Idea for Arena that could change everything!
The recent fleet rework that changed the number of ships you begin the battle with, gave me an interesting idea which I think it's worth exploring. I had the idea of increasing the number of arena squad from 5 to 6! Since many characters have been introduced to the game, it becomes incredibly difficult some times to exclude certain characters from a team.
Adding an additional character would add an element of strategy to the game since it would allow for alot more possibilities. Some squads and characters would certainly gain an advantage for example Mother Talzin would have an additional nightsister to assist her with her special. Same thing for General Kenobi who also calls a multi assist. Some characters would gain some slight stat bonuses, examples being wiggs and Vader.
This would be a massive step of course, which is why I would recommend beta testing before it is implemented in the game. I wouldn't want this to end up as nothing more than people just adding an additional tank in every team and part of the new meta. I am certainly confident that if this were to happen we would see some incredible changes possibly for the better.
Currently we have plenty of useful and yet unused characters. Take NS spirit as an example, although she is really good, you never get to see her as part of a NS team simply because the Big 5 are all essential. You can't have a squad that's missing Talzin or Daka, Zombie is the only tank and Ventress does most of the damage. Then you pick between Acolyte for damage or Talia for survivability and that's all the slots. No room for the spirit really. FO is another example where with the recent additions of KRU, SF pilot and Panda, it becomes so difficult to choose who to use. Kind of hard to skip either Kylos, then you'll probably need panda for the damage and Officer for the TM manipulation. This leaves you with very limited options. Anyways, I'm 99% sure this won't even get the attention of the developers but I seriously don't think that it would be a bad concept for some beta testing. If enough of us ask for it we might end up getting it.
Before I close this, let me say that this is an arena idea, I understand that the same change in raids or events would have a massive impact in the game, possibly a negative one. The damage in raids would get out of balance, the thought of having to farm 6 characters for a Legendary event or a Hero Journey, instead of 5, is scary. So before you decide to throw dirt on me, just know that I'm ONLY proposing this for arena and not for any other area of the game.
Adding an additional character would add an element of strategy to the game since it would allow for alot more possibilities. Some squads and characters would certainly gain an advantage for example Mother Talzin would have an additional nightsister to assist her with her special. Same thing for General Kenobi who also calls a multi assist. Some characters would gain some slight stat bonuses, examples being wiggs and Vader.
This would be a massive step of course, which is why I would recommend beta testing before it is implemented in the game. I wouldn't want this to end up as nothing more than people just adding an additional tank in every team and part of the new meta. I am certainly confident that if this were to happen we would see some incredible changes possibly for the better.
Currently we have plenty of useful and yet unused characters. Take NS spirit as an example, although she is really good, you never get to see her as part of a NS team simply because the Big 5 are all essential. You can't have a squad that's missing Talzin or Daka, Zombie is the only tank and Ventress does most of the damage. Then you pick between Acolyte for damage or Talia for survivability and that's all the slots. No room for the spirit really. FO is another example where with the recent additions of KRU, SF pilot and Panda, it becomes so difficult to choose who to use. Kind of hard to skip either Kylos, then you'll probably need panda for the damage and Officer for the TM manipulation. This leaves you with very limited options. Anyways, I'm 99% sure this won't even get the attention of the developers but I seriously don't think that it would be a bad concept for some beta testing. If enough of us ask for it we might end up getting it.
Before I close this, let me say that this is an arena idea, I understand that the same change in raids or events would have a massive impact in the game, possibly a negative one. The damage in raids would get out of balance, the thought of having to farm 6 characters for a Legendary event or a Hero Journey, instead of 5, is scary. So before you decide to throw dirt on me, just know that I'm ONLY proposing this for arena and not for any other area of the game.
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Not even worth testing in beta?
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This would be cool, but it would mean a lot of players would drop out of higher ranks like stones.
Some people wouldn't even have teams available. Would that mean they didn't get rewards?
Plus arena could use something....anything to spice it up. They literally havent touched it since day 1
To spice up arena..? Have we not gotten new characters regularly and seen several meta shifts since the games conception?
What about going in the other direction: 3 on 3, with a bench of 4 such that you still can never have more than 5 out at a time. Then you could have the flexibility to focus on damage or survivability.