I used to hate the arena before they TU updated.That fixed so much things(DMR 85% mainly, etc.)Now to me, it’s alright, but I do wish they added a mini-ranking system to make it much more exciting.And more maps.
What do you think?
I actually played my first arena today. Two of my team quit immediately and it became a 4 on 2 trouncing, but at the same time I felt like a more effective player than I usually am and that isn’t saying much to be honest.
I see.Well, people are more likely not to quit due to that severly impacts their score.So, if they quit, they really have to, or don’t play arena much.
i used to play it alot
i just heard that you get cheated alot as soon as you reach Onyx5%
I like it, but there is only one playlist, and there is no “high skill” in arena.
The iron - onyx system is genius and beats 1-50 into submission.
But arena’s execution in reach is poop, if it was up to me:
iron: recruit - brigadier
bronze: general - legend
silver: mythic - noble
gold: eclipse - nova
onyx: forerunner - inheritor
This would really get people playing arena
Until Arena either includes the AA that I use or removes all of them, its just not for me.
Apparently its attractive to very few as I have personally never seen it above 2000 players and I have been watching for awhile.
This is my first season playing The Arena. I was a bit skeptical at first due to the notoriously bad reception it’s had in the Reach community. Despite the bad reputation it has I’m really enjoying it! I sincerely wish I would have played prior seasons though I’m not sure how much I would have enjoyed it in its “Rating affects Division” stages though.
I do however have a few problems with it. I wish there was a wider variety of maps to select from. It does get rather boring playing on the same maps repeatedly. Why are there only two voting options as well? What purpose does this serve? Also: why on earth is Jetpack an AA choice? It completely removes all semblance of map control on multiple maps in the playlist. It’s incredibly frustrating!
Edit: Spelling errors. Shame on me for not proofreading :[.
What’s this “mini ranking system” you wish it would include, OP?
> Until Arena either includes the AA that I use or removes all of them, its just not for me.
Armor lock shouldnt be in any slayer based playlist, and especially not in the only “ranked” one. Still, a lot of people would be in favor of removing all AAs except for sprint.
I believe he was speaking about something that updates more frequently than Divisions or Division percentages do. Something along the lines of a visible TrueSkill perhaps?
> What’s this “mini ranking system” you wish it would include, OP?
> I believe he was speaking about something that updates more frequently than Divisions or Division percentages do. Something along the lines of a visible TrueSkill perhaps?
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Yeah, 1-50 would have been nice, huh?
> Armor lock shouldnt be in any slayer based playlist.
But it is, furthermore it is contained within the most popular playlist, TS. Whatever your opinion on AA is, there is one thing that is important to remember, this is Reach, the base mechanic of this game is loadout AA and to remove or restrict those based on a small portions preference is a mistake of monumental proportions. Those that have stuck with Reach until now, for the most part enjoy the gameplay, AA included.
> Especially not in the only “ranked” one.
There is a solution, a competitive solution if you will, give rank to Super Slayer and MLG as well. With Arena as a ranked slayer pro (with radar preferably) MLG and the new Super Slayer playlist, every preference in playstyle is provided for.
> Still, a lot of people would be in favor of removing all AAs except for sprint.
I hope 343 does something, Arena represents a halfway ground that is pleasing very few.
I used to a little but the matches seemed off. We would either trounce the other team or get trounced. I know that happens in TS as well but it seemed epidemic in Arena. I also think it needs a larger player pool to work the way it was intened. I think there was alot to work with but it needs work. I just felt like it never really got it unfortunately. 
Not my favorite playlist, but usually when I do Slayer games, I do it in The Arena.
Arena has jet pack as a staring aa. Therefore it is not competititve. Jetpack breaks map control.
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> Yeah, 1-50 would have been nice, huh?
What I mean , is that, first you play regular 4 games and stuff.You get rated for the day.Do that 4 more days, and you get into a divion.From there, when the season ends, it’ll show you your standing in the division AND your overall Rank(similiar to Halo 3)All your stats gets resetted as normal, except that single rank.
It goes kinda like this:
Play ->
Get rated->
Do agin for 4 more days ->
get in to division->
Season ends ->
See divion rank and Overall rank ->
Everything gets resetted except the overall rank.
I got into it the last couple season. But seeing as 343i has completely ignored our requests I have not played it this season. Takes forever to find a game. Your trueskill is not “reset” each season, so I play the same Onyx people I played last season every game. You run into cheaters.
Remove Jetpack/ Remove Sword base and I’ll play again.
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> What I mean , is that, first you play regular 4 games and stuff.You get rated for the day.Do that 4 more days, and you get into a divion.From there, when the season ends, it’ll show you your standing in the division AND your overall Rank(similiar to Halo 3)All your stats gets resetted as normal, except that single rank.
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> Play ->
> Get rated->
> Do agin for 4 more days ->
> get in to division->
> Season ends ->
> See divion rank and Overall rank ->
> Everything gets resetted except the overall rank.
Your placement can change every day, even if you don’t play, as it is not only based on how you play, but rather how you play relative to everyone else. You don’t just get rated and then have to wait til the end of the season to see how you did.
->Ranking system rewards kill stealing and competitiveness within the team, rather than teamwork.
->Ranking completely ignores KD ratio and only focuses on spread.
->Bad maps (Swordbase, Uncaged)
->Jetpacks brake maps, specially in a highly coordinated team. (Select)
->Takes too long to get graded and put into a proper team. (I first get paired up with noobs and i get 1600-1700 rating, as soon as i get +1600 i tend to already be bored of Arena, then have to play 4 days like that, get paired with too good players, get bored of loosing.)
And all this -> long waiting times because nobody likes Arena enough
And also in my opinion i would like Doubles Arena back.
I just had to put my 2 cents in on this, first of all arena was very good starting out around season 1-3 then I quit Halo altogether, I came back around season 9-10. All the sudden there’s Jetpack? Yeah right, there’s no way a Jetpack can be competitive it completely breaks the game. The map selection is horrid, I was a 30% onyx last season playing with top 5-10% people and I got booted out of almost every game. The iron boosters make it almost unplayable because of skill gaps and it effects your division badly if you lose because the system thinks you lost against an iron. My idea of fixing arena making sprint the only AA, 85% Bloom isn’t bad but ZB is prefered for me because even with a laggy host. I can still connect shots (somewhat) They also need to do away with some of those forge maps. I would play it more, but Jetpacks kill arena. Especially if you’re playing a team that knows how to use them.