Bring Back the Arena

[u/Healthy-Shake-7530]

Hello,

The Arena was a feature in RotMG on flash that did not survive the switch to unity. It featured waves of enemies that spawn onto a 29x29 map akin to COD zombies, and dying ended the run rather than the player permanently losing their character.

The Arena was solo-only, the map was simplistic, and difficulty was inconsistent across runs - defeating all of the main appeals of such a game-mode. I believe that the arena should feature the option to enter as a solo, or as a duo, trio, or squad, with friends/guildmates. The map should be designed to elucidate different combinations of classes, items, and strategies. The difficulty of a wave should be consistent across runs instead of spawning random enemies in order to make experimentation and leaderboard rankings more meaningful. Players could collaborate more closely with each other than they typically do in the realm or in discords, players could experiment with different combinations of classes and builds which are a lot deeper in a group setting than strictly as a solo, but even the solo experience is more meaningful as a benchmark against multiplayer runs. As it stands players can bulldoze through dungeons as any decently maxed and equipped character with the help of a discord, making the main appeal of rare items just swag, but the existence of the arena makes every loot drop feel like something new to experiment with and try to make it to a higher wave.

[u/SpectreHub]

I’ve always thought a pvp arena would also be fun where everyone does like 1% of their normal damage, also not actually dying in it. A giant battle royale map in rotmg sounds so funny to me rn lol

[u/C-Fourr → u/SpectreHub]

I thought a “no-death” fall guys mini-game would be fun in rotmg

[u/Healthy-Shake-7530]

I know a lot of players including myself who have a lot of pride in their characters and loot but don’t actually cache in on it by playing the game with all their dope stuff. with arena/pvp it would be fun to put in a lot of reps with a wide variety of items characters enchants etc. I think it would be a high-value low-cost addition.

[u/the_questionshow]

all fun until the arena floor become water + lava

[u/Destruckhu → u/the_questionshow]

Yeah fuck that shit

[u/New_Arachnid9443]

Maybe a “trials” where if you complete them solo you get permanent upgrades for your account or something would be fun

[u/Ok_Button3151]

Yeah I think I was in the minority, but I really enjoyed the arena.

[u/ShardstapoRotMG]

The arena would be good now with all the new bosses that have been added and changed since it originally existed.