Live arena feedback

[Zio]

You can tell the guy responsible for forcing live arena via daily/advanced quests to get bent. If anything, it makes me hate it even more and I'm not going to bother with that piece of garbage again. The trouble I have to go through even to just ATTEMPT at getting this done is not worth the marginal gains. And marginal is an overstatement. The amount of crests gained is a joke, that they have a 1:1 conversion rate even moreso. PVP always sucks, doubly so in P2W games, especially if matchmaking can hardly be called matchmaking when there is little to nothing I can even remotely see that would say I am on the level of the opponents I'm presented with. Lost 9 out of 10 and that one time I was lucky because it was mostly a mirror match and my enemy was probably in the same position as I was the rest of the matches. And that's just on top of my previous complaints about this. If this now means I'll never get the additional energy refresh then so be it, then screw live arena. It certainly takes some olympic gold medal levels of mental gymsnastics to think this would make me spend more money on the game rather than abandoning it entirely. That train of thought only makes sense when there is a realistic chance of improving my odds (generally speaking, I'm certainly not going to spend a penny no matter how guaranteed I get whatever number of champions).

Certainly is a great learning opportunity for myself though. Gotta keep the good ol' "It's just a game" in mind and just not get bothered by it as much. Makes me feel real silly being upset about not being able to play properly/at all over the last couple days and weeks. Guess I dodged a bullet not being able to enter the fancy bastion thingy because I don't want to join a bigger clan.

I know there's going to be the usual community manager who apparently has to reply to these complaint/vent posts and at least to you, I am sorry, I hope you at least get paid enough for that to be worth it!

[Zio]

Being able to skip/reroll one per day would be great, even if it meant forfeiting the reward for it.

[Oracle Plarium CM]

Hi there! It appears that I happen to be the usual community manager you mentioned. And yeah, I can see your point. I'll pass your feedback on to game designers.

On the bright side, however, as some other players pointed out, if the only Advanced quest you have per day that is related to PvP is the one about Live Arena, it provides you with a sense of certainty, as you know in advance what quest exactly you'll have to do.

In any event, your feedback has been noted. Thank you for sharing your opinion.

[Zio]

pulling my main tl;dr questions ahead because reasons:
1. I know you can't say which, but could you say whether there are already more collaboration champions planned? I will hate not getting the main event champion but getting someone else in exchange is something to look forward to
2. I'd like to ask for minimal amounts of prism shards earnable outside the current reward plans. Like adding 5 into the monthly login bonuses or as a lesser tier reward for events (top row) or tournaments (lower half). The overall amount of earnable shards wouldn't need to change, ie remove 5 from the top tier reward and put them in more achievable place. This way, it's not giving away much but one can at least accumulate a few points over the course of several events even if it's not enough for a given present summon event.



Initially didn't think about answering that much but I've done some more thinking because morbid curiosity and thick-headed persistence got the better of me (time and again, sheesh)...I don't think I've lost a single match since and I feel very sorry for the people losing to me on that one match I play just to get it over with. Really hoping there's a chance for a skip feature for quests in the future. I know you can't say whether any of it would or could happen, let alone guarantee it, just saying for the record.

A little puzzled I still am regarding that certainty. I know this can be a thing for health issues to at least know what you're dealing with but...well, on second thought, I guess that right there is a fitting analogy, treating PvP like an uncurable disease. PvP always sucks and is always broken, the question is just what the meta is and how everyone has agreed upon to break the system just to see who breaks them most efficiently. Just saying this because it's not unique to this game, but since it's a game I do play AND with PvP features being a core element, it bears repeating.

Wanted to make an extra topic for this but I think I'll add this as an aside, I am very pleased with the Skeletor chase thingy! He-Man got me good and I was even willing to pay money for him but sweet zombie jeebus, never looked at what the premium pass cost because I'm nowhere near being a whale but yowza, that's not exactly lying around money for me. The only question regarding that, that I have, is moot. Because there is no chance ever to detach the champion from all other rewards to make a pass purchase feasible for someone like me. Because I could perfectly *pass* on all those rewards that bloat those prices but I know that's the point so yeah...even if my absolutely MOST favourite characters were turned into champions, I would never pay that kind of money for them.
From Xena I guess it has at least been learned not to lack something in exchange for it, though there was at least a chance to summon her while she was present, so far I don't see anything where He-Man could be summoned but he is already listed as not available from any shard, I don't have many this time around anyway, I was unlucky with Xena even though I did have quite some on hand. Well I was thinking of asking for more options for long term unlockables but I remembered Doom Tower is still a thing...and my question would have been BECAUSE of Searsha, this thing takes over 5 years to complete without purchases, I gladly take Morag though, even though I already do have her I will be presented with the tough decision to fuse her or add to the faction guardians. Most of the epics in all of them are still open, and I have yet to occupy a single legendary pair. This intermission one certainly does help a bit but in my case it luckily is not that necessary, right now I just wonder whether plarium points are added for both of them or just one before it resumes the other (the latter would suck, tbh, couldn't tell now because I redeemed the ones I get today already way earlier).

edit: of course I'm getting wrecked 4 times and then wreck one poor sucker myself after posting this because I know not to jynx stuff but do it anyways...also plarium points count for Morag and Searsha tracks so at least that is a clear plus

[Oracle Plarium CM]

Sorry for the delayed response.
1. Yep, there are some integration campaigns that we are considering currently. Cannot share much more, tbh.
2. I've noted your request, but cannot really promise anything at this point. Our current idea about prism shards is for them to be earned through in-game activities first and foremost, and not via gradual accumulation with time.

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Live arena is unmitigated cancer, and the fact that you have to put up with it to get the best equipment sets is incredibly soul sucking. I just quit playing, and I'm better for it.

[Zio]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥:

Live arena is unmitigated cancer, and the fact that you have to put up with it to get the best equipment sets is incredibly soul sucking. I just quit playing, and I'm better for it.

Similar here. I've set my own deadline for when I can't win a single time in 10 attempts. Making me think why I should wait for that to happen and not quit right away.

[Desher]

I'm in the gold III live arena and I win most of the fights. dudes, we just need a little more creativity. It's not just about equipment.