Battle Arena Discussion (Round 3)

Third release of the Battle Arena is live. Please use this thread for discussions, feedback and questions.

New features and updates include:
-Bug and stability fixes
-Enter arena button
-Health bonuses on attacks (bonuses degrade as arena progresses)
-Defensive stance toggle (5minute penalty when disabling)
-15% health penalty for inactive players after 6 hours

If you would like to catch-up on earlier battle arena discussions please see this thread (note some topics may be outdated) http://forums.kanoapps.com/showthread.php?7750-Battle-Arena-Discussion-(Round-2)

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Can't discuss Battle arena #3 if the thread is closed!

I finally get in to the forums again to chat, but really can't reply to any threads anyway........ Hmmm...

Battle Arena #2 thread states:

"Third battle arena is now live, please use this thread to continue discussion.

http://forums.kanoapps.com/showthread.php?7842-Battle-Arena-Discussion-(Round-3)"

---So the Battle Arena 2 thread is closed, but when I follow link to #3, that link is closed as well! Surely there should be a place to chat about the Battle Arena somewhere. (If the other thread is repopened, feel free to delete this one at that point of course).

---As to a quick Opinion on the Battle Arena, I didn't like it the first time, but once I found out a proper STRATEGY and how to play it well in round 2, I loved it! (And even with my weak defense, I survived to #5, so even weak DEF players can survive) And the start time is superb....For me at least.

---One question I have is "defense button" "toggle on and off" is described as an improvement for #3, but can that be more clearly defined?

 

Thanks for the post the thread has been opened.
For the defensive stance option, you are now able to disable it and re-enable it if you have time left. Eg. You enable defense stance and you have 10 minutes. Say you turn it off at the 9 minute remaining mark, you can but you will lose 5 minutes. You can continue to fight, if you choose to turn it on again, it will show 4 minutes of defensive stance remaining. This was done to give more functionality and gameplay to the defensive button but with the 5 minute penalty not to the point that people can abuse.

 

---Sounds great to me, and this will allow any online players to survive if someone starts to unleash on them but they would like to survive longer. I like the idea.

 

Im not necessarily against the the 5 minute penalty, I just dont understand why its needed as i really dont seen the potential for abuse. I think it would be great for players to be able to turn off n on at will whether just for a sec or for an hour with no penalty. I think it allows for way more strategy and will lengthen the time of the arena. If someone is actively playing there account they could hold a persistent attacker off for much longer thus insuring more actives make it further in the rankings.

If I m going after someone and they go into def. mode...I usually "save" them and check back regularly, the ability to toggle off n on with no penalty would allow this player to actually defend themselves against me while still being able to rack up some health for themselves. If im going after someone and they keep toggling......I may be more apt to just leaving them alone for a bit and moving on for awhile thus preserving another active player at least for a bit.

 

6 hours is too short for locations where the Arena starts at mid night.

 

Put up 10 lists since Pimp thinks he can take everyone
Seriously though,valid points again.

 

This is why the start times rotate.If you're in a bad zone for this start time,there's always next time when the start time might start earlier or later.

 

I think the health penalty should be more progressive. Like 1% of current health (not max) per hour of not being active. That way, it isn't too bloody for people who can't login right after it starts, or for people who actually sleep. Otherwise, 10 hours seems like a better lapse of time.

 

Arenas are all starting at different times.So if one arena starts at a bad time,the next one or one after could start at a better time.So for those that sleep or cant get there right away for 1,there's always another one that will start at a better time.

 

They don't rotate to suit all and my guess is they will never start weekends A.M GMT.

It would make sense to increase the time to maybe 8 hours if only for Kano to try to make some UN sales by getting more people to play!!

 

I like the graduated suggestion.

 

Played both arenas liked them both,as you have a defensive stance for players who are high on def why not do an attacking stance for attacking players where you could do double the damage or something like that?

 

There's already the attack perk.Making another perk for attack would make defense stance pointless.

 

Yes I can see there is already a defence perk being a defence stance, what I am suggesting is an
Attacking stance instead of the perk.

 

Agreed. The only fault I could find...................

 

Just a suggestion....

How about removing the Defence option when it gets to the last 300 players and lets have an Armageddon.
It's got to beat the hell out of the bore feast when 95% of the field try to hide it out instead of fight it out in the dying hours of the Arena!

 

Luca, my friend. The games been like that for over a year, so yer spouting old news!! Sure Hired were employed to milk more money. If peeps wanna be stupid and waste their money let them.After all, they earn it

 

i personally didnt care for the toggle defensive, but in the end all i dont think it changed the outcome, arena finished in just over 24 hours, nicely done at the end, it could have dragged out the way alka thought, but for some reason it didnt, (im guessing fatique plays a big role in that).

and i like that you get xp for ATTACKING in the arena, as to opposed to defendng, i dont think its bad that even when you lose you get some xp, you see luca, kano wants people to attack, and why would they attack as much even a stronger opponent, if there was no reward for doing so? unfortunately you are still thinking in terms of the regular game, which you need to open your closed mind up to newer things, as far as spending money? ha, i spent un, but no need to spend money, go ahead and spend your un on items and upgrades luca, i will spend my EARNED un in arena, again that is a choice we all have yes? with what to do with our earned un? you choose not to participate and spend them, maybe they will come in handy during cycling?

another successful arena, i do think you should give europe a shake and start one in their prime time, but i think the arena players will adjust to any start time that you make. The top 20 very similiar to the last arenas top 20....

Congratulations to Dill for winning the third

Slave TLPC
Hyenas in arena #3 - 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th 9th, 12th, 13th and 17th. (Such a silly little group we have yes?)

 

Money and Time well spent

First, congrats to all of the slayers out there that actually got something out of the Battle Arena. I appreciate the fact that Kano is willing to make changes to try and improve play, and all of the changes along the way have really done a lot to improving my experience.

For people complaining at all...don't play. It's a game, and no one is forcing you to play. Regarding spending money, if you don't want to, then don't. Don't complain about those of us that do, because without us Kano doesn't have a game, and then you have no forum to even complain in. Kano needs people like me spending money, so that they can continue to produce more features and continue to extend the parts of the game that need it.

I believe that slave is being attributed as spending $100 for BA, but I think I'm the only person that said anything at all, and that was said in slag. And, it wasn't $100, I said $120....and that was for Arena 2. This time I saved up a bunch of UN and was still very successful in total attacks...which to me, means levels. I level like crazy in BA, where I couldn't do that in game....because there just aren't enough people to fight at my level. So, I'm happy to gain almost 50 levels in a day. Well worth my time and energy to pull that off. Regardless of whether people think I'm wasting UN or not, I don't care. It's how I play MY game....you all get to play however YOU want to. And, I don't complain in forums about certain builds...I just go kill them...it's all part of the game. All of those snipers in BA don't bother me....they're essentially doing almost nothing, and getting nothing out of it all. Without spending a large amount of stamina in BA, you're just barely getting anything more out of BA. Good for me, since they're leveling like I am.

And, even if I don't have cycling to fall back on, I still have my music studio...so, I guess I'll get back to that, until the next Battle Arena. I've been able to finish in the top 15 for all 3...and still have plenty of time to do whatever else I want to do.

Well done Kano. Thanks for the addition to the game, and the time spent on the improvements.

-- Don