Gauntlet Popularity

[Muzzleloader]

It appears there is more interest in playing gauntlet than the forum reviews would indicate. I have played 8 battles and only rank 2100. The top 100 have played at least 25 battles. That shows there is an interest in gauntlet because people are purchasing SoW to play or have quit the arena.

[kgk56]

I play both Arena & Gauntlet (as far as I can progress in) but it's sure expensive... I try to get the SS and if I can grab the Talis, it's all bonus.

[blade685]

actually gauntlet is not good i just don't spend more SOW in it

[GotN]

Absolutely no interest in Gauntlet here 👎🏼

[Sick]

Gauntlet is new. That’s why people play. I did too. I guess I will not do it next week. It is far too expensive and I will not spent tons of skill shards to power up dupes. I think there is no other way to pass AAA. And as it seems to change every week you will probably need to shard up many dupes of all colors.

[Ip4]

i think people played only first two weeks...

[Fudjo]

I'm still playing the Gauntlet because I think it's fun.

[RobG-9641]

Enjoying Gauntlet! 1st Gauntlet got destroyed quick trying to figure it out. 2nd Gauntlet did much better.
Going to take it as it comes, if rewards are good I’ll play, if not will sit it out...
It’s something geared for long term players, definitely not for newer players with limited teams...

[druid138]

I really like it. It would be nice if it weren't so expensive, but the higher tier rewards are pretty good and sometimes can't be obtained elsewhere. Also, it will be a great place to quickly burn SoW next week during the Sacrifice event. The most frustrating part of Sacrifice events in the past was having 150+ SoW in the bank and no time to use it.

[Muzzleloader]

I play just to burn some SoW that would go to waste or going against losing arena battles. A few rewards are better than losing battles in the arena. As I stated before I played 8 battles an am ranked 2100, so there are gauntlet battles being fought.

[Yup]

There will always be a select few that merely want to be "top dog" whatever the cost... that doesn't mean the Gauntlet is popular.

[DanielRacy]

I like gauntlet, but I won't go beyond A, too much SoW.

[edsel]

The Gauntlet gives a reason for us collecting and powering all these characters. Running your teams and talisman combos within constraints of Gauntlet forces me to put lots more effort into the game. It is rewarding to reach deep into the collection of characters and place them correctly for passing each grade, making the set of battles like a war campaign instead of a quick hit or miss Arena battle. I would rather think, strategize, and play in the hi stakes Gauntlet than purchasing ironite to run autoplay overnight to get 1000 Powerslave battles to get new character fragments. It is costly, too much at 30 ironite/10 sow battle at SS grade. It will cost me 300 to clear now, and then SSS the characters I use in SS are not available? I dont have a roster like Slauki to burn through this requirement-not to mention the ironite. I buy the 10 monthly refill deal, that is all, I don't see how anyone can get massive piles,of this without spending serious coin. Not likely from playing Powerslave 100 times/day.

[Kamuz24z]

I quit Arena I use all the sow in Gauntlet for me is more fun than Arena there are a few bugs but no big deal I spent around 150 ironites in the last cycle and i got rank #1 I think 150 ironites is a good investment 2 sets of necropolis talis, 150 FC, 1 mythical soul, 300 heroic soul fragments and 250 mythical soul fragments plus all the rewards that we get for clearing every floor, this new feature is not as popular as Arena for various reasons some don’t have a good roster, not enough relics or just simply they don’t like it
Gauntlet needs it’s own currency and a faster way to swap talismans
What I like the most about gauntlet is that it take less time, better rewards and there’s more strategy involved is not just having the OP characters here even a 1* can help you to take one more battle

[Cefiar]

I played Gauntlet this week up to AA, and now taking it slow (like 1 battle a day). Mainly just want to get the next achievement, and use the rewards to boost my characters a bit (mainly IC for relics).

Not playing Arena much now as my fixed line net connection dropped out this morning and I'm doing everything on 4G, which I only have a limited data allowance on. So I'll probably just do the basic bare minimum in the game plus using all my troopers. Hopefully it'll be fixed by tomorrow, otherwise it'll really start to impact me achieving this event.

[EnricoPalazzo]

I like Gauntlet a lot but as all here, I think that we should have a new currency for it and the cost needs to go down.
And I still feel that being able to use troopers for the stages would make the gauntlet even more interesting for many players. This could be offset by making the stages a little harder, but you'd finally be happy for a trooper Samurai Eddie to pass the last battle in AAA...
That being said, I played the first two Gauntlets full-on, using my ironite to buy SOWs. This time I play with the left-overs of my SOW that I don't use in the Arena. The Iron Coins lost and not available for Relics outweigh the Soul Talismans that are the main prize this week, so I'm not going full Gauntlet.
I think I'll play it more like BNW: If I need something that I can only get there (like another set of Echo talis), I play. Otherwise, it's too expensive.

[Shaolin85london]

I quit Arena I use all the sow in Gauntlet for me is more fun than Arena there are a few bugs but no big deal I spent around 150 ironites in the last cycle and i got rank #1 I think 150 ironites is a good investment 2 sets of necropolis talis, 150 FC, 1 mythical soul, 300 heroic soul fragments and 250 mythical soul fragments plus all the rewards that we get for clearing every floor, this new feature is not as popular as Arena for various reasons some don’t have a good roster, not enough relics or just simply they don’t like it
Gauntlet needs it’s own currency and a faster way to swap talismans
What I like the most about gauntlet is that it take less time, better rewards and there’s more strategy involved is not just having the OP characters here even a 1* can help you to take one more battle

Im second on this, gauntlet has a big potential, just need some adjustments. Cheers

[Moonchild-6759]

I quit Arena I use all the sow in Gauntlet for me is more fun than Arena there are a few bugs but no big deal I spent around 150 ironites in the last cycle and i got rank #1 I think 150 ironites is a good investment 2 sets of necropolis talis, 150 FC, 1 mythical soul, 300 heroic soul fragments and 250 mythical soul fragments plus all the rewards that we get for clearing every floor, this new feature is not as popular as Arena for various reasons some don’t have a good roster, not enough relics or just simply they don’t like it
Gauntlet needs it’s own currency and a faster way to swap talismans
What I like the most about gauntlet is that it take less time, better rewards and there’s more strategy involved is not just having the OP characters here even a 1* can help you to take one more battle

Just want to point out that i support this one 100%. It's truly on point.

[Ancient Mariner]

Gauntlet is finally something new and actually fun, because it's a real challenge as you have to carefully choose your tactics to go on.

Also the prizes ain't that bad, as you can get heroic fragments and souls, not to mention gold and all the rewards coming from the rank you reach.

The only things to improve imho should be the chance to see enemies stats increased by the talismans equipped (so that we could guess them) and to slightly decrease the cost of the battles

[Deathbat6120]

Gauntlet is finally something new and actually fun, because it's a real challenge as you have to carefully choose your tactics to go on.

Also the prizes ain't that bad, as you can get heroic fragments and souls, not to mention gold and all the rewards coming from the rank you reach.

The only things to improve imho should be the chance to see enemies stats increased by the talismans equipped (so that we could guess them) and to slightly decrease the cost of the battles

100% with both this and Kamuz's points. It's something new, something different. It's a fun challenge that really makes you think and gives some good rewards too. There's a good chance that the rewards could be even better once it's out of beta, given that the current rewards are only temporary. Of course it needs some adjustments, I think enemy stats and the cost to battle being the major points, but I think it's got good potential. It's not for everyone of course, but for those who don't really play arena, like myself, or just want something new, it's another way to spend saved up SOW and another way to earn rewards.

[Icarus]

Even if the rewards of this week is the Ghost talisman set, which i already have a couple, the gauntlet is fun to play and i'll be fighting in this week.
Now i have something to spend my SoW in, since i don't use to get that far in Arena unless there is an event, also frontier coins are frontier coins and any quantity helps to reach the 2500 for Alexander Eddie.
I'll wait until the rewards are something like Valor Talismans, because i missed half of that event and the chance to get that set, Necropolis set was a good reward, it was a premium set first and now almost anyone who played the gauntlet has a set now.
So after all, is a good feature, almost for me. Even if is just another kind of arena it feels some fresh and LotB needed something new besides new characters every week. Now there is a reason to catch them all (lol).

[Chaosego888]

I really like Gauntlet a lot but like others have stated, It really needs it's on currency. I stopped playing last week once the cost got up to 9 Sands of War per battle. That's just way too much unless you can space out your battles which is not how I like playing. I like the fact that it makes you think and it's given me a reason to take my fully sharded Cultists and Pharaoh Sun Spirit back into battle for the first time in a long time. I would still like to see more variety in the challenges in the future. I haven't fought any battles in SS and SSS yet but I feel the same way as Sick about skill sharding a bunch of duplicates, probably just will not participate much if that's going to be a neccessity.

[Stormseye]

I really haven't felt the benefits of gauntlet yet. The RvR is still too skewed and the only time I see myself playing it will be if the rewards are something I want. I can earn more IC in Arena so that is what I will focus on unless the Guantlet changes.

[HuckFinn150]

I like it, but my inventory is not too good for getting too far. I'm stuck on f and working to build my Magus and sentinel to be able to get through it. My Gunner and Assassin see plentiful enough to use, if I can get there lol.

[Kmadd69]

my peeve and I contacted support about this crap. If my AI opponent can use any class of toon why cant I? I gave up on D this week till the reset.

[Olevipoeg]

I was fighting in AAA round ( it means only Maguses allowed for me ) against VHE with Eclipse set, Purple Lilith with Eternal Set, Beelzebul with Redemption Set and Pharoh Dog king with Destiny set. Is it some kind of sick joke? I need 5 Magus Eddies for that round and minimum 15 high level magus chars. Such resistance is sure defeat for first try. And for second retry I need 4 more top maguses. Really? Heh?

[Symbiote]

my peeve and I contacted support about this crap. If my AI opponent can use any class of toon why cant I? I gave up on D this week till the reset.

This is the thing i don't like too.., only xxx class.., the really damn thing is.., if you have to battle five teams and you only have e.g. 5-6 Magus Eddie at "Only Magus Class" and you lose two battles.., this was it. xD you can't do it if you do not have dupes or so.., :D

[Ancient Mariner]

Indeed AAA seems the level I can't pass, I always try to get at least 1 victory to gain the 500k and then I stop playing it until the reset. Too hard for my roaster right now.

Maybe if the next weeks they change the conditions or set the class to gunner or assassin, I can try to make it through

[WastingYears81]

I was fighting in AAA round ( it means only Maguses allowed for me ) against VHE with Eclipse set, Purple Lilith with Eternal Set, Beelzebul with Redemption Set and Pharoh Dog king with Destiny set. Is it some kind of sick joke? I need 5 Magus Eddies for that round and minimum 15 high level magus chars. Such resistance is sure defeat for first try. And for second retry I need 4 more top maguses. Really? Heh?

Same here, I was annailated in seconds, and that's with fully sharded, full talisman + middle relics in play. Was a very big step from AA to AAA.

[kgk56]

Same here, I was annailated in seconds, and that's with fully sharded, full talisman + middle relics in play. Was a very big step from AA to AAA.

Same. I had enough Magus Eddies & the rosters to do it but only manage to win the first Team. After I get wiped.

[Knut-3112]

Yeah, I also got to AAA and hit a wall. If we could use chars from two classes, then maybe, but only Magus class. Not doable for the majority of us.

By the way, this is exactly the tier where we get the full Soul Set, so I think that the difficulty is quite correct. It is possible to get here, but to get above that, then it requires a super-roster.

[Olevipoeg]

I'm regretting sacrificing 4th blue Lilith already ( What an irony! ). With 4 Magus Liliths I could finish that AAA round. If enemies are using Redemption set and will always win coin toss then only way i could think of to survive first round is Destiny set(s). It seems you need to peek first what is waiting for you. Just cheap low level team. And then to attack again with prepared chars. It costs 16 sow and 2 Magus Eddies per enemy team. Low level maguses are easy to get from souls, but Eddies who can survive first round are real problem.

[kgk56]

I'm regretting sacrificing 4th blue Lilith already ( What an irony! ). With 4 Magus Liliths I could finish that AAA round. If enemies are using Redemption set and will always win coin toss then only way i could think of to survive first round is Destiny set(s). It seems you need to peek first what is waiting for you. Just cheap low level team. And then to attack again with prepared chars. It costs 16 sow and 2 Magus Eddies per enemy team. Low level maguses are easy to get from souls, but Eddies who can survive first round are real problem.

Believe it or not, but a fully sharded Speed of Light Eddie (with Holy - Predator - Electricity) car survive first rounds and make the win for an average Team.
After, at the AAA level, the opponents had all the powerfull talismans (Primordial - Destiny - Eternal) ... quite unbeatable at My Level.

[Shaolin85london]

Believe it or not, but a fully sharded Speed of Light Eddie (with Holy - Predator - Electricity) car survive first rounds and make the win for an average Team.
After, at the AAA level, the opponents had all the powerfull talismans (Primordial - Destiny - Eternal) ... quite unbeatable at My Level.

The beast is an assassin character class lol

[Zerynx]

FWIW - I'm chiming in to say I'm a fan of the Gauntlet. I don't mind it as is, though I'm a couple of battles away from AAA. If that's where my fortnight ends. So be it. Still having fun with it.

[DanielRacy]

I think Gauntlet is pretty popular. Last week I've made below 200 in ranking for the first time and with almost no effort at all. That's probably a sign people are spending time and SoW on Gauntlet a lot.

[Majice]

The Gauntlet is a lot of work and challenging. Lots of moving talismans around and using characters not normally used. Wish I had a couple hundred skill shards. It would make things easier.

[Muzzleloader]

Last event I completed level AA and ranked 60, this event I have 3 AA battles left and ranked about 400. There seems to be more players this event.
I haven't purchased any SoW to reach this level, I am more selective in the arena battles. I dont fight losing battles just not to lose SoW, i fight in the gauntlet.
I think the rewards through level A are worth the battles..
The arena is becoming who has the new OP tunes and talisman win. The ability to steal or block beneficial buffs seems to be the key to wining. Most winners have a primordial, destiny and eternal talis.

[Olevipoeg]

Today encountered next team in AAA: SoL Eddie with Endure and Guard, Magus Lilith with Destiny set, Dog of War with Eternal set and Prisoner with Primordial set. I give up.

[Icarus]

AAA seems to be the step ahead of the big stuff, in both of these last weeks i just reach the AAA grade because in both situations, my roster is to fight the enough battles, and i have a lot of maguses with 4* but i don't have the enough fragments to level them up, so now i'll try to use the day to farm LoL, the teams that i got seems to be hard than the other ones but almost possible to finish.
To AAA to S is not that big difference in rewards also, but it may be good to see what are my actual limits when going too far.

[SDTull]

I hit a wall at AA due to not having enough toons. I have two battles left and not enough time to level out and evolve the 3* toons I have.

It is fun and makes you think about who you want to use. I see a lot of potential with Gauntlet. Hopefully the devs are listening to the players.

[ElvisIsDead]

I think Gauntlet is the best part of the game right now. For veteran players, the Cosmos and Time Rift are a tedious grind, and the PVP is complete mess that seems to get worse and worse with each update. Gauntlet actually reintroduces a bit of strategy back into the game.

Due to the persistent problems with the rest of the game, I was expecting the beta to be a buggy mess, but I haven't noticed any new bugs at all (that I can recall). The only real 'problems' with it are the high SoW cost and the punishing difficulty at higher levels. I have almost all the characters in the game, but because I haven't levelled up any dupes, I can't make it past the AAA stage. After two losses, I don't have enough Eddies to continue. If you could re-use characters when you lose a match, there wouldn't be a problem.

I would actually prefer it if it had been designed so that you couldn't use dupes at all. Having to maintain dupes makes roster management even more of a nightmare than it already is.

[Sick]

I would actually prefer it if it had been designed so that you couldn't use dupes at all. Having to maintain dupes makes roster management even more of a nightmare than it already is.

I fully agree. I don’t want to use my shards for dupes. This doesn’t make sense. On the other hand, there are at least three new characters each month. It will only be a matter of time until everybody has enough of them to clear each level without dupes.

[Muzzleloader]

I'm finding gauntlet is more challenging, but strategic than the arena. The arena started going downhill with relics, then all the op Eddie's, gods, liliths and talismans. The arena strategy is buff up first and grind the other team down.

I dont think that the gauntlet through level AAA is any more expensive than the arena events. You may not earn as much IC battling, but the frags, souls, SS and gold make up for the IC. If you reach AAA you get the talis that you would be rewarded in an arena event.

The possible need to share normally unused toons or dupes is the question. If a more easy talis selection could be devised that would definitely help in gauntlet.

[Ancient Mariner]

I think Gauntlet is the best part of the game right now. For veteran players, the Cosmos and Time Rift are a tedious grind, and the PVP is complete mess that seems to get worse and worse with each update. Gauntlet actually reintroduces a bit of strategy back into the game.

Due to the persistent problems with the rest of the game, I was expecting the beta to be a buggy mess, but I haven't noticed any new bugs at all (that I can recall). The only real 'problems' with it are the high SoW cost and the punishing difficulty at higher levels. I have almost all the characters in the game, but because I haven't levelled up any dupes, I can't make it past the AAA stage. After two losses, I don't have enough Eddies to continue. If you could re-use characters when you lose a match, there wouldn't be a problem.

I would actually prefer it if it had been designed so that you couldn't use dupes at all. Having to maintain dupes makes roster management even more of a nightmare than it already is.
100% agree with your post.
If they adjust the difficulty to let people pass levels without having to invest resources on dupes it would be better.
I think it would be enough to remove the limit to only one class per stage. putting the limit to 2 classes like it already is in certain levels it's perfect imho.

And please remove talismans sets to characters who normally couldn't wear them. We can't even guess that before wasting a battle btw

[edsel]

This is a great feature and I am glad many others agree. Fun to stretch your collection and plan strategy. I hit my wall 2 fights from SSS and must say congrats to the devs for assembling the worst possible nightmare teams at this top level. Over and over Prisoner with Primordial and Magus Lilith with Destiny. Coupling this to being stripped of character resources makes for an extreme challenge. I am out of strong enough teams to have a chance to beat these opponents. Only 1 use of any character is allowed up here so sharded dupes mean nothing. At 30 ironite per battle to watch what I have left get destroyed, not a good time. I do not yet have an adequate character library for clearing the top tier, but what a ride it was. I used the Arena test defense feature to set up mock battles with the Gauntlet opponent teams prior to actual fight, good for fault checking my set ups.