Agora and vanilla 7wd are two completely different games as mentioned and should never be alternated in arena
The only linking factor they have is pantheon which works ok with either version
Base 7wd has three balanced win conditions at around 25% science, 25% military, 50% civilian
Add in pantheon and sciences win rate increase but the extra elements are pretty understandable for players familiar with the game
Agora throws this out the window and is the race for politics and massively changes the focus of the game. You only have to look at drons stats to see the politics win rate goes through the roof. The fact you can win in age one clearly shows this unbalance.
For those familiar with agora this can be fought out on a more even playing field. Against unfamiliar players it's an easy victory so doesn't transition well
That being said, there is a smaller player base which enjoy this variant so there is an arguement that the standard game should be two versions with separate elo and it could then have its own arena. Both version could allow pantheon to be turned on but that's as far as they should even be combined
Alternating the seasons would likely alienate a lot of the regular players and only benefit the minority so a standalone version would be the only way I would suggest
The only linking factor they have is pantheon which works ok with either version
Base 7wd has three balanced win conditions at around 25% science, 25% military, 50% civilian
Add in pantheon and sciences win rate increase but the extra elements are pretty understandable for players familiar with the game
Agora throws this out the window and is the race for politics and massively changes the focus of the game. You only have to look at drons stats to see the politics win rate goes through the roof. The fact you can win in age one clearly shows this unbalance.
For those familiar with agora this can be fought out on a more even playing field. Against unfamiliar players it's an easy victory so doesn't transition well
That being said, there is a smaller player base which enjoy this variant so there is an arguement that the standard game should be two versions with separate elo and it could then have its own arena. Both version could allow pantheon to be turned on but that's as far as they should even be combined
Alternating the seasons would likely alienate a lot of the regular players and only benefit the minority so a standalone version would be the only way I would suggest