# Boycott the Arena

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/boycott-the-arena/51409>\
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\
**Created:** [January 24, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/boycott-the-arena/51409 "2019-01-24T17:30:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/boycott-the-arena/51409/16 "2019-01-24T19:07:25Z")

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> [@Razzagor](#):
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> But for Arena, which still is the oldest and untouched feature of this game since forever there might be reasons for not changing NOW… So i give the devs the benefit of the doubt as i try to do in many situations like that.

I would too if they were a little transparent in the change. Such as “We got rid of hero XP in the arena because it required additional coding that will be useless after we eventually rework the arena.”  
Instead we were told that hero XP was always a bug.  
Which is complete 🐂💩.  
If something gets featured in the patch notes and never gets redacted then they can’t call it a bug. They just simply can’t!

> [@4.2.5 Patch Notes](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/4-2-5-patch-notes/51039/111):
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> Sooo patch notes from 3.5 were not correct @Cyrup? The Arena is the ONE game mode that requires a hero to be used and is the ONLY game mode that doesn’t give hero XP? That’s the “intention” of the devs huh? Like y’all had a meeting, and said yeah… Arena shouldn’t have XP for classes…in fact let’s call it a bug even though it was featured in the notes. roll_eyes

@Kafka said it was a bug in global chat. Cyrup danced around the word.

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