timmytaplands
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Foils on MTGO are generally worth less and are less desirable than their non-foil counterparts. In my opinion, this is because the foil effect on MTGO has never been that great. MTGO foiling basically washes out the art and borders on the card. All MTGO foils look the same--they look as if somebody drew over your card with blue and green highlighter markers. This effect creates accessibility issues and is not valued by players.
By the way, I know there is a way to disable foil animations in the settings and I am describing what it looks like after it's disabled.
Foils are supposed to be special and rare versions of cards that people value for aesthetic reasons. At the point people don't like them and try to avoid them, why don't we just change how foils work on MTGO to be something that people actually value? By the way, I don't expect MTGO's developers to be able to recreate the real-life foil effect. Improvements to the foil system can be made without any major graphical upgrades or changes being implemented to MTGO.
For example, let's say foils looked exactly the same as the regular version but at the bottom of the cards it said in small red letters: Foil. Or they could have a little star appearing near the set symbol or the card name. I think that would actually be an improvement to the system we have now, because it would allow people to enjoy the artwork of the card and would let everyone else know that you collected the foil version, which is rarer. Foils are redeemable on MTGO and people understand they can collect real life foils for buying these (just as before).
If not that, why don't we ask players for another system that is 1) easy to implement and 2) makes foils attractive for them to collect and play with?
This type of change would personally make me want to collect and play with MTGO foils. Let me know if you feel the same way.
By the way, I know there is a way to disable foil animations in the settings and I am describing what it looks like after it's disabled.
Foils are supposed to be special and rare versions of cards that people value for aesthetic reasons. At the point people don't like them and try to avoid them, why don't we just change how foils work on MTGO to be something that people actually value? By the way, I don't expect MTGO's developers to be able to recreate the real-life foil effect. Improvements to the foil system can be made without any major graphical upgrades or changes being implemented to MTGO.
For example, let's say foils looked exactly the same as the regular version but at the bottom of the cards it said in small red letters: Foil. Or they could have a little star appearing near the set symbol or the card name. I think that would actually be an improvement to the system we have now, because it would allow people to enjoy the artwork of the card and would let everyone else know that you collected the foil version, which is rarer. Foils are redeemable on MTGO and people understand they can collect real life foils for buying these (just as before).
If not that, why don't we ask players for another system that is 1) easy to implement and 2) makes foils attractive for them to collect and play with?
This type of change would personally make me want to collect and play with MTGO foils. Let me know if you feel the same way.
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