In Dominion Online currently, there is no memory component to VP counting because the log of the entire game is available at all times. It's only an exercise in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
This is how I see it too. But I wonder how people feel about its logical extension: a feature that listed your entire deck contents and which cards remain in your draw pile.
Personally, I'd rather not play with that feature, even if it's just as logically justifiable as the VP counter.
Everyone has to draw their line somewhere I guess. I don't like detailed deck tracking features either. In general, it doesn't matter much to me whether these features are available or not (VP counter included), because my general feeling is that games aren't decided by this kind of information very often.
The information from VP counting and deck tracking is surely relevant to all sorts of strategic and tactical decisions, but I think usually either:
- The decision has a negligible impact on game outcome
- The player will make the correct decision anyway, the trackers just give peace of mind/confidence
- The player will make the wrong decision anyway, because they're bad
I can't back this up with anything more substantial than my gut. I've played thousands of VPon and VPoff games between iso/goko, I don't think I track VP or deck contents particularly well, but I've never noticed any difference in my performance with VPon/off, and I still seem to do okay at winning.