How about "drew a hand" instead of "drew a card" at the start of a round?

Discussion in 'Feedback and Suggestions' started by Sir Knight, Feb 18, 2013.

  1. Sir Knight

    Sir Knight Sir-ulean Dragon

    The log at the top left tells us every time anything happens. This is less helpful in some circumstances as the contents can scroll more than a full "screen" between moments, burying whatever the player wanted to check.

    Currently, Blue Manchu is trying to show us the name of every discard. I'd rather they didn't, but if it must be the case then I certainly want to use the information. Most discards are at the end of a round; this is then completely overwhelmed by "drew a card" announcements at the start of the next one, rendering it very difficult to use on occasion.

    Could the start-of-round announcements be shortened to "drew a hand"? I think I'd even prefer it if default move draws and my own draws, where the log tells me the full name of the cards, were abbreviated to save space. "Drew a card" and "drew [name]" still appear individually for Inspiration and such, of course, so I'm not talking about eliminating the code completely.

    Thoughts?
     
    Sir Knight, Feb 18, 2013
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  2. Pengw1n

    Pengw1n Moderately Informed Staff Member

    /Agreed - drew a hand, or drew x cards would suffice. I'm currently tracking monster decks, and the draw scroll for minions deck when I need to check up on discard is annoying. Can imagine this is the same in pvp et c, where card counting can matter.
     
    Pengw1n, Feb 18, 2013
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  3. SurgeonFish

    SurgeonFish Automaton Moderator Staff Member

    I rather have a log of every card that gets drawn, but i do see what you mean. This can be simplified a bit. While i dont like the term "Drew a Hand" (sounds gross) i would rather it worded like this

    Grumpy drew Zap, Little Zap, and Walk cards
    Dopy drew Heal, Minor Heal, and Run cards
    Drippy drew Simple Bash, Bludgeon, and Dash cards

    And the enemy could see it as

    Grumpy drew two cards and Walk
    Dopy drew two cards and Run
    blah blah....
     
    SurgeonFish, Feb 18, 2013
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  4. Wozarg

    Wozarg Thaumaturge

    Anything is better then individual log entries for so many reasons!
     
    Wozarg, Feb 18, 2013
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  5. Sir Knight

    Sir Knight Sir-ulean Dragon

    Yes, a summary line would be great. I was concerned about long-term confusion if one were to complete eliminate it from the log. However, log entries already vary based on conditionals; it should be possible to code a summary line with content conditional on an entire hand.

    Listen to the wisdom of SurgeonFish.
     
    Sir Knight, Feb 18, 2013
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  6. SurgeonFish

    SurgeonFish Automaton Moderator Staff Member

    Its like you guys think im smart or something. Depending on the code, we dont know if it will be easy or difficult to do for them.
     
    SurgeonFish, Feb 19, 2013
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