Hey, I saw a post on the Gwent Reddit awhile back that I've been thinking about for a bit and figured I'd post it here too. This was a post by Niddeus who I'm just going to quote below:
It seems like a really cool idea and a way to add complexity to the spy archetype. I particularly like the incentive to keep Usurper's agents on the other side.
Thoughts?
Credit goes to dtconcus who brought the idea in another thread.
Conspiracy X: Trigger ability if there is X units with spying on the opposite side.
This is flavorful and help build a setup as Nilfgaard. Basically transforming an anti-synergistic ability into a synergistic one. Current Conspiracy just does not work well. You mostly have to kill your own spies or you need to apply spying to a unit first for it to work and it's almost always linked to damage.
With the new Conspiracy, you just need to put more spies on the opposite side and then trigger a conspiracy...which is what spies can do. So the more spies, the bigger the possible conspiracy card. There could be really strong abilities that could require Conspiracy 5 for example.
With this rework, the idea is really to keep your spies in place instead of killing them. They really become a precious resource both for clogging the opposite side and to allow conspiracy triggers.
It also helps the less used spies to become useful since all you need is their body compared to Duchess informant which always need another bronze to work.
Here is a few interactions that could work with this new Conspiracy: - Deliberately holding onto Usurper Order to build up an amount of spies on the other side. - Having a unit with a powerful order ability requiring Conspiracy X, causing a stress to deal with the spies ASAP. - Making Angry Mob an easy to achieve 7 for 4 like many other MM 4prov bronze. - Playing Emissary semi-proactively (require a target on your side) because it does build up conspiracy X. - Playing Devotion Fergus as a huge Conspiracy enabler. - Having coup de grace target any unit but requiring Conspiracy 3 or 4 for example (a bit similar to blood eagle).
It seems like a really cool idea and a way to add complexity to the spy archetype. I particularly like the incentive to keep Usurper's agents on the other side.
Thoughts?