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lucidique May 25, 2023 @ 3:07pm
Draft vs AI.
Is the AI really meant to be so aggressive?

This is absolutely no fun.
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Hannah Barbara (Banned) May 25, 2023 @ 3:31pm 
They're people. You just draft vs the ai.
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lucidique May 25, 2023 @ 3:35pm 
Originally posted by Hannah Barbara:
They're people. You just draft vs the ai.
That's what I did.

The first 2 games, the AI was barely playing, in fact, it conceded turn 2 with 18 life total.

Then it adjusted my rank and every other match was my anus being resized turn 3.

I wonder if it is more the fault of Dominaria United being a bad draft set? I'll try again once the offered set rotates.

I gotta be honest tough, I find the complexity level of the game play to be reminiscent of those 10$ Planeswalker decks.

I don't really see the appeal of drafting.
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The Sylvan Learning Center May 25, 2023 @ 3:55pm 
It's a completely different game to be honest its a higher form of thinking than constructed. Speaking as a constructed dummy myself.
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lucidique May 25, 2023 @ 4:21pm 
Originally posted by The Sylvan Learning Center:
It's a completely different game to be honest its a higher form of thinking than constructed. Speaking as a constructed dummy myself.
I guess i'll give it another go.

How do you feel about Dominaria United for drafts?
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Impec May 25, 2023 @ 5:07pm 
Dominaria United (DMU) is a good set to draft, I personally like it...

I enjoy more drafts than contructed, its where I get the most of my cards for collection and gems... I watch a lot of content creators drafting, so that helped me learning the game and drafting.
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lucidique May 25, 2023 @ 5:22pm 
Originally posted by Impec:
Dominaria United (DMU) is a good set to draft, I personally like it...

I enjoy more drafts than contructed, its where I get the most of my cards for collection and gems... I watch a lot of content creators drafting, so that helped me learning the game and drafting.
Awesome.

Thanks for your input.
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ComradeBugerov May 26, 2023 @ 1:57am 
Originally posted by lucidique:
Originally posted by Hannah Barbara:
They're people. You just draft vs the ai.
That's what I did.

The first 2 games, the AI was barely playing, in fact, it conceded turn 2 with 18 life total.

Then it adjusted my rank and every other match was my anus being resized turn 3.

I wonder if it is more the fault of Dominaria United being a bad draft set? I'll try again once the offered set rotates.

I gotta be honest tough, I find the complexity level of the game play to be reminiscent of those 10$ Planeswalker decks.

I don't really see the appeal of drafting.


From your response, it sounds like you misunderstood the previous comment.
You draft vs the AI, but you play against other players. That means when you choose the cards you do that vs an AI, but when you play, you play against other people.

To your comment: Limited (draft etc.) is extremely competitive because it was the best way to finish your collection before they gave "Gold Boosters" and because it has a high upfront cost (5/10k gold or gems) so people go with a far more focused mindset into draft than constructed.
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EpimeTheAus May 26, 2023 @ 3:11am 
If you want to stop AI dead in its tracks, just use deathtouch cards. It hates those cards and will abandon sure victory to avoid them.
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lucidique May 26, 2023 @ 7:21am 
Originally posted by ComradeBugerov:
Originally posted by lucidique:
That's what I did.

The first 2 games, the AI was barely playing, in fact, it conceded turn 2 with 18 life total.

Then it adjusted my rank and every other match was my anus being resized turn 3.

I wonder if it is more the fault of Dominaria United being a bad draft set? I'll try again once the offered set rotates.

I gotta be honest tough, I find the complexity level of the game play to be reminiscent of those 10$ Planeswalker decks.

I don't really see the appeal of drafting.


From your response, it sounds like you misunderstood the previous comment.
You draft vs the AI, but you play against other players. That means when you choose the cards you do that vs an AI, but when you play, you play against other people.

To your comment: Limited (draft etc.) is extremely competitive because it was the best way to finish your collection before they gave "Gold Boosters" and because it has a high upfront cost (5/10k gold or gems) so people go with a far more focused mindset into draft than constructed.

Interesting. Is this information verifiable?

I see no mention within the game itself that you are doing anything other than drafting against AI.

Not that I don't believe you, as it certainly seems like each game i played was played against "someone different".
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ComradeBugerov May 26, 2023 @ 7:42am 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r7K4LT8BOU&t=34s

Here the video from the official channel.
Timestamp 26:05

The game mode is called Draft and the selection of cards at the start is called drafting, so the ingame description is correct you do the drafting against an AI, but the play with those selected cards is against human players.
As explained in the video above

Last edited by ComradeBugerov; May 26, 2023 @ 7:51am
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lucidique May 26, 2023 @ 8:22am 
Originally posted by ComradeBugerov:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r7K4LT8BOU&t=34s

Here the video from the official channel.
Timestamp 26:05

The game mode is called Draft and the selection of cards at the start is called drafting, so the ingame description is correct you do the drafting against an AI, but the play with those selected cards is against human players.
As explained in the video above
Awesome.

Thank you for taking the time to dig this up!
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[HdF] Almut Grete May 26, 2023 @ 10:32am 
Originally posted by lucidique:
Originally posted by ComradeBugerov:


From your response, it sounds like you misunderstood the previous comment.
You draft vs the AI, but you play against other players. That means when you choose the cards you do that vs an AI, but when you play, you play against other people.

To your comment: Limited (draft etc.) is extremely competitive because it was the best way to finish your collection before they gave "Gold Boosters" and because it has a high upfront cost (5/10k gold or gems) so people go with a far more focused mindset into draft than constructed.

Interesting. Is this information verifiable?

I see no mention within the game itself that you are doing anything other than drafting against AI.

Not that I don't believe you, as it certainly seems like each game i played was played against "someone different".

Well you see it in the names of your opponent, but your are right while still misunderstanding. ^^
You do draft vs. A.I. but you play with the drafted deck vs. players. ^^

If you also draft vs. players it is a timed thing where th epacks are given around to pick cards.
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