Is Gwent really difficult until you hoard up all the cards?
Is it just me, or is winning Gwent games almost impossible with the starting deck?
Enemies seem to have a ton of special cards - spies, pack cards, heroes and other nasty effects.
I, on the other hand, have only managed to get a buff spell and a training dummy, as well as some generic grunt cards. As it is, I'm really not interested in playing gwent any more, because I get beat up almost every single time...
Do I need to scour the lands for all the cards I can find before this becomes any kind of fun, or is there a trick to this game that I seem to be missing?
Best Answer
Just adding to the accepted answer. You can, with a bit of strategy and luck, defeat merchants with your starting deck. If it's getting too hard though, you can purchase cards from some merchants. Each time you defeat a merchant/blacksmith, they give you a card. The card may not always be from the faction you were playing, but every they stack up eventually to the point where you can build an entire deck out of the cards that you have won. Just a thing to keep in mind, one opponent only gives you one card, ever, and blacksmiths are harder to beat than merchants.
Then again, as mentioned, you'll have quests to play innkeeps as well as some other people who'll give you their special cards. If you can defeat them, that is. So, don't give up easily, it can be a lot of fun!
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Does difficulty affect Gwent?
Originally posted by tonypa: Also, as far I know, Gwent difficulty slider has no effect on what cards your opponent has, only how well your opponent uses those cards. They also draw random cards fromt heir deck so sometimes they get very good hand, and when you play them again, they lose badly.Is there a penalty for losing Gwent?
You don't lose any cards when losing to your opponent, only coin. Your first win against any opponent gives you a card, every consecutive win gives you a random crafting material and coin, of course. Playing with a NPC not related to a Gwent quest can make you maximum of 10 crowns per won game.How do you complete all Gwent cards?
To complete your Gwent collection, you must purchase every card on sale in the Northern Realms. This is the easiest way to collect cards and CD Projekt RED has helpfully patched out an issue with the innkeeper in White Orchard after many players found themselves unable to obtain the Gwent cards there.Can you lose in the Gwent tournament?
You can never lose cards, you will only gain cards by beating opponents. Some opponents will say they like only to play on high stakes but it is only them who take the risk since you will never lose cards.Gwent: Fool Me Once Shame On You, Fool Me Twice... | Deck \u0026 Strategy Explained
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Answer 2
You have to start in the lower level area's. There are the opponents the easiest, just win as much games as you can and you will get better cards along the way, so you can face stronger opponents.
Answer 3
Simple strategy:
1) Get second Foltest from White Orchard (from saved merchant or inkeeper) He can get rid of any weather effect - because you have only units (ad 2)) and specials, you will win at least one round when enemy relies on weather.
2) Get rid of all weather cards apart from Clear weather (maybe have 2 of those)
3) Only keep units with highest dmg and keep the unit count on minimum (22) - that gives you better odds of drawing a strong card.
4) Spies are game winners - more cards usually mean victory. If enemy has lots of spies next time you play him, pick more decoys (2-3) in your deck.
When the enemy plays spy, just use decoy on him and play him as well (can also be used with medics, medics/decoy combo)
5) If you already won one round, stall in next one and make him waste all good cards, because enemy will not pass round before you do.
Basically with Foltest 2, few decoys and Clear weather you can beat all starting merchants Baron, Nilfgradian noble, etc. and you will expand your deck with good cards.
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