Your imagination is wrong. Instead of imagining things, why not simply check? The new system only gives the skin. Therefore the question about what happened with leader cards is a legitimate one.i imagine unlocking them with the new system gives you the skin and hero power, so you're asking for a refund for...card art?
That makes perfect sense. Leaders and abilities are associated and this makes it intuitive. That's leader and ability branding. If you see Emhyr, you immediately know what to expect, if you see some silly icon that looks like all the others, you don't.I was really hoping for my Radovid card back. I think they should of kept the leaders and abilities tied. It gave the abilities a face at least. If that makes any sense...
That makes perfect sense. Leaders and abilities are associated and this makes it intuitive. That's leader and ability branding. If you see Emhyr, you immediately know what to expect, if you see some silly icon that looks like all the others, you don't.
I would not personally say it's the worst idea they had but I agree with the general idea. I'm not sure it was a good move, especially because, as you said, we're loosing those amazing arts on leader cards (good lord, it's flat out criminal to remove Dana's art, this card was astonishing!).I think it's one of the worst decisions CDPR has made lately, those card arts were absolutely amazing.
I know the reasoning is probably linked to the new focus on skins in order to sell cosmetics, but i think in the long run this will come back to bite them in the... rear.
Now, having said that, it has some upsides too. You can play the leader you want with the effect you want, I like that and I'm not gonna deny it.
Yes, I agree with that.Most leaders kinda fit their archetype, but Brouver was the big exception because he was rarely used with Dwarfs, instead Filavandrel was used and now Fran. So, while I don't like Brouver as much as the other ST leaders, it's only fitting to use him with Dwarfs. Unfortunately, these lore considerations rarely apply to other leaders.
You mean an actual card of Gwent with the art of Franscesca, for example.I believe they will add them as playing cards. I think maybe even Slama hinted for something like that.
I would not personally say it's the worst idea they had but I agree with the general idea. I'm not sure it was a good move, especially because, as you said, we're loosing those amazing arts on leader cards (good lord, it's flat out criminal to remove Dana's art, this card was astonishing!).
And yes it's made to sell cosmetics but ironically, I have the feeling it's gonna have the opposite effect, let me explain.
When leaders were associated to an effect I always try to get the skin I liked the most for all of them, because you never know who you will play tomorrow. Even if a leader doesn't suits you or is to weak at one point, he/she can become much better in a future patch.
Now, however, I don't need to do that anymore, what's the point? Leaders are just skins. So I just pick my favorite leader for each faction and roll with that. I straight up gave up to upgrade the other leaders since I will never have to play them ever.
I don't know, maybe I'm the only person to have that though process but it doesn't have the intended effect on myself, that's for sure.
Now, having said that, it has some upsides too. You can play the leader you want with the effect you want, I like that and I'm not gonna deny it. At the end it doesn't make that much difference but CDPR HAVE to reintroduce the leader arts one way or another because that's a huge loss imo.
Also, kind of a different topic but still related, CDPR with their "Radovid is back"...
I was super excited when I saw that and couldn't wait to see his new effect, especially considering he may not be the only new leader around.
Imagine my face when I realize there is no new effect and Radovid is just a skin...
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And yes it's made to sell cosmetics but ironically, I have the feeling it's gonna have the opposite effect, let me explain.
When leaders were associated to an effect I always try to get the skin I liked the most for all of them, because you never know who you will play tomorrow. Even if a leader doesn't suits you or is to weak at one point, he/she can become much better in a future patch.
Now, however, I don't need to do that anymore, what's the point? Leaders are just skins. So I just pick my favorite leader for each faction and roll with that. I straight up gave up to upgrade the other leaders since I will never have to play them ever.
I don't know, maybe I'm the only person to have that though process but it doesn't have the intended effect on myself, that's for sure.
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If you ask me CDP Red could've just kept the leader ability and skin linked up as they were,
Call Inspired Zeal Temeria instead because it used to be Foltest's ability, or Fortification Keadwen because it used to be Henselt's.