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Introducing Officer Packs

[h3]We are excited to expand KARDS with a new, additional type of card pack starting this Friday, November 13th: Officer Packs![/h3]



The new Officer Packs will contain more cards, a much higher drop rate of rare cards in each pack as well as a guarantee to get rarer cards.

Based on your feedback and our own research, these packs are designed to help you build your collection of Special and Elite cards faster even after you have collected most of the base cards of each set - something that previously could be quite time consuming. We believe that these new packs, in addition to the already existing pack types, will give you a much better experience and allow you to choose the best way to build up your collection.

Officer Packs will be available in the KARDS in-game store for real money and in-game gold (more about that down below). The current Packs will, of course, continue to be available in the store as they always have been.

[h2]Officer Packs: Bigger, better, more oomph![/h2]
The Officer Packs are designed to expand on your collection and are likelier to contain rarer cards for your collection. The contents of each Officer Pack:
  • 7 Cards from a set
  • Of these 7 cards, 1 Special Card or better from that set
  • Of these 7 cards, 2 Limited Cards or better from that set

As you can see, there are more cards in the new Officer Packs, 7 instead of the 5. In addition, from the cards you draw, you will receive at least one guaranteed special card (or better) plus 2 limited cards (or better).

In addition to the guarantees mentioned, the drop rate for rarer cards has also doubled, creating a higher chance for more than 3 cards of limited rarity or better to appear in a single pack.

[h2]Card draw chances: The details[/h2]
We want to give you the best overview and information about the new Officer Packs so that you can make the best choice to either build up your collection with the current Standard Packs or to expand it with the new Officer Packs. The choice is yours!
Therefore we offer full transparency of the chances to draw rare cards.
First of all, remember that the Officer Packs include two guarantees:
  1. Each Officer pack contains at least 1 card that is of special rarity or better.
  2. Each Officer pack contains at least 2 cards of limited rarity or better.

The base distribution for the packs can be seen below, where each card has a 60% chance of being a standard card, 29% of being a limited card, 8% of being a special card and 3% of being an elite card.

If you have not drawn a limited (or rarer) card after the first four cards, one of the guarantees comes into play: The remaining 3 cards in the pack are then at least of limited rarity. The chance to get a limited card is 89%, a special card 8% and an elite card 3%.

If after 6 cards you have not drawn any special (or rarer) cards, the other guarantee is activated: The last card is then guaranteed to be a special card (70% chance) or an elite card (30% chance).



Officer Pack

Standard

Limited

Special

Elite



First 4 Cards

60%
29%
8%
3%



5-6th card, if no limited or better

0%
89%
8%
3%



7th card, if no Special or better

0%
0%
70%
30%



These increased chances of the rare cards together with the guarantee of a special or a better card make it four times more likely of getting an Elite card in an Officer pack compared to the standard pack.

[h2]Bigger or cheaper: The choice is yours![/h2]
Officer Packs are bigger and contain better cards than the current Packs. This considerable advantage is reflected by a higher price tag on the Officer Packs.

The new packs will be available for $4.45 or 30 Gold each. Bundles and special offers will be available too where you can save quite a bit.

We believe that this gives you a fair option to choose between building up your collection with Standard Packs in the beginning, and then, when you have a sizable enough collection, continuing at a slightly slower rate but with more impact by switching over to Officer Packs.

The new packs will be available for all card sets and arrive on 13th of November.

Please let us know what you think, we welcome all of your feedback either in the comments below or on our KARDS Discord chat server.

[h2]ADDENDUM[/h2]
To keep all info neatly in one place and upon popular demand, please check below to see the drop rates of the standard packs. These drop rates have been unchanged.


Regular Pack

Standard

Limited

Special

Elite



First 4 Cards

82%
12.5%
4%
1.5%



5th card if no limited or better

0%
94.5%
4%
1.5%

Singles' Day Sale on 11 / 11

Treat yourself to a good time on Singles' Day and enjoy our dazzling KARDS special with a 33% discount!



This is the time to relax and enjoy. Give yourself a treat with new card packs, draft tickets, and a massive discount! Reinforce your troops on the battlefield with fresh forces and take advantage of this offer - available only on November 11th.

This Singles' Day Special offer contains:
  • 10 Base Packs
  • 10 Allegiance Packs
  • 4 Draft Tickets
  • 33% Discount


Rewards from playing Draft matches include one guaranteed card pack. These rewards increase with the number of wins up to 3 packs and 18 Gold per draft.

Enjoy this treat!

PS:
Get more intel with the Draft guides from our official KARDS Community Contributor at PlayKards.

KARDS Update - November 10th (1.0.3438)

This KARDS update delivers several bug fixes and improvements to the reconnect feature. The update was published on November 10th.



As always, your feedback is most welcome! Please use our KARDS Discord or the comments below.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
  • The German Reichbank ran into trouble and couldn't always issue the correct Kredits. This has been fixed, the Reichsbank is correctly issuing Kredits again.
  • The War Machine broke down when you had more Kredits left than Kredits slots after being played. The inner workings of the machinery have been fixed, War Machine is fully functional again!


[h2]Reconnect field testing[/h2]
The field testing of the Reconnect feature is a great success. Reconnect is working very well so far - thank you for all your participation!

During the field testing, we have have discovered several rare cases that required additional work and improvements. We have fixed this issues and thus improved the Reconnect.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/544810/KARDS__The_WWII_Card_Game/

Reconnect - Field testing ahead

Great news for all KARDS players, newcomers and veterans alike! KARDS is currently receiving a technical boost with the first public test of the reconnect feature.



We gladly announce the first field test of this reconnect feature between 4th and 6th of November.
No further action is required on your end to participate; the test will be conducted automatically.

[h2]Background info[/h2]
The KARDS reconnect feature introduces an automatic, fast, and reliable reconnection to a currently active match if its connection was lost due to brief network or traffic issues. This will happen automatically and shouldn't cause any disruption of the game.

Before reconnect, a lost connection usually resulted in a match loss.

[h2]Next steps[/h2]
Reconnect is a complex technical feature. Therefore, we conduct this field test to gather telemetry under live conditions and test the reconnection feature.

For testing purposes we might be turning the feature on and off during the next few days while we gather some telemetry on how it is doing. Don't be alarmed if it is on and off in the coming few days.

After this field test, we will analyze the results. Once we are satisfied and all quality requirements are checked, we will go live with this feature!

You are, of course, most welcome to use the comments below for feedback or report any issues on KARDS Discord.

KARDS Update - November 3rd (1.0.3403)

This KARDS update delivers a significant card balance update with a change to 14 cards and several bug fixes. The update was published on November 3rd.



As always, your feedback is most welcome! Please use our KARDS Discord or the comments below.

Balance updates

14 cards have been updated with new balance changes. Learn more about these updates and join the in-depth review with expert player Jking7 and developer Olikrummi.

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[h3]Japan[/h3]
  • JADE DIVISION
    Deployment cost reduced by -1 to 5 Kredits. Attack and Defense changed from 9 to 6. Ability changed to "Gets +1+1 when you deploy a Japanese unit. Has Fury if attack is 10+." (was "Your other Japanese units have +1 attack.")

  • TYPE 98 Ke-Ni
    Attack decreased by 1 to 2. Ability changed to "Gets +1 attack if you have attacked with another unit this turn" (was "Can only attack if you have attacked with another unit this turn.")


[h3]France[/h3]
  • VIVE LA RESISTANCE!
    Cost reduced by -1 to 1 Kredit. Ability changed to "Add one Resistance card to the enemy hand. Draw a card." (was "Add two Resistance cards to the enemy hand. Draw a card.")

  • LIBERATION
    Cost reduced by -1 to 6 Kredits. Ability changed to "Add 3 Resistance cards to enemy hand. Your HQ gets defense equal to cards in enemy hand." (was "Fill enemy hand with Resistance cards. Your HQ gets +5 defense.")


[h3]Germany[/h3]
  • AIR BLITZ
    Cost changed by -1 to 3 Kredits. Ability changed to "Deal 3 damage to target HQ." (was "Deal 4 damage to target HQ.")

  • 88 mm FLAK
    Ability changed to "Deals double damage against air and tank units." (was: "Deals double damage against air units.")


[h3]Great Britain[/h3]
  • 85 PIONEER COMPANY
    Ability changed to "Your orders cost 1 less kredit, to a minimum of 1." (Was: "Your orders cost 1 less kredit.")

  • M3A3 Honey
    Smokescreen has been removed. Defense increased by +1 to now 3.

  • RADAR ALERT
    Cost reduced by -1 to 2 Kredits.


[h3]Italy[/h3]
  • PACT OF STEEL
    Ability changed to "Both players draw a card. Discard the lower cost card. Repeat 3 more times." (was "Draw a card for each unit you control from your ally nation.")


[h3]USA[/h3]
  • P-40 N-5
    Defense reduced by -1 to 3.

  • M5 STUART
    Ability changed to "Has +4 attack against infantry." (was "Has +3 attack against infantry.")


[h3]Soviet Union[/h3]
  • 6th AIRBORNE
    Deployment cost increased by +1 to 6 Kredits. Attack increased by +1 to 6. Defense increased by +1 to 8.

  • ISU-152
    Ability changed to "Deals double damage against the enemy HQ and tanks." (was "Deals double damage against the enemy HQ.")


As always, your feedback is most welcome! Please use our KARDS Discord or the comments below.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/544810/KARDS__The_WWII_Card_Game/