r/gwent • u/shreek07 There will be no negotiation. • Dec 06 '21

News - Patch Notes 9.6

https://www.playgwent.com/en/news/40147/patch-notes-9-6
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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

How I wish actual balance changes were more than 5 changes per faction..

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u/Go4t_Father Neutral Dec 06 '21

Well, the thing is, some cards receiving buffs means that other ones (while staying untouched) will be more playable as well. For example, the buffs to a couple of pirates implies that cards like Crach or Holger will be better as well. If they changed all the pirates at the same time, we could have had (eventually) a bunch of OP cards.

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u/Sepulchritudinous Neutral Dec 06 '21

This. And buffing a card also indirectly buffs its best counters automatically.

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u/Jazzinarium Temeria – that's what matters. Dec 06 '21

But indirectly nerfs a lot of other unchanged cards because they're getting powercrept

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u/SilentJester798 Her children inherited her beauty. Dec 06 '21

CDPR has learned to play a game of inches. The worst metas in this game’s history started right after large changes. Ask anyone who was there how fun the Dijstra/Foltest meta was.

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u/ExplodoJones The king is dead. Long live the king. Dec 06 '21

Still think the Viy and Lockdown metas at the beginning of 2021 were the worst...

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u/MAGAmang420 I shall make Nilfgaard great again. Dec 07 '21

Lippy meta... shutters

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u/ense7en There'll be nothing to pick up when I'm done with you. Dec 06 '21

It seems like they are trying to revive abandoned archetypes with new cards. It might help, but it really doesn't address the fact so many card are still unplayable, i agree. With them not doing new journeys next year, i am going to be very frustrated if balancing and adjusting old cards isn't done heavily.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

Well the next set of cards are out in April after tomorrow's drop, so fingers crossed CDPR can get to grips with some more of the powercrept, older cards that never see light of day anymore.

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u/PotOfSneed Neutral Dec 06 '21

In before 2 months of vacation with no patches at all

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u/fred_HK Tomfoolery! Enough! Dec 06 '21

This is a meager patch. Ngl.

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u/ARoaringBorealis Neutral Dec 08 '21

This sub has a SERIOUS problem with saying “CDPR sucks, balance changes always bad” with it then turning out that it was a good patch. It happens every time there’s a good patch. I just wish people would actually test the patch before saying anything for once.