SNAKES

"Wilftheman;c-1375730" wrote:
Although as it is now, it is really a good feeling when you snipe nr1 or 2 down to 5 or 6 when you know they cheat.

If someone has the same payout as i do i tend to hit number 2 then number 1 simply so it won't hurt as much if he snipers me right back for my spot.

And I guarentee you that it is not(only) because they take turns climbing to get R1 when they get payout.

They are timeing kitten on discord since the days I have had time to refresh/fight the interval you have to challenge them is slim to none.
They Basicly freeze the top3 last 15minutes before my payout.

If you still don't think it's cheating then nevermind, Im not really here to argue for hours or get people banned.

We just have different views on the game.

And please keep in mind - I didn't start this thread because they do what they do, I started it because they reached out to try and get me in on it - and because people do it allover the PVP forum, which I think is just silly.

So these people reached out to you to help both them and you to get more crystals and have a more stress free and fun arena and you accuse them of cheating and tell them to bugger off. If you were in my shard I would type to my shard chat to attack you relentlessly and never allow you a good rank.

They are reaching out to you as a good will gesture. If you continue making their arena activity more stressful and annoying then I would assume you are gonna be mad everyday trying to climb as they continually mess with you.

Are these people in your shard supposed to make your life easier just because you deserve a top spot? What if you are pissing them off messing with their ranks and rewards, should they accept that and just allow you to do that everyday?

You are totally missing the point, I don't mind too much what rank I get of course I try getting the best I can.

What I am asking here on the forums is wether or not, they intend for people to behave like they obviously are doing - or if it actually is (atleast from the sound of it) a competitive place where you shouldn't cheat.

What I am asking is definately not to make it easier - hence the post :)

I am asking EA if they intend for it to be like this.

I might be a odd one in this game, but I don't play it for crystals I play it for fun.

What you don't seem to get is that all I want is to be in a shard where these alliances don't exist, in PVP games you shouldn't accept anything. Optimally they leave this as it is and make a Shard queue system where you can queue to play vs other players on around same win % / GP as the team you queue with has.

Colluding, Cheating wow so harsh you really sound angry. So lets first cover what ppl are doing, they are looking for their shard mates and sharing their payout time so to help each other with their progression. So whats helping each other? "Hey my payout time is 12st please don't snipe me", "ok, my payout time is 1st". Thats what ppl are doing, not cheating or win trading we still have to beat them. Thats called team work within the game mechanics nobody is doing anything wrong.

if you understand and accept that anyone can beat anyone, which you've done above, there's no competitive aspect left in the game other than timing your attacks. OP do you like timing your attacks? it seems to me that you're frustrated at that very aspect of the game. it's not fun for anyone, but only profitable for EA. just join the discord server and move on.

Is there a way to tell when someone's payout is other than contacting them?

Is that reliable? I manually refresh all the time, plus there's often gaps in the auto refresh system...and are you even sure it auto updates on a user's payout time? Does it do characters and fleets separately?

"Wilftheman;c-1375730" wrote:


But where is the fun in cheating - the fun for me is when you have the time take out 20minutes of your day and refresh at the right time to climb by the guy you are trying to out run. Maybe even refresh 2 or 3 times.

The fact that you don't like it doesn't make it cheating. And there is nothing remotely fun about arena either way.

If you are getting picked on in your arena shard, it's not usually because the other players want to be mean to you or collude against you, but almost always because you attack them during their payout and it isn't yours. People don't want to spend extra crystals or stare at their phone for an hour because somebody who isn't even getting paid that hour wants to muck about and waste everyone's crystals. If you don't want to participate, that's probably all well and good, but it's good policy to stick to your own timeslot and not mess with others.