# 7.3 Update: Battlegrounds **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [December 7, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416 "2023-12-07T17:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/41 "2023-12-08T16:21:07Z")
> [@xolid99](#): > > How will Terror work with Guild War scoring? Very likely just like everything else that makes troops disappear without actually dealing damage. ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jerry_the_skunk/32/53897_2.png) [@Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jerry_the_skunk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/42 "2023-12-08T16:43:15Z")
I can’t help but notice, that Kafka has been away for over two weeks and hasn’t posted anything in three. Might be holiday (or something serious health related), might be inspirational time to come up with excuses for the update, might be a desparate escape. ---
**Author:** ![Grundge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e99b99/32.png) [@Grundge](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundge)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/43 "2023-12-08T20:09:46Z")
Gee I hope there will be a way to spend real world money on this./s I am sure it’s in the works. ---
**Author:** ![WhoDat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/whodat/32/63679_2.png) [@WhoDat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/WhoDat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/44 "2023-12-09T04:29:54Z")
If updates are expected next Tuesday, I would advise everyone to wait on doing Underspire until the end of the week. We had the Underspire event reset twice with updates. ---
**Author:** ![noob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/noob/32/54823_2.png) [@noob](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/noob)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/45 "2023-12-09T05:58:57Z")
But the second time they gave us back all torches and lanterns so those who did underspire before update got the rewards twice ---
**Author:** ![Lucien](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lucien/32/75325_2.png) [@Lucien](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lucien)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/46 "2023-12-09T10:49:01Z")
i dont like the idea gold marks will be rare but you can also spend money 😑 ---
**Author:** ![Lucien](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lucien/32/75325_2.png) [@Lucien](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lucien)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/47 "2023-12-09T12:52:46Z")
> [@Jeto](#): > > - In a future update, we will introduce PvP Seasons, and your VP will reset (not back to zero though – there will be ways to get a headstart) > - For now, we are treating version 7.3 as “Season Zero” – it’s the season you get when there’s not really a season! how long is a season, a week, 4 weeks, or like campagin 13 weeks? ---
**Author:** ![Kabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@Kabal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kabal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/48 "2023-12-09T19:07:38Z")
Can’t wait for this so good. As a PvP player, I hate playing against same defences non stop. 4 bombs Tower EK Chalcedony Purple Elf team. Just no imagination at all. Can’t wait. Plus I play gws every month. 54k to 57k every month. All my doomed book weapons are max forged . Before someone uses the silly lower bracket argument. As there’s other players like me with every doomed weapon and every troop, so our bracket is the same as top 3. Or do you all think everyone wants to be in a top ten guild 🤣. Cos I don’t, I get everything I need from vault weekends. Don’t need to be in a conglomerate of guilds. So if you know your troops and weapons and classes good enough, no need to practice. ---
**Author:** ![JadedHarleyQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@JadedHarleyQ](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/JadedHarleyQ)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/49 "2023-12-09T20:04:50Z")
I tried to read before asking, but so much info. Terror - will this be restricted to PVP? Asking due to the outrage this will bring for Guild Wars. To some of us, Guild Wars is a big deal. We like it. I can’t imagine how “magical” 🙄 this will be when one one my troops is rearranged, or flees! There is a reason we strategically place troops for Guild Wars. It requires skill. Other that your starting board, it is pretty controllable. It’s not really a face off of who’s more skilled if Terror triggers and I can’t cleanse it because troops are rearranged or FLEES! Thanks a million. -Jade ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jerry_the_skunk/32/53897_2.png) [@Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jerry_the_skunk)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/50 "2023-12-09T20:13:28Z")
There are already a bunch of options to reshuffle an enemy team in guild war, though except for Rope Dart they are not that popular. I don’t see Terror as a dealbreaker here. ---
**Author:** ![WhoDat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/whodat/32/63679_2.png) [@WhoDat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/WhoDat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/51 "2023-12-09T20:13:46Z")
Terror - is the new status effect similar to Lycanthropy or Mark death. ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/52 "2023-12-09T23:39:48Z")
> [@Madd\_Hurricane](#): > > If you inflict Terror upon a Gnome or Valraven that has a loot sack, and they run away because of Terror, would that cause you to lose out on the bonus loot or sigils? Valravens and Gnomes can already run away as-is, so running away via Terror does not seem any different. If you don’t _slay_ the bonus troop, you don’t get the bonus rewards (exception for the 3 standard Gnomes in a Gnome Vault run - you receive rewards for winning the battle period. Whether this applies to Cedric himself remains to be seen). ---
**Author:** ![Kelana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kelana/32/88601_2.png) [@Kelana](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kelana)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/53 "2023-12-09T23:50:46Z")
> [@STUB](#): > > That may be true but they for sure put them in the patch notes section. Which makes me think there just keeping are interest up over arena weekend. Which is no crime either just an observation. To be fair, we asked them to start releasing them earlier and they responded to that. ---
**Author:** ![icy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/icy/32/71999_2.png) [@icy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/icy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/54 "2023-12-09T23:57:29Z")
> [@noob](#): > > But the second time they gave us back all torches and lanterns …isn’t that the expectable bare minimum? but granted they - _eventually after some time …_ - did that. * * * I miss the times of playing with the old troops like Gorgotha, Psion, Kraken, Krystenax, _[…]_ and many more that once were “valuable” pieces and nowadays are just useless and “retired”. Man how cool it would be if there was just 1-2 “old troops” that would get a full rework to actually matter again each week… Instead we get constant development and implementation of new status effects and new gem effects that noone needs, that ruin the whole game, a bit more with every new one that gets added and eventually crowds the whole match into **rng bot bingo** , what a _completely delusional_ … “ **so much fun** ”. o\_O Why don’t you just create a new status effect or gem that if matched has a 50/50 chance of instawinning or instalosing any type of match via masskill of all own or all enemy troops? devs, just imagine how many whales would actually use this to save time during events. How many additional tiers would be bought with this. Just imagine. Surely I have your attention, right? ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/55 "2023-12-10T01:26:36Z")
> [@icy](#): > > Instead we get constant development and implementation of new status effects and new gem effects that noone needs, that ruin the whole game, I rather like the addition of new Gem types (for the most part) because it mixes up the fundamental gameplay on the gem board depending on what Troops you are facing. Like how Adana now has a signature gimmick with Bomb Gems. ---
**Author:** ![Sheffield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sheffield/32/67509_2.png) [@Sheffield](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sheffield)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/56 "2023-12-10T03:34:45Z")
- Other Tab: Spend Gold Marks to purchase some rarer resources, including a random Book of Deeds. When Kingdom Power Level 35 with Boss Rarity red color Stars? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![STUB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stub/32/74879_2.png) [@STUB](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/STUB)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/57 "2023-12-10T09:58:06Z")
Spoiler \*\*\*\* The terror status effect is attached to the troops from the new kingdom introduced on the 18th , so it will be usable in all aspects of the game. ---
**Author:** ![STUB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/stub/32/74879_2.png) [@STUB](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/STUB)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/58 "2023-12-10T10:01:18Z")
Hope this drops at the same time as weekly reset. Really looking forward to it , keep up the good work devs…😁😁😁 ---
**Author:** ![Kabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@Kabal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kabal)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/59 "2023-12-10T10:12:22Z")
I just want to bring something up. I don’t think anyone’s mentioned. As we’ve seen a lot of PvP defence teams are chalcedony and it’s silly clones. As this is also an attack team. And this new mode is same team on defence that you attack with. Won’t everyone just try and use chalcedony and his silly clones. I hate him and all his silly journey troops. I never use in gws ever. There teams for people with no imagination or team building intelligence. Can we ban journey troops. Gonna make the new mode awful. ---
**Author:** ![Schaafy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Schaafy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Schaafy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416/60 "2023-12-10T10:15:00Z")
id say its actually less likely you will encounter these teams, as people tend to play with teams that win faster, and hopefully they will be teams that the ai does not play very well. Todd greenwood and the Egris are even worse than chalcedony imo, as they can be buffed to huge numbers by the guardian troops. You can always search PvP in a region with restrictions as well to avoid certain teams that may be popular. [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/7-3-update-battlegrounds/82416.md?page=4)