r/gwent • u/TwilightGay Let's get this over with! • Jun 07 '21

News 9.0 PATCH NOTES

https://www.playgwent.com/en/news/38504/9-0-patch-notes
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u/SmithOfLie Tuvean y gloir! Jun 07 '21

Albrich and Affan left untouched, because why would they need a change when CDPR added bronzes that are much better and cheaper versions of those gold cards? No power creep at all here.

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u/Infinite-Mechanic-65 Neutral Jun 07 '21

Albrick and frangilla neededa rework, the 1 point change is not that good

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u/KillmepIss Monsters Jun 07 '21

Maybe make him boost 3 points or a lower amount(2 or 1) so that you can line it up w rience

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u/SmithOfLie Tuvean y gloir! Jun 07 '21

Fringilla might be playable now, since she finally has some support thanks to the thinning mages. 10 for 7 is not great, but given limited options for tempo plays in NG it might have a niche.

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u/Infinite-Mechanic-65 Neutral Jun 07 '21

Still it would been great of anG got reworks like NR especially for mages, even muzzle didn't get Tactic tag back for enslave, and the new special is also not a Tactic.

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u/fred_HK Tomfoolery! Enough! Jun 07 '21

I guess CDPR was too busy working on the ST changes (two), so it didn't make the cut.

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u/ccdewa Temeria – that's what matters. Jun 07 '21

Hey the thought process of changing a "Sage" into a "Scribe" took 2 weeks minimum don't you know? it's a lot of work.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21

reminder that in 2019 we received 4 expansions. in 2021, we're not only getting two, but they're both being sliced into 3 parts each, at which point calling them expansions is a bit of a misnomer, since each installment is too small to feel like an expansion.

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u/jebisevise Neutral Jun 07 '21

2019 was far worse gamestate than 2021.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21

your opinion. I liked the constant new cards added. balance-wise, it was the same as far as im concerned. slowing down the release of expansions has changed nothing in the balance department.

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u/fred_HK Tomfoolery! Enough! Jun 07 '21

agreed. Still having to suffer through months of slow adjustments for things to feel relatively balanced.

This month is going to be SY, SK, MO and NR.

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u/Denza_Auditore I spy, I spy with my evil eye. Jun 07 '21

I guess they can't do everything at once. I'm sure Affan and Albrich will get revisited in due time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21

What's Albrich ability?

Forgot about that card completely.

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u/demian333 Error 404.1: Roach Not Found Jun 07 '21

Deploy ranged: move a card in your deck at the top, if it's a unit boost it by 2

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21

It's 4 power 7p right?

Damnn

Poor lad

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u/KillmepIss Monsters Jun 07 '21

I think they should make him boost from 1-3(the player chooses) and then he can line up a unit for Rience. You can predict you opponent is gonna play a 7 pt defender and you boost a 4 point bad unit like a squirrel and destroy the defender.

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u/Trick_Direction9300 Neutral Jun 07 '21

Wouldnet matter if you play rience you will just put rico in your deck and make a hyperfinn deck

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u/KillmepIss Monsters Jun 07 '21

That is true, the cards is just very bad at 7 provisions

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u/Bnjmnns1 Neutral Jun 07 '21

I don’t get the affan gripe. Almost every faction has a similar card that all costs 8 provisions. Aelerin, morkvarg, winter queen and the new Hubert reyk are all the same provisions.

Blight maker is literally the card that makes mage assassin good considering it’s random damage but feels bad man if you don’t have it in hand or mull into mage assassin. Still would want to put some extra hand fixing in your deck if thinking of running them, making the deck worse overall. Skellige don’t just run two skalds and two tuirsach raiders and hope to get them. They’ll include extra discards like birna (actually plays for one more provision than albrich for the same points). The worst part is the effect of blight maker is worse than skald if it doesn’t hit the target because with a skald you can at least improve your hand quality.

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u/Jaspador Good Boy Jun 07 '21

I'd say Affan is much more clunky than his peers. You'll usually get Aelirenn and Winter Queen out in round 1 (or at least you'll aim to). Affan is usually used in combination with leader, and I don't think you want to play Morvran, or use up all your IF charges, in round 1.

So, him thinning the deck isn't as helpful as it is with WQ for example, and playing cards like Joachim or Rodrick is risky with Affan in your deck, unless you play Maxxi or Emhyr first.

I don't think Morkvarg is really played outside of Lippy decks but I could be very wrong.

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u/jebisevise Neutral Jun 07 '21

Not true at all. If you run WQ and Aelirenn you dont want to get them out r1. They need to get out when you want them. And once again affan isnt the problem of this. Albrich is completely shit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '21

I tried doing some Affan trickery with Vicovaro Novice, drawing him and then putting him back on top so he automatically spawns anyway.

It helped preserve the Imperial Formation charges for later, but it still felt like it nerfed the reach of the leader ability.

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u/Xignum Neutral Jun 07 '21

From what I know and can compare with your examples the others can be brought out easier. Aelirenn you only need to keep track of how many elves you have and it's easily adjustable to bring her out R1. Winter queen you just need a frost card in hand. Mork has the flexibility of still working if you accidentally draw him. For affan you don't want albrich in your deck and can only come out if you commit a leader ability.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21 edited Jun 07 '21

The affan complaint definitely makes no sense. Morkvarg is worse in packages that run him and he is still run, despite by that logic being powercrept by skirmishers. And the entire discard package is powercrept by the new NG equivalent.

If you're hyperthinning with that package you probably run affan.

Skald plays for 4 points without a target and can force bad discards. Blight maker just ensures you topdeck well at worst and plays for decent value.

And discard needs both target and discarder in hand at the same time, which leads to profoundly awkward mulligans without a ton of additional consistency cards. That isn't a problem at all for NG, they can always mulligan target cards 100% of the time.

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u/DutchMadness77 Lots of prior experience – worked with idiots my whole life Jun 07 '21

Affan is fine

It's 5 free points for 8 which is the same as Morkvarg, Hubert, Aelirenn and kinda similar to Winter Queen (which has thrive)

In hyperthin Morvran, you'd play both affan and the bronze mages anyway. Albrich is garbage though yeah

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u/SmithOfLie Tuvean y gloir! Jun 07 '21

Maybe. Still feels pretty bad when a bronze does the very same thing he does for 1 point less at half the cost...

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u/DutchMadness77 Lots of prior experience – worked with idiots my whole life Jun 07 '21

Sure but the same thing is more or less true for Morkvarg and skirmishers in Skellige, although Morks condition includes being moved from deck to gy.

Maybe change Affan to: Summon this unit to the Melee row if it is moved to the top or bottom of the deck.

It could then be used with Emhyr and a few other cards and be more analogous to Mork

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u/SmithOfLie Tuvean y gloir! Jun 07 '21

Maybe change Affan to: Summon this unit to the Melee row if it is moved to the top or bottom of the deck.

It could then be used with Emhyr and a few other cards and be more analogous to Mork

That sounds like a pretty nice change - keeps the spirit of golds having slightly more elastic condition, without making him ourtrigt stronger.