I don't like the idea of MMORPG, in a open world in this case.
For me the best way to bring the magic feel on a game online ( without being a card game, but a 3D game focusing the story) would be a game with online multiplayer missions with diferent modes ( co op, teams, one vs all, etc ). The "multiplayer missions" type is like the Raid mode on Resident Evil Revelations 2.
My ideal concept:
Name:Tastes of the multiverse, or something in those lines
Start up Menu: Multiplayer ( where most of the missions can be played) and Single Player ( where the player can play missions that at least train hin for the multiplayer ones)
On Game: Players can choose to see what missions have people waiting to start or to see the available planes. Then the player can choose to join in a mission or wait for one.
For exemple:
You open the Tarkir Plane, there are 5 missions: Last Stand, for 5 players(In Khans' Tarkir, u get a random character from one of the 5 clans, have your time to choose spells/ habilities from a small number of available ones, and then go on a Death match agains other people, however wins gain some score points); Rob the Dragon's Treasure ( In Dragons' Tarkir,for 2 to up 8 players, players gets a random rebel of the Dragon Clans, Khan Clans, and have ro kill a Dragon that will be played by a random player, or by one specific player, depends on the mod choosen for the mission, if team wins it gets X points, if Dragon wins it gets X*(n-2) or X n=number of players X if n=2 , for exemple ), etc...
Then You can choose a mission to wait for people to join ( if there aren't another of the same mission alread with people waiting ) or u can go to a mission that has alread some people waiting for it to start.
How could people know when a mission is starting or talk to people to join missions? Well, there could be chat rooms for the game in game, soo people could ask for someone to play mission X from plane Y with them...
Why the points? Leaderboards and maybe later introduce a planeswalker feature where players could create characters playable in all missions after hitting some score in the game, and maybe make tournaments where part of the prize would be getting your character printed in the card game.
Other ideas for missions on planes:
Innistrad: could have some missions with mechanics similar to Dead by Daylight ( one monster hunting people, or in that case a monster being hunted but the hunt could become the hunter ) ( A survive the Zombie apocalipse mission )
Amonkhet: 5 missions, one for each trial
Theros: Kill the "...." kind of mission, path of the Hero thing
Mirrodin/New Phyrexia : Invade the phyrexian building and put the bomb, or Hunt the Mirrans ( Monster kind of game, like Dead by Daylight )
Zendikar: Retrive the tresure from this dungeon ( that could have or not Eldrazis ), Rally the Allies against the Eldrazi giant
Ravnica: Could have missions more like Team vs Team like Boros soldiers trying to arrest Dimir assassins, Assassination atemp against a Selesnyan cleric (more like overwatch, with all those sub missions )
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Well lets hope its not a garbage that ends up in the shadow of WoW
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Garruk was cured and forgoten after M14-M15 and the (last) Duel of Planeswalkers game(2015).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ80L5MeLQU
2-They start to do good planeswalker decks (in each collection) or drop them.
3-A new and interesting set.
4-Stop with the gatewatch tale.
5-Give up on Brawl or change the format/give it competitive status (maybe with sideboard).
Yep, but this is the business model of WotC/Wizkidz(Hasbro/Neca) towards D&D miniatures. It is safe for just wait 3 m after release and buy it for $70-80 and all the other minis in the seccondary market. (at least this was true for almost all realeases.
I m soo glad i will not be buying any of these.
Actually it is 16 for 5(usually) soo 3.2 each. But it is a bit overpriced imo. In the old days (when D&D minis was a game were people could use the miniatures for tabletop, and to play a miniature game) boosters were about the same price but we got 7 minis and they had stats cards... Never buying miniatures from wizards again (some times in the secondary market but only the really good ones ( sculpt cause they are just decorations now))
The images on boosters and guild pre release kits are unique or seems to at least.
The same as any D&D(and or Parthfinder) standard-sized character mini, or any of the Creature Forge tokens.
It is a fact that Kamigawa happened centures ago. And changes happens. Lore wise kamigawa could go to anywhere there were alot of modern culture in them. One aspect that they did not explore (just visualy on the cards) was Kanji magic, and this should be a part of a new set (at least a master of kanji magic, like Tochi used to be)(and metion it on the cards and flavor text). Samurais, and Ninjas would probably be in the set. And the diferential, what changed from the first visit would be the Kamis helping the mortals, maybe even empowering them, or fusing with them somehow, instead of killing them...
A new set could have:
Yes Girus is a hydra from the merged shard of jund.
Gyrus, Waker of Corpses
To be fair, part of the nephilin was trash (like 3 of them) even for casual (during original rav release)(beside with commander they become super popular).
I think the sad thing is that WotC developers and designers are a bit out of touch with the "community" and they don't really know what we "want" as of now. That is why no return to kamigawa even if more than 70% of the "community" says they are ok with it or they would love it...
They took data, but take the information as absolute like:
"players don't liked kamigawa" = we will never return to kamigawa.
"players liked Dominaria" = nostalgia .
"players liked Kamigawa in suplemental products" = thats the only place to make Kamigawa.
Conclusion - Never return to kamigawa in a standard set
how we players would like them to think:
"players don't liked kamigawa" = mostly because of power level and themes and design.
"players liked Dominaria" = Dominaria and Kamigawa had some theme in common but had different execution.
"players like kamigawa in suplemental products" = maybe players liked the setting and we could re work it.
Conclusion - We could return to kamigawa and get things right this time, players like the setting.
We just have to wait for some people go to retirement...
I hope you are right and Wizards retcon the whole "bring the titans to physical realm and burn them" non sense....
Also Shandalar would be nice.
Now that core 2019 had part of the story being a revisited old lore, i would love Wizards to do the same for other stories like Ice Age stuff, the Planeswalker War, etc.