Questionable PVP meta right now

[slauki]

Hey guys,

have mentioned this in the askora reigns thread, but i think this topic is important enough to create a specific thread.

so all in all i'm quite okay with the current state of pvp (aside the known bugs), it's much better and more stabile than before. i think the characters are also better balanced now.
but i think the current meta is slow as hell and that a pain in the ass, because the game is so time consuming anyway.
since the perfect immunity is so popular it's really hard to play fast. maybe i just didn't figure it out, but it's a structural problem i think.
the yellow valk is cool and i don't think she is OP but she slows the game down too much. playing fast is fun and addictive, the slow to death grind like BNW is just boring.

that said: some matches in PVP feel like playing garden of dismay X sometimes. that's what i don't like because even more time is needed to fulfill all daily tasks.

what do you guys think? is this only my perception, or is this the slowest meta we ever had?

[Bradata]

PVP was faster before because of the OP toons and since now most of them got "balanced" the slowness happens, it's normal. Now for me, fights that I could win in one turn are won in two turns and some that I would normally win before now I lose. Devs wanted more balanced PVP and it looks that they achieved it.

[Dank Brew]

This is probably how they want it.
You play all day just to get a few matches in. They want you to play all day every day.

[zamasu]

I honestly hate it. I used to spend 20 minutes clearing a list. now it takes 20 ...
I don't have that much free time!

[T-Man]

I honestly hate it. I used to spend 20 minutes clearing a list. now it takes 20 ...
I don't have that much free time!

Completely agree with you. I could clear a list before work in the morning in 20 mins or less. Now it takes twice as long. Arena feels like a grind.

[slauki]

glad that i'm not the only one who struggle with fast fights. it's sloooooow and it's booooring. i also try to burn everything before the work, so every minute more hurts me a lot. and unfortunatly arena tales more than a few minutes more at the moment.

but dank brew seems to be right, the goal seems to be to let us play all day every day. really don't get it. it's also questionable in an ethical way to use the addiction/passion of people against them...

[Lord Schmeb]

Wait... you mean we actually have to think and/or have a strategy instead of mindlessly bashing buttons?

I'm enjoying the longer, more thought out battles. Even when I'm the victor, I think 1-turn ass rapings are boring, and not fun in the slightest.

[Amarthir]

Personally, I don't care about the length of battles, I just like smooth gameplay without a bunch of little jitters here and there.

I think 1-turn ass rapings are boring, and not fun in the slightest.

If I wanted 1-turn ass rapings, I'd go to the Acolyte Division. I'm actually on my way there in prep for the next arena event

[Lord Schmeb]

Good! 😇 I have never tried for eternal with any real effort, but the new slow play is really fun, and it just sorta happened. If everyone else will kindly hold off for next week as well, I might just take home that goose!

[Nicko]

Kamuz and a few others have recently had the occasional team that slows me up - but honestly - so many teams blow up themselves these days - I can't say it feels that much slower. Self-destruction moves things along quite nicely in fact.

Then again I'm not playing like I used to either...