PSA: Not everyone in your arena shard has the same payout time as you. Reddit repost
TL:DR: Few but not all people in your shard share your payout time. If you don't want trouble, don't attack people close to the top of the hour.
What this means: If you are not a part of a shard chat and are climbing the ladder during some other time besides 1 hr before your payout you could be making an enemy (who will be enjoying specifically targeting you in the future) by accidentally sniping someone. If that person is a part of a shard chat, you may be making much more than just 1 enemy. In my personal experience, if you are sniping people outside of your payout regularly, it does not take much to convince others to target you. Also, I realize this may not be as applicable for people not in top 25-50 or so, but is very applicable to top 10.
How payouts are different
The payout time depends on time zones. Specifically, which time zone you were in (and what time of the year since it doesn't change for DST) when you started the game. It will always be 6pm of the timezone you are in when you start. It will vary to either 5pm or 7pm due to DST.
I thought this was unnecessary but the number of people who have joined our shard chat recently have proven me otherwise. If you're not in a shard chat, I would highly recommend trying to find one via the official forums or the occasional thread on here that pops up.
Ok, so I did not anticipate a lot of people interpreting it the way they did. I am not trying to say that people can't play when they want to. Sometimes life happens and the only times when you can play is inconvenient for others. Myself, those in my shard chat, and I'm sure most others understand that life happens sometimes so we don't target people just because they sniped us once or twice. But, it's not hard to see if it's happening consistently. Again, I'm not trying to say you can't play when you want to. However, also don't try to pretend that your actions never have (or should never have) consequences.If you are sniping people out of their payouts regularly, whether on purpose or not, if they care people will do what they can to prevent that. I'm not saying this is something that should be happening or not, merely that it does. You can prevent all of this by creating/joining a shard chat because then you can know when people's payouts are so that you can try to prevent targeting them. Plus, it can make your gaming experience much more fun. I am really glad I found some people on my shard, it has opened up a new community to talk about the game or critique each other's arena teams. We're pretty chill for the most part... except in cases where people are regularly sniped. If you're not apart of a shard chat, and usually attacking people 10-15 minutes before the top of the hour, consider waiting until after the top of the hour instead.
Edit: Here is the official forum link to shard chat searches. Make sure to use their search function before creating your own because someone might already have made one for your shard: https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/categories/pvp-and-rivalry
What this means: If you are not a part of a shard chat and are climbing the ladder during some other time besides 1 hr before your payout you could be making an enemy (who will be enjoying specifically targeting you in the future) by accidentally sniping someone. If that person is a part of a shard chat, you may be making much more than just 1 enemy. In my personal experience, if you are sniping people outside of your payout regularly, it does not take much to convince others to target you. Also, I realize this may not be as applicable for people not in top 25-50 or so, but is very applicable to top 10.
How payouts are different
The payout time depends on time zones. Specifically, which time zone you were in (and what time of the year since it doesn't change for DST) when you started the game. It will always be 6pm of the timezone you are in when you start. It will vary to either 5pm or 7pm due to DST.
I thought this was unnecessary but the number of people who have joined our shard chat recently have proven me otherwise. If you're not in a shard chat, I would highly recommend trying to find one via the official forums or the occasional thread on here that pops up.
Ok, so I did not anticipate a lot of people interpreting it the way they did. I am not trying to say that people can't play when they want to. Sometimes life happens and the only times when you can play is inconvenient for others. Myself, those in my shard chat, and I'm sure most others understand that life happens sometimes so we don't target people just because they sniped us once or twice. But, it's not hard to see if it's happening consistently. Again, I'm not trying to say you can't play when you want to. However, also don't try to pretend that your actions never have (or should never have) consequences.If you are sniping people out of their payouts regularly, whether on purpose or not, if they care people will do what they can to prevent that. I'm not saying this is something that should be happening or not, merely that it does. You can prevent all of this by creating/joining a shard chat because then you can know when people's payouts are so that you can try to prevent targeting them. Plus, it can make your gaming experience much more fun. I am really glad I found some people on my shard, it has opened up a new community to talk about the game or critique each other's arena teams. We're pretty chill for the most part... except in cases where people are regularly sniped. If you're not apart of a shard chat, and usually attacking people 10-15 minutes before the top of the hour, consider waiting until after the top of the hour instead.
Edit: Here is the official forum link to shard chat searches. Make sure to use their search function before creating your own because someone might already have made one for your shard: https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/categories/pvp-and-rivalry
