The frustration of getting spammed in the final minutes of payout is real. It is a really bad system that allows that to occur; there is no skill in timing out exactly when to fight someone. What can be done about this? It just doesn't seem either fair or optimal.
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This it would mean the top 50 could work together on a shard chat and coordinate 1 for everyone without dropping out of top 50.
Get first put in a squad drop to 40-50 put in wall squad to prevent anyone outside of 50 from getting in. Of course being pure f2p and my shard being around jan 2016 my chances of top 100 will require a miracle.
That would require way too much work. It is currently possible for the top 50 to work together to make sure each person gets in top 5 during their payout but it doesn't happen because it will be a nightmare to try organize.
Yes currently a lot of shards have agreements with the top 10 or even maybe 20 to get top spots at payout... it's happening already, there will be no change.
I'm pure f2p (don't even have the option to buy the crystal sub) and get top every day on a shard over a year old now.
Worst idea ever.
Dont remove crystals without the majority of f2p will stand no chance of getting passed gear 9. Changing arena shards forming when you hit lvl 28 has already made the top 500 even more competitive, because players are hooked by the time they get there.
Take the worst part of the game and have more of it? Nah.. No thanks.
Disagree. There is both skill, and there is still advantage based on your team. If someone snipes and leaves only 2 and a half minutes, you can countersnipe if u have a fast enough team. Whilensomeone else in your payout may have no chance under that time limit. When u spend enough time at the top u figure out your best times against the other dudes and can press any advantage your team has. Its still luck but its weighted with team and ur use of it.
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personally i do whatever i can to hold or increase my rank. if that means sitting in a battle the last 5 min before payout so be it.
the goal of arena is to get the best rank you can. not sit around and be nice to everyone else and let them have the best rank they can.
Start a battle at 5:50..retreat with a few seconds left. Pay 50 crystals for instant refresh. Attack again. Done.
In game guild: TNR Uprising
I beat the REAL T7 Yoda (not the nerfed one) and did so before mods were there to help
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@Maegor
Check again, I'm F2P too and it showed up on me on one of the last updates. Not that I'm trying to tempt you to buy crystals... I still haven't
-Sun Tzu
Your block should be just ONE block. No need to refresh. And in the current meta, it needs to be with approximately 8 minutes left on the clock, depending on your guys' squads. When the other guy gets the battle, he will have to win with a time constraint. If your squad is better than his, you can theoretically leave him so little time he has a slim or even no chance, at all. But even if it's a toss up, you give yourself a chance to defend, at least. If you try to block at 8 min left, and the battle is locked up? Well, you know you are going to have a chance to get the last battle with at least 3 minutes left, if not more. But to get it, you have to keep trying to enter the battle, over and over, and hope to be the first one to enter the last battle. If you get it, unless your squad is way better than his, you will have to make some quick decisions and hope you don't screw up too badly, and that RNG is with you.
The time it takes to buy a refresh leaves the other guy(s) time to get that battle. So you can end up buying a refresh for nothing. That's a noob move and will only work against another noob. Plus, there's no need to waste crystals for blocking. The guys that are in the same payout, you will all win some and lose some. No need to waste crystals.
I'm only a top 20 in regular arena, but I imagine it is even more frustrating with how competitive it is. Depends on how many people are in your pay out time as well.
But basically, what you will end up with... if the other guys in your payout have a functional brain and care enough to try.... is what I described in my last post. You will never try to completely shut out the other guy by buying a timer refresh... cuz if anyone is home and trying to get the last battle, they will beat you out. Every single time. That's how it works. The only way to shut someone (who is trying) out is by employing outside help, which is lame (IMO).
So if you can beat the other guys in your payout in 1 minute flat, but they need 3 minutes to beat each other, you have a decided advantage. When there's a block on 1, and timer gets under 3 minutes, the other guys (if they have a brain) will stop trying to get that battle and will instead shoot for 2 spot or try to lock up their own spot by attacking 4. While you will still have a shot at taking the cup. You can wait until there is less than 7 minutes left before doing a snipe or block.... and if it's busy... you will definitely get a shot at the last battle, still.
Things are more of a tossup with 3 or more, but you still have a slight advantage. When it's only 2 people in a payout, if one squad consistently wins 30 seconds faster without fail, that squad will win 100% of the time when both people know how to do it, and they are both trying.
There is a PVP section on the forums. Make a list w/ some @ so-and-so. It will fill in the rest as u type.
Or, as was previously mentioned, try Reddit forums.
The difference in crystals between 1st and 5th is significantly more than 50. Also, you should always change up your block/reblock time - otherwise you become predictable and an easy target.
But, if you don't have a rotation agreement with shard mates, a block and insta-reblock (at 12 minutes and 7 minutes or. 11 and 6, or even 9 and 4) is not only helpful to prevent sniping, it's also frustrating as heck for those trying to snipe you.
In game guild: TNR Uprising
I beat the REAL T7 Yoda (not the nerfed one) and did so before mods were there to help
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There isn't? Then why don't you just do it yourself?