The Arena - yay or nay?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:22 pmFor a long time now, the arena has been a contentious issue in Heavy Metal War. And as such, I've decided to create a poll to gauge public opinion on its worth. Note, however, that this is not an official poll (despite me using my mod powers to open it 
), but merely an opinion poll which I hope will sway those in charge to consider making changes to the game.
First of the reasons against the arena, to my mind, is the simple fact that many of the Decepticon players – most, in fact – continually struggle to find opposition on a regular basis, something which becomes increasingly difficult as levels in the game progress. However, a significant amount of Autobots continue to use the arena despite the steady stream of opposition they would find in the missions. Perhaps, of course, this is due to the vast outnumbering they would face – though were all of them forced to use missions after the arena’s closure, this would not be an issue at any level. Disabling the arena would go a long way towards balancing out the two traditional factions in terms of numbers.
However, this leaves the issue of the beast factions – the Maximals and Predacons. Although I do not have information as to what mission brackets exist for Maximal-versus-Predacon missions, I do know that there are only three Beast-versus-Traditional missions for each of the two factions – at 0-3 and 4-11 for their enemy faction, and at 3-6 for their corresponding faction. The relative scarcity of Maximals and Predacons is only compounded by the presence of the arena, where many of them have been forced to hide due to the outnumbering they face when up against the overwhelming Decepticon war machine. However, were the beast factions to join in missions en masse, or as close to en masse as they can muster, a suitable precedent would be set which may very well persuade other players of their worth and convince them of the idea of defection – and a great enough number of would-be defectors would (should) be enough to sway the powers that be into changing players factions on demand.
Of course, my anti-arena stance heavily colours my arguments, and I would welcome any pro-arena contributions from anyone able to think of any. As I’ve already stated, this is simply an opinion poll, and your opinions are as valuable as anyone else’s.
), but merely an opinion poll which I hope will sway those in charge to consider making changes to the game.First of the reasons against the arena, to my mind, is the simple fact that many of the Decepticon players – most, in fact – continually struggle to find opposition on a regular basis, something which becomes increasingly difficult as levels in the game progress. However, a significant amount of Autobots continue to use the arena despite the steady stream of opposition they would find in the missions. Perhaps, of course, this is due to the vast outnumbering they would face – though were all of them forced to use missions after the arena’s closure, this would not be an issue at any level. Disabling the arena would go a long way towards balancing out the two traditional factions in terms of numbers.
However, this leaves the issue of the beast factions – the Maximals and Predacons. Although I do not have information as to what mission brackets exist for Maximal-versus-Predacon missions, I do know that there are only three Beast-versus-Traditional missions for each of the two factions – at 0-3 and 4-11 for their enemy faction, and at 3-6 for their corresponding faction. The relative scarcity of Maximals and Predacons is only compounded by the presence of the arena, where many of them have been forced to hide due to the outnumbering they face when up against the overwhelming Decepticon war machine. However, were the beast factions to join in missions en masse, or as close to en masse as they can muster, a suitable precedent would be set which may very well persuade other players of their worth and convince them of the idea of defection – and a great enough number of would-be defectors would (should) be enough to sway the powers that be into changing players factions on demand.
Of course, my anti-arena stance heavily colours my arguments, and I would welcome any pro-arena contributions from anyone able to think of any. As I’ve already stated, this is simply an opinion poll, and your opinions are as valuable as anyone else’s.
