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Mar 2, 2026, 15:047 days
09/22/25
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Live arena question

My posts raising serious issues about how unplayable the live arena is have been closed. You tell me that the problem is already known and has been reported, but can you tell me why the live arena has been unplayable for years if the problem is known? Do the developers think it's normal that I, with a 3k rating, find people with a 20k rating? If you don't want to fix the live arena, why do you put legendary champions like Quintus that can only be acquired with a 4k rating, when you know that reaching 4k with this unbalanced system is almost impossible? People get Quintus after years of losing, when they no longer need him. Can I ask legitimate questions as a paying player? Doesn't paying and supporting mean expecting something balanced?

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ShortOnSkillzModerator
Mar 2, 2026, 17:027 days
06/24/19
4250

The last post was closed because we dont need dozens of threads repeating the same issues.  

The mods here are volunteers, all we can do is push your feedback along to the CMs, which we do every week

Mar 2, 2026, 20:327 days
09/22/25
24
ShortOnSkillz

The last post was closed because we dont need dozens of threads repeating the same issues.  

The mods here are volunteers, all we can do is push your feedback along to the CMs, which we do every week

If after years the live arenas still suck, dozens of posts probably aren't enough; hundreds are needed. I will continue to raise this issue, as I pay for a game and want to improve it, and I have yet to read a player who speaks well of this mode, without saying that it sucks, that it's unbalanced, that it's only played by whales.

Mar 2, 2026, 21:397 days
Mar 2, 2026, 21:40(edited)
12/16/21
2326

I guarantee they have had accountants & psychologists minmax the design to get every possible cent out of it

They have no incentive to change it unless you can PROVE doing so would get people to spend more.

Mar 2, 2026, 22:367 days
12/16/21
2326
ShortOnSkillz

The last post was closed because we dont need dozens of threads repeating the same issues.  

The mods here are volunteers, all we can do is push your feedback along to the CMs, which we do every week

Maybe we should pin a single thread for live arena complaints


And every time theres a new post it should send a text notification to the personal cell phones of everyone in management at Plarium 😁

dthorne04Moderator
Mar 2, 2026, 22:467 days
12/30/20
8125
MooredRat

Maybe we should pin a single thread for live arena complaints


And every time theres a new post it should send a text notification to the personal cell phones of everyone in management at Plarium 😁

At this point I have a sinking suspicion Plarium is well aware of all of our complaints 😭

Mar 3, 2026, 02:407 days
05/03/20
2161
Beverlyskill90210

If after years the live arenas still suck, dozens of posts probably aren't enough; hundreds are needed. I will continue to raise this issue, as I pay for a game and want to improve it, and I have yet to read a player who speaks well of this mode, without saying that it sucks, that it's unbalanced, that it's only played by whales.

You talk about LA being unplayable for years.  You haven't even been here for 6 months.  

I am not a whale and I play LA.  I am slowly progressing.  You dont realize that this game is a marathon.  It takes time to git gud.  Or you can be a whale.  

You are like the rest of us.  Whales allow this game to exist.  Free players are cannon fodder for whales.    

If you dont want to spend and you dont enjoy the game, then leave.  

ShortOnSkillzModerator
Mar 3, 2026, 12:446 days
06/24/19
4250
dthorne04

At this point I have a sinking suspicion Plarium is well aware of all of our complaints 😭

Roughly all 6000 that we've made.

Mar 3, 2026, 14:536 days
12/19/19
7110
ShortOnSkillz

Roughly all 6000 that we've made.

Still mind-boggling that you all don't agree with me (lol) that live seasons are completely fair... yes, more difficult for newer and low level players. And rat is of course correct that the design encourages spending.

I said years ago that f2p were an irrelevant subset of the base.  We are less than that now 😀

Classic is broken easy in player favor

3v3 should have another tier expansion 

Live seasons are fine. Off-season matching should be changed.  It would be fair even without the training wheels (bots). Though I need the bots now. 


If you whiners gonna beat a dead horse, I'm gonna keep beating also.... mods- please pass along my thoughts 😆 

Ps.  I'm getting arse kicked this season with my 2024 builds... nerf mercurial  :)


ShortOnSkillzModerator
Mar 3, 2026, 19:466 days
06/24/19
4250
Trips

Still mind-boggling that you all don't agree with me (lol) that live seasons are completely fair... yes, more difficult for newer and low level players. And rat is of course correct that the design encourages spending.

I said years ago that f2p were an irrelevant subset of the base.  We are less than that now 😀

Classic is broken easy in player favor

3v3 should have another tier expansion 

Live seasons are fine. Off-season matching should be changed.  It would be fair even without the training wheels (bots). Though I need the bots now. 


If you whiners gonna beat a dead horse, I'm gonna keep beating also.... mods- please pass along my thoughts 😆 

Ps.  I'm getting arse kicked this season with my 2024 builds... nerf mercurial  :)


Wholeheartedly agree about classic and 3v3.

LA is a bit harder to gage since my account is so well developed there aren't many matches for me that ever truly feel unwinnable.  Wouldn't hate to see more bots for people lower than level 100 that slowly reduce as you level up.  Or something to that effect.

But also yes, nerf Mercurial. 

Mar 3, 2026, 21:316 days
12/19/19
7110
ShortOnSkillz

Wholeheartedly agree about classic and 3v3.

LA is a bit harder to gage since my account is so well developed there aren't many matches for me that ever truly feel unwinnable.  Wouldn't hate to see more bots for people lower than level 100 that slowly reduce as you level up.  Or something to that effect.

But also yes, nerf Mercurial. 

I read that as eff mercurial...


Mar 3, 2026, 21:356 days
12/19/19
7110
ShortOnSkillz

Wholeheartedly agree about classic and 3v3.

LA is a bit harder to gage since my account is so well developed there aren't many matches for me that ever truly feel unwinnable.  Wouldn't hate to see more bots for people lower than level 100 that slowly reduce as you level up.  Or something to that effect.

But also yes, nerf Mercurial. 

I doubt any changes will be done in season, I think a multitude of options for off-season are possible. 1320 pts is intended to be difficult unfortunately.  I don't see plarium making it 

ShortOnSkillzModerator
Mar 4, 2026, 15:495 days
06/24/19
4250
Trips

I read that as eff mercurial...


I mean same same, but different. 

ShortOnSkillzModerator
Mar 4, 2026, 15:505 days
06/24/19
4250
Trips

I doubt any changes will be done in season, I think a multitude of options for off-season are possible. 1320 pts is intended to be difficult unfortunately.  I don't see plarium making it 

Its so tedious, but yes I dont ever the point total changing. 

Mar 4, 2026, 17:305 days
01/31/20
2254
Trips

I read that as eff mercurial...


I second that! F Mercurial!

Mar 4, 2026, 22:045 days
05/03/20
2161
Trips

Still mind-boggling that you all don't agree with me (lol) that live seasons are completely fair... yes, more difficult for newer and low level players. And rat is of course correct that the design encourages spending.

I said years ago that f2p were an irrelevant subset of the base.  We are less than that now 😀

Classic is broken easy in player favor

3v3 should have another tier expansion 

Live seasons are fine. Off-season matching should be changed.  It would be fair even without the training wheels (bots). Though I need the bots now. 


If you whiners gonna beat a dead horse, I'm gonna keep beating also.... mods- please pass along my thoughts 😆 

Ps.  I'm getting arse kicked this season with my 2024 builds... nerf mercurial  :)


Get busy framing mercurial gear.  Even I, am farming GF normal for mercurial.  I havent built any yet, but that is a different excuse.  

Its nice to know you are in 2024.  I am mid 2025 and gittin gudder.  


Mar 5, 2026, 16:274 days
12/19/19
7110
ClosedPoly

Get busy framing mercurial gear.  Even I, am farming GF normal for mercurial.  I havent built any yet, but that is a different excuse.  

Its nice to know you are in 2024.  I am mid 2025 and gittin gudder.  


I finish normal and hard every month, just haven't equipped any mercurial yet lol.  I don't think I've built a champ since the Fabian fusion lol

You need to do hard for 6star gear. Normal sucks.


ShortOnSkillzModerator
Mar 5, 2026, 19:104 days
06/24/19
4250
Trips

I finish normal and hard every month, just haven't equipped any mercurial yet lol.  I don't think I've built a champ since the Fabian fusion lol

You need to do hard for 6star gear. Normal sucks.


Same.  But my rolls have been brutal on it so far. 

Mar 5, 2026, 20:004 days
12/19/19
7110
ShortOnSkillz

Same.  But my rolls have been brutal on it so far. 

Are you throwing ore at it? 

What champs are must merc (hate that this fits 2 sets...) builds.   Guessing seeing what accessories i have for girl Tormin and girlsanta makes sense since I haven't geared those ever? 

Damn, probably gonna really help automate hard fw.  Mercurial that is.... well building champs too.

Turtles in Mercurial?


Mar 5, 2026, 20:144 days
Mar 5, 2026, 22:50(edited)
01/31/20
2254

Unless you are running ungeared & unmastered toons in your 3v3 defense, I am pretty sure you've at least built Mythicals since Fabian.....

...but i hear what you are saying.  Not sure I have built more than a few (Krixia & Glaicad are all I can think of) since Fabian.  I level them & master them, but I don't actually build them.  Free Gear Swap makes it so you don't need to do full builds if a toon is only gonna get niche use.....

I will probably be the second-to-last end-gamer to build a full Merc Set.  (Ahead of only you in all of Raid.) 😂

Mar 5, 2026, 22:404 days
12/19/19
7110
WileyMan

Unless you are running ungeared & unmastered toons in your 3v3 defense, I am pretty sure you've at least built Mythicals since Fabian.....

...but i hear what you are saying.  Not sure I have built more than a few (Krixia & Glaicad are all I can think of) since Fabian.  I level them & master them, but I don't actually build them.  Free Gear Swap makes it so you don't need to do full builds if a toon is only gonna get niche use.....

I will probably be the second-to-last end-gamer to build a full Merc Set.  (Ahead of only you in all of Raid.) 😂

Ya. I've built a few mythical.  Though not the last batch.  Unused komidus (x2) theodosia ashnar and one other from end of last year.  

Let the race begin to that mercurial build!