Elements 1.29

[Xenocidius]

so why would i ever thumbs up a deck that is not my own ?
chat is down btw.

Why wouldn't you? You're basically giving the deck maker a small reward for being creative. Why give +rep on the forums?

And Chat is not down.

[Sal]

yeah its working again. got a 404 error a few mintues ago and assumed the patch broke it.

you really can´t be that creative and create a "new" deck.
the cardpool is just too limited for that to happen and fire is still just ridiculous combined with double draw.
there is no reason to play any other element because fire got it all (permanent control, creature control and good creatures) - and the double card draw will ensure that you will get what you need sooner or later.

[Xenocidius]

I can think of a reason not to use Fire: you don't get a fire card from the Oracle.

Besides, there's a lot more variety in Arena nowadays.

[Jappert]

What I don't get is the following:

If I meet this insanely boring Arena deck (Immorush, Mono Darkness, whatever) and lose. I either have to give the deck double rating (thumbs down, seems more like a reward!) or rate it thumbs up.

Those are both positive aren't they?

[Xenocidius]

I don't understand. Thumbs down does nothing; thumbs up doubles the rating gained by the deck.

[Calindu]

On kong pvp is still the same, correct me if I am wrong.

[Jappert]

I don't understand. Thumbs down does nothing; thumbs up doubles the rating gained by the deck.

BRB, Learning to read!

[dragonsdemesne]

I just rated this good-looking fellow's deck as 'fun and original', for obvious reasons.  *rubs extra electrum together greedily*


It will only happen once in 500 games, but it seems pretty silly to be able to rate my own deck! :p

[Polari]

For the record, I absolutely loathe the idea of turning competition into a popularity contest.

[dragonsdemesne]

For the record, I absolutely loathe the idea of turning competition into a popularity contest.

It's not bad as a temporary fix, but if having a highly ranked arena deck ever means more in the future, it would need to be changed.

[teffy]

Can I see the ups and downs my deck gets ? If not, this could be part of the next patch
Thanks for the rating thing. Also thanks for PvP rewards.

Edit:
I see that new PvP rewards are somewhere close to costs * 3. What is the exact formula ?

[rowcla]

hmm, pvp1 costs a lot more now, I suppose ill find less noobs now