Please remind me of the new features you want

[Gondorian]

We're putting together a feature roadmap for improving the product, and we don't want to forget anything, so use this thread to remind us, or just tell us about which you're looking forward to the most. Thanks!

Bonus marks if you link to an old thread with details of the feature.

I have already remembered these things (which may or may not end up on the roadmap):

* Auction house
* In-game lobby
* Custom matches with no class/faction restrictions
* Automated tournament queues
* Booster draft tournaments
* Meltdown tournaments
* First expansion
* Simple player campaign
* Player stats
* Separate toggle for music and sound
* Rating decay
* Improved rating system
* Free-for-all (1 vs 1 vs 1)
* Team play (2 vs 2)

NOTE: Some things above might not make it onto the roadmap.


Things people have mentioned on this thread (awaiting Kyle + DT input):

* Custom matches with best-of-three
* Custom match where you can choose who goes first
* Custom match where you can disable the turn-timer
* Multiplayer over bluetooth or local LAN (instead of the internet)
* Sideboards
* Mulligan
* Friends list
* Guild tags
* Multiple save-slots per hero, with ability to name your decks
* Voice chat
* Duration marker for cards like Portal
* Helpful visual effects - e.g. show who gained stealth/ambush/haste from Lance, show disabled differently to exhausted
* Identifier for stolen cards
* Improved AI
* Completely eradicate sync errors and turn-timer bugs
* When watching your own replays, show your cards face up
* UI Improvements (Toggle zoom, no hidden effects, better visibility for attack / damage numbers)
* Ability to pause and rewind replays
* Rock/Paper/Scissors to determine who goes first
* Bidding life or SE to determine who goes first
* Asynchronous games (see here)
* Chess clock (total time for all your turns)
* Achievements

NOTE: Some things above might not make it onto the roadmap.

[Seth]

*Best of 3 custom match setting!*

Also sideboards

[Airact]

Mulligan

Sideboarding

Booster Draft


Nothing else is needed.

[Palestitch]

WAAA So much greatness!

Maybe Friend´s list?

Muliple saving spaces per hero!!!!

[kentuequi]

Change the name "Shadow Era" to "kentuequi Era"

[Gondorian]

Change the name "Shadow Era" to "kentuequi Era"

That idea was considered, but it got voted narrowly against 4-3. I was keen on it, for what it's worth.

[graphlem]

Great thread GDC! Everything on the list is good, but I think most important would be:

1. reprogram AI to behave more like a real player. If you did nothing else the game would be VASTLY improved. It's got to stop only trying to kill the Hero; it needs to be programmed for board control first, Hero 2nd (unless it can win that turn).

2. sync/disconnect issues. It's basically turned me off from playing PVP -- all the seemingly-related issues that make PVP a pain in the a$$ (game hanging, sync issues, fools that lost but the timer runs down and we all just sit there waiting to see who will quit first, etc)

3. Ability to save more than one deck per Hero.

[Maldazar]

3. Ability to save more than one deck per Hero.

This would indeed be nice, and then with a way to give every deck a name or something to easy remember what build it was.

[SixDaysShort]

My number 1 wish is for the tournament scene to be absorbed by the UI. I want to start playing tournaments. But I have no desire to use IRC or other third-parties in order to do so.

Number 2 is an unrated gameplay option. I hate that deck testing damages rating. People make alt accounts in order to do it. And while I know that's a source of income. I think the implementation would both improve the product and make more income long-term.

[Roger De Vore]

Ability to select in a Private match who goes first of if that is determined randomly. During the World Tourny it sucked to restart your game over and over till the correct player got the first go.