Hello guys, for one last time.
This post will be divided into two: what i've been up to on these last few days in Gwent, and on the other section, a stats overview of my overall "Gwent career".
There won't be anymore delays - its uninstalled now. Also uninstalled Twitch, since it was the only game i saw there.
I will still watch the last official World Masters next month, but after that its a complete shut off from me.
My only regret was being unable to play a few final friendly matches with some of the forum users that supported my content and posts throughout these years, but sadly there was a stupid bug that prevented friendly matches for several days, when i was trying to do exactly that. Sorry
ENDING WITH... MONSTERS
I do like MO a lot, and probably didnt speak about it as often as it deserved.
Im not exactly a MO ambassador, since im not a fan of so many of their main archetypes, like Wild Hunt, Vampires or Pointslam, but i do love some Deathwish, consume, swarm and anything related.
Yesterday, i played on seasonal - 'Our Battle will be Legendary'. Conceptually, its a really fun mode, but the hordes of NG players ruin it, probably dissatisfied with the state of their beloved faction in standard modes, so they can reminisce here where their faction is still favoured. And since i was using MO, i was highly unfavoured, with minimal control and consistency, so eventually i got tired of the mode (still, against other factions i won almost everytime).
Today, my goal was to reach 2000 MO wins, and i wasnt gonna do it with either of my MO decks: a terrible Ruehin GN deck, and my beloved Arachas Lara Dorren deck (can be found on DotD thread). The latter is not bad... but its awful in this SK GN pirates + NR siege meta, insta-loss everytime...
So i built a MO hyper-control deck. Not the first time i do so, and everytime i do it, it produces amazing results. Today was no exception.
MO is known to be a faction with very little control, so my method is usually MO pointslam cards and neutral control cards, works wonders.
I wont share the deck, its way too nasty, but i did built it targetting the "meta topdog", in particular, i used Unicorn + Chironex too, and HG sword, for one of my favourite combos.
For bronzes, i used very reliable units - Fiend, Endrega Larvae and Incubus - plus portal and 2 megascopes. Its kinda brainless, but it certainly works.
Racked up wins very quickly with it, but defeating SK GN was still quite hard, the problem is Magic Compass (obviously) which is not only incredibly powerful, its the most versatile card in the game and there's a lot of strategies it can negate.
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STATS, FOR ONE LAST TIME
I started playing Gwent (the standalone version, was already a huge fan from TW3) back in October 2016, when the closed beta started. So a total of EXACTLY 7 years (plus a couple of weeks
).
During that time, i did 3 considerable hiatuses:
-the first, when Project Homecoming was announced, until it was released, so the first 9 months of 2018
-the second, when i "quit" Gwent at the end of 2021... it lasted the first 4 months of 2022
-the third, when i "quit" Gwent (this time surely for good) at the end of '22... this time it lasted 7 months into this year
(Yes i see the pattern, but with no prospect of new cards, i wont come back unless there is a Gwent 2.0, with The Witcher 4)
During that time, i played mostly on PC, GOG, 4000 hours, plus 600h on mobile in 2022 and '23, making it my most played videogame of all time. But that is not an accurate number of the time i devoted to this game...
I've been a regular in this forum since 2019, and also visit Gwent reddit, even though i dont post there. That easily adds up 1000+ hours - on the 'Deck of the Day' thread alone, making 200 complete text guides, complemented by screenshots, that alone certainly took over 500 hours. Also, watching Gwent videos, on youtube and twitch also became a thing since the pandemic, easily adding at least another 1000h.
My estimate? I would point to 7000 hours, committed to this humble F2P game.
And what about in-game stats and feats?
- Im max Prestige + Level for 2 or 3 years now (Elder title still bugged
)
- Completed every reward book page, including seasonal ones
- Completed all 42 Leader Masteries and 6 Faction Masteries (1000 wins)
- Completed all Journeys to at least Lv 100 (Geralt at 200, Ciri at 300)
- Collected all kegs and packs obtainable without real-currency purchases (got a 80 keg collection, never meant to be opened, OCD-style!)
I know this just seems like a bragging post, but its just my personality, that requires this type of 'full-info briefing' to get closure.
(And the SK win number is the odd one out, but i couldnt miss the chance to leave it at such an awesome number)
I hope the well-intentioned players that stick around keep being able to find joy in the game and the Balance Council proves to be a success in the long-term, achieving what the developers never could in all these years.
Farewell