For those of us that are scratching our heads over the variability in the game, the bolded section below is an interesting comment.
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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn
Well, the vast majority wanted an open DB. I personally was torn on the subject, I probably would have preferred just a list of cards including the value tier of each card.
Anyway, we'll see how it goes and will reevaluate for PT21. Or we simply won't update the current card's list anymore (we are still working on the cards anyway) and add some more secret cards 
And btw, only because there is now an open DB it does not mean that someone who studies it suddenly has a big advantage. The published ratings do not correlate to stats output 1:1 in the engine, there is still a lot of "magic" involved that we did not and can not include in the database export. We don't want to spoil the whole fun, right? 
Edit: By the way, the exlcusive cards that we will have for the tournaments will not be made public in the database, neither will the other cards we will provide as content updates throughout the year or the updated live cards. At least that is the plan at the moment, we'll see how it goes. The purpose for releasing the DB now is essentially beta testing by having a few more eyes looking at the launch cards. |
What magic? Ratings don't correlate to stats output? I don't understand... isn't that the reason that I am paying money for better cards?
