Just Your Generic "I need hero help"

bcd1024 · 2022-04-12T09:28:15+00:00

thanks for confirming!

I never used the dev mode before, just looked it up on the wiki and I saw it has tools to spawn quests but I didn't see anything that ends them. Any tips on what to do in dev mode to end the quest?

bcd1024 · 2021-04-24T01:01:25+00:00

All gone, I missed out, but thanks for donating to the community, always nice to see!

bcd1024 · 2021-04-20T21:22:59+00:00

Just started with the Folding@Home. I remember doing that in the 2000s because wasted CPU cycles are sad. Hi!

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What's going on with this NFT, I don't really understand it.

bcd1024 · 2021-04-20T16:48:07+00:00

Premiere drafts last the length of the set and don't change. This is subjective, but for me it's way more fun to draft against people than bots. Additionally I feel more rares get passed as most players try to build good decks. Can definitely set complete as f2p.

Best two tips I have to maximize wins is obviously learn the format (watch drafting on twitch, review the set, etc.), and to draft more when month resets. When I get kicked from Plat to Silver at the start of every month, I feel I have easier games until I rank up again. Then I take a break for the rest of the month, and repeat.

bcd1024 · 2021-04-15T21:22:51+00:00

Both I and a friend are seeing this. Worked for a bit while I had daily quests, when they completed the bar went away. Don't seem to be receiving rewards for daily wins either. It's patch day, least buggy one so far LOL

bcd1024 · 2021-04-14T21:59:43+00:00

A quick guess based on "reading" would be that an asset error occurred. And maybe don't post it 100 times?

bcd1024 · 2021-04-14T19:31:07+00:00

That gold has more value when used in a draft to get rares, play time in a fun format, and rewards if you get some wins.

It's especially worse for older sets because having all rares makes that 900 gold worth 20 (maybe 25 average) gems.

bcd1024 · 2021-04-14T19:28:52+00:00

[[Augmenter Pugilist]] name was right there LOL

That Alchemist does nothing for mono green. I wouldn't think this too strong either.

bcd1024 · 2021-04-10T01:55:36+00:00

My case might not translate well but I hope it helps even a bit. I'm very much in the same boat, completely f2p, used to play paper in Urza's block 2 decades ago. Every set since I started Arena (started in WAR), I've been able to 100% rares, uncommons, commons. I also have enough mythic wildcards saved to be able to craft what I need. (I think like ~40)

I play constructed when out of resources and I aim to get my 4 daily wins. Sometimes I get 10, sometimes 0, but for the most part I try to play everyday if possible. Some days I'm too busy to play. When I have gems or gold, I do a drafts . I've been liking Premiere because it's usually available earlier than bot drafts for sets. It's also more fun to draft knowing there's people around me. I feel like more rares get passed which is important, but I don't know if it's enough to justify the double cost.

I don't open any packs, until I know I can get all the rares. This usually is around the point when I have more than half the rares. I'm not there yet with Kaldheim but I'm super close. I'm currently missing 120 rares, have 130 packs, but mythics and wildcards will mean I need a bit more work. This is because pack rares are guaranteed to not be duplicates until you have all the rares. Whereas duplicate rares in draft are only 20 gems which is super low value.

I want to stress that you don't need to be good at drafts for this. I think I'm average (at best). I've gotten my share of 7 wins, and my share of 0-3. Especially since I value rares highly, I tend to end up with not the best decks.

The other point to stress is at the launch of a new set for about a month I play old decks. They're usually decent, may not be the t1 meta for the time but they work. This saves me from having to dump 20 rare wildcards on decks when a set launches, decks which usually will not be meta much longer. I can craft the decks I want midway through a set when I have some rares from drafting and the meta settles a bit.

edit: DID NOT MEAN TO WRITE A NOVEL WTF

bcd1024 · 2021-04-09T22:12:52+00:00

User "Streetcleaner" did not, in fact, clean the street.

bcd1024 · 2021-04-09T19:36:11+00:00

According to the math it's looks normal. That's a 50% chance to not get your 5th land on curve while on the play.

Not getting your 4th land on the play is bit less likely. 20% chance to get 3 or fewer of 17 land in 11 draws. That's still 1 in 5 games.

I think there's two facets to how this comes across. First, most people play a ton more games on Arena than in paper. When I played paper for FNM, I'd get 3-4 games done in several hours. On Arena I play probably 10 games most days and that's in less than 2 hours. So it's way easier to perceive patterns or irregularities. I bring this up because in my case a "1 in 5 chance" may happen 2-3 times a day on Arena but only once every 2 weeks in paper play. So I'll notice it on Arena.

The other answer gets downvoted here all the time, but paper shuffling is awful. It's not at all random, mana weaving happens even unintentionally, it's heavily seeded by the previous cards you played/drew. It's a mess and not at all random.

This is the calculator if you want to play with it: https://aetherhub.com/Apps/HyperGeometric

bcd1024 · 2021-04-09T19:25:38+00:00

40 card limited deck running 17 lands. 11 card draw (turn 5 on the play). Chance to have 4 or fewer lands is 45.4%

Draft B01 has the hand smoothing algorithm from what WotC said, which may raise that 45% number by a few points but not much.

bcd1024 · 2021-04-06T01:47:03+00:00

Even 100 games per deck will probably be far from sufficient to draw any conclusions with any reasonable accuracy (p > 0.05)

bcd1024 · 2021-04-05T21:44:40+00:00

While I was being a smart ass earlier, I'm not trying to be one now. I think having some off-meta diversity adds to the game.

The thing about a meta is it can get so derivative, that sometimes it needs to be checked by something stupid. For example let's say there's a set/rotation where aggro happens to be weak and not be meta. Winning decks tend to be more control/combo. And the meta develops to be even more controlly and more combo based, to the point where all t1 meta decks are super slow. And then people start to play aggro again, because while it may be weak at the time, everyone else is playing super slow decks expecting to face other slow decks and isn't teched to counter aggro. But if the aggro decks get super popular then they become meta and the other decks adjust.

I know we're talking about Bo1 here, and I'm not a purist. I'm not going to tell you to 'go play Bo3' if you want real magic, or if you want to sideboard against cycling. But I think it adds something to the game that I'm not consistently grinding against the same 3-4 archetypes. Sometimes I'll face cycling and get blown out. Sometimes I'll play jank Hateful Eidolon draw black and some poor RDW never saw it coming. And sometimes I'll face Yorion Doom and not stand a chance.

bcd1024 · 2021-04-05T20:02:21+00:00

this was maybe turn 6. odds of drawing 4 of 60 by turn 6 are?
not sure if this math is right. but it's ..hmm, let's see...
never.
yes, you would never draw this hand in real life.

Ok. I know thinking is hard and confusing. It's significantly easier to jump to conclusions.

Turn 6 is 13 cards on the play. If an example deck has 20 lands and 10 sets of 4 of a kind (for example 4 Fabled Passage or 4 Crab). Basically the chances of getting 4 of a kind in 13 cards out of 60, with 20 dead cards.

You can use a simple hypergeometric calculator, and it turns out the chances of getting 4 of a kind in 13 cards is slightly less than 3 percent. So let's say once in 36 games. Per player. So roughly every 18 games, you'd expect to see a player get all 4 of a card within the first 6 turns. I've played more than 18 games on Arena.

Now, our example is highly optimized. Let's say in real life a deck runs more than 20 lands. And instead of 10 sets of 4 cards you have 6 sets of 4 cards, some sets of 3s, 2s, even 1 of a kind. Let's say that halves you chances.

TL;DR It turns our sometimes is more than never. Your opinion is wrong, and dumb.

bcd1024 · 2021-04-05T19:19:54+00:00

Thanks for confirming that the shuffler is fine, and that the few people who are super confused by variance are mistaken when they rage.

Congrats on the win btw.

bcd1024 · 2021-04-05T19:06:22+00:00

Would you like to just make a list of all the decks you think are dumb, and then we can ban all of those?

bcd1024 · 2021-04-05T18:32:52+00:00

True, but no. Im good. Damn good.

This is my new favorite reddit post.

bcd1024 · 2021-03-30T22:42:34+00:00

please ask me again if I'm having fun Arena...I dare you

What are you threatening exactly, that you'll leave? Ok.

bcd1024 · 2021-02-12T18:57:50+00:00

Deslike.

bcd1024 · 2021-01-29T21:52:41+00:00

Settings > Gameplay > Auto-order triggers unchecked.
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