Arena Season 3: let's go!

[Nathri]

Thank you for finding a way to make Arena turn based games still possible!

[Ranior]

One thing I'd like to see: for a win in any 2pl game to guarantee at least one 'shield', regardless of rankings. It's frustrating to perpetually get opponents with rankings low enough that a win earns me nothing while a loss potentially takes all my shields.

You should be able to adjust your settings for queuing such that you can refuse to play players below a certain rank.

I agree though this is still very strange that the default is you can be matched with anyone, but some players you literally cannot benefit from playing, only get hurt. Until you reach elite rank that is, because once there than anyone can help your rating. I guess there is an argument that even if you aren't elite yet you're still helping your ranking, it's just hidden from you and may not matter until you hit elite.

Still that part of the system is weird.

[TacCOIG]

Thanks for bringing turn based arena play back. As a premium member, I enjoy playing turn based arena mode and is why I will continue to support this site.

Add one more player to the list of those who were becoming addicted to turn-based Arena play, and who can't switch to realtime.
I don't know the numbers in the different games, but I would guess they looked something like this: twenty folks or so jockeying like crazy to get to the top spot, and ten times that number farther down the ladder, just having a good time playing the game.
It was a challenge: if I play one game of this at a time, turn based, how far up the ladder can I make it before the season runs out? I don't care how many people there are above me (actually, I couldn't even figure that out) -- I just wanted to know if I could make it to 100 points, to silver, to gold, to platinum, to diamond -- I couldn't care less who ended up in the top spot.

This.

I prefer playing Arena it just seems more competitive and fun. I enjoy climbing the rankings and getting the achievments (I'm not too bothered about who came 1st or who has the highest ELO).
Due to real life commitments I cannot commit large periods of time to a game in one go
Therefore without turn based play I am limitted to playing game that are short (<30 mins). Some of my favourite games here taking more than an hour
Trying to find a real time game for some of the more unpopular games is basically impossible.
I also enjoy play multiple games at the same time.

I mean I not even know how Season 2 Arena ended for me because there is no final list after arena ended (why is this the case btw?). So its somehow meaningless anyway when you are not #1.

I suggested already in the linked thread: Bring back turn based arena for Season 3 and work on another solution for this but please do not just remove it for the next 3 months without any replacement. The problem it caused is far less problematic than removing the whole mode.

I totally agree with Calmon70, when a season ends if you're not #1 you have no idea how you did that season.
An end of season results statistic should be implemented. So that you can 1) see how well you did that season and 2) compare it to previous seasons.

[Forevergm]

Thanks for reenabling turn based arena. Very much appreciated. However, I am experiencing a technical issue with the new “play this table first” rule. I am currently blocked from playing my other Marco Polo tables because I have to play https://boardgamearena.com/1/marcopolo?table=114461595 first. A player in that table was timed out and expelled but not everyone has quit the game, meaning the table remains active. It keeps saying I have to play that table first but it is not my turn and so I am stuck in limbo. Could you please take a look at that issue? Thanks.

[lanzi]

Thanks for the changes, they are very good.
In my opinion there is only one little problem now. You can not play a lot of heavy games in hurry, while waiting for the bus or doctor and so on, you need concentration/time/silence for this games.
But you don't need much concentration e.g. for Lost Cities, Dragonheart, Can't stop and so on...
Now you must stop playing at the bus-station (for example).
In my opinion the better way would be to concentrated the rule for one game-type. Sorry for bad English. What I meant: A game of Marco Polo with the lowest time does not stop you playing Can't stop. But when you want to play Marco Polo again, than you must make your move in the MP-game with the lowest time. Best wishes!

[Jeremy55]

How is it possible to win an arena game but not earn a single shield? Great though that you fixed the issue of losing points when an opponent causes a game to not be finished

[compte obelète]

How is it possible to win an arena game but not earn a single shield? Great though that you fixed the issue of losing points when an opponent causes a game to not be finished

yeah, why not at least 1?
It was a better idea into season 0

[yoyoyo2020]

Thank you for reinstating turn based Arena!

[Bhaichata]

Thanks for reenabling turn based arena. Very much appreciated. However, I am experiencing a technical issue with the new “play this table first” rule. I am currently blocked from playing my other Marco Polo tables because I have to play https://boardgamearena.com/1/marcopolo?table=114461595 first. A player in that table was timed out and expelled but not everyone has quit the game, meaning the table remains active. It keeps saying I have to play that table first but it is not my turn and so I am stuck in limbo. Could you please take a look at that issue? Thanks.

I am having the same issue.

One of my games has bugged and wont let me quit out of it, it is simultaneously saying me and another player have run out of time and locking me from playing any of my other games. https://boardgamearena.com/1/sevenwonde ... =116305505

[eyebooger]

How is it possible to win an arena game but not earn a single shield?

If you are 3 levels above the other player in a 2 player game, you gain nothing from winning and lose 5 shields for losing.

I agree with the earlier poster who thinks this should be fixed, either with a minimum single shield no matter what or by filtering out matchups where one player has nothing to gain.