch up to the paper sets" about a year and a half ago?The same generic answer has been copied and pasted into every Q&A for the last year. The fact that they changed it so something equally useless but significantly more misleading is what makes me so mad.Also, Mondays never help with the online aggravation level haha.0
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