Gwent Update: Mar 23, 2017

Gwent Updates – Gwent Update: Mar 23, 2017

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New Features

• New Game Board: The game board has been changed to make it more legible and accessible.
• Move History: Players can now review which cards have been played over the course of the match.
• New Card Laying Mechanic: Card positioning has taken on a new dimension. Players can now choose exactly where on a row to play their cards, and many abilities now refer to a card's relative position on the row.
• Taunt System: Players can now communicate with each other using predefined "taunts" spoken by their avatar.

Neutral

• Thunderbolt Potion now lets you choose 3 adjacent units and buffs all non-Gold units among them (positioning).
• Dimeritium Bomb now affects 5 adjacent units (positioning).
• Commander's Horn now lets you choose 5 adjacent units and buffs all non-Gold units among them (positioning).
• Geralt: Aard changed to Ranged.; now lets you choose 3 adjacent units on the opposing Melee or Ranged row and affects all non-Gold units among them (positioning).
• First Light changed to Fleeting. Clear Skies or Rally go to the graveyard instead.
• Field Marshal Duda: Agitator now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.; Agitator now has the Fleeting tag.
• Field Marshal Duda: Companion now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.; Companion now has the Fleeting tag.
• Unicorn now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.; Unicorn now has the Fleeting tag.
• Chironex now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.; Chironex now has the Fleeting tag.
• Roach is now summoned before Kayran's ability is resolved.
• Lambert strength changed from 6 to 5.
• Eskel strength changed from 6 to 5.
• Clear Skies now removes all Weather effects on the battlefield.
• Cyprian Wiley now only deals 3 base damage to an opposing non-Gold unit. No effect when removed from board.
• Ciri: Dash strength changed from 9 to 8.
• Unicorn no longer affects Gold units.
• Chironex no longer affects Gold units.
• Stammelford's Tremors now deal 2 damage to 6 random opposing non-Gold units (if available).
• Thunderbolt Potion no longer gives Witchers an additional buff.
• Swallow Potion no longer gives Witchers an additional buff.
• Dimeritium Shackles now lock the units they affect but do not reset them to base strength.
• Renew can no longer resurrect Permadeath units.
• Mustered/spawned units now appear to the right of the summoning card (positioning).
• Quen Sign now protects from changes to base strength.
• Triss Merigold can no longer target Gold units.
• Manticore Venom now lets you choose 3 adjacent units and deals damage to non-Gold units among them (positioning).
• All abilities that lock units can also be used to unlock units. Note that unlocking does not bring back Tokens the unit had before being locked. Exceptions: Radovid, Assassination
• The Blizzard Potion is now a choice card. You choose between two cards, one applying Weather Immunity, the other removing it.
• Rally now draws the top Bronze unit from your deck.
• Field Marshal Duda: Companion strength changed from 3 to 1.; Field Marshal Duda: Companion now affects non-Gold units within 4 spaces to the left (positioning).
• Field Marshal Duda: Agitator strength changed from 3 to 1.; Field Marshal Duda: Agitator now affects non-Gold units within 4 spaces to the left (positioning).
• Cleaver strength changed from 5 to 6.
• Johnny now banishes the chosen card instead of putting it on the bottom of the deck.
• Cyprian Wiley strength changed from 5 to 7.
• Ragh Nar Roog now removes 2 base strength from 8 random opposing non-Gold units.
• Mardroeme: Mutagen now resets target unit to a base strength increased by 2 relative to its initial value.
• Mardroeme: Spores now resets target unit to a base strength decreased by 2 relative to its initial value.
• Villentretenmerth now has the Permadeath tag.; Villentretenmerth strength changed from 7 to 4.
• Yennefer: The Conjurer strength changed from 5 to 4.
• Operator strength changed from 6 to 8.

Northern Realms

• Dun Banner Heavy Cavalry is now promoted at the end of the second turn after being played.
• Philippa Eilhart ability changed: she now gives you the option of playing a Special Card from your hand, then drawing a card. Strength changed from 10 to 4. Now Loyal and Siege (was Disloyal and Agile).
• Lubberkin now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.; Lubberkin now has the Fleeting tag.
• Botchling now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.; Botchling now has the Fleeting tag.
• Field Medic strength changed from 2 to 4.
• Kaedweni Siege Expert will no longer lose strength when units with the Machine tag are played.; Kaedweni Siege Expert strength changed from 5 to 4.
• Dethmold can now banish a card from either graveyard.
• Triss: Butterfly Spell strength changed from 4 to 6.
• Keira Metz ability changed: she now sets the unit on her right's strength to that of the unit on her left (if both are non-Gold). Strength chagned from 7 to 4.
• Radovid ability changed: he now lets you choose 3 adjacent units and locks and deals 2 base damage to all non-Gold units among them (positioning).
• John Natalis now buffs units one after the other --meaning he can buff the same unit multiple times.
• Dijkstra strength changed from 5 to 1.; Dijkstra ability changed: he now plays a Gold card from your deck.
• Margarita Laux–Antille now spawns Aretuza Adepts instead of Ban Ard Adepts.
• Pavetta now only destroys the weakest unit(s) once.
• Removed the Relentless tag from Triss: Butterfly Spell.
• Dijkstra is now Disloyal.
• Reinforced Trebuchet strength changed from 5 to 4.; Reinforced Trebuchet's countdown changed from 3 turns to 1 turn.; Reinforced Trebuchet's damage changed from 2 to 1.
• Vernon Roche can now target units on your side as well. Can no longer target Gold cards.
• Shani strength changed from 3 to 2.
• John Natalis' buff values changed to 3, 2 and 1, respectively.; John Natalis strength changed from 5 to 6.
• Botchling strength changed from 4 to 5.
• Dandelion strength changed from 3 to 5.
• Priscilla now draws one of the cards face-down.
• Triss: Butterfly Spell now adds 2 strength to all non-Gold units in your hand.
• Thaler strength changed from 6 to 8.
• Dijkstra is now Agile.
• Poor Infantry strength changed from 2 to 3.
• Redanian Elite strength changed from 6 to 7.

Monsters

• Monsters Faction ability can now only keep Eredin and units played from your hand (meaning it will not keep mustered/spawned/resurrected/etc. units).
• Vran Warrior now consumes the unit on its left (positioning). Added "Devourer" Tag.
• Draug strength changed from 6 to 7.
• Removed the Breedable tag from Nekkers.
• Crone: Whispess strength changed from 7 to 6.
• Woodland Spirit strength changed from 7 to 8.
• Crone: Weavess strength changed from 7 to 6.
• Ekimmara: added "Devourer" tag.
• Fire Elemental strength changed from 5 to 6.
• Celaeno Harpy strength changed from 3 to 5.
• Nithral strength changed from 6 to 8.
• Ice Giant is now also buffed when played onto a row with Frost.
• Harpy strength changed from 3 to 4.
• Imlerith now deals 3 damage to a non-Gold unit and 1 damage to any non-Gold units adjacent to it (positioning).
• Kayran: added "Devourer" tag.
• Draug ability changed: it now deals 1 damage 7 times to random opposing non-Gold units.
• Frightener: added "Devourer" tag.
• Ge'els' ability changed: he now adds 2 strength to each non-Gold unit on your side.
• Giant Toad: added "Devourer" tag.
• Ghoul: added "Devourer" tag.
• Golem strength changed from 6 to 7.
• Grave Hag: added "Devourer" tag.
• Katakan strength changed from 6 to 4. Added "Devourer" tag.
• Vran Warrior strength changed from 5 to 6. Added "Devourer" tag.
• Succubus strength changed from 8 to 7.
• Griffin strength changed from 6 to 7.
• Woodland Spirit now only spawns Fog on the player's side.

Scoia'tael

• Removed Relentless tag from Aglaïs.
• Hawker Healer now buffs adjacent units (positioning).
• Toruviel now adds 2 strength to all units within 2 spaces when revealed (positioning).
• Hawker Smuggler's ability now triggers after certain abilities, such as Lock, are resolved.
• Mahakam Defender strength changed from 4 to 5.; Mahakam Defender's Resilience now only lasts 1 round.
• Hawker Smuggler's ability is no longer triggered by Gold cards.; Hawker Smuggler strength changed from 5 to 4.
• Saskia strength changed from 9 to 7.
• Zoltan Chivay strength changed from 5 to 8.; Zoltan Chivay's Resilience now only lasts for 1 round.
• Barclay Els' ability no longer affects Gold units.
• Iorveth can no longer target Gold units.
• Vrihedd Sappers strength changed from 4 to 8.; Vrihedd Sapper's ability is now an Ambush, triggered after 2 turns.
• Dol Blathanna Trapper now deals 5 damage to adjacent units when revealed (positioning).
• Milva strength changed from 7 to 8.
• Ithlinne now lets you choose 3 adjacent units and locks or unlocks non-Gold units among them (positioning).
• Iorveth can now also target units on your side.
• Hawker Support strength changed from 3 to 6.; Hawker Support buff value changed from 3 to 2.
• Malena base strength changed from 6 to 8.
• Iorveth changed to Ranged.
• Aglaïs changed to Siege.
• Isengrim changed to Ranged.
• Ithlinne changed to Ranged.
• Iorveth strength changed from 6 to 7.

Nilfgaard

• Cow Carcass spawned by Rot Tosser now triggers at the end of the second round after appearing.
• Auckes strength changed from 7 to 8.
• Joachim de Wett now buffs the unit he plays before it is placed on the battlefield.
• Black Infantry Arbalest strength changed from 5 to 4.
• Nauzicaa Standard Bearer now buffs adjacent units (positioning).
• Cantarella strength changed from 6 to 12.; Cantarella now loses 6 base strength when not Spying.
• Impera Enforcers' ability now triggers before the Leader ability is resolved.
• Spotter changed to Ranged.
• Letho of Gulet now banishes units within two spaces (positioning).
• Impera Brigade's buff value changed from 3 to 2.
• Assassination no longer does any damage to your units.
• When Cantarella draws a card, you now select it if you want to keep it.
• Cahir ability changed: he now reactivates only your Leader's ability and lets your opponent draw a revealed Bronze card. He does nothing if your opponent has passed.
• Cynthia's ability now does nothing if your opponent has passed.
• Albrich's ability now does nothing if your opponent has passed.
• Vattier de Rideaux strength changed from 7 to 8.
• Impera Brigade now also gets buffed when you play a Spying unit after the Brigade is already on the board.
• Emissary now has you draw the top 2 Bronze units in your deck. You play one and shuffle the other into your deck.
• Fake Ciri strength changed from 3 to 6.
• Rot Tosser strength changed from 4 to 6.
• Assassination now also locks its target.
• Tibor Eggebracht now makes your opponent draw the top Bronze card in their deck.

Skellige

• Clan Dimun Pirate Captain is now buffed when you discard a unit while it is in your deck, hand or on the battlefield.
• Donar an Hindar ability changed to: "Immune to Weather. Draw a card. You may keep it, or discard it and draw another." Strength changed from 10 to 13.
• Restoration no longer resurrects Permadeath units.
• Harald the Cripple now deals 2 damage to all opposing non-Gold units.
• Clan Heymaey Skald now buffs adjacent units (positioning).
• War Longship now triggers only when units are discarded.
• Clan Tordarroch Armorsmith now resets weakened units within 4 spaces to the left (positioning).
• Lord of Undvik now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.
• Hemdall now has the Fleeting tag.; Hemdall now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.
• Craven Revived now has the Fleeting tag.; Craven Revived now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.
• Lord of Undvik now has the Fleeting tag.
• Spectral Whale now counts as a Token (spawned) unit.; Spirit Whale now has the Fleeting tag.
• Clan Drummond Shieldmaiden's copies are now played to the right of the original (positioning).
• Holger Blackhand strength changed from 4 to 6.
• Wild Boar of the Sea strength changed from 8 to 6.; Wild Boar of the Sea ability changed: he now deals 3, then 2, then 1 damage to non-Gold unit(s).
• War Longship strength changed from 5 to 4.
• Birna Bran strength changed from 12 to 10.; Birna Bran now draws 2 cards instead of 3.
• Cerys is now buffed by Queensguard even when locked (whether in the graveyard or on the battlefield).
• Morkvarg strength changed from 7 to 6.
• Djenge Frett strength changed from 6 to 8.
• Clan an Craite Warriors now lose 1 strength instead of 2 when played.
• Berserker Marauder strength changed from 4 to 7.
• Raging Berserker strength changed from 4 to 6.
• Raging Bear strength changed from 8 to 11.
• Queensguard strength changed from 2 to 3.
• King Bran no longer buffs the units he discards.

General Fixes

• Rearranged the basic decks in the Deck Selection screen.
• Removed tags from Leaders.
• Various tooltip fixes.
• Fixed an issue whereby Alba Spearmen were damaged by Savage Bear or Fireball Trap before gaining Quen.
• Fixed an issue causing cards with 0 base strength to remain in the middle of the board after using Decoy on them.
• Clarified the interaction of cards with the deck (drawing and shuffling)
• Fixed an issue whereby Yennefer: The Conjurer would deal damage from the graveyard after being destroyed with Cow Carcass.
• Fixed an issue whereby Foglets did not count as destroyed when leaving/clearing Fog.
• Fixed an issue whereby Clan an Craite Raiders discarded by Ermion wouldn't trigger certain cards such as War Longship or Clan Dimun Pirate Captain.
• Fixed an issue whereby Ermion's ability wouldn't work when you had 1 card left in your hand.
• Fixed an issue whereby War Longship's ability wouldn't trigger when Ermion discarded a Special Card and a unit.
• Lock now blocks Morkvarg and Ciri: Dash's abilities.
• Units buffed in the deck now have their strength reset correctly when moved to the graveyard.
• Fixed an issue whereby Lock wasn't visible in the graveyard and Olgierd and Roach would ignore the Lock.
• Fixed an issue whereby the Reward Notifications/Spoils of War screen wouldn't show for some players.
• Fixed an issue whereby Morkvarg's art would get corrupted after being destroyed by Villentretenmerth.
• Fixed an "Unknown Error" from appearing when buying too many kegs.
• Fixed an issue whereby some card art would be swapped with art for other cards.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes resulted in new cards not being added to the Collection immediately.
• Sound should no longer glitch when the audio device is set to a sample rate higher than 96kHz.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when closing the app via the 'X' button.
• Fixed an issue whereby the "Stop Searching" button would sometimes not work.
• Fixed the Tutorial messages according to the latest design changes.
• Fixed a crash while editing/creating a deck, probably caused by the computer's locale being set to something other than English.
• Fixed an issue whereby The Last Wish did not trigger Clan Dimun Pirate Captain or War Longship's abilities.
• Fixed an issue that would sometimes result in an instant "Draw" in Round 3.
• Fixed an issue whereby using Dimeritium Bomb to demote units in Weather would reset them to base strength and ignore the Weather.
• Main Menu tiles should no longer change to black when changing resolution.
• Game should no longer crash after PC enters sleep mode.
• Fixed an issue whereby cards spawned by Johnny would have no art or description and were not usable.
• Fixed an issue whereby Donar an Hindar wouldn't discard Special Cards if only Bronze ones were left in deck.
• Fixed an issue whereby Savage Bear would deal 2 damage to Foglets.
• Fixed an issue whereby users would sometimes get stuck on the "Downloading Card Collection" screen.
• Fixed an issue whereby Dol Blathanna Trapper would trigger incorrectly.
• Changed card sorting order in Deck Builder and Collection to: Bronze Specials, Silver Specials, Gold Specials, Leader cards, Bronze units, Silver units, Gold units
• In Collection, the card counts on the left will update based off the currently selected filters.
• Fixed an issue whereby Vran Warrior's ability would trigger after both players had passed.
• Fixed an issue whereby Cow Carcass' ability would trigger after both players had passed.
• Fixed an issue whereby Dun Banner Heavy Cavalry's ability would trigger after both players had passed.
• Fixed an issue whereby Dennis Cranmer's ability would trigger after both players had passed.
• Fixed an issue whereby Joachim de Wett would draw a random non-Gold unit instead of the one from the top of the deck.