# 3.5 update preview screenshots (part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Spoilers\ **Created:** [June 12, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827 "2018-06-12T04:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/163 "2018-06-19T08:23:01Z")
> [@Zapan](#): > > 12 troops for 6 stars ? > Urskaya is now 7 stars. But with new system it will be 5 stars max. Out since nearly 1 year but still with 11 troops. I believe the old kingdoms will be grand fathered in. So if you have it at 6 stars. It’ll stay at 6 stars after the update. It’ll only effect kingdom leveling moving forward. No clue how it’ll account for troops coming to a kingdom. For some players it would level up the Kingdom, while others that were grandfathered won’t be adjusted at all I guess? As in… If you have Mist of Scales at 8 stars. And I have it at 9. New Mist of scale troops won’t level me up to 10 until you get to 9. 🤷 ---
**Author:** ![Zapan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zapan/32/3526_2.png) [@Zapan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zapan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 8:39am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/164 "2018-06-19T08:39:28Z")
Yep, and i’m glad all my kingdoms are already at max potential. I was more thinking about new players and kingoms to come. It’s a real slow down. ---
**Author:** ![DEMONorANGEL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/demonorangel/32/41260_2.png) [@DEMONorANGEL](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DEMONorANGEL)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/165 "2018-06-19T12:18:34Z")
Come on… your being to critical … its so much easier to understand kingdom leveling… lmao (sarcasm) ---
**Author:** ![PGSundling](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/pgsundling/32/39480_2.png) [@PGSundling](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PGSundling)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/166 "2018-06-19T21:59:49Z")
Do we know if the exploder nerf is in the 3.5 patch? I hope they don’t go through with it. Anyone else see the irony that two doomskull TRANSFORMERS cause an imbalance and it’s explorers that get nailed? ---
**Author:** ![DEMONorANGEL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/demonorangel/32/41260_2.png) [@DEMONorANGEL](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DEMONorANGEL)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/167 "2018-06-19T22:02:48Z")
Some Numbskull suggested it was exploders causing the prob with dumbskulls lol ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/168 "2018-06-19T22:09:33Z")
This is very consistent with Gems of War nerf design. Queen Mab has been the most powerful component of the PvP meta team people want nerfed through 6 nerfs. She was never adjusted. Instead, Wisp paid the price. And Kraken (3 times!). And Nyx. And I’m sad to say that, with 3.5, we see that I was wrong. The devs are more willing to nerf **Dawnbringer** than Queen Mab. So it’s on-point that if people are upset with King Bloodhammer, we’ll first have to nerf Gorgotha, Ragnagord, The Worldbreaker, Infernus, Peasant, Nyx, every Troll, and adjust gem rewards from guild tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Gouki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gouki/32/22405_2.png) [@Gouki](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gouki)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/169 "2018-06-19T22:17:21Z")
I don’t think the theorized exploder nerf had anything to do with the Dhrak-Zum troops, their cascades won’t be stopped or even slowed down by that. It’s safe to say that Infernus (deservedly)would be much more tragetted by such a nerf, along with several undeserving actual balanced troops. ---
**Author:** ![Mina1101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@Mina1101](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mina1101)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/170 "2018-06-19T22:26:27Z")
When will the update come to PS4? ---
**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/171 "2018-06-19T22:27:35Z")
Lol mina i told you 3 times ---
**Author:** ![Stan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stan/32/29888_2.png) [@Stan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/172 "2018-06-19T23:02:17Z")
> [@Gouki](#): > > It’s safe to say that Infernus (deservedly)would be much more tragetted by such a nerf If they want to target Infernus, just reduce his gems exploded from 5 down to 2 or 3, rather than reducing mana generated by _all_ exploders by whatever ratio they are contemplating. That will directly reduce his mana generation AND the random cascades. ---
**Author:** ![DEMONorANGEL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/demonorangel/32/41260_2.png) [@DEMONorANGEL](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DEMONorANGEL)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/173 "2018-06-19T23:03:58Z")
they are thinking 50% to 60% mana gen for exploders, bye bye goblin rocket ---
**Author:** ![Stan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stan/32/29888_2.png) [@Stan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/174 "2018-06-19T23:06:19Z")
Going from 100% to 70% didn’t affect my play-style at all when they “fixed” that on console. Taking it down to 60% or 50% won’t either. If there is a problem with Infernus, just fix Infernus. If Ishbaala is giving powerful divines too much starting mana, increase their mana costs. Easy peasy. ---
**Author:** ![Gouki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gouki/32/22405_2.png) [@Gouki](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gouki)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/175 "2018-06-19T23:07:54Z")
Dude i don’t want explosions to be nerfed at all, not that i had any say in it. I was merely pointing out that the nerf that was speculated (50% explode mana) is most definitely not targeted at Dhrak-Zum troops. ---
**Author:** ![Stan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stan/32/29888_2.png) [@Stan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/176 "2018-06-19T23:09:51Z")
I get that, and agree with you entirely. Actually, based on the timing of this talk, I think it may be wrongly _targeted_ at Dhrak-Zum troops, but wouldn’t actually affect them. ---
**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/177 "2018-06-19T23:12:51Z")
> [@Stan](#): > > If they want to target Infernus i still think his problem is the storm and not the explosion ---
**Author:** ![Stan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stan/32/29888_2.png) [@Stan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/178 "2018-06-19T23:16:41Z")
That’s a good point. Putting storm plus explosion on the same troop is very powerful. I see @eika is typing, so I’ll just pre-emptively say that everything I’m saying is prefaced with “IF there is a problem with Infernus”. I’m not asking for a nerf but asking that if something needs to be done, it be targeted at the specific problem troops, not at entire game mechanics. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/179 "2018-06-19T23:19:04Z")
As everyone already knows, I will be the last one asking for nerf of any sorts. Nerfing the exploison _might_ kill the game for me, but we shall see. I am hoping that they will buff a few troops in the update. ---
**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827/180 "2018-06-19T23:20:26Z")
The most urgent fix right now is uba killing 3-4 troops and x4 gems doesn’t count as extra turn I can live with the rest [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/3-5-update-preview-screenshots-part-1/40827.md?page=8)