What do you consider to be "low ranks" in the arena? Besides all the massive problems this is causing people who want large streaks, go for 1k gem/leader stakes, or want to take their time moving up, it's also making the arena essentially unplayable at the very high levels. Unless you actually consider top 10 to be "low ranks" in the arena this newest change has broken the system entirely.

I'm rank 5 or 6 in the arena in my realm, depending on the day. Overnight I was dropped to 9 because the top player dropped ranks on purpose to steal treasure chests to get materials for his weapon plans (which he can't get any other way because you haven't gotten that far in making your game). Before this patch I would've been perfectly fine with this, I can beat those below me on a consistent basis and should be able to take my spot back.

For reference I'm just over 2m power, ranks 1-4 are all 2.3m or above and ranks 1-3 are completely impossible for me to beat with 4 being extremely RNG dependent. At rank 9 these are the places I can currently see to attack: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 Ranks 7 and 8 are those people normally fighting with me for spots 5 and 6, both around 2m power. At rank 5 and 6 currently are two players with 1.2m power who can easily be beaten by anyone else in the top 10, however NONE of us can actually see them or attack them. This is especially important because of the large rank 5 rewards spike, normally a well contested spot, is now locked in because nobody can attack that person.

This patch has utterly broken the arena for not just those at lower ranks but also those at higher ones and NEEDS to be reverted within the next few days, not the next scheduled content update patch.



On a more positive note at least the Cerb/Baal change lessened the absurd amounts of positive feedback loops within the game, so props for that.