I'm almost at 230 days of play and I was progressing steadily until 6 weeks ago when suddenly the "bots" or ancient players were removed from the Arena. Result Gold 4 to silver 4 and a descent into hell that continues as all the teams that are offered to me are still far above mine.
As a result, I'm stuck for more than a month on the progress mission "reach gold rank 3 in arena" and therefore unable to finish this part of the game and finally get Arbiter.
I used to love this game and so I used to enjoy buying packs sometimes. Now I just want to stop. Tiring to try to get new characters and boost them to the max with no effect on my progress in the game.
I understand that the bots may have made it too easy to get to the top levels, in which case it would have been smart enough to create new top level for Arena. No way u should take back what you gave away for a while. If you don't reward players who invest time in the game beyond their simple level, then you create frustration and this is rarely a good method to generate revenue.
Seeing a lot of clans slowly emptying and considering merging, Plarium needs to act fast. Personally, I won't wait another month. I don't pay to expect to win when I only lose, I pay if I enjoy the game. Too bad Plarium doesn't understand that or perhaps they just don't need our money...