4x speed doesn't also accelerate the arena clock

That seems kind of dumb to speed up the timer. Time out teams would love this change. There are zero advantages on offense with the current setup. How many times would you time out on offense if this change happened?

To add to this, if you speed up the timer by x4 you’re looking at a one minute and 15 second match. That seems like a fun time to try to win a match.

Terrible idea,

The 2x and 4x were introduced as a direct result of people complaint that you can’t fight enough in five minutes to win. Hence the reference to time out teams. Either way, whether it’s for that reason, or simply to expedite the time spent in a match. Increasing the timer speed is completely counterproductive to the exact reasons why they put 2x and 4x in game in the first place.

Do not try to fix something that is not broken.

What you are describing is absolutely an intended effect. The devs explained that this was the case when they introduced 4x speed. As others have said, to change this would be terrible.

Oh can you imagine the carnage on this board if that was a thing.

The cheaters wouldn't mind of course, it'd just speed up their cheating.

"GhostTruckin;c-1603572" wrote:
Terrible idea,

The 2x and 4x were introduced as a direct result of people complaint that you can’t fight enough in five minutes to win.

Then why not just increase the clock instead of punishing players who prefer to savor the game?

It appears that the players are now competing with the devs for "worst idea in game". The players are making excellent pogress.

"Tryxa;c-1605112" wrote:

"GhostTruckin;c-1603572" wrote:
Terrible idea,

The 2x and 4x were introduced as a direct result of people complaint that you can’t fight enough in five minutes to win.

Then why not just increase the clock instead of punishing players who prefer to savor the game?

Beacause i will lock you out for 20 mins out of your payout.

"Tryxa;d-176181" wrote:
I noticed the other day that when you set arena matches to 4x speed, the arena timer remains at a 1x speed.

There is no feature/option to increase the speed of arena matches. There is, however, an option to increase the animation speed — and that's what it does.

"Tryxa;c-1605112" wrote:

"GhostTruckin;c-1603572" wrote:
Terrible idea,

The 2x and 4x were introduced as a direct result of people complaint that you can’t fight enough in five minutes to win.

Then why not just increase the clock instead of punishing players who prefer to savor the game?

There are plenty of other spaces in the game to run at 1x speed and get the full effects of the beautifully designed animations. I agree that they are worth savoring... from time to time. I would contend that for Arena purposes, the 4x gameplay actually rewards players by allowing developers to create more complex mechanics, thus resulting in even more beautifully designed animations! That you'll get to savor outside of squad arena.

Eye roll