Lore Inconsistencies with Cards and Mechanics
So one thing has struck me as being super odd about playing the Skellige deck, and please forgive me if this hasn't been raised before, and that is the Skellige deck is really focused on necromancy, particularly with the Priestess of Freya resurrecting bodies from your own graveyard and even Udalryk bringing the dead from the opponents graveyard. I don't ever recall in the Witcher 3 that the Skellige peoples were so focused on resurrecting the dead. I mean it wasn't even explored. These people are hard, brutal warriors and they'll fight tooth and nail but once they are dead they are dead.
Though moving on from that point I feel that, on the other hand, the characters transforming into bears makes a whole lot more sense. As though they are gravely wounded and in a sort of rage when they get revived and have enough strength to carry the battle forward in a second wind of strength..
I mean this is all a contradiction in a sense, one purpose the people die and go into the grave, and then another it is to transform. I mean even generally across the whole of Gwent when you win a round, does that mean that even the victors of a round died and went to the grave? It's more of a place to rest the sick and wounded during the round and after the round is concluded (unless you've applied resistance of some sort to continue that card through to the next round).
As such I feel that the term "Graveyard" is used too loosely as it is a multi purpose area by which the cards get deposited and potentially drawn from again. If anything it should be some kind of stand by area, like a Temple, medic tent or any place of healing. The true graveyard really is only for those units that get banished and cannot be used again in battle.
So what are your thoughts? Perhaps Skellige did do a lot of necromancy that I completely forgot about (I doubt it as I got 100% in achievements in that game)? What are alternate names or explanations for the graveyard? Am I overthinking this as a non experienced person playing a card game?
Let me know!
So one thing has struck me as being super odd about playing the Skellige deck, and please forgive me if this hasn't been raised before, and that is the Skellige deck is really focused on necromancy, particularly with the Priestess of Freya resurrecting bodies from your own graveyard and even Udalryk bringing the dead from the opponents graveyard. I don't ever recall in the Witcher 3 that the Skellige peoples were so focused on resurrecting the dead. I mean it wasn't even explored. These people are hard, brutal warriors and they'll fight tooth and nail but once they are dead they are dead.
Though moving on from that point I feel that, on the other hand, the characters transforming into bears makes a whole lot more sense. As though they are gravely wounded and in a sort of rage when they get revived and have enough strength to carry the battle forward in a second wind of strength..
I mean this is all a contradiction in a sense, one purpose the people die and go into the grave, and then another it is to transform. I mean even generally across the whole of Gwent when you win a round, does that mean that even the victors of a round died and went to the grave? It's more of a place to rest the sick and wounded during the round and after the round is concluded (unless you've applied resistance of some sort to continue that card through to the next round).
As such I feel that the term "Graveyard" is used too loosely as it is a multi purpose area by which the cards get deposited and potentially drawn from again. If anything it should be some kind of stand by area, like a Temple, medic tent or any place of healing. The true graveyard really is only for those units that get banished and cannot be used again in battle.
So what are your thoughts? Perhaps Skellige did do a lot of necromancy that I completely forgot about (I doubt it as I got 100% in achievements in that game)? What are alternate names or explanations for the graveyard? Am I overthinking this as a non experienced person playing a card game?
Let me know!
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