New Arena Structure Feedback

Greetings Summoners!

Today, we kick off the brand new Arena System that reduces the number of Arenas and introduces 6-Star Featured Champions, as well as 5 and 6-Star Basic Heroes.

If you remember when we tried to eliminate deathmatches in the Arena, it's not always possible for us to predict how a change to Arenas will affect Summoners, so we're setting up this thread for your feedback and to report any issues!

These new Arenas may alter the Arena experience, and while some change and alteration of behaviour is to be expected, if there is anything you feel is too different or difficult, we'd like to know.

Please do not use this thread to discuss potential Arena Cutoffs. While we want to hear opinions on those as well, this thread is about the actual experience of playing in the new Arenas.

Also, please note that the "Infinite Streak" method is not being altered, but since there is no actual concrete method to achieve that, it will continue to change as more Summoners obtain more of the new highest Rank of Champions.

Comments

Newlinstheory

ooooOooOoo
CANT WAIT

BitterSteel

Thanks for providing this space for feedback and being transparent that there may be some alterations to the experience. Cool precedent to go forward with!

Giuliameij

Really appreciate this. Looking forward to the new experience.

Gamer

Can’t wait to try to grind and get ever single new 4 star and play arund with for fun since 5 star and 6 is stil out of my league to compete with

TheBoogyMan

Appreciate the step to take feedback and ensure excellent gameplay for players.

SkyLord7000

Hopefully milestones aren’t that high. Wish arena was more like a solo incursions with the same rewards.

Players could create defenders with a node or two attached to them and attackers with a hack/buff or two attached to them. Some people like the consistency of arena and that’s cool. But I’d like some challenge for the rewards.

SkyLord7000

Regardless still cool to see arena changed

Fit_Fun9329

As a “hardcore”’arena grinder (do almost every time all milestones) I am thrilled for changes. Lets gooo

Kabam Miike

Just a heads up: There were some posts here that were removed prior to the Arena going live because we want to get feedback on your actual experience with the Arena.

Count_Willis

At a glance, the milestones are way too high, A standard cavalier player probably has around 40 6 stars, meaning that youll have to pick one arena to get the milestones in, and then you lose out on the units from the others. I love the grandmaster shard change, but overall im sad that the FTP player is not going to have as easy of a time grinding out units for deals.

KoiBoy18

Wow. I had hoped for positive change but this is shockingly tone-deaf.

Both new 6* arenas require 16.5 millions points to get all milestones - unless scoring for 5* and 6* champs have increased, that's 33 million points required to get all milestones!

Compare that to 12 million for old 5* featured, 4 million for old 4* featured and 1.5MM for old 4* basic.

That is a huge jump just to get milestones. Even worse, players without large 6* rosters will hugely struggle to even get 1 6* arena milestone completion

Kabam, please let me know if I'm missing anything but this increases the grind, not make it easier!

Ironman3000

33M to get all the milestones in the two arenas. Not awesome.

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Kavya30

I personally feel that milestones are way WAY TOO MUCH.

mblais379

Put the 3 star champ in the trials milestones. There are so many players that can’t reach the milestones to get the champs in the featured arenas. I’ve been grinding the 3 star arena to collect the champs since I’ve started playing, and there are many people like me that you’ve taken this away from. You’ve taken this opportunity to get this champion away from everyone who isn’t uncollected or above. Please, either give us the 3 star arenas back or put the champ in the trials milestone.

Mousias

You're killing f2p players way of getting units with having 2 arenas where the top milestone is 16.5m each. Not a positive change for the majority of the player base I'm afraid. Disappointed.

te_dua_shum

just a question: if i'm using my 6* champions into an arena, how am i supposed to reach 16M points in the other one with only 5*? using a team of three 5 star at 5/65 gives you around 100K points, so it would take 160 arena rounds to reach the final milestone ^^"

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TheBair123

At a glance, the milestones are way too high, A standard cavalier player probably has around 40 6 stars

Yes, the milestones are too high. No, the standard cav player does not have around 40 6 stars. I'm about to be Thronebreaker and I have 11. I'd say the average cav, and not thronebreaker player has between 5 and 10

SpideyFunko

for actual legitimate feedback, very much like the ai in my first couple rounds. Actually playing well and throwing specials, and no death matches as of yet

Kavya30

16.5M for one is too much and I am a milestone grinder. I will not be able to grind for 33M. Just can’t. As an FTP, guess my hopes for July 4th are in the trash

SHIELD4AGENT

New Arena structure is horrible,
As a casual milestones grinder, the basic arena we can easily achieve all the milestones, get the units, and done... For older champs in basic arena if we need/want to unlock it or awaken it atleast 1.5 to 2m and we are done, newer champs in basic arena about 2.5 to 3m and done with no stress. But now yeah we get the champ for 2.5M but we need to grind further for units. The only upgrade is the shards, which is not that much compared to phc shards.

Yale007

Awful changes to arena. Why would I use my three and two star champs anymore. Really really really bad decision. You should have made these arenas for cavalier and above. This will 100% effect how much I play the game and am motivated to rank up lower tier champs.

Ironman3000

6* basic should have much lower milestones.

6* featured should have 5*/6*.cav shards.

Really not hopeful for new arenas.

Charlie21540

You're killing f2p players way of getting units with having 2 arenas where the top milestone is 16.5m each. Not a positive change for the majority of the player base I'm afraid. Disappointed.

And this is exactly what I was worried about. I depend on grinding 4 arenas at once to quickly get all the units and milestones I can. Really worried its gonna severly hurt how much I can accumulate now

Floschka

Went exactly as expected in the post i made as soon as they announced the changes.
Really funny how you were able to tell that it was going to be a nerf instead of a buff.

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/263452/thoughts-about-the-arena-changes/p1

Amms90

it UTTERLY SUCKS!!! Now I'll be able to only cover the milestones for a single arena, given the limitations of my roster. Given that, what you achieved with this, is to halve the potential unit gain from farming arenas. Low blow and quite frankly me and my alliance mates are contemplating dropping the game. We can't spend much and we're endgame player. I have explored everything up to 6.1, the last 4 variants, 7.1. I finally got aegon and I'm planning an abyss run. I seriously don't think this is an improvement for my game experience. Actually, it makes me wanna quit. And I'm an occasional spender, since for the dobloon event I wasted money to purchase stuff. So it's not like you're losing only free to play players. Trust me on this, it's absurd to expect one can cover 16.5 millions in 2 arenas. Arena milestones are stupid. Just stupid. Unless you put more arena milestones and more units for lower scores, this is game breaking for many of us

Bigfoot33

Wow. I had hoped for positive change but this is shockingly tone-deaf.

Both new 6* arenas require 16.5 millions points to get all milestones - unless scoring for 5* and 6* champs have increased, that's 33 million points required to get all milestones!

Compare that to 12 million for old 5* featured, 4 million for old 4* featured and 1.5MM for old 4* basic.

That is a huge jump just to get milestones. Even worse, players without large 6* rosters will hugely struggle to even get 1 6* arena milestone completion

Kabam, please let me know if I'm missing anything but this increases the grind, not make it easier!

I completely agree, maybe make a middle class arena. For those that dont have the roster to attain 16 mil in one 6 star arena. This kind of reminds me of the difference between classic and variant, there is not middle tier.

Wiredawg1

This is NOT a quality of life improvement at all. A lot more work and time in arenas for 5 more units? Not sure how you think this improves our arena experience. It’s going to discourage people from doing arena

RiderofHell

Let me get this straight for years we the community asked for Basic 5* arena and your answer was not possible but suddenly you guys found a way to release a 6* feature and basic 6* instead 🤦‍♂️