BETA: Arena mode (Season 0 - BETA)

[Laxe]

My response to this new mode having no ability to select expansions and settings like pro mode. or players count

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17KmNrG9pE4

Playing carcasone without expansions and with only 2 players? TRASH!

Playing 6 nimmt! normal mode with 5 players? TRASH!

This is not how you get people who have bought premium for year+ to return

[eddiec]

Viewing the Rankings is fine if you are near the top or the game doesn't have a lot of players.
Otherwise scrolling thru potentially 100's of players to get to your position isn't really feasible.

[eddiec]

we want to make easy for players from the same leagues to match together.

I agree. Unfortunately my recent experience in Carcassonne (a very popular game) doesn't seem to fit with this.
While it seemed to work fine in the Bronze league, as soon as I was promoted to the Silver league I played an elite league player. Seemed a bit harsh, but ok. Having lost that I then got matched against the same player
Losing again, my next match was against a different player, but unfortunately also from the Elite league.
If there are no Silver league players available, wouldn't it be better to rotate between players from the league above and below (assuming you lose to the Elite players)?

[maxxius]

Dear BGA,

First of all, great feature! I am having a lot of fun climbing, in my case, the tokaido ladder.
Even though the ruleset provided for this season does not complement my personal preferences,
I feel that if this gets changed around every season this can be a great succes.

However, I have had a couple of games where people were not adequately notified when the game
started (this is a known problem I am sure), leading in an early quitter for which we should "supposedly"
get compensated. In case of this happening however, people are considered by the algorithm to "tie" resulting in the higher
ranked player to LOSE a couple of points?!

To emphasize -> people are losing points (especially annoying for higher ranked players fighting for the trophy), due to early leavers.

Lovely feature nevertheless, I just hope this gets your attention so it can be fixed soon <3

Maxxius

[razzinplant]

Arena Race for the Galaxy should not include all expansions. A minority of players are acquainted with the cards and mechanics up to Brink of War, and that limits the play field. Arena should include at most The Gathering Storm (1st expansion), which balances the base set and does not include takeovers and prestige.

Yes I agree. Please change Arena Race for the Galaxy to include at most the first expansion. Takeovers and prestige shouldn't be in the Race for the Galaxy Arena tournament. I think the Arena Race for the Galaxy games would be much better if they only included The Gathering Storm or just the base game.

[TheGriggy]

I think the rating system needs to be adjusted when playing against people in leagues below you. It's somewhat ridiculous that you can win 6 out of 7 games but get unlucky in one, and end up in a worse position.

[Daavids]

we want to make easy for players from the same leagues to match together.

I agree. Unfortunately my recent experience in Carcassonne (a very popular game) doesn't seem to fit with this.
While it seemed to work fine in the Bronze league, as soon as I was promoted to the Silver league I played an elite league player. Seemed a bit harsh, but ok. Having lost that I then got matched against the same player
Losing again, my next match was against a different player, but unfortunately also from the Elite league.
If there are no Silver league players available, wouldn't it be better to rotate between players from the league above and below (assuming you lose to the Elite players)?

Matchmaking still doesn't work properly. As bronze league player wanted to play Carcassonne
with bronze player. But get opponent from Gold league.

[RobertBr]

Matching does seem to be a problem, probably a function of the number of people playing. I have been matched three times in a row against the same opponent for turn based play. Perhaps not all games should have an arena mode option?

[MiquelJornetCAT]

I hope there will be relegation. Otherwise, the players that play more, even if they often lose, will trust the first places...

The no relegation system seems good for me because you want to promote to Elite and when you reach a superior league this will motivate you to go on! Then, in Elite the ELO will be declared and this is the real world.

But the road for promoting to Elite could be very fun for me and for more players (I think).