Deck Builder Feature Suggestion
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Posted on Jan. 11, 2015, 6:42 p.m. by ilovecrystalmeth
I looked through the first 8 pages of this subforum and didn't notice anything about this but if someone has already suggested it or is in the works, sorry.
When adding a deck in the Deck Builder section, it would be really nice to have a card number countdown ticker so that I can see how many of my 100 cards I've got added. Because of issues I am having with this section that I've mentioned in another thread and because there is no built-in counter, I'm making my list in Excel first and then copy/pasting which is fine by me but having the counter while building from scratch in the deck builder would be wonderful.
ilovecrystalmeth says... #3
I realize that and I am doing that but it seems that an active counter to the side of the list or card add area would be useful. Five minutes or less of implementing the code and it would save from having to reload the page every time you want to know how many you have.
Until something like that comes along I am saving and checking as well as just making my list in excel first since the auto suggest feature isn't working for me.
January 11, 2015 7:44 p.m.
quesobueno123 says... #4
Sure, I guess it would be useful, talk to yeaGO about it.
January 11, 2015 7:45 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #5
I didn't even realize that was an issue. The easiest thing to do is just put all the cards you want in all at once, hit save, and then utilize the quick add/subtract feature that is right on the deck page.
January 11, 2015 8:18 p.m.
ilovecrystalmeth says... #6
Femme Fatale:
It's not an issue. Just a suggestion. My desire for such a feature arose from building a deck from scratch one card at a time and putting them into the list. Since auto-suggest is available (though not for me right now for some reason) and I can see the trends in my deck as I build, having that feature seemed, to me at least, like it would be useful.
January 11, 2015 9:12 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #7
I don't do the code, but my guess is that the site only tabulates card count for decks when it checks that all the cards in the list exist in our database and that they're formatted and numbered properly. This is a check performed when the decklist is saved, not while it is being edited. In order to have a dynamic card count, we would need to have the system check your list as you type things in, which would mean one of a number of things:
- A very clunky system that has to check for and indicate possible errors while you're typing.
- A system that forces you to use the new card finder feature (the one that allows you to enter card name, board, quantity, etc. and then formats the information for you) instead of manually entering the cards into the list itself. (This is, in my opinion, a worse idea because it's slower and clunkier than just adding cards yourself.)
- Some other option I haven't thought of.
I'm in favor of a the more streamlined setup we currently have. If you really want to know your card count, just click "save and continue editing."
January 11, 2015 9:30 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #8
Auto suggest is an upgraded user only feature. Though a feature I never use as it has a habit of just not working or my gatherer skills being good enough to not need it.
January 11, 2015 9:35 p.m.
ilovecrystalmeth says... #9
I wasn't suggesting a counter that would check for errors or correct card names or anything else. Literally just counting the number of cards (in this case, it would be counting the number of lines or the number of items as each line being an item, as it is laid out on the deck builder page). That could be done with a trivial amount of JS or PHP.
My suggestion wasn't to alter the set up in any way as it is very smooth and nice so far in my experience. Literally just an icon with a number that updates when a new line is added to the text area.
Does no one ever build a deck one card at a time with the deckbuilder? I usually start with a handful of cards for the main theme of a deck and then search through online databases and then pick as I go so that is the mentality in which I saw the counter being useful.
Also, perhaps a pop up alert or small box on relevant pages to let users know what features are disabled unless they upgrade would be useful. I'm just finding out that features that are shown across the site but don't work and don't say anything and having to rummage around in the forum to find out that these things are normal.
Just trying to give possibly helpful suggestions that could increase the ease of use and enjoyability of the site. I'm a web developer so I can't help but think of these things when I use a site, especially one I'm active on often. I'm not meaning to piss anyone off :D
January 11, 2015 10:09 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #10
@ilovecrystalmeth: Then what you're asking for isn't necessarily an accurate count of the cards. The system would need to acknowledge the formatting in order to generate a number based on line count and any card count prefixes. If the formatting is wrong, that's a problem (and the function that produces the card count might miscount by tallying an improperly-formatted line as a single entry even if it's illegitimate).
If I need to research other cards for a deck, I normally do so through the advanced Gatherer search, which I open in another tab.
January 11, 2015 10:23 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #11
I don't add cards one at a time. I find all the relevant cards all at once, and then do a quick sift through before adding them to my decklist. Then I just start taking cards out till I find a desired synergy, and add any new cards to the wishlist.
quesobueno123 says... #2
Just hit save and continue editing, then it tells you how many you have.
January 11, 2015 6:51 p.m.