Magic: The Gathering Online's development team reveals plans for the future - Commander Update, Battlefield Automation, and more
This October, Magic: The Gathering Online will be transferring over to the Daybreak Online servers. This will require a bit of downtime, however, and the developers have announced their plans.
The developers of the game haven't discussed all of their plans, although some of what was revealed has been quite controversial among MTGO players. However, some of the plans will be a blessing for the game and could attract more players to the ancient, obtuse online Magic: The Gathering system.
What is being planned, though? Here’s what the developers at Daybreak Games discussed.
The developers of Magic: The Gathering Online talked about a number of features they want to add to the classic online gameplay app. This is where Magic Online really began, after all. However, one of the downsides is that it is an incredibly clunky, hard-to-understand app for newcomers.
It isn’t always clear what newcomers to the app should be doing, so some form of onboarding would do the game a significant amount of good. The developers want to improve the user experience, specifically for new MTGO players.
This will require some hand-holding and direction pointing, but will certainly help keep players around, once they’ve started the game. On that note, they also want to add some more Play Rewards to the game. Magic Online is fun, but winning prizes like card packs, tickets, and other items makes winning feel even sweeter. However, they were not especially clear on what this meant.
But not everything is positive. Battlefield Automation is something that has fans worried. What this means is that they want to add Auto-Tapping and Auto-Passing through phases/turns to Magic: The Gathering Online.
They also want to add some improvements to the overall gameplay
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