Honestly "RNG" is ruining this game for me. I put "RNG" in quotation marks because true RNG would at least come at a cost.
But I can't believe how many games I lose to NG decks running bribery and assimilate decks drawing the perfect situational card one after another. It's getting ridiculous that the developers are just ignoring an obvious broken mechanic in how "RNG" operates when selecting three "random" cards.
We all know time and again how people complain about how Bribery is broken, but I had a game today which took the whole thing to another level.
Playing against a Rank 1 assimilate spies deck. First good piece of luck, Bribery RNGs Caranthir. Caranthir this is a card that spawns a second card, this triggering his assimilate twice. Okay, I have to over commit, but I take R1, and he had to play Bribery, Damien AND Yenvo in R1 to try and stay in the lead.
I dry pass R2, 9 cards each for R3.
In R3, he early on plays a card from my hand using leader, out of 6 cards he RNGs Glustyworp and consumes his spy units, okay it's a 50/50, good odds for him. I manage to claw it back through strategic removal options.
3 cards remaining, it is close, but he is up by roughly 10. But I've been setting up a finisher behind a defender. Runestone RNGs an extra purify. Okay... but I'm still good. I have a row of 7 insects and kikmora queen. And he's already gone hard on the removal.
He plays Skellen, I know bribery is already gone, so I don't need to worry about him drawing my tall units.
I play Endrega eggs. I have Endrega Warrior and Glusty held in hand. The game is done. GG, he can't possibly win.
Next card is imperial diplomat: it will be played twice due to Skellen, this is his final RNG roll of the dice. What are the two bronze cards it produces?
First is ICE GIANT
MO has a pool of 46 bronze cards, and he draws the biggest one.
Wtf, but fine, I'm still good, it will be tight but I will still win this.
What is the next card? I shit you not, he pulls a drowner.
A DROWNER, the one card in the whole monster faction that can move a unit. He moves my Kikimora queen off the row of insects, and I lose the almost guaranteed 12 points, +2 for body (2 damage removed th armour).
I play out my hand forced to consume kikimora queen to allow for Glustyworp to get value, and he wins the game 70 to 62.
WTF, you cannot tell me that CDPR are using a true RNG engine for this bullshit.
Let's replay this, my opponent in one game RNG'd the best possible situational cards not once, not twice, but 5 times in a row, FIVE TIMES IN A ROW in one game. I would like to say this is a one off, but we all know I would be lying to try to spin that bullshit.
So let's ask the obvious question:
How is it that NG RNG decks keep winning the lottery?
Answer:
Either these NG players shouldn't be wasting a life time of luck on a card game, or CDPR should really fix their their broken RNG engine.
Conclusion:
Well, what do you think?