# A nasty suprise in arena **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [February 11, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903 "2017-02-11T07:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LYNDALE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyndale/32/13864_2.png) [@LYNDALE](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LYNDALE)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/1 "2017-02-11T07:07:27Z")
Gulp. A touch op for arena? A bit I think considering the life and armor of the cards I can draw from. This was on normal difficulty. RNG hates me. Sigh ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/0/6/06f0a2e34697b4f59901557dd4e6b6c01dd27cec.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/2 "2017-02-11T07:20:47Z")
This has been raised before. I don’t play Arena but assume anyone who did would use that weapon, as it’s clearly broken there. ---
**Author:** ![LYNDALE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyndale/32/13864_2.png) [@LYNDALE](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LYNDALE)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 7:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/3 "2017-02-11T07:31:45Z")
Agree and I am now using it myself. Don’t know how I missed it in the line up. ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/4 "2017-02-11T07:37:55Z")
I noticed on my let’s play account that the Runic Blade is in a bundle for $50 for newer players on their 3rd week. ---
**Author:** ![Annaerith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/annaerith/32/13840_2.png) [@Annaerith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Annaerith)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/5 "2017-02-11T08:03:42Z")
a little slow, if u play enough to care you could be past arena stage after 2 weeks xD ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/6 "2017-02-11T08:07:46Z")
I was done with arena on my let’s play account in about 10 hours after the account was made, lol. If arena is ran perfectly, it only takes around 8 arena runs to have a sufficient amount of souls for starting. ---
**Author:** ![LYNDALE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyndale/32/13864_2.png) [@LYNDALE](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LYNDALE)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/7 "2017-02-11T08:19:57Z")
At level 1000+ I’m looking forward to not needing souls lol. I turned my guild over to Angry Midget and will leave about reset. So I’ll grind a bit for them next week. Sometimes it’s nice taking a break from pvp. Using your soul grind video @Tacet for that, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Yano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yano](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Yano)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/8 "2017-02-11T17:33:28Z")
I use the Arena ALOT on Warlord I. The rewards are great (3300 souls, 5 glory keys, 7000 gold) for 30-40min, depending on the grind of certain matches. I also enjoy the variety, especially for Hero weapons ( I will generally choose a weapon based on whatever mana colors I’m missing, to optimize/balance mana in the party.) Runic Blade can be very problematic, I’ve seen anywhere from 13-16 dmg initially, which usually means a one shot kill on several of the arena troops. No one ever said it was easy lol. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/9 "2017-02-11T17:46:33Z")
If it werent for the very low gold payout in arena I would had played it day and night… ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/a-nasty-suprise-in-arena/19903/10 "2017-02-11T19:01:00Z")
For me it’s the same argument as with Khorvash and Bone Dragon. The ONLY reason I play arena is for the complete random variety. Seeing Merchants in EVERY match defeats the purpose entirely.