Battle Arena Discussion

I doubt current legit players would go back and change things for one lil side aspect of the overall game whos outcome is at least partly based on randomness. Some of my concerns have been listed previously and the majority of responses Ive gotten to date would seem to validate them. In addition to the stamina issue .... in regards to the highest of levels my next concern would be alts specifically designed/created to play in the arena for its high reward or for teaming up on a rival in an effort to help their main account. To be eligible a players must only be level 750, not only are there many alts already in excess of that level and who have very little need for the "perk" killing stamina...in addition new accounts can easily reach level 750 in just a few days and be built specifically for causing havoc in the arena.

As far as accounts being built slowly being more strategic or more powerful..... thats just silly as it offers no benefit other than being done for less money.

After the XP needed to level jumps, the need for stamina increases significantly as it is the most important/valuable attribute /resource in the games ....hence its SP cost. In VC the Xp needed to level doubles @ 1850 and increases even more a couple more times, alt accounts that could care less if they continue to level past those points can dump nearly everything in to the "perk" categories...when u consider that stamina for the more All around or balanced account cost double the skill points that offers up a significant advantage. The lead developer has stated the whole idea of "perks" is to balance the different types of builds, in its current form that may be the case for accounts at or near the same level with different builds but would seem to actually hinder the highest of leveled accounts that must be stam heavy to continue to progress in the games and the need for skill points in other categories/attributes lessen.

As the devs have said....they are watching the results and will tweak as needed....guess well just wait and see. Over time the higher levels with better stats should win more often if things are truly scaled properly....if not than something is definitely outta wack

 

haha was just thinking that lol except if the level is shown and most of us know each other by our levels

 

to POLISH i like that "legit players" talking to wendah LOL . since i am all att and def maybe i could do ok. to bad i'm weak on health also.

 

what am I missing about Wendah ???

 

@polish - If you're a top player in the game and win this thing its going to be hard to be anonymous anyways, for most people, many have the same character as someone else. Choosing characters upon battle arena entry has been added to our phase 2 list for consideration. I checked out your account, your stats seem correct, note that your perks are based off of your skill point snapshot upon entry to the arena and 10 health = 1 skill point, 1 stamina = 2 skill points.

@margaret - a different health stat is used in the arena so while fighting it doesn't matter if you're getting attacked/bountied outside of the arena.

 

i agree with the pic. it shouldn't show our pic. because ppl will gang up on us. i think what is going to happen is alt will take you out. or armada's will attack all the good players so 1 of their own players will win. i have been playing pirates awhile now and I KNOW if our pic is there they will do it . 1 gets you 10 i could tell you who will get the first one or anyway the armada that will have the 1st person win today

 

ahhh....i do believe i messed up my health calculation. TY!

I figured the whole anonymity thing wouldnt last long because of the higher level, but was hoping it would last long enough to buy a little time as some of the competitors were killed off. Ive no no doubt that the higher levels will be targets of tag teaming (alliances) especially by those with alts as it seems alts have a way of actually sticking with an alliances more so than real accounts...lol.


Perhaps im just a bit confused, when u say avatar.... I think of my personal pic that I assign my account on my MS page...is this correct....or r u talking about the pic of my "raj pirate" character that will be shown in the arena?

 

Referring to your ingame pirate pic.

 

Knowing u Beth...I think you'll do just fine.....but a lil more health wouldn't hurt either

 

in game pirate pic is my FB pic my character pic another pic , so i am confused now

Beth your are on Myspace ??

 

i have an account in myspace..

 

will our arena name be able to be changed each time we enter the arena for a new competition? If not....im thinking the whole name change thing is pointless

 

Hey, does it every time we are gonna join the battle arena it will ask us for a nickname or it should be once from the first time you join and it will be for ever ... I do prefer every time we join it asks us for a new nickname

 

Each new battle arena will ask you for a new nickname.

 

by you name will it show your level do we have to be a full health before entering or do we get fullhealth there when we start. will it show how many captains you have .. i guess i'lll have to wait and see only like2+ mins left

 

Update: Once the arena started, PC became really laggy and no it's not my computer because the other apps work fine as usual.

 

We're experiencing some slow down with the greater activity, we're working to fix this issue.

 

Like the feature. One idea to have in the screen is the rewards and maybe a highlighted bar that shows the current level (as if you were killed right then). So as players are killed, and the number left alive moves to the next reward level, the highlighted bar would move as well. This would be a quick reference for those active in the arena. This might be right below the Battle Arena Details or maybe in the same box. Or it could just be represented as the current level of rewards and change as the number of players still left alive changes.

 

I died after almost 4,000 attacks but that was pretty fun. I liked it.

 

what is up with not being able to go back in and see my own arena feed of who won/lost in attacks on me???? I would like to have studied it a bit more to help me the next time i play in the arena.
It looked like the player that kept on me for 5,000,000 health died himself/herself in the killing off of me. BUT there is nothing to be learned if I cant even see my own arena feed! I would really like to have studied who won & what there stats were. but I took a break - and then discovered I am not able to see it anymore


I killed three - but like bounty hunting, notice that some others I hit down a long time - were snatched away from me on the killing shot


Thank you for answering me earlier too, Eric