Guilds of Ravnica coming soon?

Hmmm. I temember the fuss about gilded lotu
on the other hand - ixalan was spoiled shortly before release. There was big complains about costs of the cards (and development answer was - it's already set so we cannot modify it now) - which was decreased later. 
Having discussion about cards is healthy so please, please - give use some info before it's to late too adjust if needed 

Brigby said:

It sounds to me like it's not a preview that players want (which implies that it's a sneak peek of finished content), but rather an entire beta period for card set design.

A mix of both? We want previews, like what we got with Ixalan, a couple of weeks prior to the release of the content. Through these previews we can offer feedback or discuss amongst the community what we like/dislike.

The idea of a beta period for the set likely arises from that same preview in which we the community noticed some glaring issues with the Ixalan card designs either in cost or effect and were very vocal that these designs were flawed and needed to be altered. Unfortunately, due to the short amount of time the preview was up for before the set was released and the patch having already been prepared, none of these changes were made until after the set was released and there was plenty of backlash for cards that we knew weren't going to hold muster.

So because of this, the desire to want to see the sets before release through a preview has been altered to wanting to test the set in order to prevent a similar situation from occurring.

Regardless, it doesn't change the fact that we're quite tired of not being informed of releases until the week of, and getting previews of that set until one or two days prior to it's release. Especially given that such announcements continue to be done on the forums only and not within the game itself.

Brigby said:

@Brakkis Since being able to run a beta for a game feature is now a potential option, thanks to Duel Decks, I can see a world where having a short beta for card sets could also be plausible.

I can certainly bring it up to the team to see if there is any flexibility in development schedule to allow for something like that. 

What devs are calling beta was simply early access to the duels event. 

What we are asking for is indeed previews of cards and mechanics, the way paper magic does it.

Brigby said:

khurram said:

Brigby said:

Brakkis Since being able to run a beta for a game feature is now a potential option, thanks to Duel Decks, I can see a world where having a short beta for card sets could also be plausible.

I can certainly bring it up to the team to see if there is any flexibility in development schedule to allow for something like that. 

What devs are calling beta was simply early access to the duels event. 

What we are asking for is indeed previews of cards and mechanics, the way paper magic does it.

Ah I see. You're probably right that preview would be the more appropriate term, since players wouldn't necessarily be able to play those cards ahead of time. I guess technically providing feedback is independent of whether it's a preview or a beta, as it can be applicable to both.

Either way, it's an interesting idea, and I'll bring it up to the team to discuss further.

Great involvement and interest in our concerns and ideas... much appreciated!!

khurram said:

Gideon said:

I remember when they used to release previews 2-4 weeks in advance like during the kaladesh block it was cool but they changed the cards at the last second. Everyone especially Noticed torrential gear hulk it was supposed to return the 2 spells back to your hand with full mana but of course that would have created an infinite loop with deploy the gatewatch. The issue is that the cards are in constant flux until release day so previews turn into bad feelings when the final version changes from the preview to release.

That's just one example. And to be honest it was the players who cried out BROKEN and as a result they changed the gearhulk so badly that I doubt anyone has even touched it.

The preveiws for the zendiker block did the job of getting players excited. 

I still can't believe they were going to print Gearhulk like that.

Yeah, you can tell us if it was planned for this weekend but got pushed back. We’re excited and hungry for content.

Brigby said in another thread that version 3.0 is coming early/mid November. Is that a reasonable time to expect this set to land?

Thanks for the confirmation!

Let's talk about sets, baby!