We should get paid out for the highest rank you were able to obtain during a given 24 hour period.
Why? Because the current system is a bit on the broken side. What's broken? AI for one. Another is constantly getting error messages saying your opponent is currently engaged in battle. The other is the WORST when you get the message that says someone is in battle with YOU! If you are live and in game, you should be able to take over your team on defense. AI is so bad. It is because of this broken system that we should be paid out for the highest obtained rank during a 24 hour period. If EA decides to fix AI or allow us to operate our team on defense then we can switch the system back.
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I disagree. Max 1st place would be in the neighborhood of 10. On my leaderboard, not a lot of people can crack into the top 10, let alone the top 5. Also, the most I could organizing would be 5-10 people. Then there are the folks that would also defend the top 10, beating people back immediately so they don't have a shot at the top 5. This happens on my leaderboard where if you take a spot, someone will beat you back almost immediately. This makes getting a top spot pretty difficult.
All leaderboards are different. Mine has a out 50+ that could get to 1st.
The abuse would come with ok I got my first let me put in a single. Character so others can get it, this happens now.
The current arena system is probably the most fair it can be given how many users from different timezones there are. If you can, try and find some of your shardmates in the pvp forum section and coordinate who takes spots when. That way, you don't have to worry about getting sniped and people can have your back at times.
And no, it could be more fair if you could take control of your team on defense when you get the message that someone is engaged in a battle with you. Since they won't fix the bad AI, they could at least do this.
In regards to timezone, I sure wish I could change mine! Ugh! Eastern is not so friendly. Ha ha ha!
Also, using the " highest rank you were able to obtain" would, among other things, result in arena meta focusing less on defense than the current system since you would not need to maintain your highest rank until your payout in order to get that ranks rewards.
I stopped reading after this comment ..."ea out crystals"? Dude, are you kidding me, lol. They don't grow these in their back yard ...lol. You know who's out crystals?
PreCraft, Mod Fiasco, various bait&switch ...I've been bilked out of 1,000's of crystals / 1,000,000's of credits ...I'm out crystals, that's who ...lol. but it's w/e ...crap happens and if it's more then once, shame on me, but I still love the game (on a come up finally)
I just couldn't not respond when I read someone typing like EA gona get got. Dude, like how long you been playing for real?! I can't even read anymore, that made me laugh good, thank you bro ...lol
EA should give us the possibility to have a view, in which timezones the other players are playing, then it would be perfect!!!
@ leef: another gift for f2p?
I admit, it would be nice to be able to cherry-pick your own arena payout time. My payout is at 6pm EST, and I am fortunate enough to be available around that time but if I was in an older shard it would be a lot harder to maintain a high rank.
I don't know if OP's suggestion is the best answer but the current arena system certainly is room for improvement.
It would be funny if I thought that I would never lose if I was able to play defense in real time. No team is safe, AI or not.
What? I thought if you lost attacking from first place you stayed in first?
This. So much this