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[jaumelon]

Burza got the crowns!

 

[Dominika]

Yesterday's reveals!

Congregation

Eternal Fire Disciple

Eternal Fire Inquisitor

Prophet Lebioda

Sacred Flame

Witch Hunter Temple Guard

 

[Burza46]

Hello, I'm just as excited as everyone else to start experimenting with the new cards, I have a few questions though.

Is Gwent going to use a rotating format like Hearthstone or MTG's standard formats?

And if so, will the new faction, the syndicate, eventually be rotated out?

I think I might actually prefer that, because it would allow for the 6th faction to sort of rotate out depending on the block.

For now, we don't have a rotation in place, once the card pool become super extensive, we'll think about rotating some things.

 

[Burza46]

Will Hubert Rejk remain NR specific or become a dual?

NR only

 

[Burza46]

First congrats on new expansion reveal, very excited about it. I miss one thing to perfection - can we expect in near future announcements regarding Masters Season 2 and remaining Season 1 tournaments or it isn't on priority list for now? Thanks for any info.

We're working on this!

 

[Burza46]

Will the Novigrad-kegs be available in Shupe's Shop for 100 ores at launch?

Same as Crimson Curse kegs.

 

[Burza46]

Is there any Hungarian developers in the team creating the Novigrad expansion?

Not that I'm aware of

 

[Burza46]

Is there any possibility to get the premium pre order and change out the cardback for the other one? I think the ONLY thing that holds me back is that the cardback for the premium one is not as good. Fairly sure this will never happen but might as well ask.

Hi, unfortunately the packs are locked in the way they are presented now - sorry.

 

[Dominika]

Keeper of the Flame

Moreelse

Pickpocket

Sea Jackal

Sukrus

Tatterwing

The Sausage Maker

Wretched Addict

Eavesdrop

Witch Hunter Executioner

 

[Dominika]

Hi everyone,
check out the first 20 cards revealed today!

Back Alley Alchemist

Bare Knuckle Brawler

Beggar

Bloody Good Fun

Caleb Menge

Casino Bouncers

Crownsplitter Thug

Dip in the Pontar

Eternal Fire Priest

Grand Inquisitor Helveed

 

[Dominika]

Welcome to Novigrad!

Don’t be fooled by the city’s beauty and wealth — it’s rotten to the core. Crime lords are vying for control of the streets using any means at their disposal. Yet strange events are becoming more commonplace. Once rival gangs are now being seen working together. The chaos is evolving, but why? And more importantly, into what?

MEET THE SYNDICATE, GWENT’S NEW FACTION!

The wait is over — mysterious Syndicate is joining GWENT as the newest playable faction! Collect over 90 new cards representing various sides of Novigrad’s underworld, including 15 cross-faction cards that can be used in the decks of already existing factions, 3 cards per each.

NOVIGRAD’S MOST WANTED

Meet 5 new leaders with unique abilities: terrorize your enemies as the reckless gang leader Cleaver; deal in the shadows as the elusive, yet ever present King of Beggars; cleanse the city of non-believers as Hemmelfart, the city’s ruthless hierarch. And that’s just the beginning.

NEW WAYS TO PLAY

Embrace the new meta! Syndicate expansion brings a new battle resource — Crowns, which can be used to activate powerful abilities of cards with the Fee keyword. Look at Grand Inquisitor Helveed, for instance.

You might also notice another new keyword — Profit. When you play a card with this ability, like the aforementioned Grand Inquisitor Helveed or Pickpocket below, you will gain a specified number of Crowns.

Units are not the only source of income — you can profit from playing special Syndicate cards called Crimes. Sometimes Crimes can trigger a secondary effect — that is if you have units with Intimidate, like Crownsplitter Thug here.

Units with Intimidate are getting a boost each time you commit a Crime.

Another way to fill your coffers is to place Bounty on enemy unit and collect your reward after successfully eliminating the target.

Sometimes it makes sense to save some Crowns to use them later with a greater benefit. For instance, cards with Tribute ability are required additional payment to use a more powerful version of their ability. Another example would be a card with Hoard keyword, like the Sea Jackal below.

Units with Hoard ability require a certain amount of Crowns to be saved in order to get the maximum out of them.

Finally, some units are just not like the others… take the Casino Bouncers for example. Their Insanity allows you to spur them into action even if you don’t have enough coin to pay the required Fee. However, what can’t be paid in gold, will be paid in blood — the activated unit will lose a portion of it’s health equal to the number of missing coins.

You can find more revealed cards here.

PRE-ORDER NOVIGRAD KEGS!

We’ve listened to you feedback about Crimson Curse pre-orders and prepared 2 different offers this time — choose your heart’s desire!

Both of them will be available until the expansion release on June 28th.

 

[Burza46]

Join us live tomorrow at 4PM CEST for a very special developer stream, where will be going through the upcoming expansion! You don't want to miss this one!

 

[Burza46]

In this week's episode Burza has gone to the other world to get his Cyberpunk 2077 border!

 

[Dominika]

New Faction Challenge is live!

The faction whose supporters complete the most quests during the challenge will claim victory, granting faction-specific benefits to all players for a limited time:

• a chance to stock up on faction Card Kegs in Shupe's Shop
• +50% bonus XP when playing as the winning faction in any game mode (and +40%/+30% for the second/third place factions!)

The Challenge will last until Wednesday, June 19th, 12 PM (noon) CEST.

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How to participate?

1. Log in to the game.
2. Select the faction you wish to support via the Faction Challenge popup or the Quests tab.
3. Play games* and complete special quests to earn rewards: Faction Kegs and Reward Points.

* Games played or won before committing to a specific faction will not count toward your challenge progress.

* Only games played in Seasonal and Classic modes will count toward you challenge progress – you will not be able to complete quests via friend challenges or in the Arena.

 

[ThorSerpent]

Dear GWENT players, in the light of our recent news re: proNEO3001, I'd like to remind you that we're expecting everyone in the community to treat each other with respect and courtesy. We don't support and won't tolerate any form of verbal abuse towards individuals or groups.

 

[ThorSerpent]

So, rule 14.3b: "‘ghosting’ (i.e. watching or monitoring an opponent’s live-stream in order to unfairly gain any sort of competitive advantage);" is not working here?

This rule explicitly saying "live-stream" (but ofc can also be applied in case if a player trying to peek into opponent's screen during LAN tournament), so it doesn't have anything to do with so-called "queue sniping", where no gameplay is being observed by other party in order to get unfair advantage.

Why does NEO still have more Crown Points than GameKingAT and why is he still ranked #1 for season 12? I thought that should have been a reset?

https://masters.playgwent.com/rankings/crown-masters/masters-1

It will be reset.

Cool story, Pavel.
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1 place draw - 3.6%
2. 3.4%
3. 3.4%
4. 4.1%
So who cheating? And where can we read about all knowing game bug? And why it was not fixed for several months?

I don't understand your comment. You're implying that there is abnormal percentage of draws for some of these players? Re: the bug - it was fixed in it's due time. If you didn't know about it/didn't use it - good for you. ProNEO3001 clearly knew about its existence and clearly was abusing it in his matches. I'm not sure there is anything to debate here really.

 

[Burza46]

Like Vlad mentioned, we've thoroughly investigated this case before reaching any type of verdict. Unfortunately, the evidence was damning - please bear in mind that the main violation here is bug abuse to gain a unfair advantage. Any player, who abuses any type of bug and/or exploit will receive bans and pro players are no exception.

We've also checked GameKings account and didn't find any evidence of bug abuse and/or win trading. As for name-calling we had a warring issued to Freddy some time ago - this type of behavior is unacceptable in the GWENT community.

 

[ThorSerpent]

What about gameking? He accepted he sniped on proneo. Is it legal?

So-called "queue sniping" isn't prohibited by the current ruleset (it's also a default "feature" for players who have each other in friends lists). Since there is some controversy around this topic in general, we will think of the ways to mitigate it with the future rules updates.

Gj CDPR, banning Proneo for ppl surrending to him without proof he asked em. Not investigating GameKingAt wintrading and sniping. Not punishing Aretuza members Alessio and FreddyBabbes for hatespeech towards CIS region, insulting and calling names. This is dissapointing, truly. U only punish CIS players.

Please read the announcement - wintrading isn't the only offense on the list that was investigated. You're not going to defend ropebug abuse, I hope? We've investigated claims against GameKing and didn't found any suspicious matches. If you know anything - please report and we will check. So-called "hate speech" allegations are overstatements, however, we've issued some official warning for personal attacks.

Are you willing to make solid proof publicly available?

No. I must note that this is a normal practice for similar investigations in other esports - there are multiple reasons why sharing this information publically either impossible or wrong. However, there are some publically available Twitch VODs for some of the cases we've investigated using internal tools.

 

[Burza46]

Dear gamers,

GWENT Masters is the official tournament series for GWENT: The Witcher Card Game designed to let the best players use their skill to compete on the highest level possible. All players participating in the official tournaments or competing in the Pro Rank are asked to accept GWENT Masters rules and regulations and thus are bound to play fair.

After receiving multiple reports indicating that professional player Oleksandr "proNEO3001" Shpak was getting an unfair advantage during the last Ranked Season ("Season of The Viper") while playing on Pro Rank and competing for the spot at World Masters, CD PROJEKT RED has launched an official investigation to confirm or deny these allegations.

During this investigation, we have found solid proof of proNEO3001 violating paragraphs 14.3(a) and 14.3(c) of GWENT Masters ruleset.

We have established that:

-proNEO3001 was exploiting the known game bug to receive favorable results in the otherwise lost matches several times during the season.

-proNEO3001 was receiving unwarranted victories from the players forfeiting to him with a purpose to improve his position on the ladder.

Taking into account the importance of this Ranked season and the severity of the offenses, we have decided the following:

- Reset results of Oleksandr “proNEO3001” Shpak achieved in Season of The Viper;

- Disqualify Oleksandr “proNEO3001” Shpak from participating in any official GWENT tournaments for a period of 12 months;

- Ban the account "proNEO3001" for a period of 3 months.

We strive to keep GWENT Masters free of any form of cheating and sincerely hope that all its participants will respect the rules and conduct themselves to the highest standards of integrity and good sportsmanship.

Based on the analysis of this situation and the feedback received from the community, we will be implementing changes to the format of GWENT Masters and its ruleset in the near future.

 

[Burza46]

To celebrate the launch of pre-orders for Cyberpunk 2077 we have an awesome new border coming to GWENT! You can get it by logging into GWENT on your platform of choice starting today till June 14th at noon!

Don't miss out!