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billynjapan's avatar
8 years ago

Arena timer

Hi everyone,

Simple question: is it possible to manipulate/trick the battle timer in pvp arena?

Let me explain.
We all know arena battle is 5 minutes and we have a 10 minutes cooldown total before we can engage again (without refreshing).
For the last few weeks, there is a player who can lock me for more than 6 minutes every day.
I know he hits me like 7 minutes before my payout, but I cannot him back before it is less than a minute before my payout.
When I try to battle, let's say 7 minutes 10 sec before my payout, I get the "someone's battling you" message.
From there, if I try to enter battle like crazy for 5 minutes, I will never get in and always get the error message.
Even if the guy quits on purpose, uses a refresh, then enter battle again, I should be able to enter before he can complete this process, and if he would do that, he would lock me much earlier as he would get twice 5 minutes.
If I hit him earlier, he has all the time to hit me back, so no point telling me to hit him like 8 minutes before payout as he will have 3 minutes after that.

I really would like to know if it is possible to trick the cooldown timer in arena because I am very tired of that guy.

Thanks
  • This is probably the case of teamwork. He is most likely working with somebody to make sure they are locked out at top spots. Or it could be that you have an old phone and poor internet connection so it takes a while to load for you while he is already getting in game with you
  • I know he "works" alone, and I have a very fast connection. When I tried with my other shardmates, we can lock each other for 5 minutes (give or take few seconds), but never ever 6 minutes or more.
  • About the "old phone", could it be that he has an old phone or has a way to temper with his phone connection, so it will take ages for him to get in/out of the battle?
    Hence increasing the lock time?
  • It takes a few seconds to start the battle up, then you are still able to use the full five minutes. I believe that he is locking you out for about 5min 15 seconds tops. My advice is to take first and battle someone just before he battles you, ans use the full 5 minutes. Odds are, he can't best you in that amount of time either.

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