Speed problem
This may not be as big an issue on more mature shards, but I’m in a November shard where most are in the low 80s approaching 85 and just now getting zetas. Since no one in that recent a shard has JTR ...
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"SoonerJBD;d-159426" wrote:
The problem is, this has made arena stale because whoever has the fastest Vader always wins. Go first, Force Crush, Cull, allies get 100 percent turn meter, game over.
You can still win if the other Vader goes first. I did yesterday, a few times. Yay for bad AI!
This feeds into a larger issue that I’m sure has been discussed as nauseum, but speed is seemingly the only stat that matters in arena.
Yes, speed is the most important, but speed alone does not win. I mean, TFP was supposed to be the chosen one, but he is mostly a nomad in search of a real home.
Passive abilities that punish toons who take frequent turns ...
Wouldn't that be something? Take massive damage just for taking a turn. Something like an undispellable Thermal Detonator stack, applied similar to Nihilus' Health Down debuff. Oh, you want to take a turn? Here's an automatic time bomb. If any stack reaches 3, all stacks on all enemy characters explode for double damage, ignoring protection. Slowest team wins. The only winning move is not to play.
