New Fight Format Game Update

[Nate]

Greetings Pit Masters!

As always, many thanks for all the good feedback negative and positive and I appreciate you taking the time to offer it. Due to technical reasons the old fight format had to be changed to the current format and can't be changed back to the daily scheduled fights of the past. We however have listened to your feedback and gone back to the drawing board to see what could be done to address the majority of your concerns. Please read below for details on the next update:

* All Arena Gates battles independent of who initiated the fight will affect the gladiator's record and rank.

* Serious Injuries, deaths and repairing equipment will no longer be taken care of by the Arena Doctors, Morticians and Blacksmiths, that will be the responsibility of each Master as before.

* Gold and Trophy rewards will be awarded to both gladiators for their efforts on the Arena Sands.

* Experience Points and Training Points will ONLY be awarded to the gladiator who used a Fight Token to initiate a battle.

* Fight Tokens will still be awarded every 12 hours as before.

Once this new update is ready to go live I will post another announcement.

Thanks for your patience and good luck in the Pit!

-Nate-

[Apoca1ypse]

little sad @ no training points or experience but still taking the repair/injury hit. I guess it stops people abusing multiple stable shennanigens...

at least we can earn some gold off it now to hopefully take care of repair bills

[oedi]

im all for these changes, but I beg you not to rush this. Because this will open up for still more manipulation and exploits. If this time also, you know of possible exploits please make arrangements up front instead of after. Please take some time to stop the most obvious holes.
One thing i can think of right away is the possibillity to issue multiple challenges to your next tournament opponent with the intent to injure him right before the next fight. Is that intended or is that something you want to stop? and please no more gentlemans agreements.

[Prinny]

As I read it that meass somebody with multiple glads around a gladiator can challenge him and try to deal some nice injuries right before the tourney fight giving himself a good advantage? XD
What's more if your gladiator gets killed before the tourney does this mean he loses by default? :P

[Dainoji]

From the Blood Games rules:

Dead gladiators will automatically be resurrected before their fight at the Pit Master's expense.

[Dainoji]

One thing i can think of right away is the possibillity to issue multiple challenges to your next tournament opponent with the intent to injure him right before the next fight.

As I read it that meass somebody with multiple glads around a gladiator can challenge him and try to deal some nice injuries right before the tourney fight giving himself a good advantage? XD

Buy a doctor, problem solved. Challenges are not 100% and dealing a serious injury isn't so easy so your scenario will be difficult to achieve at best. But hey, if you are sitting in the hot seat, you're going to get more of that pvp experience you begged for then you ever dreamed of!

[oedi]

my bad, see post below

[oedi]

I just love your ability to never see a problem with anything Dainoji.
I didnt complain, i just want a ruling up front instead of after. I can deal with either way, i just want to know.

Buy a doctor, problem solved. Challenges are not 100% and dealing a serious injury isn't so easy so your scenario will be difficult to achieve at best. But hey, if you are sitting in the hot seat, you're going to get more of that pvp experience you begged for then you ever dreamed of!

didnt i just say i liked the changes, I just asked Nate not to rush, and consider some issues the changes will involve.

[Dainoji]

I just love your ability to never see a problem with anything Dainoji.

I see problems all the time, I just choose to deal with them differently and find ways to handle them. Instead of trying to have the system changed I try and work within the system I'm given. Most games are not as receptive to feedback as this one, so I've become very adept at working with what I'm given over the years. I never said you complained, I just said you're going to get a whole lot of what you asked for! Don't be so touchy Oedi, I still have love for you, it wasn't all lost with your Don King shenanigans! More often than not things people think are problems really aren't they're just different than what a person is used to and they need to adjust to a new way of doing things.

You want to hear me talk about some problems? How about how the #1 gladiator has been theatrics for about 95% of this game's life or about how a war gladiator has never sat on the throne, or perhaps you would like to hear about how rage gladiators have almost become second class citizens in the end game after counterstrike changed to the tit for tat model? I could go on, but I don't want to tarnish my impeccable reputation for always seeing the good in any situation!

[CaineDeSoulis]

When tank was nerfed War was out its major strategy that's the explanation in short of why its never been on top.

When the 7-13-2011 update went live.
The -20% attack speed had little effect on war, gave theatrics a boost in power and nerfed rage. Rage cant survive as long as the other classes and the less damage it can dish out quickly hurt.

Counterstrike, this need a Nerf badly. the top 5 gladiators with the exception of eruption use Counterstrike. and they're are more upcoming in the ranks. It has the defense of parry and match's whatever the opponent is throwing shot...for....shot. almost without fail. i'll even give you an example "Prey uses 2 gladius speed is 2.25 has an agi of 160 and a weight penalty of 8%...Oedi uses 2 Bastard swords speed is 1.15 has an agi of 130 and a weight penalty of 30%...gladius does 32-68 damage, Bastard sword does 68-117 damage." Prey uses Berserk and Oedi uses Counterstrike. Prey gets a boost to damage, attack speed and loses defense. Oedi since he's using Counterstrike his bastard swords now say speed 2.25. oedi's weight is now 8% and oedis agi is = to 160. PLUS he's using a "defensive" style Create Distance will trigger more often and parry's will happen more often. so with all that said prey is using 2.25 gladius's that do 32-68 damage with 160 agi an initiative boost and zero defense. Oedi is using 2.25 bastard swords that do 68-117 with 160 agi an initiative boost and a defensive boost with medium armor.