I am just a returning magic player and I would like to get back into playing competitively. I am not a big fan of standard since I have to buy new decks. And I don't want to play Legacy(atleast in paper , expensive as hell) so I considered getting into MTGO since I can play anytime and some cards are a lot cheaper.
Problem however , I was consulting a very reliable source of information and when I asked whether I should join MTGO or not I got "...I would not currently recommend MTGO for a large multitude of reasons, mostly the new client making the game unplayable."
the new client has a lot of bugs, and these bugs take weeks to get fixed, they are game breaking bugs which make certain archetypes unplayable
the new client also crashes a lot for certain people, if you have a 5+ year old computer mtgo might not work very well on it
the new client is not really an improvement over the old one, which is a joke considering it took 4 years to get to this point
the graveyard feature is horrendous and makes using graveyard decks a chore to play
that said the client is still usable, but it's a shame we have to use it
It sounds like you don't want to spend much money, or don't want to get into serious formats? I don't see the point of playing casually on mtgo when there is cockatrice. But if you want to play with non tier 1 decks there's always player run events where not everyone plays tier 1.
Thanks for the response. I don't mind spending a bit of money (400-500$) on a deck I just don't want to spend a grand on lands alone let that be online or in real life. That's insane (zendikar fetch lands are 80$ now!? wtf? ).
Anyways , I'm really competitive and I like to go to big events so I might shed a few bucks to get a tournament ready deck for a big tournament. I'm just not sure yet if I should do that on Magic Online or on Paper (not too big of an issue , multiple tournaments on saturday sunday and its a 5 minute drive). I might get into this new "modern" thing since I wont have to buy dual lands(I am NOT paying 350$ for a land!).
It sounds like MTGO might be just the thing for you, since the level of play in the competitive events is reasonable. I don't know if the free trial is still working, but if it is you should be able to try and see if the client works properly with your hardware setup. The thing is that some people have terrible lag and performane issues, while others have very little issues. Your mileage may vary.
Hmm I get 60 fps on max graphics on League of Legends. I hope that's enough for no lag. And I have a MTGO account from a year or two back , I just dont have any cards on it.
You will also be delighted to hear the A/B/U duals cost around $3-15 on MTGO.
Thanks for the response. I don't mind spending a bit of money (400-500$) on a deck I just don't want to spend a grand on lands alone let that be online or in real life.
Well you can go here to see what decks people play and how much they cost.
I am just a returning magic player and I would like to get back into playing competitively. I am not a big fan of standard since I have to buy new decks. And I don't want to play Legacy(atleast in paper , expensive as hell) so I considered getting into MTGO since I can play anytime and some cards are a lot cheaper.
Problem however , I was consulting a very reliable source of information and when I asked whether I should join MTGO or not I got "...I would not currently recommend MTGO for a large multitude of reasons, mostly the new client making the game unplayable."
I was just wondering why is this? Just curious.
the new client also crashes a lot for certain people, if you have a 5+ year old computer mtgo might not work very well on it
the new client is not really an improvement over the old one, which is a joke considering it took 4 years to get to this point
the graveyard feature is horrendous and makes using graveyard decks a chore to play
that said the client is still usable, but it's a shame we have to use it
It sounds like you don't want to spend much money, or don't want to get into serious formats? I don't see the point of playing casually on mtgo when there is cockatrice. But if you want to play with non tier 1 decks there's always player run events where not everyone plays tier 1.
http://gatherling.com/gatherling.php
Anyways , I'm really competitive and I like to go to big events so I might shed a few bucks to get a tournament ready deck for a big tournament. I'm just not sure yet if I should do that on Magic Online or on Paper (not too big of an issue , multiple tournaments on saturday sunday and its a 5 minute drive). I might get into this new "modern" thing since I wont have to buy dual lands(I am NOT paying 350$ for a land!).
Hmm I get 60 fps on max graphics on League of Legends. I hope that's enough for no lag. And I have a MTGO account from a year or two back , I just dont have any cards on it.
Delighted indeed
Well you can go here to see what decks people play and how much they cost.
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/modern#online