About the Phase Buttons

YGO Omega Suggestions
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I’ll tell you that I don’t like the auto legal chain on phase transitions. This was done becuase many pro players were missing timing to activate. If you swap to legal DURING the phase, it won’t work. You have to swap BEFORE the phase. Unfortunately, that is a huge issue if the players aren’t fast enough. This usually occurs when real life players are not used to the auto sims.

In real life, it is also the same thing though. Imagine your opponent is doing a combo where he Normal Summons a monster and then waits 1 second, and then sends it to the Graveyard for a Link Summon. Then, you said, “Wait, I had a response to the Normal Summon”. The guy waited for 1 second, but you didn’t say anything.

So now there are four solutions:

  1. Should the opponent ask you whether you have a response after every move ? (All Chain)
  2. Should the player tell the opponent when a response is possible ? (Legal Chain)
  3. Should the opponent only ask you sometimes but not always? (Auto Chain)
  4. Should the opponent never ask after each move but you interrupt at the right time when you need to ? (Toggle No Chain to Legal)

Real life is still easier because you have the power of “negotiation”. Unlike a program, you can rewind and take back moves. This is not supposed to be legal but people have fought over minor things like the opponent having an Ash Blossom during a combo but not saying it fast enough. The youtuber, Farfa had such a case on Dueling Book, where 3 judges were called.

Here’s what I think should happen and this is my personal opinion after playing ygopro for 7 years and ygo online (the precursor and origin of the semi-automatic chain system) for 8 years.

  1. Players should use the Hold and Toggle Chain in the Settings.

  2. The A, S, and D for All Chain, No Chain, and Legal Chain should stay. It is comfortable to keep your fingers on ASD because most games already use WSAD for movement. You also have the T key here for quickly opening chat and typing. When you need to activate an effect, press and HOLD the D key to toggle Legal chain. When you don’t want to activate anything, press and HOLD the S key. In all other situations, you don’t need to do much.

    In the rare situations where you have no hand traps and you want to bluff during your opponent’s turn, you can just click on the All Chain button with the mouse and it will stay in that position or alternatively, press and HOLD the A button.

  3. Set your keybinds for No, Close, and Cancel to RMB (Right Mouse Button). This way, you can quickly close prompts with the mouse.

This is my setup and I believe it is optimal for most players. I have my right hand on my mouse and my left hand on the ASD. It is comfortable.

We will revert the force Legal chain on phase transitions and just do it on End Phase.