Topic: Option to not increment inventory on tradelist add [feature request]

I am willing to bet I am in the minority so I understand completely if this request is low priority.

I have a vast collection of M:tg cards representing a significant investment over the past 16 years.  One of the ways I control costs is to only keep a set of 4 of whatever cards I have and proxy them when necessary.  I love the game but I am not going to invest $500 to use a set of Underground Seas in more than 1 deck. 

With that in mind, adding to my tradelist is almost never going to increment my inventory.  I am usually just deciding to let go of one I already own.  So, it would be convenient for me, and possibly others like me, to have the option to never add tradelist cards to my inventory.  It would make sense to have the setting placed in the settings menu under My Controls. 

Thanks in advance!

Re: Option to not increment inventory on tradelist add [feature request]

Hello,

I think you are right, this adding to tradelist action is still a bit weird.

My initial thought was that people would often use their inventory to browse their collection, and when deciding to trade something, they would edit the tradelist counter while looking at the inv listing.

The other usecase is when getting some new cards that you want to trade you don't want to add them into the inventory and then for each mark it as tradeable, you just want to add it to your collection directly as tradeable.

Out of these 2 thoughts, the current system was born smile. Truthfully, I can see why it is sometimes useful, but most of the time confusing smile.

Thinking about it now I would probably make it a checkbox in the tradelist add cards dialog, with a clearer text. Or an explanation spelling out the fact that you have the choice between: 

  • Adding a card to your collection directly as tradeable (when you don't already have it in your inventory

  • Adding a card to your tradelist that you have already added to your inventory

Re: Option to not increment inventory on tradelist add [feature request]

I like it.  I could certainly see a use case for that.  I will oftentimes trade for cards just to make my trade book more appealing.  In this case adding them as just trade stuff is more akin to how I want to manage my collection.  I am sure however you implement it will be great!