Please Post Deck Editor Feedback
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:56 am
I thought it might be handy to get some information about how different people use the deck editor, and the kind of features that they'd like to see in it. Please note that there is no guarantee that anything in this thread will be implemented, but I promise to read everything . I've invited the rest of the team (hi everyone!) to watch and comment on this thread, so there's a chance you'll have more than one ear listening
Before I get started, I'd like to clear up an obvious improvement that I have heard before, for those of you using the SVN-- I will be adding a save/load feature to filters eventually, but it requires a bit of work and won't be in this upcoming release. Please be patient
Alright, so now an example, so everyone knows the kind of information I'm looking for, here's my own usage data:
How I use the deck editor:
Current use: I like the deck statistics, and most often check the "no lands in first X turns" section, page 8. The mana curve histogram is also consulted regularly, though I don't really usually bother with the detail pages. I never view the victory/loss page, as one "deck" might be rebuilt several times, so these stats aren't accurate... I'd like it if there was a way to see victory/loss just for the current name, but don't really consider it important.
Problems:I don't have any trouble finding the cards I need while browsing the collection, but feel that the way it displays cards is a little useless-- usually, the right half of a card contains no identifying information. It might be different if the upcoming cards were "tapped", so I could read their names, but I'm not sure how that'd work out in practice.
Features: I find it hard to get an overview of what's in my deck and what's not, so my biggest wish for the deck editor is a full text listing. I'd really like it if scrolling worked like on an ipod, with speed increasing over time until it hits a point where you get a big alphabet letter and it starts stepping by that, but I know that'd be a pain in the a** to code.
There's nothing I really see that needs to be "optionally configured", though I wouldn't mind if scrolling speed was slightly faster.
Before I get started, I'd like to clear up an obvious improvement that I have heard before, for those of you using the SVN-- I will be adding a save/load feature to filters eventually, but it requires a bit of work and won't be in this upcoming release. Please be patient
Alright, so now an example, so everyone knows the kind of information I'm looking for, here's my own usage data:
How I use the deck editor:
Current use: I like the deck statistics, and most often check the "no lands in first X turns" section, page 8. The mana curve histogram is also consulted regularly, though I don't really usually bother with the detail pages. I never view the victory/loss page, as one "deck" might be rebuilt several times, so these stats aren't accurate... I'd like it if there was a way to see victory/loss just for the current name, but don't really consider it important.
Problems:I don't have any trouble finding the cards I need while browsing the collection, but feel that the way it displays cards is a little useless-- usually, the right half of a card contains no identifying information. It might be different if the upcoming cards were "tapped", so I could read their names, but I'm not sure how that'd work out in practice.
Features: I find it hard to get an overview of what's in my deck and what's not, so my biggest wish for the deck editor is a full text listing. I'd really like it if scrolling worked like on an ipod, with speed increasing over time until it hits a point where you get a big alphabet letter and it starts stepping by that, but I know that'd be a pain in the a** to code.
There's nothing I really see that needs to be "optionally configured", though I wouldn't mind if scrolling speed was slightly faster.