So, this change happened a few months ago, there might even be new players that didnt know how it was before - when you started a casual match, on the opening screen it showed the level/prestige of your opponent.
Then the devs decided to remove this information. In my opinion, this was a mistake.
Note: this is exclusively about casual mode, the hiding of opponent's name on pro rank is a different subject, for another thread if you want to discuss it.
Unlike most other devoted players, i play mostly on Casual, and maybe having this information of the opponent's level+prestige was more detrimental for newer players than beneficial, but not from my experience.
Before any cards are played, all you have from your opponent are his cosmetics. Since many use Journey cosmetics- both beginners and veterans - this doesnt help much.
I often find myself playing in 'tryhard mode' because of the opponent's leader ability and initial cards, then i start to realize their deck isnt top tier because they lack resources and by that time they're already in a bad situation with no chance of winning. I would prefer to go easy on beginners, maybe try to be helpful instead of an asshole, but that's hard when you dont know the experience of your opponent.
Worse than that is the reverse case, that i've been noticing more lately - high level players intentionally pretending to be newbs by using 'cardsmith' title and other basic trinkets, then they clearly know what they're doing by how fast they react, even when faced with unusual situations. You could argue that trinket selection is an aesthetics choice and those players might simply prefer that set, but i am skeptical and think they're just doing it to try to trick their opponents into underestimating them.
What do you think? Would you prefer to have the level/prestige displayed again?
Then the devs decided to remove this information. In my opinion, this was a mistake.
Note: this is exclusively about casual mode, the hiding of opponent's name on pro rank is a different subject, for another thread if you want to discuss it.
Unlike most other devoted players, i play mostly on Casual, and maybe having this information of the opponent's level+prestige was more detrimental for newer players than beneficial, but not from my experience.
Before any cards are played, all you have from your opponent are his cosmetics. Since many use Journey cosmetics- both beginners and veterans - this doesnt help much.
I often find myself playing in 'tryhard mode' because of the opponent's leader ability and initial cards, then i start to realize their deck isnt top tier because they lack resources and by that time they're already in a bad situation with no chance of winning. I would prefer to go easy on beginners, maybe try to be helpful instead of an asshole, but that's hard when you dont know the experience of your opponent.
Worse than that is the reverse case, that i've been noticing more lately - high level players intentionally pretending to be newbs by using 'cardsmith' title and other basic trinkets, then they clearly know what they're doing by how fast they react, even when faced with unusual situations. You could argue that trinket selection is an aesthetics choice and those players might simply prefer that set, but i am skeptical and think they're just doing it to try to trick their opponents into underestimating them.
What do you think? Would you prefer to have the level/prestige displayed again?