Alliance Coliseum is no fun this week

Not sure where they thought the fun would fit in with this game mode, but having to face off against this Arcade a couple dozen times is about as far from fun as you can get.

Pick a defender who isn't an absolutely pain in the ^!% to fight, then buff them up a bit, and let us have an actual fun challenge.

Crossbones isn't much better with his shrug off and the bane timer, but at least you can keep up the fight tempo decently well. Arcade is such a &!^ fight as a result of his mechanic, I'm floored you guys tested this and thought "OOOOO This is the PERFECT way to showcase this new game mode!!!"

Did Kabam Kevin design these? Because they reek of his PAIN design philosophy...

Next round, just give us a normal fight

Comments

JESUSCHRIST

Theme of the year for 2026

“PAIN AND SUFFERING”

BeastDad

complete garbage this week.

GasLighterMan69

but but but but it’s for our own good so we can LEARN TO FIGHT ARCADE!!!!!! Gaslight me more please Kabam

Giantwalrus56

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2926255#Comment_2926255

That's rough. We're only 5 into weeks in 26. Brace yourselves

DMH525

I was just thinking the same thing. This is just a not fun slog. 3 days of fighting the same annoying fights over and over again.

DMH525

don’t worry everyone, keep grinding that arcade fight so that you can earn the rewards to rank up your soon to be ascendable Patriot!

Mint9aer0

If you're not spending on level ups like me it takes forever to level up podium cos he's so annoying

Killswitchmitch

I was a VERY big advocate for Coliseum as a game mode……until this week.

Grindy, annoying, rage-inducing, and just blows my mind that Kabam planned two horrendous fights like this to overlap each other.

Between this BS and the silent nerf that affects quite a few of my heavily invested characters, I going back to closing my wallet for a while.

djr17

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2926255#Comment_2926255

2024 had seasons of suffering.

2026 has this.

Even numbered years the ~~masochists~~ sadists are in charge of MCOC.

Got it.

Herbal_Taxman

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2926265#Comment_2926265

BRO, I CANNOT wait to r5 and ascend Mr Negative and Patriot. What a thrilling opportunity we have been given.

2026, the year of coliseum, the year of a tepid ascension pool. The year of boredom, in a nutshell.

Crimson8399

The AI reaction times are getting worse, I thought there was supposed to be fix a fix for that coming yet every month same old stuff, kabam has just given up caring about it at this point. Why don’t they ever try when it’s something against the player base instead of just sitting around on it for literally years even though they have acknowledged there is any issue, oh wait I know why cause it makes them more money when they come out with new champs to get past problem ai they created.

Vas7h

Maybe they want 2025 banquet event to be the last banquet event…ever….

GroundedWisdom

This Fight is just a pain in the ass altogether.