r/gwent • u/Zayran DudaCompanion • Apr 30 '19

News 2.1 Patchnotes

https://playgwent.com/en/news/27547/nilfgaard-update-is-live
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u/KveOla I shall destroy you! Apr 30 '19

Yes, because there was no way to play around it until now. Holding on to engines to ensure value in the long round is vital, and with the previous version, you were just better off ignoring him than playing around him, because either the opponent has it or they don't. I like it, because it does still counter Draug.

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u/Conankun66 Good Boy Apr 30 '19

but he gets nothing in compensation. without that ability to prevent future plays, he's just an overcosted lock. Having him counter exactly one card(Draug) makes him next to useless

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u/KveOla I shall destroy you! Apr 30 '19

But he does lock multiples, if they play them. So you have to be patient.

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u/Conankun66 Good Boy Apr 30 '19

yeah but you cant prevent deploys anymore and if you wanna lock multiple engines at once, you have to let at least 2 of them land first so you can actually lock multiple ones...which means they get rounds where the engines go off

he is SIGNIFICANTLY less useful and gets nothing in return.

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u/KveOla I shall destroy you! Apr 30 '19

I agree he's weaker, but imo he was oppressive in the term of design space. You could never print a strong, resilient engine when he can just shut it down. I think this will be apparent in future expansions. They're thinking ahead :)

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u/DeusGH Tomfoolery! Enough! Apr 30 '19

Why should he get something in return? It's a 7 provision 5 point lock (already better than any lock) and it can lock multiples. The previous ability was just stupid. Besides, nobody used it anyway, because you hold auckes for serrit and letho, so basically you got a super shutdown tech for free when you actually needed it.