Talk:High Stakes/@comment-219.92.197.253-20170812143234

After the 1.10 update there is a gameplay menu option to adjust "Gwent difficulty level". The AI opponents don't exactly have fixed decks, which is the issue: they react to how you play. Use a crappy dack and see how they play versus if you use your best deck against them. I got stuck on the second battle (unending spy/decoy spam) until I lowered the Gwent difficulty level and stopped playing spies myself. Voila, creamed her in the first attempt.

Quest is missing one round - after you beat Sasha, you're immediately played against the racist half elf Finneas. Fortunately I beat him on the first attempt as well, otherwise this would be a serious rage-inducing moment as you'd have to hope there's an autosave you can fish out (because the alternative would be having to beat Sasha... again).

He gets pissed you win and starts fisting you (level 27), which is kind of a late warning if you're underleveled. As usual, the Undying combat skill (when vit reaches 0, it gets restored provided you have some adrenaline) will be a lifesaver. Didn't try to lose this fight to see what happens, as the prospect of having to reload and go through both Gwent opponents again was too horrible to contemplate.