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jaychandarana97
8 years ago

So arena is becoming fun again?

So I don't mind not coming top 10/20 in my shard, top 50 is usually my aim and recently I've noticed a major shift in arena leaders; just today I played 5 battles against 4 different leaders, those being Rex (L) x2, zTarkin, zMaul and zFinn
The new empire pass has opened up new leaders for their faction, with thrawn in the empire lineup and the one of the rex teams; the other Rex team was Chaze + nihilus + kenobi, the Finn team was FULL resistance and maul was with zSavage, Trooper assassin and nihilus
The new developments in arena have made this game far more fun for me, and you've got to congratulate the devs on managing to shift the staleness arena was; I understand not all shards will be at this point yet, but give it time :) this game is great, f2p can compete :) I use FO in arena and am so happy to compete against strategic teams such as the Tarkin team and Resitance and prefer it so much compared to the arena we had a couple of months ago 'attack/dodge' 'attack/dodge' 'attack'dodge' annihilate.
I've also seen a few zQGJ teams as well, so fellow gamers I URGE you not to quit on this game, just give it time and it'll become more fun again :)
(Sorry about the long post)
  • jaychandarana97's avatar
    jaychandarana97
    8 years ago
    "Gaidal_Cain;c-1145970" wrote:
    "Jay_1997_C;c-1145945" wrote:
    "Gaidal_Cain;c-1145936" wrote:
    I am running full Empire and loving it.


    I was running 3/5 Empire Zader squad with DN and Savage but it was Thrawn that was needed to make full Empire viable.

    In a few weeks once people get a chance to gear him I suspect more people will start seeing some shifts in their shards.


    Niiice :) full empire is presumably zVader Palps Shore Thrawn + 1? (TFP/RG/DT???)


    Nah,

    Zader
    Tarkin
    Thrawn
    Deathtrooper
    Krennick

    I've also run:

    Thrawn
    Shore
    Tarkin
    DT
    Krennick

    But I drop way faster with Thrawn lead.

    To me, TFP just has no place in arena right now. Too squishy and there are too many counter attackers for his foresight to keep him alive.

    Similar story with EP. He CAN be very useful against some squads but in general, he's a target on D.

    Krennick is squishy too, but zDT prevents critical hits and also restores his health.

    Tarkin is a on the squishy side himself but if you can debuff the enemy, his unique Zeta makes him a tank and his TM removal and offense down are DOPE.


    I actually love this team ahaha it looks like it would be really fun + aesthetically as well
  • jaychandarana97's avatar
    jaychandarana97
    8 years ago
    "Mzee;c-1146067" wrote:
    Top 10 today was this at payout.

    5 Rex leads, 1 Jedi, 1 Nihilis (me), 2 Maul teams, 1 first order.

    In the top 50, i've seen 3 other Jedi teams, one Krennic lead, One Veers, 2 Vader, 1 clone, 2 or 3 other Nihilis, and the rest are Maul or Rex leads. Never seen a Rogue 1 or Resistance squad in my shard.



    The fact your seeing veers is surprising to me, I had heard troopers are fun but can't really hold their own in arena? When resistance start coming with the super fast 265 Poe be worried ahah.
    Clones are a team who I feel need a faction pass IF they are to be viable in arena, however this can wait as they are incredibly useful in other parts of the game such as GW and the AAT raid
  • theHejiN's avatar
    theHejiN
    8 years ago
    It's not fun, when all the f2p can be competitive. Top20 is something, where they shouldn't be
  • GaidalCain_WOT's avatar
    GaidalCain_WOT
    8 years ago
    "6The6Bull6;c-1146811" wrote:
    No arena is in it worst state yet.


    What are you seeing in your shard? Rex/GK leads with the occasionally Wedge, zQGJ, and zMaul leads?
  • jaychandarana97's avatar
    jaychandarana97
    8 years ago
    "6The6Bull6;c-1146811" wrote:
    No arena is in it worst state yet.


    Yeah hopefully if you give it time it'll become better? I'm on an old shard and people are experimenting with all kind of teams now, it's much better than it was
  • 6the6bull6's avatar
    6the6bull6
    8 years ago
    "Gaidal_Cain;c-1146817" wrote:
    "6The6Bull6;c-1146811" wrote:
    No arena is in it worst state yet.


    What are you seeing in your shard? Rex/GK leads with the occasionally Wedge, zQGJ, and zMaul leads?


    Rex/gk with almost nothing else. 1 Jedi, 1 resistance and me running r1 pretty much round out the top 20. So on any given day I might fight 3 different team comps in 5-10 battles. There is nothing more boring that fighting triple cleaner teams or time out teams.
  • 6the6bull6's avatar
    6the6bull6
    8 years ago
    "Jay_1997_C;c-1146819" wrote:
    "6The6Bull6;c-1146811" wrote:
    No arena is in it worst state yet.


    Yeah hopefully if you give it time it'll become better? I'm on an old shard and people are experimenting with all kind of teams now, it's much better than it was


    I am on a shard from December 2015 and it's worse than it ever been. Way less diverse than before. The tenacity up cleaner teams have sucked the fun out of arena. It way to restrictive on what teams you can play on offense and what you leave for defense.
  • Juli494's avatar
    Juli494
    8 years ago
    "theHejiN;c-1146804" wrote:
    It's not fun, when all the f2p can be competitive. Top20 is something, where they shouldn't be


    Lol, this again? Every person is where he desveres to be

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