Year ago, April 2020 as I remember, Plarium first time started Classic Arena HARD mode, I should remind you that there were no bots at that time, all real players.
It was NORMAL mode before April 2020 when I reached and stayed in Gold IV for months. When Plarium turn Classic Arena from NORMAL mode to HARD mode, my level going down from Gold IV to Silver I in 1 month, it keep going down, everytime I fight, I lose, (Also remind you that I am not a whale, lol), whales stay, low spender + F2P going down.
So, What was the difference between NORMAL mode vs. HARD mode (with all real players) ? The opponent list.
- Normal mode: the list show all available players, weak + strong, abiter leads or any champs lead, aura + non-aura.
- Hard mode: the list hide all weak players, only show players with high speed lead + 3 legos (or mix lego, epic champs).
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Don't ask why F2P + low spenders often lose in this HARD mode, because Plarium want them to lose. Now take a look carefully, there are many F2P + low spenders teams around you, 500,000 teams, how come you guys only see Opponents with Legos ?
P/S: I name Normal mode, hard mode, I do not know anyone talk about it in this forum or reddit, no hellhades or goddess, whoever they are.