# January Dev Q&A Summary **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [January 19, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083 "2018-01-19T03:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Courtaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/courtaud/32/20160_2.png) [@Courtaud](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Courtaud)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/61 "2018-01-19T16:58:18Z")
In short, you don’t know how to counter TDS. ---
**Author:** ![Venar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/venar/32/36634_2.png) [@Venar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Venar)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/62 "2018-01-19T17:02:57Z")
I have Mab too. But, once he cast, it’s out my hands until my turn comes back. But if you wanna be snarky: In short, you can only play with OP cards. (Seriously man, every player know that the TDS/Krystenax dragon is the « easy skill-less » team. It’s definitly the best to use for beginners, it wins by just looking at it. ) ---
**Author:** ![Courtaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/courtaud/32/20160_2.png) [@Courtaud](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Courtaud)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/63 "2018-01-19T17:08:39Z")
> [@Venar](#): > > In short, you can only play with OP cards. If you say so. > [@Venar](#): > > I have Mab too. Use her. ---
**Author:** ![Venar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/venar/32/36634_2.png) [@Venar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Venar)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/64 "2018-01-19T17:10:40Z")
Cool, i’m glad . You just fixed the game. If we all use X, TDS, X, Mab, then all is fixed and fine with GoW. 👍👍 ---
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/65 "2018-01-19T17:11:41Z")
> [@Sheba](#): > > No more AI sliders because people were not very good with them (like pulling red all the way up and the team didn’t need red). ![20180119_105123](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/5/b/5bc3ebd1b66ba8896dc85aa5e0255781e35d15cd.jpg) Gone way too soon. 😔 ---
**Author:** ![Lilith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@Lilith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lilith)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/66 "2018-01-19T17:11:54Z")
Liking the NERF to silly TDS. A single troop should not be an AOE damage dealer, mana generator and insanely hard to kill, especially when not mythic. Yes shod burn in NERF land with infernus ---
**Author:** ![AngryMidget](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/angrymidget/32/10478_2.png) [@AngryMidget](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/AngryMidget)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/67 "2018-01-19T17:12:13Z")
Can this not be kept civil? It’s a great post by @Sheba Let’s not get it locked. Take it to PMs of you have to. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Courtaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/courtaud/32/20160_2.png) [@Courtaud](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Courtaud)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/68 "2018-01-19T17:13:54Z")
> [@Venar](#): > > Cool, i’m glad . You just fixed the game. > > If we all use X, TDS, X, Mab, then all is fixed and fine with GoW. > > 👍👍 Use Mab _against_ TDS. ---
**Author:** ![Venar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/venar/32/36634_2.png) [@Venar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Venar)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/69 "2018-01-19T17:15:49Z")
My apology. /civility hat back on. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/70 "2018-01-19T17:22:03Z")
What’d you say about my Infernus?\* He’s the only reason I still play. \*Said With civilness ---
**Author:** ![Courtaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/courtaud/32/20160_2.png) [@Courtaud](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Courtaud)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/71 "2018-01-19T17:22:13Z")
Sorry, I’m emotional about TDS. I love him, it saved my sanity when I was about to quit the game. And yes, he’s powerful but what really matters is the team he’s in. But I’m not using him in my defenses because he’s too squishy. For whatever reasons I had abysmal stats when I had him in defense. Or maybe at the time AI played it badly. Now RNG rains cascades and skulls to help the defense, whatever troop is in it, so AI’s choices aren’t all too important. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/72 "2018-01-19T17:25:28Z")
They are changing Mana shield. So he’d go from a little OP to super OP. A Mana Generator that cannot be Mana drained sounds like a horrible idea. They are getting it right in this case. And will still be useful after the nerf… Unlike his brother from another mother… The infamous Bone Dragon. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/73 "2018-01-19T17:27:20Z")
I feel like I’m still in shock from reading that TDS is in more Defenses than Psion. Where are these Defenses at? And how can I play them? ---
**Author:** ![Courtaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/courtaud/32/20160_2.png) [@Courtaud](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Courtaud)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/74 "2018-01-19T17:29:47Z")
> [@awryan](#): > > I feel like I’m still in shock from reading that TDS is in more Defenses than Psion. > > Where are these Defenses at? And how can I play them? Middle game, I suspect. All-Dragons defenses are thick on the groubnd there. @Slypenslyde Slypenslyde reported about that, Dragons being THE meta there. > [@awryan](#): > > A Mana Generator that cannot be Mana drained sounds like a horrible idea. …TDS can be Mana drained. And how. > [@awryan](#): > > The infamous Bone Dragon. Poor thing, nerfed in so many way. ☹ Useful still, mind you. Only he’s not anymore the Doomsday Weapon he used to be. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/75 "2018-01-19T17:43:30Z")
> [@Sheba](#): > > Mana Shield will get Mana Drain immunity (one of the reasons TDS will lose Mana Shield), but Impervious will not. @Courtaud So yeah… It makes sense that they are going to change the troop. ---
**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/76 "2018-01-19T17:51:19Z")
> [@Sheba](#): > > Mana Shield will get Mana Drain immunity (one of the reasons TDS will lose Mana Shield), but Impervious will not. Does it include mana steal immunity? ---
**Author:** ![Courtaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/courtaud/32/20160_2.png) [@Courtaud](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Courtaud)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/77 "2018-01-19T17:53:52Z")
> [@awryan](#): > > So yeah… It makes sense that they are going to change the troop. What about the other troops with Mana Shield? Everybody OK with a Nix that cannot be drained? _Anariel_? They don’t generate Mana? ---
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/78 "2018-01-19T17:56:29Z")
Neither do damage as well as generate Mana. I took care of your one question. So I’m going to stop answering before your next. “What about”. ---
**Author:** ![Courtaud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/courtaud/32/20160_2.png) [@Courtaud](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Courtaud)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/79 "2018-01-19T18:11:41Z")
> [@awryan](#): > > A Mana Generator that cannot be Mana drained sounds like a horrible idea. > [@awryan](#): > > I took care of your one question. By not answering it. I salute you. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083/80 "2018-01-19T18:28:50Z")
> [@Courtaud](#): > > TDS can be Mana drained. And how. > > awryan: I was talking about this question. I stand behind my statement. A mana creater that can’t be drained is still a horrible idea. But they only addressed that they were going to change TDS. Most likely because he does so damage and creates Mana. Are you upset that I don’t want to play with you? Lol. Have a nice day. 😊 [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083.md?page=3) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/january-dev-q-a-summary/35083.md?page=5)