Specifically, I don’t like:
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that the numbers on the card are very small now because they all have to fit on a strip of color. Unless you are viewing the game on the TV screen, that change wasn’t good. Especially on the phones. I have problems seeing the numbers now, and judging by the number of comments here, a lot of other people have the same problem.
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I don’t like that mana numbers are in mana colors when you’re doing the battle, so they are even harder to read than if they were all white with black outline. I also don’t like that mana amount is moved to the side for some weird reason, instead of it being where it should be, on the mana circle.
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I don’t like that for some reason, all the cards are now in mana colors, which keeps me confused all the time. I keep thinking cards are bosses if they use red mana, especially if they are mono color. I keep thinking the card is ultra rare if it uses blue mana, especially if it is mono color. If I look at the Czernobog card that I uploaded down here, I immediately think epic rarity, not mythic.
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Talking about colors, I don’t like that there’s just too much of it. Couple with all the effects and giant cyan strip and arrow, it is just a colored mess and it can irritate the eyes.
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I don’t like that traits were removed from the front, where you could easily see which and how many traits opponent has. Now you actually have to click the back of the card to see the information. It might not take much time, but when you are checking a lot of cards, it gets old really fast.
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I don’t like placement of the creature info. For example, race info gets cut off if it is longer, because now the diamonds that are supposed to denote traits are in the same line. Graphics get covered with the placement of names - for example, Ancient golem’s or Ancestor Brodir’s head is covered with its name. Those things annoy me from the design and OCD standpoint. The role icons are barely legible, even on the 1920x1080 screen. On the mobile I can’t see them.
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I don’t like that trait icons are now all white. They just blurr together. Granted, it’s just a preference, but I liked colored trait icons better because they stood out from each other.
One thing that I like in the new design is the new look of the elite level. That is really nice. But looking at how the elite level graphic flows into that ribbon with numbers, I am seriously starting to suspect that devs changed the graphic for the elite level and then they liked it so much they decided to fit all important info on the colored ribbon that would fit into the elite graphic. But then they had to rearrange everything else because of this, including removing front trait icons and shoving three white diamonds to the right bottom corner instead. I can’t think if any other reason they would change design that didn’t need changing.
In the end, picture says a thousand words. I will just leave this for comparison:
