Separate draft picks from each player (option)

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Willerhide45 messagesstarted Aug 1, 2026, 5:58 AM

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WillerhideOP2 months ago

Currently draft picks alternate going left to right and down on the board.

Separate Draft Picks
Would be an option to make your draft picks appear at the top of the board and your opponents appearing at the bottom.
Allowing you to organize your picks based on your preferences (nether board, trial chamber) and clearly see what your opponent is drafting.

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WillerhideOP2 months ago

I messed up the example image a little bit

WillerhideOP2 months ago

but it shows the idea

noura 🜛2 months ago

could be an interesting option but i don't know how it'd work on the server side for the website and stuff

Artnauta2 months ago

Would it work simultaneously? Cuz I don't think thats a good idea

WillerhideOP2 months ago

it would just show the board client-side

Artnauta2 months ago

You'd still have to pick in order I assume, but you can reorder the picked goals?

WillerhideOP2 months ago

that would be interesting. perhaps for a different suggestion though

Artnauta2 months ago

But wait how would you organize then? What did you mean

WillerhideOP2 months ago

when drafting the tasks you drafted are on the top
the tasks your opponents drafted are on the bottom

WillerhideOP2 months ago

it shows that way for you for the rest of the game

Artnauta2 months ago

But how would you organise in categories like nether, trial chamber, etc like you were saying?

WillerhideOP2 months ago

in my post I was saying most the time players are picking tasks for specific zones, nether trial chamber.
For example a lot of the time I pick late game items while my opponent picks early game tasks. So if they are separated you can clearly see which tasks each person picked and typically what their preference is

Artnauta2 months ago

Oh I think I know what you were saying now

WillerhideOP2 months ago

if someone picks candle, copper golem, 7 unique mobs. and they are back to back on the board it makes it easier to see they are routing trial chamber

WillerhideOP2 months ago

technically you can see that on current board its just harder to keep track of

Artnauta2 months ago

Yeah ok

Artnauta2 months ago(edited)

Then we still have the same version of the board across clients server/website so I don't see any problems there

isawabelle2 months ago

i dont like it being an option, would be weird in say a tournament or if youre watching people who are playing each other and their boards just look different
and having desync between the player's view and the website appearance feels bad and is something draftout clearly tried to avoid (eg player colours)

WillerhideOP2 months ago

the idea for this change came when I was trying to check if I was losing tasks I drafted in my games

isawabelle2 months ago

you can really easily do that on the website, no?
when you look at the drafts list it shows who won/lost the goal

WillerhideOP2 months ago

couldn't tournament rules just enforce a board layout?

Artnauta2 months ago

Why would the boards be different tho?

isawabelle2 months ago

enforcing players to change their settings for a tournament just shouldnt be a thing imo

Artnauta2 months ago

Oh because your picks are always on top nvm

isawabelle2 months ago

Artnauta2 months ago

Yeah I'd say lower or higher rated player always is on top that way it's the same for everyone

isawabelle2 months ago

the website shows this info already quite easily

isawabelle2 months ago

if someone has the setting on and the other has it off

Artnauta2 months ago

I didn't see it was a setting

Artnauta2 months ago

It could be the new standard tho(not a setting), and we do this^ it would be consistent

Artnauta2 months ago

Then the main complaint would probably be that there's distance between the goals at the start so you'd have to look back and forth between what's being drafted which is annoying

Artnauta2 months ago(edited)

But I think still nicer, since you'd know where to look to more easily catch up on goals picked by your opponent

WillerhideOP2 months ago

the information is more useful during gameplay as it makes the drafting visually show tasks as your own rather than tasks weaved together on the board. A common question I've heard in gameplay is "who even picked that task?" It really isn't clear unless you check the website, or count by alternating.

noura 🜛2 months ago

to me it's easier to see it as a checkerboard

Threadfinn2 months ago

If something like this is added, I don't think it should be that you always start top left and opponent starts bottom right, because of the issue of the boards ending up different. It should just be that the lower elo player who pick first is always top left, and higher elo/2nd pick is bottom right.

Threadfinn2 months ago

I also don't think it works as a toggle option, again because of the issue of boards being different between each player or on the website.

Artnauta2 months ago

Yeah that's why I was trying to say

EliteMaster2 months ago

instead u cud add some sort of way to customize and reorder each goal easily

EliteMaster2 months ago

only after all the goals have been drafted

Feinberg2 months ago

iirc its not something the team wants to do

Feinberg2 months ago

being able to manage the board in its given order is a skill they dont want to remove

Feinberg2 months ago

so any way of reorganizing the goals to benefit the player somehow wouldnt be something they want to implement

Feinberg2 months ago

is what i remember reading a while back.

EliteMaster2 months ago

thats fine, i was just giving an idea for the op. Im fine either way and i agree it removes skill to read the board.