The Strategy of Losing in GAC

"HokieFiend;c-2344756" wrote:
Again, stuff like this points to one thing. A large portion of the player base simply doesn't enjoy GAC, doesn't have the time required to sink into it in order to play competitively or both.

Putting such a large portion of crystal income into a concentrated PvP mode like this was a bad move. It's even worse for players who enjoy the PvE and collaboration modes more. I'm not saying moving crystals out of arena was a bad move. I think it was a good move even if most shard groups were inclusive. I think they should have spread crystal income throughout the game and should've punished players less for a loss. Now players have far less opportunity to gain those crystals. They could easily grab a top spot in arena every day with less time sink. They've got 12 opportunities per GAC season now.

We all should just call this what it is. It's a desperate attempt to turn out more whales and money spenders.