Gold Units can now be Targeted by Spells and Effects
It was announced that gold units can now be buffed and damaged by other cards. CDPR stated that it was because they wanted to create more interaction on the board. It seems though they cannot make up their minds what to do with the gold cards. In Closed Beta only other gold cards could target gold units, then at the start of Open Beta, only D-Shackles/Bomb could hurt them and now CDPR does a complete 180 making gold units susceptible to removal and everything else.
The original idea was that gold units meant something. They were strong and safe. If you did want to damage them, you needed to use a D-Shackles/Bomb, which was fair. But now a lot of gold cards will become too risky to use, like Tibor, Unseen Elder and anything with a huge body, just will get Scorched. That would have been okay for a bronze or silver unit, but not for gold units, which you can only have 4 of. These precious slots cannot be filled by risky cards. Furthermore, cards like Yen:Con (anything with a timer) will also be less popular because of removal. Also, what's the purpose of D-Shackles now?
I know we have to wait and see what it does to the meta, but for now I have mixed feelings about this. I think it would have been enough to go back to the situation in Closed Beta, that is, gold cards can damage other gold cards. That would have been a good middle road.
EDIT: Some more thought for food:
1) Letho is going to be insane. It will banish important cards and then sets up a nice target for Scorch.
2) What about refunds for golds? Suddenly Tibor and such doesn't look so good anymore. CDPR should refund most of the gold cards. However, this also means everyone will mill every gold card and just build the next netdeck again. Both options have their issues. I wonder which path CDPR takes.
3) No matter the outcome, the meta is going to change again, completely, even without the 20 new cards.
It was announced that gold units can now be buffed and damaged by other cards. CDPR stated that it was because they wanted to create more interaction on the board. It seems though they cannot make up their minds what to do with the gold cards. In Closed Beta only other gold cards could target gold units, then at the start of Open Beta, only D-Shackles/Bomb could hurt them and now CDPR does a complete 180 making gold units susceptible to removal and everything else.
The original idea was that gold units meant something. They were strong and safe. If you did want to damage them, you needed to use a D-Shackles/Bomb, which was fair. But now a lot of gold cards will become too risky to use, like Tibor, Unseen Elder and anything with a huge body, just will get Scorched. That would have been okay for a bronze or silver unit, but not for gold units, which you can only have 4 of. These precious slots cannot be filled by risky cards. Furthermore, cards like Yen:Con (anything with a timer) will also be less popular because of removal. Also, what's the purpose of D-Shackles now?
I know we have to wait and see what it does to the meta, but for now I have mixed feelings about this. I think it would have been enough to go back to the situation in Closed Beta, that is, gold cards can damage other gold cards. That would have been a good middle road.
EDIT: Some more thought for food:
1) Letho is going to be insane. It will banish important cards and then sets up a nice target for Scorch.
2) What about refunds for golds? Suddenly Tibor and such doesn't look so good anymore. CDPR should refund most of the gold cards. However, this also means everyone will mill every gold card and just build the next netdeck again. Both options have their issues. I wonder which path CDPR takes.
3) No matter the outcome, the meta is going to change again, completely, even without the 20 new cards.
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