My Syndicated Arena

They aren't going to. Just use timing. Use crystals too. Don't let them bully you. I see the game moving to a point where there will be a lot of options in Arena. Most every team can and will be able to be beaten by another. Shard chats will become less powerful and or needed.

Best bet is to join the discord chat, and either coordinate with those in your payout or change to an unoccupied payout time

They've already said they weren't going to do anything about garbage like this. On the plus side, you will very shortly be able to scan through this thread and read all the posts on how this sort of behavior is perfectly acceptable and it's your fault for not taking their "fair" deal. Some of the justifications are pretty entertaining.

Either join and become one with the scum (I have) or just learn you will always be out numbered

I don't know why you told them that you didn't want to join shard chat and work with them. You've brought this on yourself and now arena is gonna be a huge headache and you'll be lucky to get top 10.

And why? Because you really needed those extra 50 crystals every day that first gives you? You should have accepted his gracious invite and enjoyed your undisturbed place at #2.

If there is no solution for this garbage, I would prefer to leave the game and stop paying EA)

"MultUA;c-1817445" wrote:
If there is no solution for this garbage, I would prefer to leave the game and stop paying EA)

Most arena chats are thrid party apps EA have no control over that

It's human nature to want the best for yourself. Each one of those players in your shard chat also wants the best for themselves.

The overall way for the most people to get the most rewards is to coordinate so there are no wasted payouts. The guy currently getting 1st at the same time as you wants his best payout, so he coordinates with the others in the chat to get 1st. They offered you 2nd, so you can get the "best" payout without interfering with the first guy there.

Is it fair? Fair is relative. By rejecting their offer, what you have told the members of the shard chat is that you cannot be trusted not to attack the guy in 1st. Since you will not fit within the structure, you have to be kept outside of "striking distance" so you won't mess up the current system.

Conversely, if you had accepted their offer, you would be in a position to get 450c per day, assistance from the other shard chat members if someone was interfering with your payout time, and if that #1 guy quit (or took a break), you would have been able to move into the top spot.

As it is now, you are going to be targeted over and over.

Just as you had to go through a learning curve with this game - how to earn shards, how to upgrade characters, how to effectively spend crystals to improve your account - you are now having to go through a different learning curve about how to compete at the top levels of the Arena.

Edit - you will see similar situations in any other games you move to. People always try to maximize their own rewards. Some cheat, but others find ways of coordinating like this. It's human nature and you can't escape it by moving to a different game.

"xGriiMErZ;c-1817447" wrote:

"MultUA;c-1817445" wrote:
If there is no solution for this garbage, I would prefer to leave the game and stop paying EA)

Most arena chats are thrid party apps EA have no control over that

That true)
But is there any problem to change the mechanics of the arena overview?)

If you would not be able to see who is your enemy, there would be no syndicate)