Gwent is the first card game I had ever played and when I started I hadn't even know about other card games like Heartshstone or MTGA. In the early days I read an article about how and why Gwent is better game than Hearthstone: Hearthstone is a pay2win game because it powercreeps with each new expansion. I didn't even know the term powercreep. I had to search and understand what it meant. The article went on to say Hearthstone is a pay2win where as Gwent is from CDPR who would never do that. This is around 2 or 2.5 years back (before Half-Elf even got Premium version).
But after HC, Gwent is all in on powercreep. Every new expansion powercreeps the previous expansions. New expansion cards can mainly be dealt by the cards of the same expansion (for example: Drakkar, only the cards that are from that expansion can kill it in one shot. Even Gold damage cards from core or previous expansion can't kill it; but Betsy or other 4/5P bronze cards from that expansion can do that). Usually, after a while, the OP cards are balanced a bit, but still leaving the cards that were powercrept remaining powercrept. Enraged Ifrit is one solid example. CC powercrept it with Regis:BL, and then Betsy with IJ expansion.
The latest expansion is the biggest offender; Scenarios, Redeyah, Matta, Maaral, and almost all the new legendaries, faction or neutral are super OP and decks with these cards are much better and stronger than the decks which don't have these cards. Before this expansion, it was all about Defenders. If you don't have defenders you are missing out the game. Every deck had defenders. Now, Defenders are not as common, but Matta, Redeyah, Scenarios are the most seen cards. People would prefer Redeyah or Matta Or Maraal instead of Defenders; because they are better. Is it not an evidence about for powercreep? And moreover, almost everyone agrees that powercreep is real in Gwent HC. Don't get me wrong. I loved this expansion as it opened up many dead archetypes, but it achieved it through powercreep.
Now, I believe the reason Gwent is still not Pay2Win even after the evident powercreep is because, all the existing decks just need two to three new Legendary/Epic gold card from the new expansion and people will be able to craft those few cards with a little bit grinding. But still, the powercreep is an evident problem in Gwent. See any deck which is in the meta report. Everything will have at least a few gold cards and few bronze from new expansion. What is your opinion about this? Do you think powercreep in Gwent is within manageable limit? Or do you think Gwent should reduce the amount of powercreep it creates with each expansion?
IMO, Gwent should be careful with the amount of powercreep it introduces in the game with new expansions, and, with every expansion, at least a few of the dead cards should get a new ability so that it is at the very least playable in meme fun deck (Ciri:Nova, Colossal Ifrit, Hattori, Crow's Eye, etc).
But after HC, Gwent is all in on powercreep. Every new expansion powercreeps the previous expansions. New expansion cards can mainly be dealt by the cards of the same expansion (for example: Drakkar, only the cards that are from that expansion can kill it in one shot. Even Gold damage cards from core or previous expansion can't kill it; but Betsy or other 4/5P bronze cards from that expansion can do that). Usually, after a while, the OP cards are balanced a bit, but still leaving the cards that were powercrept remaining powercrept. Enraged Ifrit is one solid example. CC powercrept it with Regis:BL, and then Betsy with IJ expansion.
The latest expansion is the biggest offender; Scenarios, Redeyah, Matta, Maaral, and almost all the new legendaries, faction or neutral are super OP and decks with these cards are much better and stronger than the decks which don't have these cards. Before this expansion, it was all about Defenders. If you don't have defenders you are missing out the game. Every deck had defenders. Now, Defenders are not as common, but Matta, Redeyah, Scenarios are the most seen cards. People would prefer Redeyah or Matta Or Maraal instead of Defenders; because they are better. Is it not an evidence about for powercreep? And moreover, almost everyone agrees that powercreep is real in Gwent HC. Don't get me wrong. I loved this expansion as it opened up many dead archetypes, but it achieved it through powercreep.
Now, I believe the reason Gwent is still not Pay2Win even after the evident powercreep is because, all the existing decks just need two to three new Legendary/Epic gold card from the new expansion and people will be able to craft those few cards with a little bit grinding. But still, the powercreep is an evident problem in Gwent. See any deck which is in the meta report. Everything will have at least a few gold cards and few bronze from new expansion. What is your opinion about this? Do you think powercreep in Gwent is within manageable limit? Or do you think Gwent should reduce the amount of powercreep it creates with each expansion?
IMO, Gwent should be careful with the amount of powercreep it introduces in the game with new expansions, and, with every expansion, at least a few of the dead cards should get a new ability so that it is at the very least playable in meme fun deck (Ciri:Nova, Colossal Ifrit, Hattori, Crow's Eye, etc).