Brawl Frays Riftwatchers Update

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It's the talk of the town, a ripple of excitement spreading through the common room of every inn frequented by the great Gladiators. In their latest Frightening Organization of Menacing Channelers (FOMC) meeting, the Guild Masters announced they will be shaking up the rules of engagement to bring new competitive spirit to Brawling! Rumor has it their decision is a result of the Riftwatchers taking a keen interest in the proceedings, and wanting to get in on the action themselves.

A lot has changed in Splinterlands during the course of this year. We've seen a revamp of the Ranked Rewards system, the introduction of Modern & Wild battle formats, the coming of SPS rewards, and a whole brand new card set in Riftwatchers.

However, Brawl Frays have not kept up with the pace of change. We haven't had a significant update to the cards allowed for use in various Frays since Chaos Legion was added earlier this year. Now that Riftwatchers has been out for a while, it's time for some much needed Fray updates.

We will be making the following changes, which will become effective on November 23 EDT, during the results phase of the current Brawl cycle. This means guilds will start seeing the impact of these changes in the next Brawl.

Note: in the below lists, Frays highlighted in bold are the ones that will be changing. Other Frays remain the same.

Edition Legend:

Chaos = Chaos Legion
RW = Riftwatchers
U+D+C+RW = Untamed + Dice + Chaos Legion + Riftwatchers
A+B+P+R = Alpha + Beta + Promo + Reward

Tier 1

Fray #	Current Frays			New Frays
1	All	Regular	Novice
2	All	Regular	Novice
3	Chaos	Regular	Novice	Chaos + RW
4	Alpha + Beta	Regular	Novice	U+D+C+RW
5	All	Regular	Bronze
6	All	Regular	Bronze
7	Chaos	Regular	Bronze	Chaos + RW
8	All	Regular	Silver
9	All	Regular	Silver
10	Chaos	Regular	Silver	Chaos + RW
11	All	Gold Foil	Bronze
12	Chaos	Gold Foil	Bronze	Chaos + RW
13	All	Gold Foil	Silver	U+D+C+RW	Gold Foil	Bronze

Tier 2

Fray #	Current Frays			New Frays
1	All	Regular	Novice
2	Chaos	Regular	Novice	Chaos + RW
3	All	Regular	Bronze
4	All	Regular	Bronze
5	Chaos	Regular	Bronze	Chaos + RW
6	Alpha + Beta	Regular	Bronze	A+B+P+R
7	All	Regular	Silver
8	All	Regular	Silver
9	Chaos	Regular	Silver	Chaos + RW
10	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Silver	U+D+C+RW
11	All	Regular	Gold
12	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Gold	U+D+C+RW
13	All	Gold Foil	Bronze
14	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Gold Foil	Bronze	U+D+C+RW
15	All	Gold Foil	Silver
16	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Gold Foil	Silver	U+D+C+RW

Tier 3

Fray #	Current Frays			New Frays
1	All	Regular	Bronze
2	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Bronze	U+D+C+RW
3	All	Regular	Silver
4	All	Regular	Silver
5	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Silver	U+D+C+RW
6	Alpha	Regular	Silver	A+B+P+R
7	All	Regular	Gold
8	All	Regular	Gold
9	All	Regular	Gold
10	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Gold	U+D+C+RW
11	Alpha Beta Promo Reward	Regular	Gold
12	All	Regular	Max
13	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Max	U+D+C+RW
14	All	Gold Foil	Bronze
15	All	Gold Foil	Silver
16	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Gold Foil	Silver	U+D+C+RW
17	All	Gold Foil	Gold
18	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Gold Foil	Gold	U+D+C+RW

Tier 4

Tiers 4 & 5 will have minimal changes for now, as only a few guilds have reached Tier 4 and none at all have reached Tier 5. The only change in these Tiers is to add Riftwatchers to all the Chaos Legion Frays, but we still list the complete set of Frays below as it may be of interest to some players to see what Tiers 4 & 5 look like.

Fray #	Current Frays			New Frays
1	All	Regular	Silver
2	All	Regular	Silver
3	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Silver	U+D+C+RW
4	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Silver	U+D+C+RW
5	All	Regular	Gold
6	All	Regular	Gold
7	All	Regular	Gold
8	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Gold	U+D+C+RW
9	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Gold	U+D+C+RW
10	Alpha	Regular	Gold
11	All	Regular	Max
12	All	Regular	Max
13	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Max	U+D+C+RW
14	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Max	U+D+C+RW
15	Alpha Beta Promo Reward	Regular	Max
16	All	Gold Foil	Bronze
17	All	Gold Foil	Silver
18	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Gold Foil	Silver	U+D+C+RW
19	All	Gold Foil	Gold
20	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Gold Foil	Gold	U+D+C+RW
21	All	Gold Foil	Max

Tier 5

Fray #	Current Frays			New Frays
1	All	Regular	Silver
2	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Silver	U+D+C+RW
3	All	Regular	Gold
4	All	Regular	Gold
5	All	Regular	Gold
6	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Gold	U+D+C+RW
7	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Gold	U+D+C+RW
8	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Gold	U+D+C+RW
9	All	Regular	Max
10	All	Regular	Max
11	All	Regular	Max
12	All	Regular	Max
13	All	Regular	Max
14	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Max	U+D+C+RW
15	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Max	U+D+C+RW
16	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Regular	Max	U+D+C+RW
17	Alpha	Regular	Max
18	Alpha Beta Promo Reward	Regular	Max
19	All	Gold Foil	Silver
20	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Gold Foil	Silver	U+D+C+RW
21	All	Gold Foil	Gold
22	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Gold Foil	Gold	U+D+C+RW
23	Alpha Beta Promo Reward	Gold Foil	Gold
24	All	Gold Foil	Max
25	Untamed + Dice + Chaos	Gold Foil	Max	U+D+C+RW

Going Forward

This round of updates has the following goals in mind:

Let players use Riftwatchers in Brawls.
Tackle concerns about Alpha Frays not being accessible enough in lower Tiers due to the difficulty of obtaining / renting these older cards.

Another guiding principle is that in general we want difficulty to progress from gentle in Tier 1 to very demanding by Tier 5. This led to the decision to adjust the final Gold Foil Fray of Tier 1, which we felt was too demanding for an introductory Tier.

Our strategy with this and future Fray changes is to make small incremental balance adjustments, observe the effect & get feedback, and then consider the next round of adjustments. You can expect a fresh round of updates every few months or so as we strive to keep Frays in sync with the general evolution of the game.

Happy Brawling! As always, we look forward to seeing you in the Arena!

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