Gwent HO is better in almost every way than Beta, change my mind... I am sorry to say it but read a lot of pages from this thread and all I see is nostalgia speaking through people who have invested time and effort into a game. Though you get your resources back you are not ready to accept that this is what CDPR are going for and for a good reason.
Beta has been super hard to get into and when you do, there are no interactions what so ever, there are game strategies that are pre-decided and little to no adaptation were required, and before you jump on your horses and attack me for my opinion. I've played the game from Beta, no large amount of hours, but enough to tell that the game now feels much more noob friendly, more decision making per turn, better style and much more fluid in terms of gameplay and while it is now in decline by the previous players a lot of new blood is coming and will come with the introduction of mobile and consistent tournament events, CDPR are still testing the waters with the balancing and how much power each provision card should have and what effects are highly valued but to go as far as saying that the game is dead, because it the old Gwent was taken from us, Beta Gwent is better REEEE, etc. Chill out, nobody owes you anything, your decisions, consequences are yours too, if you feel robbed, betrayed, sad, angry, that's because you have emotionally invested energy into a GOD DAMN GAME! Don't act surprised everything comes and goes even people do [...]
Gwent is what it is right now and the devs are giving their all to keep the game fresh, balanced and fun to play if you haven't seen already the art style is only improving the SY expansion made the game one layer deeper and with the upcoming changes to bronzes in all factions we can look forward to a very good game! Just don't expect LARGE number of players to come into Gwent, because they won't! But with the introduction of mobile and with the upcoming tournaments and the loving community we have, we can look forward to a long-term relationship with this game and that's enough. You are not going blind into an Artifact fiasco but you can safely say that this game will stay! Because sometimes huge numbers don't come, the attention you expected is not what you are getting, but if you have given your all people will appreciate it! And that's just the Gwent state right now.
Edited. -Drac