Except from Renfri, Nauzicaa (again) and Informant, overral the changes of the patch were good, i'm just mad that we have a lot of nerfs and almost no real meaningfull buff for other archetypes and the trend of buffing the good cards in bad archetypes is also not a good direction. If the idea is to buff underplayed archetypes, going for the cards who actually don't see play is a better move
I'm also not a fan of buffing the best cards in bad decks (Fallen Knight being the prime example) but it is the easiest way to improve those decks with the fewest number of balance changes. I'd also prefer to buff the unplayed cards instead. At least we got a few this time like the Elves and Chimera.
@@platinumpatrol2964 problem is that by doing those things most of the time only improves it on an artificial level, and sometimes make it better outside of their own archetype. Or several cases where the buff ends up too strong, and the next patch is used to nerf it again. And in that situation it eat 2 balance spaces as opposed to one to a underplayed card. We should more like in the cases like Dimun Smuggler, who went from a useless card to an actual really good one on their own archetype. And is not really hard to findo those, but coordinate those votes is not an easy task
Yeah overall the Balance Councils have definitely been an improvement and it's nice to keep getting changes each month even if I don't like all of them
hi again, with trolde and highland nerfed plus ulula buffed we might see some great and different skellige decks, i hope you eventually make one since i had much fun with the cerys-lippy deck :)
I almost feel like the defender changes are so abusive monster deck players can't say "but why is only our defender nerfed" like you said, the rest are barely played. If thats what it takes to nerf cave troll im down lol
I'm sad that roche merciless wasn't touched, and i don't understand why defenders were nerfed, becouse let's be honest defenders are only played in very greedy engine decks- that can only Play becouse defender (golden nekker or no in both) and they still are preety weak with defender Well my double kekker nr engienes deck is probably dead now, RIP
@@platinumpatrol2964 russians, let's be honest they hate the idea of meta changeing into anything else than it was, who do you think buffs nauzika, slave drivers etc back despite them beeing still played?
Every month I look at the Balance Council's Changes and can only shake my head. How many decks has the option of playing a card that purifies for 4 to 6 provision? Right, every single Deck! But Defenders are got nerfed?! How ashamed I would be, if I were a player that played so bad that I need to nerf this cards. It's the same like all the other months, easily 75% of the decisions are completely incomprehensible. Cards are weakened that are played successfully by pro players but that the rest of the players cannot do anything with, because they are unable to play the rest of the deck that the cards including. Unfortunately, it is all too clear that the majority of those who vote should rather not do it and go for card games like UNO.
This logic is beyond my... Syndicate gets played by my and 2 other guys: 2 cards buffet Nilfgard is the most played faction: yea they for sure have to get buffet
We might as well just remove NR I feel bad for the last few players that is still playing NR. Every month they have to see a weak faction getting weaker so why not just remove it by nerfing the last few played cards? 7 month I a row with hardcore nerfs. Radovid didn't need nerf. defender has been 9 provision since always and should always be 9 provision so it can be grabbed by assault. Soldier got a nerf again even though the nerf to 6 provision 3 power was PERFECT! 2 power makes no sense cause it doesn't do any difference anyway. This is pure hatred going on for NR so just remove it already. Or bring it back by buffing mages witchers and knights. And I know I know I KNOW! They had some OP decks and needed some nerfs! But that was over half a year ago! So stop thinking of what it has been and look where it is now. I got 4 accounts and play 40 games every day, I don't even see NR 5% of the time.
Wait just realized can't even make a GN deck in NR with defender anymore? So there is no way to protect my kendar in witcher deck anymore. So now that's also ruined? Jesus people don't realize how much it changes when they change provision!
Interesting to hear your opinion. 20% of my games are against NR and it has had OP decks very recently - Floatsam Temerian Infantry for one which was still strong last season. Temerian Infantry falls into the same category as Nauzica where it's a lot of unintdractable pointslam on a bronze that can duplicated or reset, expect it usually plays for more than Nauzica. I wouldn't have nerfed it again as Radovid being easier to remove I think is enough (although we disagree on him not needing a nerf). I don't think it's hate for NR - it's dislike of bronze pointslam spamming decks. Nauzica, Equinox, and Spotter (before all the nerfs) all have dislike towards them. And as for Donmir, there's a big campaign to nerf all of the defenders to 10p, he and Cave Troll were just the ones that went through.
@@platinumpatrol2964 did see your other video was surprised you still see them! I have 4 accounts and play them all everyday some is in pro others are not. IMO I like not playing in pro I feel there are a bigger variety of decks when it's not in pro but maybe that's why I don't see them that much. 100% agree temerian infantry needed a nerf but i does cost 6 provision now so it got a nerf. Instead of only give it ome month we could have waitee 3 months and see if it was enough. The only reason why I don't think think radovid deserved the nerf, is he usually doesn't get to click the order before he is answered so can't see the point in removing 1 power. Sadly I know a lot have hates for NR not talking they don't like playing against them but more like they wouldn't mind they got removed from gwent. Two of those with that opinion is big in gwent youtuber/streamers ( won't mention names) and they carry A LOT of the voting in BC. 7 months with some big nerfs to NR isn't a coincidence sadly and I think it will get a lot worse. I do hope I am wrong!
Hive mind nerf is definitely trash tier. Why not nerf the actually problematic card, Tatterwing? Full insectoids are such an underpowered but fun deck, and these guys are too dumb to nerf the right card even if it's in the name of the deck. 0/10
@@Tokuru Still haven't told me why it shouldn't be Tatterwing that got nerfed instead. Can you make the bare minimal effort if you're writing anything.
Some placements are good, but like cmon, Selfeaters and Sorcerers are dumb asf with those changes. Joachim is already good and played no reason to buff it, whats next, make it 1 power? Hivemind is bullsht, if anything nerf Tatter it really isn't rocket science. At least this patch we got something decent like Chimera, Avallach
Selfeater is a weird one. I don't really agree with it, but the deck isn't great. It's a lot like the Fallen Knight change where the strongest card in the deck gets buffed to make it viable. I'm not a big fan, but it is the fastest way to help certain decks. Whisperer I'm suspicious about but it gets zero play now. Perhaps as 4p engine at 3 power like a weaker but easier to trigger Revenant would be better. Tatterwing definitely is worth a nerf, but Hive Mind is incredibly strong although it is vulnerable to Squirrel. If Tatterwing was on the changes list I wouldn't have rated Hive Mind nearly as well as a change.
@@platinumpatrol2964 my main problem with Selfeaters and Sorcerers is that they are answer or lose bronzes which unless stopped early will generate loads of points. Relicts weren't that bad as somebody was able to reach a high ranking recently don't remember who tho. With crones buffs and maybe something like rat Catcheress buff they would be more than playable. In the emd Selfeater buff will most likely fuel them and will end up being reverted leaving us at the same place in the end
What sociopaths are out there buffing Renfri?
All the huge number of Renfri players I would guess
Except from Renfri, Nauzicaa (again) and Informant, overral the changes of the patch were good, i'm just mad that we have a lot of nerfs and almost no real meaningfull buff for other archetypes and the trend of buffing the good cards in bad archetypes is also not a good direction. If the idea is to buff underplayed archetypes, going for the cards who actually don't see play is a better move
I'm also not a fan of buffing the best cards in bad decks (Fallen Knight being the prime example) but it is the easiest way to improve those decks with the fewest number of balance changes. I'd also prefer to buff the unplayed cards instead. At least we got a few this time like the Elves and Chimera.
@@platinumpatrol2964 problem is that by doing those things most of the time only improves it on an artificial level, and sometimes make it better outside of their own archetype. Or several cases where the buff ends up too strong, and the next patch is used to nerf it again. And in that situation it eat 2 balance spaces as opposed to one to a underplayed card. We should more like in the cases like Dimun Smuggler, who went from a useless card to an actual really good one on their own archetype. And is not really hard to findo those, but coordinate those votes is not an easy task
Nice review broadly agree a lot of these changes were really good to see
Cant wait to see more monsters from these changes hopefully.
I hate Renfri buff, but overall it's 80% good 10% meh and 10% bad. So it's gonna get better with time, right?
Yeah in my opinion the game has been quite balanced lately. The Balance Council is necessary to keep the game alive
Yeah overall the Balance Councils have definitely been an improvement and it's nice to keep getting changes each month even if I don't like all of them
hi again, with trolde and highland nerfed plus ulula buffed we might see some great and different skellige decks, i hope you eventually make one since i had much fun with the cerys-lippy deck :)
Platinum Patrol in on it! 😄 Love all the uploads. You’re the only great Gwent UA-camr 👌
I almost feel like the defender changes are so abusive monster deck players can't say "but why is only our defender nerfed" like you said, the rest are barely played. If thats what it takes to nerf cave troll im down lol
I'm sad that roche merciless wasn't touched,
and i don't understand why defenders were nerfed, becouse let's be honest defenders are only played in very greedy engine decks- that can only Play becouse defender (golden nekker or no in both) and they still are preety weak with defender
Well my double kekker nr engienes deck is probably dead now, RIP
Yeah I don't really understand the Defender hate but I know there's a large group to nerf them all until they're not playable
@@platinumpatrol2964 russians, let's be honest they hate the idea of meta changeing into anything else than it was, who do you think buffs nauzika, slave drivers etc back despite them beeing still played?
Every month I look at the Balance Council's Changes and can only shake my head.
How many decks has the option of playing a card that purifies for 4 to 6 provision?
Right, every single Deck!
But Defenders are got nerfed?! How ashamed I would be, if I were a player that played so bad that I need to nerf this cards.
It's the same like all the other months, easily 75% of the decisions are completely incomprehensible. Cards are weakened that are played successfully by pro players but that the rest of the players cannot do anything with, because they are unable to play the rest of the deck that the cards including. Unfortunately, it is all too clear that the majority of those who vote should rather not do it and go for card games like UNO.
This logic is beyond my... Syndicate gets played by my and 2 other guys: 2 cards buffet
Nilfgard is the most played faction: yea they for sure have to get buffet
Not sure I understand what you're trying to say, but popularity doesn't always equate to how good something is
Can you do a shupe deck that’s good
I'll try :)
We might as well just remove NR I feel bad for the last few players that is still playing NR. Every month they have to see a weak faction getting weaker so why not just remove it by nerfing the last few played cards? 7 month I a row with hardcore nerfs.
Radovid didn't need nerf. defender has been 9 provision since always and should always be 9 provision so it can be grabbed by assault.
Soldier got a nerf again even though the nerf to 6 provision 3 power was PERFECT! 2 power makes no sense cause it doesn't do any difference anyway.
This is pure hatred going on for NR so just remove it already.
Or bring it back by buffing mages witchers and knights.
And I know I know I KNOW! They had some OP decks and needed some nerfs! But that was over half a year ago! So stop thinking of what it has been and look where it is now.
I got 4 accounts and play 40 games every day, I don't even see NR 5% of the time.
Wait just realized can't even make a GN deck in NR with defender anymore? So there is no way to protect my kendar in witcher deck anymore. So now that's also ruined? Jesus people don't realize how much it changes when they change provision!
Interesting to hear your opinion. 20% of my games are against NR and it has had OP decks very recently - Floatsam Temerian Infantry for one which was still strong last season.
Temerian Infantry falls into the same category as Nauzica where it's a lot of unintdractable pointslam on a bronze that can duplicated or reset, expect it usually plays for more than Nauzica. I wouldn't have nerfed it again as Radovid being easier to remove I think is enough (although we disagree on him not needing a nerf).
I don't think it's hate for NR - it's dislike of bronze pointslam spamming decks. Nauzica, Equinox, and Spotter (before all the nerfs) all have dislike towards them. And as for Donmir, there's a big campaign to nerf all of the defenders to 10p, he and Cave Troll were just the ones that went through.
@@platinumpatrol2964 did see your other video was surprised you still see them! I have 4 accounts and play them all everyday some is in pro others are not. IMO I like not playing in pro I feel there are a bigger variety of decks when it's not in pro but maybe that's why I don't see them that much.
100% agree temerian infantry needed a nerf but i does cost 6 provision now so it got a nerf. Instead of only give it ome month we could have waitee 3 months and see if it was enough.
The only reason why I don't think think radovid deserved the nerf, is he usually doesn't get to click the order before he is answered so can't see the point in removing 1 power.
Sadly I know a lot have hates for NR not talking they don't like playing against them but more like they wouldn't mind they got removed from gwent. Two of those with that opinion is big in gwent youtuber/streamers ( won't mention names) and they carry A LOT of the voting in BC.
7 months with some big nerfs to NR isn't a coincidence sadly and I think it will get a lot worse. I do hope I am wrong!
@@platinumpatrol2964 Yeah, Temerian Infantry needed provision nerf not power nerf - That would be enough
Hive mind nerf is definitely trash tier.
Why not nerf the actually problematic card, Tatterwing?
Full insectoids are such an underpowered but fun deck, and these guys are too dumb to nerf the right card even if it's in the name of the deck. 0/10
Nah, fair nerf
I would've preffered a hit to Tatterwing but Hive Mind is an extremely powerful card too. The non-Tatterwing decks also gain the buff to Chimera.
@@platinumpatrol2964 Chimera is not used in insectoid deck, but rather swarm.
Insectoid decks are those who use Hunters.
@@Tokuru Still haven't told me why it shouldn't be Tatterwing that got nerfed instead.
Can you make the bare minimal effort if you're writing anything.
First
Still no fucking scoiatel nerfs what a shit balance patch
Equinox and Pondkeeper?
@@platinumpatrol2964 its not enough its still broken
If you think so I can understand your opinion, but saying there were no nerfs is incorrect
joachim to 2 power is literally pointless
It's 1 point better on the one Coup Spawns or if you don't run/dras Coup.
Some placements are good, but like cmon, Selfeaters and Sorcerers are dumb asf with those changes. Joachim is already good and played no reason to buff it, whats next, make it 1 power? Hivemind is bullsht, if anything nerf Tatter it really isn't rocket science. At least this patch we got something decent like Chimera, Avallach
Selfeater is a weird one. I don't really agree with it, but the deck isn't great. It's a lot like the Fallen Knight change where the strongest card in the deck gets buffed to make it viable. I'm not a big fan, but it is the fastest way to help certain decks. Whisperer I'm suspicious about but it gets zero play now. Perhaps as 4p engine at 3 power like a weaker but easier to trigger Revenant would be better.
Tatterwing definitely is worth a nerf, but Hive Mind is incredibly strong although it is vulnerable to Squirrel. If Tatterwing was on the changes list I wouldn't have rated Hive Mind nearly as well as a change.
@@platinumpatrol2964 my main problem with Selfeaters and Sorcerers is that they are answer or lose bronzes which unless stopped early will generate loads of points. Relicts weren't that bad as somebody was able to reach a high ranking recently don't remember who tho. With crones buffs and maybe something like rat Catcheress buff they would be more than playable. In the emd Selfeater buff will most likely fuel them and will end up being reverted leaving us at the same place in the end