The more cards that get added, the slower the client seems to get. And in addition, I'm a person who likes to hoard cards. That's particularly bad on mtgo, as it seems the problem with a slow and unstable client gets even worse, the more cards I have in my collection. Also even worse, I like foils... my client is becoming VERY slow (and I only have slightly over 100.000 items in my collection), and I already have disabled foil animation... it's coming to a point where I need to decide how to proceed with my collection. I'm even considering a second account to move all the bulk to (I'd rather not have to do that, as I still like to keep the stuff together).
But, as a matter of fact, I and probably most other people who try to own a copy of each and every digital mtg card, only play a handful of those 100.000 cards.
Thus, here's my suggestion:
Do what you would do in real life with all the chaff and bulk... Add digital shoe boxes where you can shove all your bulk into (without making a 2nd account for that), sort of like an archive you can still access, but that doesn't get automatically drawn into game memory each and every time you start the client. I don't need those 3000 basic lands of each type ALL the time (but it's still nice to have them, just in case). Same is true for all those commons and uncommons from formats that never see play. Nice to have them, but you don't really need them. Shove them into the digital shoe box, browse it when you are bored, but don't load it every time you want to get a game in.
Might be a bit of work to sort the stuff into the boxes manually, but it's a satisfying task for people who like to build up collections to put the stuff into an archive, they know they can access later on.
I think that this could really be a great addition.
Opinions? Just a pipe dream or something that could be added at some point?
But, as a matter of fact, I and probably most other people who try to own a copy of each and every digital mtg card, only play a handful of those 100.000 cards.
Thus, here's my suggestion:
Do what you would do in real life with all the chaff and bulk... Add digital shoe boxes where you can shove all your bulk into (without making a 2nd account for that), sort of like an archive you can still access, but that doesn't get automatically drawn into game memory each and every time you start the client. I don't need those 3000 basic lands of each type ALL the time (but it's still nice to have them, just in case). Same is true for all those commons and uncommons from formats that never see play. Nice to have them, but you don't really need them. Shove them into the digital shoe box, browse it when you are bored, but don't load it every time you want to get a game in.
Might be a bit of work to sort the stuff into the boxes manually, but it's a satisfying task for people who like to build up collections to put the stuff into an archive, they know they can access later on.
I think that this could really be a great addition.
Opinions? Just a pipe dream or something that could be added at some point?