Just drawing any card is simply broken. Remember why Emhry was changed? When an ability of a leader is common and not faction specific, it can be abused in various ways. The devs gave a detailed explanation of why they are changing Emhry; his ability limits the design space. Whenever a leader can use any card, the first target would be Shupe. Emhyr abused Shupe too much that he had to be changed. Now the story repeats, but even more intensively.
Calanthe can draw any card? How come no one saw that this can be abused in a million different ways? How did this pass the design team discussion? It still baffles me; this particular leader ability. The various Calanthe versions that are circulating are all about super costly neutral cards. Portal, Caretaker, Shupe. Caretaker, no one else will dare to use it as he is too damn costly and if you don't draw him and the artifact target you are at a huge disadvantage. It wont be late before someone finds a way to use Zoltan Scoundrel, you know, the cards which are super costly.
"But.. Calanthe is not played that much. She doesn't seem OP." are very wrong argument. When Emhyr was changed, I don't think he was too OP either. He was changed on moral principles. And then why CDPR does the same mistake again? Why getting carried away? NR needed to be buffed, no one is arguing that, but why giving broken leader ability?
Calanthe should be changed to something like below or completely different. She shouldn't be left like this irrespective of whether she is popular or her win % is not high.
14 Provisions: Play an NR card and draw an NR card of your choice. Let the leader confine herself with the faction, let her draw Vernon Roche or Merciless or Draug or Adalia. It is still freaking broken and strong, but at least digestable.
(I have faced Calanthe less than five times in this entire month. I am not creating this post because I lost to Calanthe many times. But this leader gives me creeps. She should be changed.)
Calanthe can draw any card? How come no one saw that this can be abused in a million different ways? How did this pass the design team discussion? It still baffles me; this particular leader ability. The various Calanthe versions that are circulating are all about super costly neutral cards. Portal, Caretaker, Shupe. Caretaker, no one else will dare to use it as he is too damn costly and if you don't draw him and the artifact target you are at a huge disadvantage. It wont be late before someone finds a way to use Zoltan Scoundrel, you know, the cards which are super costly.
"But.. Calanthe is not played that much. She doesn't seem OP." are very wrong argument. When Emhyr was changed, I don't think he was too OP either. He was changed on moral principles. And then why CDPR does the same mistake again? Why getting carried away? NR needed to be buffed, no one is arguing that, but why giving broken leader ability?
Calanthe should be changed to something like below or completely different. She shouldn't be left like this irrespective of whether she is popular or her win % is not high.
14 Provisions: Play an NR card and draw an NR card of your choice. Let the leader confine herself with the faction, let her draw Vernon Roche or Merciless or Draug or Adalia. It is still freaking broken and strong, but at least digestable.
(I have faced Calanthe less than five times in this entire month. I am not creating this post because I lost to Calanthe many times. But this leader gives me creeps. She should be changed.)
