DRK3's Thread

[EduFerraz]

sorry for up this topic, but anyone has "news" about DRK3?

I didnt see him anymore in this topic and in GOG galaxy. I know he could just quit the game, but knowing him, he would problably say something about it here.

Also i thought he could be in vacations, but we start march and i didnt see him yet (and even in vacations, he woul problably post something here).

So i am a little worry something bad had happens to him

 

[quintivarium]

I tried a personal message (through these forums) back in January and have heard nothing back. I am also worried about him.

 

[rrc]

@EduFerraz, DRK3 is fine! Please don't worry. I discussed with him in Discord and he said that he is on an indefinite break (fearing that it may be a permanent break from Gwent).

 

[EduFerraz]

@EduFerraz, DRK3 is fine! Please don't worry. I discussed with him in Discord and he said that he is on an indefinite break (fearing that it may be a permanent break from Gwent).

thanks man

 

[quintivarium]

@EduFerraz, DRK3 is fine! Please don't worry. I discussed with him in Discord and he said that he is on an indefinite break (fearing that it may be a permanent break from Gwent).

Not that it is good to have him leave Gwent, but I am glad to hear he is OK.

 

[DRK3]

Lets answer some questions you may have:

1. Yes, i have quit Gwent at the end of 2021. And for now, im not returning to the game.

2. For these past 4 months ive also been away from these forums. I apologize if i caused any distress by not alerting anyone of my plans. I considered making a farewell post, but then i would be tempted to return here frequently to see replies and answer back, so i logged out without any such message.

3. I was busy doing very important work... (like spending an absurd amount of hours playing Elden Ring, like many other gamers)
But then on April i knew new cards were released on Gwent and for the past couple of weeks i have restarted watching some gwent videos and lurking on these forums.

4. I may share an opinion here and there, but dont expect any new projects or revival of old ones. But i want to support other users' projects, like @quintivarium who is still putting out hard work and frankly, deserves more appreciation and attention from you guys, here at the Gwent forums, and beyond.

 

[rrc]

Lets answer some questions you may have:

1. Yes, i have quit Gwent at the end of 2021. And for now, im not returning to the game.

2. For these past 4 months ive also been away from these forums. I apologize if i caused any distress by not alerting anyone of my plans. I considered making a farewell post, but then i would be tempted to return here frequently to see replies and answer back, so i logged out without any such message.

3. I was busy doing very important work... (like spending an absurd amount of hours playing Elden Ring, like many other gamers)
But then on April i knew new cards were released on Gwent and for the past couple of weeks i have restarted watching some gwent videos and lurking on these forums.

4. I may share an opinion here and there, but dont expect any new projects or revival of old ones. But i want to support other users' projects, like @quintivarium who is still putting out hard work and frankly, deserves more appreciation and attention from you guys, here at the Gwent forums, and beyond.

Soooo good to see you back @DRK3!! The cards that came with April are Memers' dream come true. Almost all new cards are meme worthy. I was hoping that those new cards would get your interest back and that you may come back to the game. Take your time and when you feel like it, come back to the game and it would be awesome to have you back.

 

[StanislavOZZO]

@DRK3, mate, I'm glad to hear you're well.
The cards introduced in April are all down your valley for original decks. I hope you will check it out. I think CDPR did a really good job this time to bring interesting cards rather than OP cards.

 

[DRK3]

I am back at it, guys and gals...
But this is not a proper comeback, i dont intend to play and create content as i did in the past.
Still, wanted to share some "first" impressions:

- Spent the first half hour unlocking reward book nodes and crafting cards.
This is supposed to be an incremental, step-by-step, long journey where every advancement brings some small joy, but for longtime veterans with sh*tton of resources, its just open/ craft everything at once, makes me wish there was an option to fully unlock a reward tree or craft all missing cards at once

- I actually didnt try the new cards yet, i was curious if my old decks - most of which were shared on the deck of the day thread - are still viable.
And full disclosure: i was already at a low rank when i left, now even more so - at rank 15.
Playing at this rank is a mixed bag - totally unfair to my opponents, but what i do appreciate is the variety of decks i faced, barely any meta, barely any forgotten treasures cards, because i assume the players at this level dont have resources for them.
There's an expression in my native language, i dont know if there's an equivalent in english but it translates to something like 'necessity sharpens ingenuity', which perfectly applies here - players have to make do with what they have and end up being better players for it.

- You can find the decks i will mention next in the deck of the day thread, with the excel index + search function it should be no trouble.
I used one of the oldest, but one of my favourites, the Shaelmaar deck, but it did very poorly, although i suspect in part it was bad luck.
Then i used my SY Shupe crimes deck and it did very well, the sir piggy (skewertooth) always provided a lot of points and never countered due to immunity.
Finally, i used the last deck i posted on that thread, the Artis, Cery Fearless deck and i steamrolled everyone from rank 14 to 11 without any losses, and i know this is a low rank but i bet it would still do really well even on ranks 5-0 (it might be a tricky deck to pilot without good knowledge of its strengths though - it wins so much because everyone underestimates veterans).

- Today i might try some new decks, i have some ideas for a NR deck and a MO deck. who knows, you might see them one day...

 

[DRK3]

Just a little announcement:

-Deck of the Day will return BUT only as one-time thing, this week, to mark the one year anniversary of that project.
And it won't be precisely "one time", more like 3 or 4 decks - havent decided yet - all coming in the next days.

-I wont post new decks after that as im going temporarly for another house where i dont have access to Gwent.

-I have been playing a lot, frantically trying to finish an entire journey's free quests in just 3 days, i have gone from level 1 to 30 something.
And ive ranked up from 15 to 5 in little over 48 hours, and the deck that made that a breeze will pop off in the deck of the day, humility aside, its an absolute masterpiece

 

[DRK3]

This is half showing off, but also half showing the problems of having OCD - you like round numbers or numbers with meaning to you so much that you end not playing your favourite factions for weeks because ou dont want to ruin the pretty number, then something like an expansion comes and i forget about these numbers for awhile, but then i go back to this behaviour in an endless cycle

As a side note, the faction win numbers are actually quite proportional to how much i like each faction.