Sirens in the Arena!

  • Ha6hbtw
    Seafarer

    Sirens in the arena? Seriously?

    I thought Arena was PvP (Players vs Players) but Rare adds PvE(Players vs Environment) moments to the arena and I don't understand why?

    Adding sirens adds randomness to what is happening, as sirens attack everyone. Its bad for NAL and SoC.
    I already imagine the situation, Team 1 naval Team 2, Team 1 in a winning situation, but someone falls into the water and sirens spawn and start attacking everyone, and at a critical moment the sirens kill the player from Team 1 who using a cannon, Team 2 uses the situation and starts naval and win.
    This is a situation out of my head, but it seems to me it is quite real.

    I really love CampWars (When me and my friends in 5 ships gather in the arena at one point and just camp each other, it's very fun) But now sirens spawn when someone fall into the water and it interferes with having fun.

    I can describe 101 more situations where sirens get in the way of having fun.
    I may be wrong, but in some dev blog I heard that the arena will no longer be changed, because too few players play in the arena.

    Please Rare, don't change the arena!
    The arena is not in perfect condition, but it works and I enjoy it, I really love TDMs, CampWars, but the latest updates only break what I like.

    I hope that sirens will be removed from the arena, because they are simply not needed there, this is PvP, PvE moments are not needed here.

    My English is bad, I used a translator

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  • Xultanis Dragon
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    @ha6hbtw

    Arena is not PvP nor is it the PvP mode.

    Arena is a condensed version of the game. Take the current adventure game and shrink the size down and you literally get arena. Just because there are points doesn't make it the PvP version.

    Arena is for players who don't have an hour or 2 hours to play the game. For players that just want to play a quick session of SoT.

    This is what the developers have said over and over. You and others think its the PvP mode but its not.

  • Guilleont
    Vanguard
    Insider

    @xultanis-dragon Arena is mostly a PVP mode, that's why no skeletons spawn on island. I can understand sharks as a way to kill people swimming for too long, but sirens don't fit Arena mode.

    Anyway, who plays Arena in 2021? So sad that's dead.

  • Xultanis Dragon
    Sailor

    @guilleont

    Arena is not the PvP mode. It was not created to be the PvP mode. Its intent is not to be the PvP mode.

    Developers have specified time and time again that Arena just a condensed version of adventure to give players who don't have a lot of time to play some SoT.

    Which makes sense since if you literally just shrink down the size of adventure it would play out like Arena.

    The comment about it being mostly PvP is also false. Players make it mostly about PvP. You can win from turning in chests which if I remember correctly is PvE??

    Devs also talked about that but they finally just accepted the fact that they don't want to update Arena anymore.

  • Musicmee
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    Founder
    Deckhand

    In this instance, wouldn't sharks count as PvE too? Sirens are just an extension of the sea life?

  • Ha6hbtw
    Seafarer

    @musicmee
    If you fall into the water and a shark spawns near you, when you return to the ship, the shark will disappear and will not shoot at you and other players from the water.

    There are animals on the islands: Pigs, snakes, chickens, but players do not need to fight with them, they are like decoration.
    It's the same with sharks, they are like decoration and as a mechanic for returning to the ship if you stay in the water for a long time.
    When a shark appears, it does not start attacking you, it swims around you for a long time and if you do not want to take damage, you can avoid it.
    Sharks will not attack you and other players if you are not in the water.

    Sirens are mythical creatures, so there are no skeletons on the islands, because they are also mythical creatures and they are simply not needed in the arena.

  • Alymon
    Commander
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    I like the idea of sirens in the arena and anything that adds variation and challenge to arena play.

  • Sonny4194
    Marauder
    Insider

    Great idea to delete sirens from arena! They are so annoying in this mode.
    btw i am playing only arena everyday!

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