Real Time PvP vs AI Controlled PvP

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I hope it won’t be the only option either since I’ve never liked live PVP. I enjoy the game mechanics as-is.

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Thanks. :smile_cat: That’s good to know.

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Yep - what @dhjl said. The current asynchronous PvP is fun, we won’t ever remove that.
It would be nice to have an option for live PvP though… because no matter how much time we spend writing an AI, it would never be as devious as you guys!

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Thanks for the fast response!

I’m glad to hear that everyone gets to be happy with various play options as the game grows.

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You can tell just from where the spinners show up in-game right now that once a match starts, the game plays entirely locally until one side wins. If you’re on mobile, you can start a match, then enter Airplane Mode (or a parking garage) and play uninterrupted until the victory screen.

This would all have to change in live PvP.

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if you want to make real time PVP, you need

a lot of players

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This is why we have nerfs and buffs right here in this line it confirms it.

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Let’s be honest about this. A player vs a computer controlled AI is not PVP. It is PVC. I’m tired of misrepresentations by game devs. Player versus player is not the same as player versus computer.

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Oh come on stop necroing random threads impostor, we know you aren’t the real Van … oh you are not him … soooo, you’re serious?

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Lol… I had the same thought

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It can be done.

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Of course it can be done. However, it would be like playing a completely different game; and it would be a pretty hefty undertaking to move their game state server-side. Latency would become a much larger factor than it is today, where a slow connection results in pre- or post-battle spinners (and the odd timeout). As well, the reward structure would need to be carefully considered so that the mode is both optional as well as worthwhile – a balance that the devs have had trouble attaining with their existing game modes.

I see this as a future direction the game could definitely take, but the payoff relative to the heavy investments required to implement is unclear. (Many players here have expressed no desire in such a mode, but this might be a case of, “Build it and they will come.”)

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What of it wasn’t a standard, but an optional way of playing. The actual challenge is when you put your deck against a real, critical thinking and strategic person. You would see that your deck might not work as well as you are use to making it work.

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Takes too much from the servers I think.

The devs official stance is they would have to create a new game to implement such a change. (I’m paraphrasing of course.)

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The change will take the game to the next level. It will light the fire back for some of the senior players. It will give new players a real reason to grind and not rely on their guild.