Patch 0.8.16

**Patch 0.8.16 (16th November 2016)**

### Gameplay - card Strength / abilities changes:

* Changed the rarity of Legendary leaders to Epic. Players receive 600 scraps for any nonstarter Leader in their collection (to make up the difference in crafting price).
* Monster faction ability no longer keeps Gold units on the battlefield.
* Unit version of Eredin now Silver and immune to Frost.
* Unit version of Eredin now has the 'Wild Hunt' category.
* Clear Skies now only resets red (weakened) strength values.
* When Weather is removed at the end of a round, only red strength values are reset.
* Philippa no longer affects Gold cards.
* Philippa strength increased from 6 to 12.
* Philippa changed to disloyal only.
* Ice Giant loses 7 strength when Frost is removed, instead of resetting to base strength.
* Reinforced Trebuchet strength increased from 4 to 5.
* Reinforced Trebuchet damage decreased from 2 to 1.
* Reinforced Trebuchets no longer buff each other.
* Tordarroch Shieldsmith strength increased from 3 to 4.
* Tordarroch Shieldsmith buff decreased from 4 to 2.
* Sarah self buff decreased from 4 to 3.
* Nature's Gift no longer copies Gold cards.
* Added a new "Medic" category.
* Priestess of Freya cannot resurrect cards with the "Medic" category.
* Field Medic cannot resurrect cards with the "Medic" category.
* Queensguard now increases Cerys base strength.
* Elven Mercenary no longer draws and plays Gold Special Cards.
* Priscilla now draws 2 revealed cards, player chooses which one to play.
* Regis: Higher Vampire is now Silver.
* Regis: Higher Vampire strength decreased from 10 to 8.
* Dimeritium Bomb now resets Gold unit strength.
* Redanian Elite ability now only takes into account instances on your side.
* Sigrdrifa strength increased from 1 to 2.
* Restoration now grants a +2 buff to the base strength of the resurrected unit.
* Draug no longer destroys Gold units.
* Fireball Trap now spawns 1 Neophyte instead of none when target is not destroyed.
* Discarding An Craite Raiders now counts as a "discard" despite their ability being triggered.
* Returning a card to your hand from the battlefield now clears all effects, even countdown.
* Saskia now has the "Dragon" category.
* "Elf" category added to several units.
* Weather now affects Ambush cards after they are revealed.
* Ocvist now returns to player's hand even if there are no units on the opposing side.
* Borkh will not Scorch a second unit if he Scorches himself first.
* Morkvarg is now also resurrected when discarded.
* Hawker Support no longer gets buffed when destroyed by Scorch or Epidemic.
* Hawker Support ability now works correctly with cards such as Lacerate.
* Roach is now played correctly when a card is converted to Gold.
* Geralt: Igni no longer takes into account unrevealed cards.
* Cards immune to Weather display a passive icon now.
* Toruviel now reveals if your opponent's pass ends the game.
* Priscilla no longer blocks the game if she draws cards that require targets on the first turn.

### Game fixes

* Fixed issue whereby the game would crash on some PCs while opening Card Kegs.
* Fixed issue whereby losing Internet connection while selecting a Rare card from an opened Card Keg would block users from entering the Shop upon reconnection.
* Fixed issue whereby the player would not get a reward after leveling up.
* Fixed some issues involving infinite loading screens.
* Game stability after suffering from connection losses has been improved.
* Fixed minor Russian language issues.
* Fixed several font issues in Brazilian Portuguese.
* Fixed issue whereby your counterpart would lose input when entering Deck Builder after you canceled a Friend Match.
* Fixed issue whereby using a card received as a reward in a deck in multiplayer required a restart in order to save the deck.
* Fixed performance drops when browsing through lots of cards in a graveyard.
* Fixed issue whereby mashing buttons would lead to input loss.
* Fixed several issues in the Tutorials.
* Fixed issue whereby "Mill Spare Cards Failure" pop-up persisted on screen after attempting to mill while disconnected.
* Milling cards using the keyboard is now possible.
* Improved selection highlights.
* Fixed various typos in all languages.
* Fixed issue whereby viewing a graveyard from which a Ghoul is currently consuming a unit would desynchronize the game.
* Fixed issue whereby registering the Keg received after finishing the Tutorial in some users' accounts would result in an error and directions to contact support.

### Game polishes

* A large number of tooltips have been reworded or corrected across all languages (including Torrential Rain, Warcry, Ice Giant, Thunderbolt, and Nekker Warrior).
* New sound effects for cards (Blue Stripes Commando, Pavetta, Sabrina, Sile, Sarah, Vrihedd Vanguard, Igni, Scoia'tael Leaders).
* New Good Game notification icon.
* Tweaks and improvements to Collection layout.
* Now possible to quit the game from the Sign In screen.
* Decreased downtime between crafting multiple cards.
* The AI has been improved and should provide more of a challenge.
* Card Kegs are now sorted differently in the Shop.
* Improved visibility of Gold borders on the board.