The Arena Challenges

[Scott-O]

I discovered this today and quickly got to "rematch" where i remain stuck. I looked around and saw this is a common frustration. My point of this thread is that this is a real head scratcher for me. Why the developers chose to include this frustration in a process of getting legendary weapons is puzzling.

Building on my Gear Improvement Frustration thread, it seems clear that obtaining legendary weapons is meant for the absolutely devoted grinders as it really isn't needed to finish the game. I would have liked it to be different but there it is.

Curious if anyone sees it differently.

[Jan]

I did a few arena runs to get an legendary armor. I won´t bother with the weapons because the purple ones are more than enough. I have them fully upgraded and the grind to upgrade legendary stuff is not usefull. I rather enjoy the game.

[Holografix]

I like the Arena rematches. I think they're very well done because the rematches force you to think about how to defeat the machines without using overpowered outfits/weapons.

The first rematch pits Aloy against a Slitherfang. You have to study the Machine Catalog and figure out which one of your supplied weapons works against it, and where the machines weak points are. It's a tough match, but it's fun.

[Hydra_360ci]

you could look at it that way... Or realize that they did it so you'd just continue playing.

[Holografix]

Originally posted by Hydra_360ci:

you could look at it that way... Or realize that they did it so you'd just continue playing.

it's not a dev trick or deception. the arena isn't there to trick you into playing more of the game. it's just cool content.

[Noelemahc]

Don't forget that your forced kit includes a prefixed Valor skill, try to build your approach around it (in the Slitherfang's case it's to make it go into full acid status effect mode faster).

[Traciges]

Keep in mind that you can always set the difficulty to the lowest and u will almost one shot every machine in the arena

[Evilsod]

Change to Story difficulty.
Clear the entire Arena in <30 minutes.
Buy all equipment.
Change back to your original difficulty.

You can access these fights ridiculously early, with crap gear, on any difficulty, and they always have the same time limit. They are not a well made challenge, not even the ones with fixed equipment.
I had an easier time on NG+ UH (I did the first 4 for another Instant Brittle Chance coil) than on my original attempts on VH, just because my gear was so much better, and I had max hp.

[Thornok]

yes its fun ... dont do it if you dont like it.

there are other things i skip.