Grand Arena Championships MEGATHREAD

I can understand not wanting to give players a new 7* character for free. Kind of like what happened with Malak after people unlocked with 5* the whales and players in top guilds were able to 7* him almost instantly. However what the dev's could do is alternate characters in the stores that already exist. Take some of the cantina farm toons or heaven for bid the hard node farms and put them in those shops. This would be a way of helping the lowered end players catch up on certain farms needed to unlock legendary toons.

"Asifab;c-1873025" wrote:
Kind of like what happened with Malak after people unlocked with 5* the whales and players in top guilds were able to 7* him almost instantly.

Players still had to save whilst being in the top guilds to get 7* Malak. If you didnt have a stock pile saved you probably still wont have a 7* Malak. I know I dont

You can tell which players in this thread are going to be in Carbonite league and which ones will be advancing by the end of this season

The reason they are introducing new stores is because players have stockpiled a lot of currency in existing stores, so that new content won't remain premium and will be quickly acquired by most

They can't make an arms race when dropping powerful toons in existing stores or control bottleneck gear salvage if everyone is already in the finish line

I am really excited about this game mode and think it looks great. GA is my second favorite game mode (after TW) andthis looks like it ups the stakes in a good way.

That said, I am a bit worried about "earning banners" being a part of how you climb the ranks. Earning banners should only contribute to that insofar as it allows you to win a GA battle, but should not factor into your championship score at all, as banners are very dependent on the opposition you face. In fact, the harder your opposition, the less banners you will score in victory, yet the more that victory should be "worth". If I beat up on some scrub, I can usually get away with half teams and earn full protection bonuses, even when I put my strongest teams on defense. If I'm facing a tough opponent, I am lucky to get all first attack victories, and will certainly score less banners than in the easier case. Yet this victory was vs a stronger opponent.

Finally, banners are dependent on strategies, and you will earn less banners vs an opponent who goes full defense and never attacks you then vs that exact same opponent if he sets a weak defense to hold teams for attack.

That's my only real point of concern for what you've presented so far, which looks like a lot of fun!

I like the sound of this! It should make people go back to maxing out all their characters and not leaving them on level 1, 7*. You want your power high to get in those better leagues and the better rewards.

Sounds a really good idea on paper and I look forward to playing!

Unless they deal with Malak and Revan, GAs will be just waste of time.
So, Any plans on allowing to bit Malak, CG? Or this “tournament” will be only among those who have them (and any other cow money you introduce)?

"Only the best" aka the under-inflated...

Hopefully I'll finally get to enjoy fights once I reach higher tiers. Its getting annoying, setting a defence and then my opponent doesn't bother to attack or lets a random defence set.

Least with this, I can win and lose knowing the fact I battled hard for it. (Well as hard as my wallet took me that is :P)

"TheSaint;c-1873014" wrote:

Well said.