# Beards of War **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [September 11, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215 "2016-09-11T23:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/43 "2016-09-12T04:28:31Z")
Cool new troops again šŸ™‚ @sirrian any update on the next patch timing? ---
**Author:** ![Zelfore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelfore/32/22295_2.png) [@Zelfore](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelfore)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/44 "2016-09-12T04:44:55Z")
Sorry for bringing up old wounds, but I felt the circumstance needed a callback. > [@Did the buttons get an upgrade?](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/did-the-buttons-get-an-upgrade/9269/33): > > I dont like the new hero button. The old image of a circlet was nice and it had colour. Now itā€™s gender specific. And itā€™s a dwarf, which I find dour and uninteresting. The colour pallate is terrible tooā€¦ PVP is beige on dark brown, guild banners are a pale brown with a blue dot, chests are brown with dull grey, hero is a clay brown dwarf, troops is 2 hats olive green and dull brown and shop is now a gem with a dirty gold/tan coin. Itā€™s uninspiring and makes me not want to play. Thereā€¦ I saiā€¦ Ta-da! No longer a ā€œgender-specificā€ icon! > [@Did the buttons get an upgrade?](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/did-the-buttons-get-an-upgrade/9269/67): > > Interestingly, someone identifying (or not) with a button is not something Iā€™ve ever considered before. But Iā€™m open-minded enough to say sure, weā€™ll take that feedback on board for future changes and try to do better! Oh, Sirrian, you always come through. ---
**Author:** ![Azbra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/azbra/32/23589_2.png) [@Azbra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Azbra)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/45 "2016-09-12T04:47:37Z")
So there is now the perfect maw killer. Could have added protection to devour but \*6 versus a maw, thatā€™s pretty much 1 shot Kik. The transformer is worth trying in my team B: maw, kos, valk and giant spider. Using her in place of the spider I can power both maw and kos while removing effects. ---
**Author:** ![CatalinM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cab0a1/32.png) [@CatalinM](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CatalinM)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/46 "2016-09-12T05:21:53Z")
Why are you devs delaying the update?!? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![RiverSong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/riversong/32/2089_2.png) [@RiverSong](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RiverSong)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/47 "2016-09-12T05:44:04Z")
Theyā€™re not. Apple is. ---
**Author:** ![CatalinM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cab0a1/32.png) [@CatalinM](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CatalinM)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/48 "2016-09-12T05:49:43Z")
Sirrian said Apple approved it already. ---
**Author:** ![turintuor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/turintuor/32/4097_2.png) [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/49 "2016-09-12T05:50:06Z")
I just found her creepy. And in your examples: - Tolkien: okay. In fact, this is based on two or three linesā€¦ And Iā€™m not of this kind that consider Tolkienā€™s works like the fantasy Bible. All his world is coming from celtic and nordic mythologies. Even dwarfs with no-beard females ;-). - D&D: that depends of the version. - Everquest: video game where you choose what you want. Itā€™s up to the players. Donā€™t know the popularity of female dwarfs with beard in this game. - Disc World: itā€™s a satiric and humoristic world. I can also give you examples where female dwarfs donā€™t have any beard. Moreover, we are not all specialists of fantasy. In our society, females with beards are associated with ā€œcarnival freak showā€ (see [Bearded lady - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_lady)). Or transgender šŸ™‚ . I am okay with a joke or a reference in the text. But I think the picture is not great because of what it represents. Itā€™s just my point of view ;-). ---
**Author:** ![CatalinM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cab0a1/32.png) [@CatalinM](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CatalinM)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/50 "2016-09-12T05:51:58Z")
> [@2.1 Preview - Guilds](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-1-preview-guilds/11984/582): > > Sirrian said in global chat Apple has approved it. Nimnah stated it should be after reset . ---
**Author:** ![Personette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/personette/32/3845_2.png) [@Personette](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Personette)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/51 "2016-09-12T07:41:10Z")
> [@HKdirewolf](#): > > Where are all my people at asking for non-sexualized women in GoW? Here you go. I gotta admit though, she turns me on. Love the art as always team. Thank you for always making this game better. Iā€™ll take it. Bought some treasure maps in the shop to celebrate. ---
**Author:** ![Shrpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shrpy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shrpy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/52 "2016-09-12T08:06:07Z")
Its nice to see a new dwarf, but i doubt that he will lead his race to a comeback. His ult is simple to specific. ---
**Author:** ![CSZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/csz/32/4784_2.png) [@CSZ](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CSZ)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/53 "2016-09-12T10:03:46Z")
While I do agree that Ironbeard is situational in PVP, he shines in Explore on Warlord difficulty, because the enemy always has higher stats than you do. ---
**Author:** ![Spherix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/spherix/32/2388_2.png) [@Spherix](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Spherix)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/54 "2016-09-12T14:07:07Z")
> [@TaliaParks](#): > > So Ironbeardā€™s lore suggests he should have 100% damage reduction from Skulls Only from the front. šŸ˜ Depends on whether or not skull damage is always assumed to be a frontal attack. Could have gone with agile to represent the chance of hitting his beard and the attack being nullified.šŸŽ² ---
**Author:** ![Brakkish](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/brakkish/32/24058_2.png) [@Brakkish](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Brakkish)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/55 "2016-09-12T14:22:44Z")
Thumbs up for the Apothecary. Cool troop. Now need to make a dwarf team and/or a team with a transform brown gems loop. ---
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/56 "2016-09-12T14:56:55Z")
Apothecary pairs well with Goblin Shaman, feedback loop. Maybe a salad dragon to catch surplus green/brown from transformation and ensnare on loops. Just need a decent front troop. edit: Trying Carnex, Shaman, Apothecary, Famine. Famineā€™s mana drain keeps enemy at bay and fills quick with the gobo/apo loop. Carnex armored, impervious, and armor gain spell makes a decent tank. ---
**Author:** ![Tactica](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tactica/32/6914_2.png) [@Tactica](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tactica)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/57 "2016-09-12T15:01:19Z")
So thought the same thingā€¦ Princess Liegha meets Gimlee in an Elven dress fit for all the female art in fantasy is too offensive folksā€¦ (SMH) beard strategically placed to cover cleavage had me LMAO!!! Too bad her annimation doesnā€™t have a deep scrapped voice and her weidling a fat stogie for good measure! (rolls eyes) Due to her ability, I had to pick up plenty of copies of that cardā€¦ but man, sheā€™s scary lookingā€¦ I have 3 teenage daughters and must say, never have been offended by the scantaly clad women of Fantasy Sword & Board worlds, itā€™s one of the many staples appealing to the genreā€¦ kinda like ugly female dwarfs! LOL Well played Gems of War artists, well played! ---
**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:** [September 12, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/58 "2016-09-12T15:15:49Z")
Just remember hairier women tend to have higher sex drives. So the dwarves have it figured out. ---
**Author:** ![Tactica](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tactica/32/6914_2.png) [@Tactica](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tactica)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/59 "2016-09-12T15:32:07Z")
Ulghā€¦ perhapsā€¦ but going with that line of thoughtā€¦ so, if sheā€™s being regularly ā€˜turned downā€™ with the ā€˜hair induced sex driveā€¦ā€™, doesnā€™t that just result in perma-PMS-from-Hell Gimlee the Dwarven Hairy Maiden? I mean, just sayin, after being turned away so often with ramped up sex drive, wouldnā€™t olā€™ girl pertty much be in a perma-bad mood? LOL, what male still holding a man-card wants any of that action anyway? Then, in effort to gain more affections, does she end up cutting all that beard off and dawning the most dwarven revealing outfit in the land, in hopes of turning the favor of the opposite sex into her favor? Fast forward to some amount of sexual satisfaction being gainedā€¦ but still having to maintain that 12-oā€™clock shadowā€¦ does she quickly become the poster child of pent up sexual drive amongst the stunted wonders, creating the first dwarven females gone wild red light district - only to become Lustra the Apothecary Extrordinare, Pole Dancer General, Most Lascivious Dwarf of Krystaria? Just sayinā€¦ it could happen. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Mitheithel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mitheithel/32/2352_2.png) [@Mitheithel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mitheithel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/60 "2016-09-12T16:22:16Z")
šŸ™„ Can we please keep the mysogyny to a minimum around here? Iā€™m (not) sorry that you find the idea of a woman with a beard disgusting, but that ā€œfrustrated femaleā€ fairy tale has nothing to do with reality - women are not sex-starved bimbos just hoping for some action every minute of every day. This is a fantasy setting, I realize that, but that also means that, _like reality, where the stories take inspiration,_ some women are strong, capable, and do not need a man to complete themselves. If you want to rant about the oh-so-many things you know about female sexuality, please continue in the Sexuality in GoW thread. (Sorry, mobile makes it hard to add a link.) ---
**Author:** ![therealwetwilly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/therealwetwilly/32/4178_2.png) [@therealwetwilly](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/therealwetwilly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/61 "2016-09-12T16:40:19Z")
Fortress Gate has been summoned. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/robert/32/12802_2.png) [@Robert](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215/62 "2016-09-12T16:50:32Z")
Pretty sure @HKdirewolf already revealed he wants some of that [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/beards-of-war/12215.md?page=4)