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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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I'm curious how other people have done.
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-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
Marcus, your video on how to set up the Arena will be very useful to these new Arena fighters!
The other Problem was that I didn´t manage to Research Global Offensive although I used Seeking Option.
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
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!
9-10CET looks likely, and then perhaps 17-18CET.
But maybe you are fed up with playing the Arena with me
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!
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
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
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
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.
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.