This may have been covered here before, (guessing just by how many fellow players have been calling for it), so please direct me to the thread, if there is any.
BGA advertises the Arena mode to be a space for competitive players. It is very much not. You can't ever lose elo points when you are 100 elo or below. So essentially, the eligibility to enter is not a matter of merit, but just time. (Play a 100 games and you will get to a 100 eventually) I don't have an issue with that in FFA (free for all) games, as the better player should prevail and win. My issue is with team games, where the same entry bar applies, but this time, you have responsibility over your teammates too. I know for a fact that I don't speak just for myself here, I could write a book on how many frustrating games I had to endure being teamed up with a weak player. So many that I had to stop playing arena altoghether. It is simply false advertising. And it really doesn't matter, that they are sometimes on the opposing team. It is not enjoyable to win against these players either.
Solution? I know you'd like to have one arena solution for all your x hundreds of games, but you can't. You simply can't have same entry level to arena for FFA and team games. In some team games it is harder to get to and maintian a 200 elo than others, so it can't be elo-based. So what comes to mind as a decent indicator of skill, and hence the bar to pass for arena entry, is win rate of at least 50% (in teams games, the base is 150%, so, obviously, it'd be 75%) in combination with at least 20 games played. You have the statistics in the profiles already, just need to use it.
It would obviously filter out a lot of players. But that's the point, no? It shouldn't be for everyone. It's for competitive players. If you can't compete, you can hone your skills in the lobby games and join when you're ready.
A competitive space, not an alternative to the lobby, when there aren't any tables open.
You prevent a lot of frustrated players losing it in the chat because of blatant incompetence of their partner, you make it less worthwhile for trolls to create a new account all the time and repeat their offense, whatever it is. But most importantly, you give serious, competitive playes the pleasure of playing at a high level against other, likeminded players.
May the best team win, not the team lucky enough to not have a beginner in thier ranks.
BGA advertises the Arena mode to be a space for competitive players. It is very much not. You can't ever lose elo points when you are 100 elo or below. So essentially, the eligibility to enter is not a matter of merit, but just time. (Play a 100 games and you will get to a 100 eventually) I don't have an issue with that in FFA (free for all) games, as the better player should prevail and win. My issue is with team games, where the same entry bar applies, but this time, you have responsibility over your teammates too. I know for a fact that I don't speak just for myself here, I could write a book on how many frustrating games I had to endure being teamed up with a weak player. So many that I had to stop playing arena altoghether. It is simply false advertising. And it really doesn't matter, that they are sometimes on the opposing team. It is not enjoyable to win against these players either.
Solution? I know you'd like to have one arena solution for all your x hundreds of games, but you can't. You simply can't have same entry level to arena for FFA and team games. In some team games it is harder to get to and maintian a 200 elo than others, so it can't be elo-based. So what comes to mind as a decent indicator of skill, and hence the bar to pass for arena entry, is win rate of at least 50% (in teams games, the base is 150%, so, obviously, it'd be 75%) in combination with at least 20 games played. You have the statistics in the profiles already, just need to use it.
It would obviously filter out a lot of players. But that's the point, no? It shouldn't be for everyone. It's for competitive players. If you can't compete, you can hone your skills in the lobby games and join when you're ready.
A competitive space, not an alternative to the lobby, when there aren't any tables open.
You prevent a lot of frustrated players losing it in the chat because of blatant incompetence of their partner, you make it less worthwhile for trolls to create a new account all the time and repeat their offense, whatever it is. But most importantly, you give serious, competitive playes the pleasure of playing at a high level against other, likeminded players.
May the best team win, not the team lucky enough to not have a beginner in thier ranks.
