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Start date: TUESDAY, 22 August 2017


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Organisator: Hiliadan | Joined so far: 14 | unlimited

This is a player pool for the new Arena game mode, which allows short manual tactical battles between two humans, without strategic play. Please use the scheduler tool of the BF to state your availability and arrange battles. A tournament should be organized around November-December. In order to play with the Arena, please follow these instructions (detailed instructions and presentation of the Arena in this article): 0. get the following mods from the Steam Workshop: Decodence Elemental Mod No Domain Structure Minimum Distance 1. download the 2 .taf files here 2. put the 2 .taf in this folder in your C:\Users\[your user name]\Documents\My Games\AoW3\UserContent 3. activate the Arena and Arena balance mods in your launcher, as well as the Decodence Map Content, Elemental Mod and No Domain Structure Minimum Distance mods (5 in total). Launch AoW3. 4. use the "Arena map v2.0X" custom map. (later, you may want to delete the .sam and ~sam files in the \UGC_ARENA [76561198121141565] folder to prevent them from appearing in your custom map selection screen) Hopefully in future versions, only 1 mod will be necessary. Showcase videos Set-up tutorial Two videos of AbedNego vs Nemesis_Zero in the first showcase matches of the Arena: #1 and #2. The recommended rules: Take 4500 RP from the resource stashes. Do not evolve things through levelling (report if you see any unit with Evolve, there should be none). Do not produce things you could summon (Cherub, animals for AD, other summons for Sorcerer, etc.), summon them. Report if you see one such unit, there should be none. Only movements, no other action on round 1 of the battle (no use of abilities or spells). Select a terrain (overlay + climate) and who will launch the attack before the battle (and before players choose their army). List of banned spells (many useless Empire upgrades, Strategic spells, etc. are also removed): - Rite of Malediction List of modified spells: - Disintegrate: cannot target Leaders Tools Army builder spreadsheet (database of all units, skills and hero upgrades to help build one's army)

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Published on Sat, 17 Feb 2018 22:45:09 +0300

This is completing round 2 of the Tactical Challenge;
https://streamable.com/c8qh0

I'm curious how other people have done.

user
Published on Wed, 07 Feb 2018 12:55:39 +0300

Who's up for some Arena games Saturday? I filled my availabilities (my VPN works now, I need to check if I can join games). I plan to try to lure some of the live MP players from Discord to play. At least 2 expressed interest.

Published on Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:52:24 +0300
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Issues: 

-Summon Banshee not in research book
-Harbingers of Death not in research book
-Boats can move on land tiles and join land battles
-Some structures can cause units to get stuck and unable to move



user
Published on Tue, 23 Jan 2018 06:30:44 +0300

I'm going to publish the article about the Arena this week. I discussed with a couple of players who might be interested to give a try to the Arena. Maybe everyone could fill his availabilities to see when to organize new battles?
Marcus, your video on how to set up the Arena will be very useful to these new Arena fighters! <smiletext0>

user
Published on Sat, 20 Jan 2018 13:55:25 +0300

Nice battle Marcus! In the end 3 Wicthes and his Leader survived. Some smaller errors on both sites, but I think both done quite good with their tactics

user
Published on Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:00:54 +0300

We both forgot that the eveolving ability is canceled in the Arena mode.
The other Problem was that I didn´t manage to Research Global Offensive although I used Seeking Option.

user
Published on Thu, 18 Jan 2018 22:03:50 +0300

That rule is more for the shrines, which would allow you 6 Exalteds for 200rp, for example. If you want to spend 1400rp (maybe its more) and 500mana, I would say go for it, I can bet with 99% certainty you lose that game.

user
Published on Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:28:51 +0300

No, they come out evolved, at least Human Cavalry does.
But I think the rules not allow that?
"Do not evolve things through levelling (report if you see any unit with Evolve, there should be none)."

Maybe Hiliadan should clarify this.

So I will try to make the commentator of the 2nd game on Saturday, I would try to make it funny, but I guess I´m not that talented / and my English not not perfect as well

user
Published on Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:46:54 +0300

I think Evolving units need one battle before they evolve with global assault
And even if they evolve without a battle, the spell cost 500 mana to cast, so you have no mana left for units, summons or combat spells, so your strategy relies on a very good evolve result!

user
Published on Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:37:12 +0300

 Playing Drac WL, researching Global offensive and just building hatchlings is not allowed, right? I will try something else, not for winning, but for a funny battle <smiletext1> for me saturday morning is ok

user
Published on Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:21:22 +0300

I might be available for 1 game in the morning, and maybe one in the afternoon.
9-10CET looks likely, and then perhaps 17-18CET.
But maybe you are fed up with playing the Arena with me <smiletext0>

Gladis mentioned he would be available on Saturday as well, so I dont mind taking a commentary seat if you want to battle it out!

user
Published on Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:09:44 +0300

I'm trying to convince someone to come fight in the Arena Saturday, I updated my possible availabilities. Please update yours if you're available.

I plan to release a news article about the Arena next week. If Marcus has time to do a tutorial video explaining how to install it, we could then use the article + the video to try to attract people to play. Then we could target a small tournament let's say at the end of March, with maybe 8 players first. Then if it works, a bigger one, ideally with the Shadow Elves and Archons to celebrate the launch of the expansion (the units should be ready, even if the rest of the expansion isn't, but then, if the expansion isn't ready, there is nothing to celebrate ).

user
Published on Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:53:39 +0300

Maybe Sadism could give all your units a +3 dmg bonus when casted and +100 moral every time an enemy unit is killed but no more extra damage. Spell would be more useful directly after being cast but it wouldn't go absolutely bat shit crazy towards end of combat anymore. I think in some live MP-Mod is was even changed to no more extra damage, only gives +100 morale with each kill, but imho that renders the spell quite useless.

user
Published on Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:32:05 +0300

Only units of the same Tier as the killed Unit get the buff?     

user
Published on Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:50:42 +0300

I think we must change the way Sadism work in the Arena. In the video I uploaded, the assassins kill 4-5 spearmen the first battle turn, and all of the sudden they get +4-5 melee damage! Even the Goblin Support units end with 17+ melee damage! Poor Orc Warlord with relentless army and bloodbath stood no chance.

user
Published on Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:01:15 +0300

Marcus and me mangaed to do the battle. Somehow he didn´t had mana?
I started with 100 Gold /500 Mana / 4500 RP
It was ok I think. But I dodn´t know how to Research properly.

Maybe we can use this mode for Balance issues or just Training - not competetive

user
Published on Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:31:47 +0300

Yes, Naga Matriarchs are too powerful in general maybe - at least on elite.
It has so much powerful skills and compared to other T3 Units, the Call Lightning is a very strong buff.
Even T4 Units don´t get such a buff on elite, didn´t they?

I think for me smaller battles would make more fun.

I don´t have much time the next week, depends whether my PBEMs go faster or stay slow

@Marcus I add you on Steam for easier handling

user
Published on Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:27:39 +0300

Was a long time since we had an arena match!
I would be up for a battle if you want Gladis?
It's a bit tricky to set up though, but I think Hiliadan wrote a guide somewhere in the pool or in the live event.

user
Published on Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:17:08 +0300

Next battles are whenever you organize them.
The next tournament I plan to organize will be an Arena tournament, as soon as possible.

As you pointed out in your comments, there are many balance issues specific to the Arena to deal with. So I hope we can have many battles as soon as possible, to identify the issue and fix them in the Arena mod. I also plan to rewrite the Arena mod from scratch to have only 1 mod required to play, and not 4 (or 5?) forgot like now.

I think you can contact people in this pool and organize battles. I won't be available myself but others probably are.

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