Board Game Arena

I don't understand how can people play this? What do you need to do?

TryWhite wrote: ↑17 April 2020, 18:43 I don't understand how can people play this? What do you need to do?

goto "play now" then change "simple game" to "arena"

hi, arena is fine. What is strange to me... but may be a bad luck, I played couple of games and I perhaps did not start in Builders But maybe there is a rule that someone initiating the game will not start

Just played a 4 player game and placed 2nd, and my arena rank went down!?
How does that make sense?

I had multiple cases in season 1 where I've gained 0 points from a two-player arena win over a lower league player:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=75564635
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=76034924
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=76034919

I hope this is a bug and not the intended result - why even let higher league players play against lower league players if there is no possible reward for them?

failedatquittingBGA2 wrote: ↑18 April 2020, 20:31 I had multiple cases in season 1 where I've gained 0 points from a two-player arena win over a lower league player:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=75564635
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=76034924
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=76034919

I hope this is a bug and not the intended result - why even let higher league players play against lower league players if there is no possible reward for them?

From the FAQ (https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... =3&t=15059), it seems there is nothing to gain when beating opponents 3 leagues or more lower than you. I don't quite like this either- they should make it so you can gain at least 1 point. Or maybe adjust your arena settings to "I never want to play with " far from my level so you get matched with better players.
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failedatquittingBGA2 wrote: ↑18 April 2020, 20:31 I had multiple cases in season 1 where I've gained 0 points from a two-player arena win over a lower league player:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=75564635
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=76034924
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=76034919

I hope this is a bug and not the intended result - why even let higher league players play against lower league players if there is no possible reward for them?

It just happened to me in a 7 wonder match, I won: 0 points, 2nd place: -3 points...

also i don't think 7 wonders is a good 3-players game, 4 players open to more strategies, ihmo in 3 players guilds car and war cards are too unbalanced and strong, due to the fact taht any player can efficiently build those. in 4 players you could prevent others form building certain cards or making them useless on purpose

sprockitz wrote: ↑17 April 2020, 03:07

Raul4ever wrote: ↑17 April 2020, 02:35 Arena needs a serious revamp in that I should be able to see the number of players waiting for a game. Without that info, I wouldn't know if someone is waiting to play a game or not. Without that info, its just wait and wait some more for a player to show up sometime

when you start waiting for a game it will tell you how many more players you are waiting for. So if you are joining a 4 player game and it gives you waiting for 1 more player then you know you are close to being able to start a game.

If you have changed your settings to small icons, it may not show that information.

firexed wrote: ↑19 April 2020, 06:59

failedatquittingBGA2 wrote: ↑18 April 2020, 20:31 I had multiple cases in season 1 where I've gained 0 points from a two-player arena win over a lower league player:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=75564635
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=76034924
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=76034919

I hope this is a bug and not the intended result - why even let higher league players play against lower league players if there is no possible reward for them?

From the FAQ (https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... =3&t=15059), it seems there is nothing to gain when beating opponents 3 leagues or more lower than you. I don't quite like this either- they should make it so you can gain at least 1 point. Or maybe adjust your arena settings to "I never want to play with " far from my level so you get matched with better players.
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I hope this will get fixed too.

Or fix it so that you can only get entered into tables where you have the potential to advance up the league track. I don't want to be entered into tables where I have no hope of advancing. It's fine once you're past the leagues and hit the ELO stage though.

Could someone explain my why when I play in arena mode I play with ppl from better leagues? I think when I am in bronze league I should play with ppl from bronze leage, not from diamond or gold... Why is that?