The AI or RNG or whatever you want to call it has reached a new level since Midyear Mayhem started. Or at least that is when I noticed it. At first I thought it was just bad luck, but then it continued.
In about 1 of every 5 games I play as part of the daily "Cards Across the Continent," the NPC has been getting an incredible run of cards. I've seen the NPC obtain 3 Midnight Raid cards in a row. I've seen the same with Apocryphal Pact, Conquest, and Warrior Wave. Its the same pattern every time, normally early in the game. Its only in games connected to Cards Across the Continent, I have not seen it in random games.
The NPC will pick Red Eagle and either Ansei or Mora. The NPC will go first and get one of these 4 point cards. It will be replaced by trash, although if you pick Rajhin, it will be Pounce/Grand Larceny. I pick my card, usually Pounce/Grand Larceny, then one of these 4 pointer cards will replace it and I don't have the coin or ability to wipe it. NPC picks the card, either some trash appears behind it or a Rajhin agent. Now, if I choose another card I want from the tavern, the pattern repeats. If I choose to cash a coin and not pick up a card, the NPC will invariably get 6 coins in his hand, pick a 2 coin card already on the board, one of these 4 coin cards will replace it, and he has just enough coin to buy it. Alternatively, if Druid King is an agent, the NPC will get 2 of the 1 point power cards in his hand with 3 others that add up to 4 coins, inexplicably use the Druid patron, and voila, one of these 4 coin cards appears. I have not seen this happen more than 3 times in a row.
Then the fun begins. At least 2 of these cards will magically appear in every single hand for the rest of the game. I know some will think "that's because the NPC is destroying cards to whittle down their deck." Nope. It doesn't matter if the NPC has 10+ cards, at least 2 will appear back to back, every single time. And unlike the comedic NPC behavior that uses Red Eagle or cards to destroy their deck, the NPC will not destroy these 4 point cards when this pattern kicks in. It doesn't matter if you see the cards in the cooldown, they will appear in the NPC's next hand.
The only tell or trigger I have noticed is that you don't get any power cards at all in these hands. Neither tavern power nor patron cards that have power. I don't know if this continues through the end of the game as I have quit in frustration after the 5th round when I am down 16-20 after being barraged. But this one is nuts
Edited by ZOS_Kevin on November 7, 2024 10:35AM