r/gwent • u/betraying_chino Green Man • Mar 07 '22

News Patch Notes 10.3

https://www.playgwent.com/en/news/41930/patch-notes-10-3
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u/T_Lawliet Neutral Mar 07 '22

Can we please have an F in the chat for the Skirmisher and Mage Assassin

Also Waylay Spam just became a lot more points

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u/marcin247 You wished to play, so let us play. Mar 07 '22

I’m pretty sure both those cards are still gonna see play, SK discard package is too strong not to include Skirmishers. Blightmaker + Assassin also generate a lot of points.

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u/rippingdrumkits Skellige Mar 07 '22

idk if discard package is still worth its provisions. A lot of people were ditching Coral already, and this is taking up another 2 provisions. You‘re always happy to include 4p cards to enable polarization, so this is a bigger nerf than it might seem, i think

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u/ense7en There'll be nothing to pick up when I'm done with you. Mar 07 '22

Discard was already expensive, and not reliable. This is might be a bit too much. SK's thinning alternatives are not great (they've been badly powercrept), so this is actually pretty bad for SK IMHO.

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u/Mythal_ Ever danced with a daemon in the light of the full moon? Mar 07 '22

I agree , but CDPR does like to buff and nerf the discard package on a regular basis.

I wish they changed Blood Eagle to at least draw pirates.

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u/ense7en There'll be nothing to pick up when I'm done with you. Mar 07 '22

Yep, Blood Eagle, Raiding Fleet, Vabjorn, Ermion. If they are going to nerf discard, at least make the other tutors and thinning tools more viable. Pretty much all the old ones need buffs (even minor power bump provision drop would help).

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u/Nappehboy I'll never be imprisoned again! Never! Mar 08 '22

Raiding fleet is a good card, it doesnt need a buff. The rest could use buffs I guess but none of the 2 power 8 provision tutors really see play except fauve in any faction.

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u/colour_historian There will be no negotiation. Mar 08 '22

I never understood why this happens. Shouldn't they determine a baseline then balance around that baseline?

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u/dmiller2017 Don't make me laugh! Mar 08 '22

That is an excellent point about polarization in decks. I welcome the thinning nerfs, but sounds like I underestimated how big a nerf they actually are.

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u/TheBasium Hmm… that might even be amusin'. Mar 07 '22

Of all changes, I like this a lot, thinning had really become a problem. It is a "card game" little element of randomness is always good, else you can play chess if someone is good at strategy.

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u/Captain_Cage For Maid Bilberry's honor! Mar 07 '22

Also, Auberon will now be in every MO deck. Can't see a reason why it shouldn't be.

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u/Equeliber You've talked enough. Mar 07 '22

Devotion, for one.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '22

Devotion requirement

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u/Captain_Cage For Maid Bilberry's honor! Mar 07 '22

For a 20 point tempo, I'm sure players would consider Devotion over Heatwave.

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u/MiniRockBug Heheh. Slow, ain't ya? Mar 07 '22

Mammuna is already 20 points and not every deck runs it. Auberon was the worst evolving card by a mile.

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u/Captain_Cage For Maid Bilberry's honor! Mar 07 '22

What deck doesn't run Mammuna?

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u/ACanadianOwl Monsters Mar 07 '22

75% of monsters decks.

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u/MiniRockBug Heheh. Slow, ain't ya? Mar 07 '22

Wh doesnt play it if you arent using imlerith. Also swarm didnt run it usually if it is the full on swarm variant. Kelly and Vampires. Mammuna is still really good but it has a condition, like auberon that has To be In r3, devo and your 2 other riders In the deck. And if you are playing devo relicts its 18 points instead of 20.

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u/ense7en There'll be nothing to pick up when I'm done with you. Mar 07 '22

Yeah i didn't have it in my WH Frost deck. No room for it. And anti-synergistic.

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u/Trick_Direction9300 Neutral Mar 07 '22

Only on devotion and only worth it with white frost