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GWENT closed beta now underway
- Thread starter poppedcollar69
- Start date
I'm enjoying it a great deal although I agree about the ui.
Exentryk
Member
Yeah, they tweaked matchmaking recently coz new players were being matched with high level players. It seems to be working better now, but it keeps kicking me out a lot more now.
I was perusing the job listings at CDPR and there is definitely a single player in the works.
http://en.cdprojektred.com/jobs/level-designer-gwent/ - Basically hiring a level designer for some kind of world map adventure thing it sounds like. Couple that with the fact that they're looking to hire a Comic Illustrator, there is a likely a story element to it as well.
toastyToast
Member
Having played again today I'm pretty sure they did. Keeps failing to find players, play the same people repeatedly and all the games are stupidly close with a lot of the best cards practically guaranteed.
Exentryk
Member
The single player is going to be pretty in depth. I'm really looking forward to that.
I had a good day today, and only had two losses (both from bad draws). Surprisingly, I won against all weather abuse and monster control decks.
Also, looking at the hours, I'm over 100 hours in to this. The wipe, if it happens, is going to be rough.
I had a good day today, and only had two losses (both from bad draws). Surprisingly, I won against all weather abuse and monster control decks.
Also, looking at the hours, I'm over 100 hours in to this. The wipe, if it happens, is going to be rough.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Can someone explain me how the resource system works to get new cards? Like I got some ore or something but the collection is crafted with something else.
Also how good are the starter decks to begin playing with?
Also how good are the starter decks to begin playing with?
WaterAstro
Member
Well yeah, they showed it off to people at E3. We definitely know there's a crazy ass singleplayer, so I was disappointed it wasn't in the CB.
Exentryk
Member
Ore is used to buy Kegs. You need 100 ore to buy 1 Keg. 1 Keg gives you 5 random cards.
Scraps are used to craft specific cards you want. Cards cost 30, 80, 200, or 800 scraps, with their classes being common, rare, epic and legendary respectively.
Starter decks for some factions are decent with some cheap purchases (Monsters and NR). A monster weather deck should be easy to make without much investment.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Thanks!
Led_Zeppelin
Member
Is anyone else having problems finding a match? I am level 59 and I have never had issue with the matchmaking until now. It seems like I can't find a single opponent and has been something recurrent since yesterday, weird. I wonder if the number of Legendary cards you have in your deck or collection matters for your matchmaking.
I saved crafting materials and since crafting Geralt Igni and Regis, I am having problems finding a an opponent when that wasn't the case before crafting both cards.
I saved crafting materials and since crafting Geralt Igni and Regis, I am having problems finding a an opponent when that wasn't the case before crafting both cards.
Had issues yesterday as well, haven't had the time to play today, lvl 49
Level 34, can't find a match either. I think it's bugged overall right now. I don't think it's about not finding a an opponent to match. Could be wrong though.
Edit: Just found a match!
Edit 2: And can't find anymore matches.
poppedcollar69
Member
man, weather works toooo weird
like, theres the dimeritium bomb thing which im not sure i like
then if you use clear skies and youve got a dude that was affected by weather but has since been buffed above his base strength, he loses the buffs?
like, theres the dimeritium bomb thing which im not sure i like
then if you use clear skies and youve got a dude that was affected by weather but has since been buffed above his base strength, he loses the buffs?
Led_Zeppelin
Member
Uhmm I keep having issues, I wonder if CDRP know that there is a problem with matchmaking now, since the start of the beta I have never had a single issue with finding a game (though I did have problems with matches ending with connection issues) but now for the last hours I haven't been able to find a match and the one I did it got disconnected in seconds
Yeah pretty much. If you buff someone in weather when removing the weather (either by clear sky or the ending of the round) the unit will return to it base level unless they are promoted before the clear sky. The same applies to buff made when the weather is still on the battlefield if you used Dimeritium Bomb.
Dimeritium bomb is better for when you are ready to finish the game or your opponent passed. Clear Sky should always be used first if you want to buff the units, though that will leave you open for more weather.
Browsed the official forums a bit, seems to be widespread issue. This similar thing happened to me yesterday or day before also.
Edit: Also talked about in Reddit, even people with low levels having the same issues. So it's definitely a bug and not that there aren't worthy opponents.
Exentryk
Member
They are investigating the issue of not finding an opponent - https://twitter.com/Gwint_PL/status/797916447032930304
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Played around a bit I like how Gwent feels, way less outrageous rng swing like in Hearthstone.
That doesn't mean rng doesn't happen but right now it rarely feels like total bs, rly the only time that I called foul in 10-15 games is when a monster player somehow had their Eredin survive 3 rounds among a shit ton of minions every time.
All the other cases it feels more like ok it he got a little lucky but I can still make up for it with good play. Only other thing though is that I've faced 2 enemies that just seemed to have far better card quality than me. Dunno maybe they just totally countered my shitty monster deck by coincidence but both of those decks(northern realm/skellige) just demolished my monster deck cleanly. Didn't really feel like I could counter play them with the stuff I had.
That doesn't mean rng doesn't happen but right now it rarely feels like total bs, rly the only time that I called foul in 10-15 games is when a monster player somehow had their Eredin survive 3 rounds among a shit ton of minions every time.
All the other cases it feels more like ok it he got a little lucky but I can still make up for it with good play. Only other thing though is that I've faced 2 enemies that just seemed to have far better card quality than me. Dunno maybe they just totally countered my shitty monster deck by coincidence but both of those decks(northern realm/skellige) just demolished my monster deck cleanly. Didn't really feel like I could counter play them with the stuff I had.
toastyToast
Member
Games are getting super tough now, I don't think I can do 3 levels a day anymore unless I play for hours on end going 50/50 like this. Should have just settled on making 1 good deck instead of shopping around for every faction Running into a lot of people with more or less complete decks. If I look at the board and think, "I hope they don't have (blank)" they definitely have it.
TheCherniak
Neo Member
Could I get that?
The code is literally in the message of the poster you quoted.
toastyToast
Member
Never got any non-standard leaders so no scraps for me. If you got lucky with one that's almost a legendary of your choice for doing nothing. Surprised they aren't giving the milling value tbh
Some info on upcoming patch. Hell yes on 600 scraps
After this, it's even harder to figure out whether there will be a wipe or not.
Guess I'll keep doing the daily keg or two until I'm having fun with it.
toastyToast
Member
Lugos is probably the only expensive thing you need for Skellige. Craft Sigrdrifa, Ermion, Svanrige, Birna Bran and The Last Wish if you're loaded and you're pretty much done. Skellige is not very expensive to get going. Even without The Last Wish you can chew threw most of your deck and get Lugos buff as fuck.
mitchman
Gold Member
They really need to fix the UI. It's unintuitive on every level, and doesn't look particularly attractive. I love gwent in Witcher 3. This... Not so much. I know this isn't a very constructive post, but I don't even know where to start describing how bad the UI is, it's just through and through bad.
I barely played any Gwent in Wither 3 and had no issue with the UI at all. Be a little more specific, because I really fail to see what part is unintuitive.
Mork is pretty good as well, but wouldn't be my first card to craft
Thanks for the tip! I have plenty of scraps, need to check those out.
poppedcollar69
Member
oh my god, johnny can give you a copy of a unit that was promoted
edit: welllll.... while i was initially disappointed about trading my geralt for a trebuchet, that did kinda win me the match due to avoiding the philippa on geralt............
edit: welllll.... while i was initially disappointed about trading my geralt for a trebuchet, that did kinda win me the match due to avoiding the philippa on geralt............
Exentryk
Member
Hah, that's pretty cool.
Wait, there's AI in the game?! Where!?
Jay Shadow
Member
Practice
Turin Turambar
Member
Nerf for you! nerf for me! nerf for everyone!
They overreacted with Philippa, typical game developer behavior. His unique thing was being able to affect gold cards, dropping that makes her less interesting and also doubling her power is too much.
They overreacted with Philippa, typical game developer behavior. His unique thing was being able to affect gold cards, dropping that makes her less interesting and also doubling her power is too much.
Thank god for the NR nerfs. Foltest decks with stacked siege leading to a final round Phillipa were getting boring as hell to play against.
Not surprised at the medic nerfs. I always thought the chain revives were kinda bullshit even with the much more limited card mechanics in W3.
Not surprised at the medic nerfs. I always thought the chain revives were kinda bullshit even with the much more limited card mechanics in W3.
toastyToast
Member
Philippa is still good although not an auto-include anymore. Can easily turn a buff row to 12 and some change then graveyard them with another card (lacerate/tremors). There are gold damaging cards but they're all single target, she was a weird outlier in that sense since she could effect multiple cards. I think they had the right idea, golds shouldn't have been effected en masse by anything.
RIP Lugos, glad I never bought the card and I was close. Cerys is gonna be a juggernaut now since she gets buffed to base strength. Play her in round 2 at 15 or whatever as a gold then bring her back again next round with Queensguard at 19. I've switched to a more weather resistant Skellige deck so even with as buff as Cerys is with this change I like the consistency of pirates + boats.
RIP Lugos, glad I never bought the card and I was close. Cerys is gonna be a juggernaut now since she gets buffed to base strength. Play her in round 2 at 15 or whatever as a gold then bring her back again next round with Queensguard at 19. I've switched to a more weather resistant Skellige deck so even with as buff as Cerys is with this change I like the consistency of pirates + boats.
veloxStrix
Banned
Still haven't gotten my code. I have such bad luck when it comes to getting into these things on the first couple waves.