Hard GW Runs, Increase Arena Rank?

GW has absolutely NOTHING to do with where you rank in the arena.

"Plague_Inc;123454" wrote:
Actually, it has a lot to do with arena rank. Battle selection is based off of your top 5 characters and highest arena rank (all-time).

This is pure speculation. I have ranked top 5 (usually 1 or 2) every day for almost a month now. My GW were an absolute breeze until Tuesday when the update landed. Since then they have been a challenge, but not impossible. My son also plays and I sometimes do his GW for him. He is lvl 54 and has never finished in the top 500 in arena (he is a VERY casual player). His GW on the other hand is impossible at times considering his weak roster.

GW is a broken event. Used to enjoy this event the most due to the ability to get shards. I used to manage to do 10 battles a day. Now I am doing less battles day-by-day.
The worst part of GW is that spending money does not necessary guarantee success. Hence, I have not spent a single $$$ on this game yet, although I would very much like to.

I don't think arena has anything to do with it. I believe that it may be based purely on your level.
I have been killing GW lately. Finished it tonight in about 35 mins. No retreats and I used a suicide squad once.
I am f2p and I only use farmable players. I am lvl 62
Lumi 5* lead
JC 6*
Sid 5*
Fives 5*
Savage 5*
This same line up keeps me at 50 in the arena also. I just switch sid to the lead for arena.

"godgiven45;123650" wrote:
I don't think arena has anything to do with it. I believe that it may be based purely on your level.
I have been killing GW lately. Finished it tonight in about 35 mins. No retreats and I used a suicide squad once.
I am f2p and I only use farmable players. I am lvl 62
Lumi 5* lead
JC 6*
Sid 5*
Fives 5*
Savage 5*
This same line up keeps me at 50 in the arena also. I just switch sid to the lead for arena.

OK

"godgiven45;123650" wrote:
I don't think arena has anything to do with it. I believe that it may be based purely on your level.
I have been killing GW lately. Finished it tonight in about 35 mins. No retreats and I used a suicide squad once.
I am f2p and I only use farmable players. I am lvl 62
Lumi 5* lead
JC 6*
Sid 5*
Fives 5*
Savage 5*
This same line up keeps me at 50 in the arena also. I just switch sid to the lead for arena.

I agree with your point about GW being related to your level. I'm level 63 and do not look forward to levelling up to near 70 because I have a feeling GW will become impossible

However, my arena squad would wipe the floor with your squad and I can't even break into the top 200 which suggests my server is nails. I live in a large city (UK) so does that mean my server is full of whales?

"RogerMoore_007;123931" wrote:

"godgiven45;123650" wrote:
I don't think arena has anything to do with it. I believe that it may be based purely on your level.
I have been killing GW lately. Finished it tonight in about 35 mins. No retreats and I used a suicide squad once.
I am f2p and I only use farmable players. I am lvl 62
Lumi 5* lead
JC 6*
Sid 5*
Fives 5*
Savage 5*
This same line up keeps me at 50 in the arena also. I just switch sid to the lead for arena.

I agree with your point about GW being related to your level. I'm level 63 and do not look forward to levelling up to near 70 because I have a feeling GW will become impossible

However, my arena squad would wipe the floor with your squad and I can't even break into the top 200 which suggests my server is nails. I live in a large city (UK) so does that mean my server is full of whales?

What part of UK? I hear there's a lot of whales in Wales

Haha... Leeds, Yorkshire actually

"JoshG;123497" wrote:

"Plague_Inc;123454" wrote:
Actually, it has a lot to do with arena rank. Battle selection is based off of your top 5 characters and highest arena rank (all-time).

This is pure speculation. I have ranked top 5 (usually 1 or 2) every day for almost a month now. My GW were an absolute breeze until Tuesday when the update landed. Since then they have been a challenge, but not impossible. My son also plays and I sometimes do his GW for him. He is lvl 54 and has never finished in the top 500 in arena (he is a VERY casual player). His GW on the other hand is impossible at times considering his weak roster.

A dev on reddit confirmed this. I was sceptical at first, but read his post. There are other factors that contribute to the difficulty, but highest arena ranking is one of them.

"Pindasauskanon;124023" wrote:

"JoshG;123497" wrote:

"Plague_Inc;123454" wrote:
Actually, it has a lot to do with arena rank. Battle selection is based off of your top 5 characters and highest arena rank (all-time).

This is pure speculation. I have ranked top 5 (usually 1 or 2) every day for almost a month now. My GW were an absolute breeze until Tuesday when the update landed. Since then they have been a challenge, but not impossible. My son also plays and I sometimes do his GW for him. He is lvl 54 and has never finished in the top 500 in arena (he is a VERY casual player). His GW on the other hand is impossible at times considering his weak roster.

A dev on reddit confirmed this. I was sceptical at first, but read his post. There are other factors that contribute to the difficulty, but highest arena ranking is one of them.

So when you say highest arena rank... That means the best you've ever reached. Not current, correct? This would make sense. I got lucky one day, every bounce went my way, reaching rank 39. My squad has no business sniffing around that neighborhood... over matched by everyone ahead and behind me. Needless to say the law of averages landed me back in the 60's where I belong. Unfortunately ever since that day, I've been murdered in GW. It's lucky if I get 3/4 way through. And that's spending an hour retreating and throwing junk at the wall til something sticks. Wish I'd known this then. This little dog would have stayed on the porch.