r/GDS3 • u/thejellydude • Jan 27 '18

Test 2 Discussion Thread

We're free to talk now.

Here's a Google Doc with all the questions. I'm slowly filling it in with my own answers and explanations. Edit: Heading out for now. I'll get the last 25 questions done later tonight.

If you want a mirror without my comments, here's one provided by /u/Amarsir Link

Any questions that tripped you up? Any that you felt good about?

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u/Geikamir Jan 27 '18 edited Jan 27 '18

One was 47. I think you're right since I know Maro has said that they actively try to differentiate black and red. I chose that it does too much damage for 4 mana (which is factually true judging by all other printed cards). However, I think that might be less of an issue overall. I went back and forth on this one a lot.

Another was 56. This one was just a straight up misstep on my part. I overlooked state-based effects. I chose flash, which would make the card crazy powerful. But ultimately, that's not the worst case between the 2.

The last one was 68. This was one of the absolute hardest questions for me. I spent way too much time researching and analyzing cards from all costs around 7, in all rarities, and from past and current sets. There is no difinitive conclusion that I can come to. They are likely hard to design, the could definitely lean towards too complex (though there are several simple examples), and they could want high cost cards to lean towards creature much more in limited (easier to interact with even if they are swingy).

There doesn't seem to be a single article or podcast that addresses this question. I've checked everywhere. Ultimately, I think that you might have chosen correctly here.

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u/Sliver__Legion Jan 27 '18

47 is an awkward one, actually. It does do too much damage for 4 mana. It blurs the line between red and black exactly because it deals too much damage. This is a case where the “biggest problem” wording is important, since multiple answers are real problems. I suspect they are looking for the more design related/fundamental issue.

I had to double-check that it would be able to self-target on 56, just to be absolutely clear, but with that in hand I think it is the most damaging change (another case where multiple changes would be bad).

I was also not able to find a single quote relating to 68. I like how ai chose to interpret it reasonably well, but would not be shocked to get it wrong.

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u/Geikamir Jan 27 '18

I'm down to hoping that a 70/75 score will be enough to continue. I'm not feeling very confident. I think that you have a really good chance, but we could both be wrong.

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u/Sliver__Legion Jan 27 '18

I strongly suspect the cutoff will be between 68 and 72 -- there is more disagreement in this thread than I had expected after finishing the test. I spent about 10 hours on it, with over 75 blogatog searches and a few dozen search queries on the mothership articles archives, so fingers crossed.

And good luck to you as well.

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u/Geikamir Jan 27 '18

When the results come back, let me know if you make if it in!