[MEGA] State of the Galaxy: November 2021

I LOVE THIS CHANGE!!

All caps by accident but actually, I'll leave it.

Arena climb for me had become a 2hr marathon every day to climb from about 50 to 1st with at least 50 crystals spent to do it. Once in a blue moon 150 crystals if I'd fallen even further. But it felt like I needed to do it, as I could, and the alternative of spending the cash for the same crystals is not on the cards.

That is with 2 accounts, so 15-20 arena fights a day, switching between accounts making for almost continuous playing for 2 hours a day, plus the fleet climb. I was very close to burnt out, and would likely have just given up on the whole game if I gave up on the crystal income.

Grand arena on the other hand I always played because I enjoy the challenge, even though the rewards were just ok.

I much prefer the grand arena format for several reasons:
I get to use more than just the one squad.
I get to attack more than just 2 or 3 different enemy squads.
I can play my battles at any time of the day that suits me. (This is a really big plus for me)
I don't have to do it every single day.

So to me up to 11 squad fights per account every other day is a big drop in effort required, so I'm fine with it being for less crystals. Also in the past I would have been doing those grand arena fights on top of 15-20 arena battles anyway, so it's a big win in my books.

I expect the first few rounds to be horrible as the initial skill seeding will make for terrible matches (as it will be based purely off gp), but everyone will quickly shift to the point where they actually have a decent chance of winning.