I wouldn't be surprised if there is a shuffler issue.

Personofsecrets · April 27

I'm just giving this single data point of an occurrence. This type of thing actually seems to happen once in a while. For example, if someone is putting their deck into the cooldown pile each turn, then it seems like their next starting hand continues to be the same Psijic card or two that is allowing them to mill out their deck and get a "new" draw each turn. It's just a cycle that seems to happen over and over from the same position.

In the game that I just experienced, I had 3 turns in a row where I drew Festival of Forbearance and Collection Plate. The first card that I discarded with Festival was replaced with my only copy of Philanthropy. I then proceeded to put my deck into the cooldown pile and get a "fresh" hand the next turn. The fourth turn in the sequence also had Festival in my hand, but the combo did not happen.

Again, as with the duplicate card issue, I'm not saying that this is happening for certain, but I would really like a dev to address the concern. It's not really fun for people to draw the same hand over and over and over each turn and especially not when it is extremly advantageous for them to do so and quite unlikely to happen when looking at the medium number of cards in their deck.

El_Borracho · April 29

The deck shuffling/RNG has become a massive problem. Everyone has experienced games where it takes 2-3 turns before you see one of your big power or big coin cards while your opponent seems to play theirs every single turn. I've been in a couple where my opponent already has 10-12 power before I even get to play.

There also seems to be a flip side to the shuffle as well. Eliminating Rajhin/Red Eagle deck games where you can trim your hand, sometimes the good fortune of a shuffle turns up later to make the game artificially closer than it should be. There really is no randomness to it as once you see it begin, you can pretty much predict the cards you will see until the end

Personofsecrets · April 29

El_Borracho wrote: »

The deck shuffling/RNG has become a massive problem. Everyone has experienced games where it takes 2-3 turns before you see one of your big power or big coin cards while your opponent seems to play theirs every single turn. I've been in a couple where my opponent already has 10-12 power before I even get to play.

There also seems to be a flip side to the shuffle as well. Eliminating Rajhin/Red Eagle deck games where you can trim your hand, sometimes the good fortune of a shuffle turns up later to make the game artificially closer than it should be. There really is no randomness to it as once you see it begin, you can pretty much predict the cards you will see until the end

It's sort of funny. I played @twistedodean14 in some friendly games recently and did just that. My predictions of what would show up in the tavern were not perfect, but were close.

twistedodean14 · April 30

Personofsecrets wrote: »

El_Borracho wrote: »

The deck shuffling/RNG has become a massive problem. Everyone has experienced games where it takes 2-3 turns before you see one of your big power or big coin cards while your opponent seems to play theirs every single turn. I've been in a couple where my opponent already has 10-12 power before I even get to play.

There also seems to be a flip side to the shuffle as well. Eliminating Rajhin/Red Eagle deck games where you can trim your hand, sometimes the good fortune of a shuffle turns up later to make the game artificially closer than it should be. There really is no randomness to it as once you see it begin, you can pretty much predict the cards you will see until the end

It's sort of funny. I played @twistedodean14 in some friendly games recently and did just that. My predictions of what would show up in the tavern were not perfect, but were close.

Yup! Its crazy. I think they need to hire someone who knows how to make and balance these types of games. Unless they are happy with the seeding mess that it is now.