# 1.0.9 Sneak Peek - Barrier **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [February 17, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/1-0-9-sneak-peek-barrier/3795 "2016-02-17T06:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 108
**Author:** ![Esoxnepa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/esoxnepa/32/1837_2.png) [@Esoxnepa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Esoxnepa)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/1-0-9-sneak-peek-barrier/3795/108 "2016-02-19T02:44:58Z")
@LegendMaker @Tacet My speculation is that we will see massive changes to troop, so much so, that it is hard to compare the couple we’ve seen in the sneak previews. I say this based on the first line in: > [@Developers should never nerf units or abilities](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/developers-should-never-nerf-units-or-abilities/3790/4): > > It’s an interesting theory, and I believe there is a time and a place for power creep and large sweeping buffs (you’ll see some in 109), BUT I do believe that an occasional nerf makes sense for a bunch of reasons: If a single object is performing too well, it makes a lot of sense to nerf that one thing… buffing 200 OTHER things is a huge amount of work for the same result, and will still leave most core players feeling a little cheated A refund system (Hearthstone has one… we’ll have on in… “It’s an interesting theory, and I believe there is a time and a place for power creep and large sweeping buffs” !!??!! --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/1-0-9-sneak-peek-barrier/3795)._