I think a great suggestion for organization could be Folders for the Deck Manager. It would be nice for people who play multiple Formats. We could have folders to sort our decks for TCG, OCG, Goat, Edison, etc. I know me personally I run tournaments with me and some friends. It would be nice for record keeping some decklists from my previous tournaments.
2 Likes
Hello,
This has been discussed multiple times. The folder structure is a necessity for operating systems as it needs to have access protection on files. The tag is already in place and much more efficient. Discord
The main issue is that with a folder structure is that you can only have 1 end destination for each deck (without having to maintain multiple copies of the exact same deck).
So if we wanted to have a deck that was a Competitive TCG that focused on trap cards and spamming monsters, Iβd have to make a folder structure of: TCG-> Competitive β Backrow-> Aggro. Then store the deck in that folder. Iβd have to go into 3, maybe even more folders depending on how I wanted to categorize them, and then wouldnβt be able to see any decks in any subfolders. If I opened the TCG/Competitive folder, Iβd still have to go into the sub folders to see all my options.
However, I could also just use the tag system, separating them with commas and search as fine grained as I wanted by doing the same search, βTCG Competitive Backrow Aggroβ or a search of different decks with the tags that Iβm looking for. I could do βTCG Competitiveβ and view every deck that has those tags, or I could do TCG Backrow and see all my decks competitive or not.
In short, this has been discussed, it isnβt necessary, nor is it efficient. Adapting to a new system opens up new possibilities and understanding how it works is the first step.
Iβm sorry for necro-posting on a subject thatβs already been discussed so much, and I swear Iβm not asking for the same thing thatβs already been commented on:
As opposed to having a folder structure in the File Manager, could we add filtering by tags as a UI feature? For example, you could have a view that searches by tag, and you would see a list of tags, and ctrl-clicking a few would let you automatically filter for those tags. Also, when we do the random deck option we can specify a list of tags through that view, and ensure that the random deck meets our expectations for a certain ruleset or such.
Since we have two buttons to create a deck in the deck manager view, I think the plus sign at the top could be replaced with a bookmark symbol, that toggles the view for tags. And then, in the deck editor view, in the space between the remove all button and the settings, there seems to be space for a button, so I would suggest to add a button for adding tags, so that we can add decks to the same tag without concerns of spelling, capitalization, etc.
you can already filter by tags by searching them. Thatβs exactly why I refused the folders because tags give the same level of heirarchy and organization if you use them correctly.
Yes we can use the search bar, I just meant to suggest a more tactile way of searching, kind of like how you would click on the [Card Type | Sub Type | Monster Type | Genre] etc. in the card filter instead of typing out the properties. Maybe itβs not vitally important but it would feel a lot better being able to quickly select a few tags to filter decks, and then you could use that accessibility as leverage to filter when you chose a random deck
Well you could just type the card name and find all decks that have that card. Building an entire deck editor inside a deck manager is not useful. Trying to filter by card type, etc. There are several types of cards in a deck. You arenβt filtering by cards but by deck.
People need to be more organized by the types of tags they make. If you make a good tag system, you can find any deck.