Removing options that players have shown less interest in removes the frustrating experience of a player building a deck in one of these formats, only to discover that very few people play them and they have few opponents to play against. Our reasoning for the retirement of the other formats is primarily for the sake of new players. The other formats will remain in retirement. Based off of the reaction we've received, MTGO will be bringing back Legacy Tribal Wars in the future. Our team has discussed and deliberated the response we've gotten for the format retirement announcement. “ Sorry for the delay in response, everyone. It was based on the idea that WOTC does not like to be seen breaking their word and they gave us their word back when they changed Tribal Wars (via Aaron Forsythe, director of Research and Development.) They promised a home on the client. Now the expectation was not based on a statement by WOTC this week, nor even their statement after Kuma's excellent article. I deleted my own article decrying this underhanded move based on the theory that WOTC would act quickly to undo the mess that they created. Our collective outcry was heard over the removal and there was a response within hours of Kumagoro's article. Tribal Wars Legacy is a Johnny's paradise and Timmy and Spike also have a good time with it if they settle in. Tribal Wars Legacy, on the other hand, is another story. No one really cared about Tribal Wars Standard because that was rather limited in its applications and too easily solved and thus not very fun. What was undone was a decade+ of history in the form of the Tribal Wars formats. After this week's downtime (earlier on Wednesday the 18th of February) many players expected to see a change in the client.
This is me feeling grumpy.Ī Tribal Wars Classic format list by Nafiz Erman However when something is taken away, players get grumpy. It builds excitement and when the event finally arrives we are happy to finally have it occurring we instantly forgive any delays. Waiting can be fun, if we are anticipating some change that will benefit us all such as a new set. This method is effective because most bills in US Governance have a short half-life, after which they are no longer valid and must be reintroduced to congress to again be passed or not.ĭelaying tactics in business and government are just par for the course and we even are quite familiar with this pattern in M:TG and M:TGO in particular. Sometimes when a bill hits the desk of the President of the United States, instead of signing a veto directly on it, or signing it into law a president will just let it sit there. Another part of it is because experience tells me that procrastination and giving excuses is the oldest way to kill an idea or proposed benefit without actually saying "no".Īmerican Government even has a name for this: The Desk Veto. A part is me being hysterical which is an unfortunate family trait.
Part of this is the addictive personality's need for "instant gratification". I have learned over time to practice patience but I am not inherently interested in waiting a long time for results. A Tribal Wars Legacy format list by AJ_Impy