RE: Blockchain gaming, transparency, how you do not own your Stemmonsters cards - and the easy solution
Additionally, generating the cards at the time each pack is opened (causing typically a 5 - 10 second delay for each pack) is not an acceptable user experience.
I don't see this as a huge issue Matt, particularly if you could bulk open a specified number of packs in the same way as gifting.
I understand your best customers buy in bulk and don't wish to sit around waiting, but there are also a lot of us who have never bought more than 10/20 packs at once. If the opening process was 'jazzed' up a little, a wait of 5/10 seconds per pack, perhaps with an SM tip/latest news/tournament list presented during the process, would not seem so bad. We are used to waiting for games - those on 100% manual anyway.
Saying that, pack tokens as above seems like a suitable approach. Thanks!
I disagree, allot that buy packs like opening them 1 at a time. A 10 second delay between packs would be a major pain. I still think the best solution is to revert back the temp. fix and take the stance of, SM isn't responsible for 2nd hand pack sales. Buyers purchases them at own risk.
Fair enough.
Yes I think the point is fair about buying 2nd hand packs at your own risk, and see the opening --> blockchain more in relation to the 2nd point about everyone knowing your cards as they come to life.
I enjoy opening packs too! You could still do this one at at time, just if beforehand you were to select say 10 of the 20 you had in storage, these would be processed in the background while you were going through the process of unveiling each card. I'm not sure, but it sounds possible that following the delay of 3/5/10 seconds, the processing could be done while you open the first of your chosen number of packs to open, whilst the other 9 (in this example) are processed, and so no further 10 second waits as you move to the next pack.
You may be right. If it could be done as you said then the wait time will be a non issue imo. But if we have to wait up to 10 seconds between each pack opening I don't think many would like that. An initial 10 second wait to open up a set amount of packs isn't unreasonable.