Clash Royale Dev Tracker

nope, cards will not be able to be played during this time, but the animation will better visualize the tiebreak to players. it will be a matter of seconds

not in season 4 but we have been playtesting one potential bowler buff (increased elixir but more damage to buildings) and it’s feeling pretty good!

this is one of the reasons we want to release it outside of ladder first, because there are a whole bunch of ways it could affect the meta. seth was discussing this exact thing (a spell tower damage reduction) as a potential side effect to having this.

it’s one of those things where it’s both exciting and scary to see what this change will bring, but seth has a bunch of answers for most situations which we are confident will restore balance if needed!

yep, we are looking at a rework for witch in season 4!

we will be releasing more update news towards its release, and as for balance changes - keep an eye out for what we do with the witch!

that’s always a hard one - we’ve thrown around a few ideas and one that seemed interesting was slightly reversed hearthstone opening of giving an extra elixir to the person who makes the first move.

but as we aren’t a turn based game it’s hard to get a ‘fair’ answer to incentivize going first. queue spamming a card as soon as the game starts etc.

we don’t have any plans to change this at the moment. maybe we could do a trial in CRL or tournaments where it seems to be a bit more prevalent but for now it’s not a massive priority!

thanks for the question

Hey Reddit,

I'm here with some info on what we’ve been working on and what you can expect in the coming month!

We have an update slated for the end of September, AND we are gearing up for a spooky Season 4, launching on October 7th.

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Something we are introducing in the September update will be a tiebreaker.

Tiebreakers will be going into all game modes except 1v1 Ladder (Trophy Road) and will mean that draws will almost always no longer be possible.

If they perform as intended and we see positive results, we will also then extend tiebreakers to 1v1 Ladder in the future.

u/Supercell-Seth (our friendly neighborhood game designer) has shared his thoughts on the topic:

“We have been discussing draws in the team for a long time. It...

so we looked into this, and the bug part is when it is communicated that you get star points.

what happens is you are still given XP (so you aren't losing out) but not star points.

but the information given to the player is incorrect as it tells you you earn star points in this scenario (instead of the XP that you are earning)

as thrilling as this is to watch, it's something we are patching out in the next update. enjoy your relaxing common card animations while you still can!

hey, can you DM me some more info (like your ticket ID or your player tag/s) so i can take a peek? thanks.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your nephew!

can you DM me their player tag?

i cant reveal much right now - but we'll be dropping an update before season 4 starts that will have a bunch of new stuff & QoL improvements

we will be fixing this issue in season 4 - more news to be announced this month. no need to stage a mutiny just yet!