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[Alicja.]

Open PTR server is now live!

Ahead of the Midwinter Update, we’ve launched a Public Test Realm server for GWENT: The Witcher Card Game! The purpose of the PTR server is to present you with new mechanics and let you try out new features, which will be introduced in the Midwinter Update. Community participation is critical to any successful PTR, so if you see any bugs, please do report them to our technical support!

Keep in mind that the number of concurrent players able to access the PTR is limited, so you might not get in right away. When you enter, you will have a full collection of cards and your level will be set to 1. Rewards earned on PTR will not carry over to the main game.

GWENT’s PTR is only available on PC in English. To enter the test realm, you have to be logged in via GOG Galaxy client. Click “MORE” (next to the PLAY button) and choose “Settings”. Switch the Beta Channels to “on” and then choose “PTR channel”. You can start playing right after the new build is downloaded.

We really want to hear your feedback, so please share your suggestions! Be aware that there might be some localization/translation errors in the build — these are, after all, work-in-progress builds that you’ll be testing. Other than that, have fun and thank you for wanting to help!

 

[Alicja.]

New Video - Midwinter Update Overview

Want to know more about the upcoming Midwinter Update? Then check out our newest video with Jason Slama, Lead Programmer, Marcin Momot, Community Lead and Nuno Afonso, Lead Gameplay Programmer explaining all the changes coming to GWENT: The Witcher Card Game in the next update!

 

[Vattier]

We are aware that there are problems with whispers and we're working to solve this issue.

Everybody who met the requirements to receive a guaranteed reward should get it regardless of whether the whisper was sent.

Titles will be distributed in the upcoming patch. If you should get the title, but it isn't added to your account after the patch, please contact our tech support.

If you qualify for the Stelwart Supporter Award but didn't get the keg - please contact our tech support.

 

[Alicja.]

LIVE STREAM WITH DEVELOPERS DURING GWENT CHALLENGER - 17.12.2017

Join us live on Sunday, December 17th, for developers stream with Paweł Burza and Michał "Luigi" Dobrowolski!

We'll be streaming live from the Moszna Castle, venue of GWENT Challenger #2, right after the Semifinals (and before the Grand Final!). We'll be talking about all the changes coming in the next update so don't miss it!

Link to the stream: twitch.tv/cdprojektred

 

[Alicja.]

So, aside from the discussion about how well this system is designed, when are the titles going to be in the game?

Titles will show up after the upcoming update.

Every 30min 1 person on each gwent stream above 100 viewers get a reward or it's just every 30min 1 person from all gwent streams runnin win?

For each stream a % of viewers is rewarded so the number of streamers currently broadcasting or number of concurrent viewers doesn't change your chance for a reward.

 

[Alicja.]

Hi! Thank you for your honest opinions! We would like to state that this program just started and is in its test phase, so community feedback is welcome. Additionally, we will be paying close attention to streamers sentiment regarding the topic so please keep it coming. If needs be we'll make adjustments.

And addressing some of the most frequently asked question - all you have to do to enable Twitch Drops is link GOG and Twitch accounts and simply watch streams. You will know that the stream supports Twitch Drops from the cdprojektred_chatbot in the stream's chat and if you are awarded you will receive a message from the bot.

edit: sorry for double-posting, something went wrong

 

[Dominika]

GWENT Masters website is now available in more languages!

Localized versions of the GWENT Masters website are finally here - now you can learn more about the official esports series of The Witcher Card Game also in Polish, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese!

 

[Dominika]

Twitch Drops arrive to GWENT!

If you are excited about the upcoming GWENT Challenger #2, we have more good news for you - you will be able to gain some in-game rewards while watching the stream!

Thanks to Twitch Drops, after you link your GOG.com account to your Twitch account, every 30 minutes of watching GWENT livestreams on Twitch you will have a chance to receive 50 Meteorite Powder or 3 Card Kegs.

Additionally, for tuning in to the GWENT Challenger you will be able to earn in-game title, card keg and the winner’s favourite card (you can find them featured on Player Profiles on @GWENTMasters!).

For more details and a complete list of rewards, head over to playgwent.com/twitch-drops.

 

[Vattier]

Hi Guys. Is the Patch, new Cards und the Season Reset come at the same Time in the Winter Update ?

No. During the Winter Update we will introduce the patch and new cards. The season reset will happen later.

Thank you so much CDPR for all the awesome work on Gwent! Any chance there would be a future mode to retro-grade the patches? in other words, go back in time and play the various beta versions until today? I think it would be kinda cool to have battle rooms where players had to use the rules from the past - even the original game from Witcher 3. The new cards are amazing and fun to play - on the other hand there are those of us who remember the halcyon days of Reaver Hunters, and stacking harpys for a triss Butterfly swarm. It's still fun to play those old states of the game, by those old rules. Sure the game is much more balanced now, and just as fun as ever - its just fun to remember how we got here. - welchi

We're not planning such mode at the moment.

I just started an account on Windows10 and my PS4 account obviously does not cross-buy with the XBOX account at this point (thanks for making it twice as hard Sony - sarcastically). That being said, do the CDPR dev team have a way to back-door the card buying at least during the beta? In other words send me a code that unlocks my complete card deck that I paid several hundred dollars on my Sony PS4 account to get?

I mean I paid the Sony store so they got their money. And I assume that you got your money from me buying all that meteorite dust and those hundreds of card-barrels. It seems like there could be a way to give you (CDPR) my PS4 account info, and you give me back a 'cheat code' that I can enter somewhere on the XBOX or MS site that will unlock the cards I own? In theory I dont see how that would violate any 'sharing' or contractual agreements with Sony - you are simply providing a code to me. It's up to me what I do with it right? Plus if it's encrypted, it will only work with my account.

This forum topic says "Ask a Dev" so I'm asking. Can I please have access to my full collection on all platforms?

-welchi

We're sorry, but it's not possible. For the reasons that do not depend from us it's not possible to synchronize accounts from different platforms.

At the start of open beta you changed field medics and you said resurrection was planned to be a SK thing only and you didn't like old field medics' ability because of that. Now you're adding resurrection cards like Paulie Dahlberg or Hattori (strange choices lore wise tbh...) to other factions. Why did you change your mind on this topic and aren't you afraid factions could lose their uniqueness?

We're adding such cards because we're testing how resurrection would work with other factions. At the same time those cards have very limited resurrection abilities compared to Skellige - for example, the cards you mentioned (Paulie Dahlberg and Hattori) cannot resurrect all units.

Will there be any upcoming development for the PS4 or Xbox One for competitive play in terms of deck counters like GwentUp or GwentTracker, or at least being able to look at your own deck?

The trackers are not ours and we do not support them. We don't have plans to introduce our own tracker at the moment.

Dear developers,

what is the current position on those premium cards NOT spawning their respective animated minions? The list is as follows:

Calaeno Harpy (Harpy Hatchling from an Egg is not animated)
Harald Houndsnout - Skulls are not animated
Germain of the Fox Hollow - Premium card does NOT spawn animated Cows left and right.

Is this intended to remain as is? The Harpy has not been patched in the two latter releases.

We're still considering adding premium versions of the tokens.

 

[Dominika]

GWENT Challenger #2 is coming this weekend!

Get ready for surprising plays, real emotions and a lot of fun – GWENT Challenger #2 is just around the corner, and the stakes are high!

Join us on December 16th and 17th (Saturday and Sunday) at 4 PM CET on our Twitch, Youtube or Facebook channel for a live stream brought to you by our amazing broadcast team:

Watch eight of the best GWENT players as they battle it out for a piece of $100 000 prize pool, the Challenger winner’s title and ring – who will be able to walk away with the grand prize and a ticket to World Masters?

Quarterfinal pairings will be determined tomorrow, December 14th, at 9 AM CET during a Challenger #2 draw, streamed lived at twitch.tv/cdprojektred!

PS You will be also able to watch the tournament with Polish, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and Chinese cast – live on Facebook and Twitch (PL), VK (RU), Twitch and Facebook (PT-BR) and Panda.tv, Douyu, and Huya (CN)!

 

[Burza46]

Faction Challenge — rewards distribution

Dear Gamers,

The first Faction Challenge has ended. I wanted to thank everyone who participated in the event and sent us their feedback. We’ve learned a lot and will do our best to make the next event more fun!

Northern Realms have won the Faction Challenge. As such, they should have rewarded its supporters with the Dijkstra premium card. This was not the case, however, and Northern Realms players participating in the Challenge received the Madman Lugos premium card instead. This isn’t something we intended to happen. That is why we decided to grant the Dijkstra premium card to all Northern Realms supporters on top of the Madman Lugos card they already received.

Since the winning side is getting twice the rewards, Skellige supporters are also getting twice the Meteorite Powder — the reward for the losing faction. If you were backing Skellige, expect to see an additional 100 Meteorite Powder added to your account the next time you log in to the game.

On behalf of the team, sorry for the inconvenience this might have caused!

Your friendly community guy,

Burza

 

[Dominika]

LIVE STREAM WITH DEVELOPERS 12.12.2017

Join us on Tuesday, December 12th at 9 PM CET for the last short stream before GWENT Challenger! Paweł Burza, Michał “Luigi” Dobrowolski and Maciej “Ostry” Ostrowski will reveal more cards from the upcoming update – don’t miss it!

Stream will be available on our Twitch channel: twitch.tv/cdprojektred.

 

[Burza46]

Maybe this was already answered in some shape or form, but I wanted to ask a question about mill.
Right now, I think mill is probably the #1 thing that hampers the games full potential growth.
My question is why is mill still supported and not just reworked? I understand that it can be an interesting archetype if done properly, but it's simply not done properly for the following reasons...
1) Mill is completely polarizing. Some decks will simply lose to mill no matter how you play around mill even though they would otherwise be interesting archetypes and provide diversity to the meta. This over time oppresses the meta and makes it more one-sided. Also queing into a game when your deck is good except auto-loses to mill is simply not fun. At the very least every deck should have somewhat of a chance against any other deck.
2) Decks that counter mill are usually pretty annoying to play against too. This could be chalked up to "Well everyone complains about some deck", but decks like 40 Card Foltest, Spies with Cantarella, Consume with Nekker Warriors are also some of the prime decks to counter mill with, and they are also some of the more annoying decks. So even after a Mill meta, the meta usually shifts towards a more annoying meta anyway.
2) Mill games are uninteresting and consistently the same. They just draw and draw and play the same cards everytime.
3) People may disagree, but mill doesn't take any skill from my point of view. There are very clear cards for what you play round 1, 2, and 3. The plays you make are pretty clear depending on your hand if you have enough knowledge of the game, and if not then you probably don't really care about balance anyway because you're more focused on learning the game.
4) Nobody goes against mill and feels good about it. It's not fun to play against at all, and most people don't enjoy playing it either but simply want free wins.
5) There are many decks that people don't enjoy playing against because it's "annoying" but no deck is like mill where it's simply depressing to play against. Like I said, it's simply too polarizing.
6) Mill doesn't feel like it fits into the game. Most decks revolve around thinning, and mill simply counters this. Thinning is the equivalent to efficiency so of course the top decks will be more efficient, and therefore thin more.
7) Only NR and NG have access to cards like Nenekke and Cantarella. Why not give other factions these cards so that there is a balanced way to counter mill without too much sacrifice, therefore allowing for more counter play and less mill seen on the ladder at the very least?

Sorry for the long post, simply wanted to make a detailed post so that it's not just another bitching post. I seriously think mill is simply bad for the game.

Mill might soon become a thing of the past, wait for the patch

 

[Dominika]

LIVE STREAM WITH DEVELOPERS 8.12.2017

Join us on Friday, December 8th at 9 PM CET for another short stream with Paweł Burza and Michał “Luigi” Dobrowolski who will reveal more cards coming to GWENT this month!

Stream will be available on our Twitch channel: twitch.tv/cdprojektred.

 

[Vattier]

Do you aim to rework the level rewards in the near future?
Perhaps to replace the keg and scrap reward levels with rare cosmetical rewards for hitting milestones.

I perfectly understand that you can't distribute even more Meteorite powder and scraps, nonetheless 100 scraps/1 keg feel/s a little odd past level 50 or 60; the Meteorite Powder on the other hand is pretty pleasing.

We're planning to rework the seasonal rewards system to fit the month-long seasons.

Greetings! In one of my last matches my opponent played a summoning circle upon Vilgefortz, who was demoted by shackles by me one turn before. My opponent could generate a gold Vilgefortz. Summoning circle's text says 'spawn a base copy of the last bronze or silver unit any player placed on the board'. So that is a misbehaviour, or did I misunderstand or miss something?

It looks like everything worked as it should. Shackles should demote Vilgefortz - which makes him a valid target for the Summoning Circle (it's not a gold card now). Then a base copy of the card is spawned - and a base for your shackled non-gold Vilgefortz is standard gold Vilgefortz.

Why is the Temerian Infantryman a ranged unit?

We changed it and now Temerian Infantryman can be played on any row.

Could you please explain why the Priestess of Freya is sometimes banished at the end of the round?

Priestess of Freya is banished at the end of the round because she is Doomed (see the card abilities). We designed her that way in order to avoid chain resurrection.

Hi, I'm not 100% sure if this is the right question to ask here, but will gwent be available to Mac? Might be more of a techy question but would still like to know. Thanks

At the moment we're focusing on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions.

In midwinter cards there are no row restrictions for any card. Does it mean row restrictions will be removed completely?

Are you moving away from cards being bound to a specific row and what are your thoughts on RNG? Will there be more RNG coming into the game?

We want all units to be agile, so that they could be played on any row.

Will you add more RNG based cards in the future? Like the "spawn a random card from your deck" ones?

Yes, because they are crucial for the new game mode we have planned

Small Question. Will there be a new Keg type for those 100+ expansions or they will drop from the same Keg as the older cards.

We don't have such plans. At the moment we're focusing on increasing the core pool of cards available in GWENT.

Hi guys, hat down for all you are doing. I am alex and I have a question: do you plan to rework unplayable golds ? (yen con, ciri , succubus etc.)

We're keeping an eye on how cards are performing. All cards that in our opinion are not performing well in will be reworked.

I'm a bit confused by this description from the Gwent website: "Representing the combined forces of Temeria, Redania and Kaedwen, the Northern Realms are proud kingdoms, united by their desire for independence. With near unmatched numbers and some of the deadliest engines of war, they are truly a force to be reckoned with."
I always thought that Nilfgaard was at least twice as large as the entire North combined in terms of size, population, army size, etc. Is this purely in reference to the number of cards able to be deployed by the faction in terms of Gwent game mechanics or is the North actually bigger cumulatively in lore too?

You're right! According to the lore, the Nilfgaardian army is bigger and better equipped than Northern armies combined, but on the other hand the reality of the war pictured in the games allowed the Northern Kingdoms to amass bigger armies than ever before and deploy forces that are comparable with Nilfgaardian might. At the same time we didn't claim that the combined armies of Northern Kingdoms are bigger than the Nilfgaardian one - "With near unmatched numbers [...] they are truly a force to be reckoned with." - we only emphasized that their army is one of the biggest in the world.

The new spawn mechanic (new revealed cards) is confusing. It mentions nowhere on the card that you get 3 random choices. You already head a spawn keyword which basically means create a copy of a card and play it. Why dont you make this more clear in the description? Or even better create a keyword for this, e.g. Discover (wink wink)?

Thank you for the feedback! We'll look into it!

 

[Dominika]

As a Playstation4 player, how can I select a faction? (or simple winning more with determined faction gives me the select?)
Will wins in casual mode count as well?

All wins with either faction count (in casual, ranked and Pro Ladder matches) - you don't need to select anything.

Wait so I'm not sure to understand. Is it the profile's victory that are looked at for the Challenge or is it the amount we did since the Challenge started ? In the post you make it sound like it's the profile's one.

The Challenge lasts for one week, and only the wins from that period of time will count!

 

[Dominika]

LIVE STREAM WITH DEVELOPERS 5.12.2017

Are you ready for more reveals? Tune in to our Twitch channel tomorrow (Tuesday, December 5th) at 9 PM CET for another short stream with developers, in which Paweł Burza and Michał “Luigi” Dobrowolski will be showcasing 20 more new cards coming to GWENT in December!

 

[Dominika]

Meet the participants of GWENT Challenger #2!

The second GWENT Challenger is coming in 2 weeks! Join us on December 16-17th at twitch.tv/cdprojektred and root for your favourite players competing for a piece of the $100,000 prize pool and a spot in the World Masters tournament!

 

[Dominika]

Faction Challenges are here!

December marks the beginning of Faction Challenges, a new and exciting series of events that puts you, the community, in the center of the action.

Each Faction Challenge lets you select one of two warring factions and march its armies to victory over a week of intense skirmishes. As a reward for total domination, upon the end of the challenge, the faction which won more battles will grant participating players a Premium Card. The losing faction will reward its supporters with 100 Meteorite Powder. Players can track the progress of each challenge in real-time on playgwent.com.

December 4th marks the start of the first Challenge — Skellige vs. Northern Realms.

How to receive the reward:

1. Select one of the warring factions
2. Win matches as that faction — your total win count with faction A needs to be greater than with faction B (see example below)
3. If your faction wins the Challenge, you will receive a Premium Card. If it loses, you will receive 100 Meteorite Powder.

You’ll be considered a Skellige supporter if you have more wins with that faction over Northern Realms. If you have more wins as Northern Realms at the Challenge’s conclusion, you’ll be deemed a supporter of Northern Realms. The number of your wins with factions not participating in the challenge will not affect your Faction Challenge allegiance.

Good luck!

 

[Burza46]

New Geralt: Yrden is just unacceptably OP. It's a killer of many archetypes. If it's played in the right moment vs Spy NG it negates Iris, resets Impera Brigades and turn Menho Coehoorn into golden card of garbage quality. It also destroys such archetypes as Spell SC, Armor NR, Alchemy SC and many more. At the same time it insanely benefits Cursed SK and Veteran SK. With Geralt: Yrden these already of the strongest archetypes will become out if reach.

Not entirely, it's difficult to judge cards without knowing the other 89 coming with this update plus the balance changes to existing cards. Players thought that Venendal Elite would be a problem and while it is a strong card it's no problematic and can be player around