# Blowing Off Steam
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153
**Category:** Official News
**Created:** [September 6, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153 "2026-09-06T23:00:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Gems-of-War](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gems-of-War)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/1 "2026-09-06T23:00:18Z")
Originally published at: [https://gemsofwar.com/blowing-off-steam/](https://gemsofwar.com/blowing-off-steam/)
Epic Troop: Steam Elemental Steam Elemental will be available this week for 400 Glory in the shop as well as in Event Chests, and will appear in Glory, Gem, and Guild chests in 3-4 weeks’ time. New Doomed Weapon: Doomed Pendant This week it will be available in both the Tower of Doom shop, and…
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### Author:  [@gow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/gow)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/2 "2026-09-07T03:23:13Z")
Why is this ToD yellow but Blackhawk is brown?
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### Author:  [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/3 "2026-09-07T04:15:23Z")
My understanding was that Tower of Doom events are not dependant on the Kingdom, so they don’t always match
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### Author:  [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/4 "2026-09-07T07:01:41Z")
Report it here if you find Knight of Cups! Thanks
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### Author:  [@STUB](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/STUB)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/5 "2026-09-07T08:49:29Z")
Is there a boosted drop rate for the king of cups???
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### Author:  [@Supa-N00b](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Supa-N00b)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/6 "2026-09-07T08:55:06Z")
Why would there be?
This has never happened, and likely never will
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### Author:  [@Warflower](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Warflower)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/7 "2026-09-07T08:58:10Z")
Well the drop rate is no longer zero. Does that count as a boost?
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### Author:  [@NeverPlayer](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NeverPlayer)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/8 "2026-09-07T09:26:39Z")
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### Author:  [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/9 "2026-09-07T09:45:37Z")
> [@Supa-N00b](#):
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> Why would there be?
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> This has never happened, and likely never will
There supposedly is a boosted drop rate:
> [@Changes to Cedric's Rewards](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/changes-to-cedrics-rewards/83090/1):
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> The chance of getting any Tarot card is roughly equal to the chance of getting any other Tarot Card with a small bonus for the latest one released into the pool.
However, the community was never able to verify this, so it might as well not exist. The same post also contains one other prominent false claim, making the whole announcement highly dubious.
> [@Changes to Cedric's Rewards](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/changes-to-cedrics-rewards/83090/1):
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> This means Tarot cards will automatically be added to the Vault Rewards 4 weeks after the event they first appear in has ended.
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### Author:  [@Supa-N00b](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Supa-N00b)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/10 "2026-09-07T10:11:30Z")
Im convinced that 95% of what Kafka and subsequently Jeto say is merely lip service
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### Author:  [@STUB](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/STUB)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/11 "2026-09-07T11:46:58Z")
Well im 300 keys in and no sign of the thing…
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### Author:  [@STUB](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/STUB)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/12 "2026-09-07T12:03:47Z")
301 keys XD
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### Author:  [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/13 "2026-09-07T12:41:40Z")
Not that I’m planning to spend any Event Keys, but as a public service…
… are we going to have another “Weaver-gate” situation where only the one mythic is available in Event Key chests between now and reset on Friday morning? Because I cannot recall us having this explicit scenario since then, when the “kingdom of the week” matches the kingdom of the mythic released the Friday immediately previous.
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### Author:  [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/14 "2026-09-07T18:13:18Z")
I must admit, trying to get a certain tarrot card is exceptionally depressing.
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### Author:  [@redtoadstool](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/redtoadstool)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/15 "2026-09-07T21:24:00Z")
I unfortunately pulled another sharktopus from event keys, so can confirm it’s in there.
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### Author:  [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/17 "2026-09-10T21:14:55Z")
The fact that I’m the first to complain about how 🐕💩 this guild wars week is speaks volumes. GoW community has become silent not of enjoyment but because they have given up hope.
For the love of God less restrictions = more enjoyment, not less.
Here’s an idea, 1 vs 4 matches in guild wars. Hard to see the difference when I have to use sucky troops but the AI defense can be an unstoppable loop. I don’t expect the best minds in the world to give up cancer cures to focus on a video game being fun. Just 1% more effort then the zero percent used right now is all I ask please.
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### Author:  [@Sighton](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sighton)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/18 "2026-09-10T21:44:52Z")
Gotta say
I liked swords edge. Liked sin of maraj.
But forest of thorns. Sucks a big fat one. No fun at all.
No synergy, with troops and weapons.
No way to build a good team. Even the immortal is pants.
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### Author:  [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/19 "2026-09-10T22:07:11Z")
Green Seer is a cheap-and-easy way to quickly fill most of FoT’s heavy hitters. Just saying.
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### Author:  [@Sighton](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sighton)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/20 "2026-09-10T22:09:30Z")
Il try that tomorrow. The problem is. Sll the heavy hitters are green. So you fill 1. He hits. Then your waiting.
I tried a troll. It works. But using the dragon and any other. is still 3 hits to kill enemy.
Just not happening.
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### Author:  [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/blowing-off-steam/90153/21 "2026-09-11T00:42:23Z")
The team I went with today? A relatively hassle-free 5-0, albeit against lackluster competition?
Hero in the lead spot with the blue/brown exploder weapon that summons/buffs FoT troops. Archer where I could, but mostly Elementalist for the 3rd trait. (I don’t _like_ using Elementalist like that, but it’s necessary in this game mode.)
Green Seer at #2.
Yasmine’s Chosen at #3. I didn’t always cast her immediately when she filled, if I had the option to cast one of the other non-Hero troops to loop some more. I _did_ try to cast her when the board already had a fair amount of Green with the idea that I’d loop her a few times.
Alderfather at #4. I _like_ the double converters (for board control, which is my thing) and I use them a fair amount. Also, because he summons, and because he also has an entangle-on-match trait. (Running three separate entangle-ish traits helps with survivability against skyfalling skulls.)
Yes, it can take several casts from Yasmine’s Chosen to kill the opposition team and that can be an issue if she isn’t looping. (Because time, inefficiency, and how it impacts GW scoring.) But that wasn’t my only significant damage source.
Forest of Thorns is a pretty wretched kingdom for Guild Wars. But some of them just happen to be that way. They can’t all be Chrysantherax/Stellaris/Takshaka/Zarg spam.
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