new to magic on steam.....this normal ?

[InnerPhoenix]

people ditch the match the moment they find out they cant win, so many ditch matches and i dont get much xp, is this the norm for this game on steam ? , doesnt make for any fun when people ditch when they got 10+ life left, or 1.

[Accordinance]

If your opponent leave - its counts as win for you. You getting xp on daily based limit. Also every week you're getting additional weekly challenges.
You cant gather xp infinitely here.

[GoddessofEternity]

People wanna grab their daily rewards and ♥♥♥♥ off.

[Accordinance]

Not in ranked haha :D

[mwesthoff]

Yes, it is a common courtesy to concede a match you can't win instead of dragging it out and being a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Unless you are talking about logging out like a little ♥♥♥♥♥ when you see you can't win. Maybe you should define "ditch" and even then; the client is unstable so who really knows what happened?

[PJ]

Well, think about it. If you know that no matter what you draw, you are going to lose, why continue the match? Most people's decks aren't interesting enough to make it worth it.

[M3rett0]

You still get the exp even if they quit.

[Berserkr]

I had a guy yesterday start making unlimited tokens he said good game, so as it was doing all of his resolves I just tabbed out and did something else, a few min later my taskbar popped out and glowed orange, so I went back in, he stopped the creation at 33 tokens, he came in with his other 4 huge guys(no trample) I survived that attack, then drew a land lol(go figure) gave him back his turn, he came in with everything I said good game took it on the chin and he won, normally I would have just conceded but I wanted to see how many dudes he could make

[Gryfn]

You only get XP for the first 10 wins per day. How long you stay in a game does not affect XP at all. It doesn't matter if players concede. That just means you win quicker. Also, most players will only care about the first 4 wins per day anyway, since daily rewards are heavily front-loaded and players don't want to burnout.

[Calloused]

If I cant win, why drag it out when I can go find another game where I could win? I'm not going to have fun stalling, so just concede and move on.

I use the same tactic with LotR decks, I'm not going to have fun so just concede and move on.

[Brother Alpha]

Originally posted by InnerPhoenix:

people ditch the match the moment they find out they cant win, so many ditch matches and i dont get much xp, is this the norm for this game on steam ? , doesnt make for any fun when people ditch when they got 10+ life left, or 1.

I can find a new match and win in less time than it takes if my opponent ropes. If I manage a come from behind win, it increases the chance of my opponent roping by so much that it is faster to concede as soon as I fall behind rather than try and win.

Also, the XP you get doesn't change if the game was long or short. Its 250 per win for the first 15 wins of the week and 25 per win for the first 10 wins of the day. Also 500 per quest completely.

The rest of the rewards can be found here:

https://magic.wizards.com/en/mtgarena/drop-rates

[Tourette's Guy]

Originally posted by InnerPhoenix:

people ditch the match the moment they find out they cant win, so many ditch matches and i dont get much xp, is this the norm for this game on steam ? , doesnt make for any fun when people ditch when they got 10+ life left, or 1.

There certain archetypes that are not fun to play against, so it's normal some people scoops as soon as they realize you are playing that kind of deck. In my case, I concede automatically when I realize that my opponent is playing rogue mill deck.

I play MTG Arena to have fun, not to being milled and countered all the time.

[Brother Alpha]

Originally posted by Tourette's Guy:

Originally posted by InnerPhoenix:

people ditch the match the moment they find out they cant win, so many ditch matches and i dont get much xp, is this the norm for this game on steam ? , doesnt make for any fun when people ditch when they got 10+ life left, or 1.

There certain archetypes that are not fun to play against, so it's normal some people scoops as soon as they realize you are playing that kind of deck. In my case, I concede automatically when I realize that my opponent is playing rogue mill deck.

I play MTG Arena to have fun, not to being milled and countered all the time.

Not only that, but there are some decks that are piloted by people who are just more likely to rope you. Rogue Mill is one of them. Any prison deck is another. Discard decks.

I can literally concede, find a new game, and win that game in less time than it takes to collect my win if my opponent ropes. And since conceding is the only tool WotC has given us to deal with abusive players, I will use it as soon as I think it makes sense.

[fourskulls]

I find it funny when people auto-concede when I play Battle of Gobakhan before I even have a chance to look at their hand. Same thing with the black card that does that as well.

[GoddessofEternity]

Originally posted by fourskulls:

I find it funny when people auto-concede when I play Battle of Gobakhan before I even have a chance to look at their hand. Same thing with the black card that does that as well.

They are afraid you’re taking their toys away

[Brother Alpha]

Originally posted by fourskulls:

I find it funny when people auto-concede when I play Battle of Gobakhan before I even have a chance to look at their hand. Same thing with the black card that does that as well.

I understand why they do this. If someone is playing hand attack spells, it means they are much more likely to rope.

It's just smarter to concede and find another game rather than risk sitting there for three minutes to collect your win at the end of the game.