Some sugestion

Started by Thiagobones, November 21, 2011, 07:05:07 AM

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Thiagobones

Hi,
There are some features i think it would be nice to put on the program.
I've encountered myself in a pitch a lot of time because of this.
They are really basic things but it would help a lot.

1st - It would be nice to have a Mana counter....like a place where we could put how much mana of each color we have on the mana pool on the time.
it would be simple like putting 6 counters where it would count red, green, blue, black, white, no color mana.
this could save life's sometimes =)

2nd - it already have a poison counter on the life counter part but it would be good if it had a "commander hit" counter (maybe only avaiable when the new game type selected is commander ) since it counts different than the normal poison hit.
also one thing that i noticed that this program lacks is the life up button....i know it usually only count down and it's not that usual to count up a lot of life at once but sometimes it happens and in my point of view it would be only a plus for the program.

3rd - it's the dice....i think the dice on the program is really poor.  Maybe could put on a separated part and put the option to choose which type you want to use.
since there's not only the normal set anymore (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20) after they released planescape and i my self and my friends play it quite often, it would be nice to have the option to choose it too.

This is just opinions and suggestions but I'm buying the full version of the program now since honestly is the best one I've found so far for the iOS but i think this would be some really great adds for the program and would attract a lot of customers in my view.
Hope i helped at least a little here =)

C ya

Spikepit

1: I'm not trying to blunt, why do you need this? I could imagine in the case of {Omnath, Licus of Mana} but I have never thought of needing that, I just spend the mana I make and count the amount by the tapped cards. Be prepared for the Dev to say 'Not gonna happen.'
2: This option is already there! Open Life Counter, then New Game. Choose EDH/Commander. In the four boxes that -6, -4, -2 etc it will say General. Hit that and there it is. 😊
3. with a life counter in scroll bar format and the virtual shakeroo Dice, I can see the need for a visual virtual d20? Besides, if you're attached to dice rolling (for Planechase, for example, roll a real dice! That's half the fun of dice rolling in the first place, actually rolling it!

BlackJester

Well, I have been in a rare occasion or two where there were some crazy "tap-sac-mana" combo scenarios where I had to keep track of how much mana of different colors were in my pool at a time.  Even so, I think that it is pretty rare, and wonder if it is worth adding.  I think it might be helpful in some small situations, and i would love to have this app replace my dice, but I wouldn't want Piotr to spend too much time developing this if there are more important app functions to work on.

Thiagobones

Thanks for the quick reply and help everyone!
1st - I've been more than a few times in the crazy-mana-hamp situation so yeah..it may be a little silly for some but for me is a useful thing =)
but like i said..just suggestions....does not really affect the program it-self.
2nd - About the general counter...thank you so much! i didn't noticed that! don't know why...still..helped a lot! thanks!
3rd - you see...the thing about the dices or coins is that sometimes....you just forget....the case i said i was in a pinch it was because we went to play planechase and unfortunately the dices bag stayed outside my backpack so we ended up not playing...

Something that i was seeing as i add my decks (correct me if I'm wrong please ) is that in the [My Precious] category is where i keep track of my collection. OK...so far so good....but...if i add a card to a deck (and i don't  want to dismantle it after playing) i don't know if the card in my collection is being used in a deck or if it's available to build a new one.
that would be something nice to know...if there's already the possibility to see this, can someone please teach me how? all i see is the "add to deck" option.
I know that maybe this require some real developing but is it possible? like for example:

I have 10x Swamps on my collection.
I'm using 6  on a deck so i still have 4 to use on a new one or trade.
Maybe showing availability when you look the card and on the bottom, after the [add to deck] feature could show the list of the decks that are using it and the quantity too.....
this would help to keep track of the collection itself much easier.
Of course...unless I'm mistaken and the [my precious] section is not to keep track of the collection.

Still...just suggestions and doubts =)

Thank you everyone for the replies!
 

Spikepit

I agree with seeing where each card card is being used and I actually think its on the TODO list if I remember correctly ... but it's also been on there for a while, so I don't think we'll see it soon. 😊

Thiagobones

Quote from: Spikepit on November 21, 2011, 03:33:47 PM
I agree with seeing where each card card is being used and I actually think its on the TODO list if I remember correctly ... but it's also been on there for a while, so I don't think we'll see it soon. 😊

Yeah that's like the most important one for me... I still bought the full app cause it is really the best one i've ever seen and used so far but this feature would be like fantastic....

Also, after finishing my decks i reallized that on the statistics there's no way to know how many cards of each color the deck has unless you count it manually... It would be nice to have a pie chart just like the one on mana cost bit separated by color...
I know the mana symbol gets bigger and are organized by the quantity but still... Don't show real numbers or any impression of how many cards really are per color...
Could even be a bonus and separate it by type

Spikepit

If you have a look at the Mana Symbols underneath the CMC pie chart, they are differing in size. This is how you tell the amount of colour, the bigger the Mana Symbol the higher colour count. 😃

Thiagobones

Quote from: Spikepit on November 21, 2011, 06:33:01 PM
If you have a look at the Mana Symbols underneath the CMC pie chart, they are differing in size. This is how you tell the amount of colour, the bigger the Mana Symbol the higher colour count. 😃

=) i know that one... But like i said....to know the number of each color still have to count... You can have a nice idea tho, and its nice... But it could be more specific IMO...
Still... Best app ever! =D