Zzyzzx said: Favorite set: Forgotten Realms (before this it was Dominaria)Event I currently like: You Found and EnteranceEvent I miss the most: The Original Rising TensionsPlaneswalker played most: This is a difficult question to answer, but it's most likely either Liliana, Death's Majesty, Kaya I, or Pirate Jace
Event I miss the most: The original rising tensions. That was a great event for beginners and vets alike. Beginning players got the chance to get 4 mythics that were much more powerful than most of the rest of their collection. Everyone got a pack and crafting orbs once you had the mythics. The secondaries were general enough to allow lots of experimentation with decks and gave beginning players good chances to meet the secondaries. And you could complete the event in 4 games if you got all the secondaries and won all of your matches. So it didn’t take forever to play which I think is very important in a daily event held during the week because that’s when people are working. My first account got to play the original rising tensions and it was amazing.
ZE is a poor, poor substitute. The rewards are way worse. It takes a minimum of 7 matches to earn 100 ribbons, so it’s almost twice as long as the original RT. Moreover, the secondaries are much more specific. I started a new account that is now my primary account and this has been the daily event for that entire account’s existence. I’ve noticed many players in bronze tier with low scores (5-25 ribbons) with less than an hour left to go in the event. It’s much harder for people with smaller collections to meet more specific objectives like are present in ZR, which means that they have to play more matches. My sense is that many bronze players are not able to complete the event, and I’ve also noticed that it seems like there are less bronze players playing the ZR daily events than there were before. I get that sense because now I’m often paired against an opponent who is more than 10 levels above or below my planeswalker’s level, which is a sign that there aren’t enough people playing it in bronze to always find level-appropriate opponents. The combination of specific objectives and many matches is terrible for newer players, who can't build unfair or busted decks because their collection is too small. So they either end up grinding this event out with fair decks, or they just don't complete it, or they stop playing it. Not a good introduction into this great game for newer players.
Newer players are less active on these forums than vets. I wish the developers would think about the experience for newer players more. I know it’s hard because you don’t hear from as many of those voices, but we want to make the game as enjoyable as possible for newer players so that we grow the game. Grindy events and challenging objectives are even more daunting for newer players because they don’t have as many cards and can’t build unfair decks that can win quickly.
Favorite current event: Seize the day and Fblthp.
Favorite set(s): I’ve only played since Dominaria. I think several of the recent sets have been quite good. Ikoria is a great set. The mutation mechanic is fantastic. AFR has lots of fun cards. STX is also a great set. Those three are my favorites.
Which PW do I play the most. For PvE events Ashiok 1 is my most used PW. For coalition events, Bolas 2 (the Ravager) is my most used PW. Other PW I use a lot include Garruk CH, Ral, and Sarkhan the Unbroken.