I don’t normally like Ranked much, but in this game, with friendly fire on and without ARs, it feels like Ranked mode is actually more fun, despite that I don’t like having no radar. Then again, right now the radar in social arena feels pretty useless anyway lol
In arena because there’s no useful radar and the AR is so strong from so far away, it’s all but impossible to just have a 1v1. Nearly every encounter, if more than one enemy sees you, even from very far away, they can hit you perfectly with the AR, and you’ll just melt like an ice cube. So getting through a whole 1v1 encounter without dying is nigh-impossible.
The long shield recharge delay and lack of friendly fire makes this worse as well, because even if you do manage to fight an enemy alone, you’re always gonna take damage. Because there’s no team damage, though, their allies will just start chucking grenades before the fight is even over, so even if you win, you’re likely to still get blown up by someone else. And since the shield takes so long to start recharging, even if you manage to not only have a 1v1, and win it, and not get blown up by grenades, you’re likely to have an enemy find you and kill you before you even start getting your shield back.