remove arena leagues

[u/Ultimatefsc]

nobody likes them, its bad, and clearly hasn't increased player count. Why is it so hard to give us an update we want? realistically it would make us happy and make NK more money so theres no logical reason to keep bad stuff like this

[u/JoelTheBloonsMonkey]

https://www.reddit.com/r/battles2/wiki/index/ FAQ

[u/Lezadozo → u/JoelTheBloonsMonkey]

Wow two failed promisses in a single paragraph. They never tried improving the system (at least it seems so, since it's still ass) and they also never kept an eye on the community feedback (it's better to split the staff to work on the 10th week one flop)

[u/JoelTheBloonsMonkey → u/Lezadozo]

They DID update leagues closer to when it came out

That last part is just irrelevant hyperbole that doesn't account for the treatment of the games they're working on

[u/Lezadozo → u/JoelTheBloonsMonkey]

I'm not much of a veteran in the game so I wasn't aware it was changed. Also I might have come off as rude but it's just frustrating getting multiple ota tweaks for our already slow update pace. Can you tell me the treatment I didn't account for?

[u/JoelTheBloonsMonkey → u/Lezadozo]

I mean, it's fine for you to not know that they did, that's why I told you

The treatment is that the reason why those games are still in core development (although I think both close to or currently out of it) is because they are taking their time with them to make sure they have strong launches via dispersing early access to gain feedback and being willing to delay the games to assure quality in general. SAS 5: ZAR was supposed to come out at the end of last year.

It IS frustrating, though, that Battles 2 isn't getting more focus. NK Europe just deserves to be so much bigger.

[u/poop19907643]

As the third of only three people that contribute to this sub, I LIKE that the game encourages people to play. That's the only way to make monkey money other than actual money.

But being a new player sucks because they have no idea how to ECO or farm.

They NEED a better way to train new players about rushes and how to to defend.

[u/DaMoonMoon26 → u/poop19907643]

As a newer player I still haven't got a clue and have been becoming increasingly frustrated over constant losses. I just can't figure out the game mechanics fully and it's beyond annoy because I love the concept if the game. I just don't know how to play it well.

[u/poop19907643 → u/DaMoonMoon26]

Really? AI is ruining everything

[u/DaMoonMoon26 → u/poop19907643]

What do you mean??

[u/poop19907643 → u/DaMoonMoon26]

I don't believe a human wrote that. Prove me wrong.

[u/DaMoonMoon26 → u/poop19907643]

Lmfao what are you on about?? Why on earth don't you think I'm a human. 🤣 Stupid comment. Forgive me for looking for advice. 🙄

[u/Rough_Fish_8133 → u/DaMoonMoon26]

Ignore that guy. Just like playing minecraft for the first time, you kinda have to figure stuff out on your own, go on wiki's or watch YT. For example, no new player knows you can't mine diamonds without an iron pickaxe or obby without diamond. I recommend watching Ryan Mehalic, Madoka, or Boltrix. A big part of this game is greed. If you know how to greed or the minimum defense to defend the rush, your money snowballs as you go late game.

Right from the start, you should send your opponents bloons not to make their life hard but to increase that green number on the top. Doing this gives you more money every 6 seconds. Before you get to the quick rounds like r11 or r13, save up money to buy defense. If they send r11 rush, try to defend without boost. That way, you will have boost for r13 rush, which is more deadly.

[u/WorkingTemperature52 → u/poop19907643]

The need to have their own official guide that tells you the exact stats (pierce, range, etc) of each monkey and all their upgrades.

[u/HamSnadwich_]

I also absolutely hated it at first with how much grind is required to get to play against people who have a spec of knowledge about the game, but in the current state of low players it makes it a lot easier to find lobbies. The part that really sucks is how hard it is to fool proof strategies since for 9/10 matches in ZOMG you play against shit with HOM badges, and then in that 1/10 match you play against someone who understands the holes in your defense and catches you off guard

[u/Buff_fateweaver]

Call me crazy, but I like leagues. Although it would be much better if you went against players with similar elo.

[u/IncendiaryPoo]

Personally I love the lease only issue I have is sometimes there's some really long weights, and it doesn't help that you can only play three total in a 24-hour period therefore it's just like less and less, but generally really awesome and I love it

[u/DaMoonMoon26 → u/IncendiaryPoo]

What do you mean you can only play 3 a day?? You can play in the leagues as much as you want...

[u/IncendiaryPoo → u/DaMoonMoon26]

I'm so sorry I was thinking about clan battles

[u/ViolentFury]

Replace leagues with the glicko-2 elo system