The new Arena is very bad

[Jonathan]

@anon2904747

it’s shorter and gives better rewards for fewer battles.

Just clarifying – which rewards do you like more than in the previous edition?

Also, iirc, the devs believed the time taken to complete a 6-victory run without the hero was roughly equal to an 8-victory run with:

@Saltypatra

We have reduced the max number of Victories from 8 to 6.

• This reduces the amount of battles required to play. Generally, without the hero, we found these battles take a little longer, so requiring 6 battles to complete felt consistent with the old 8.

Realistically, this should mean that rewards can be directly compared, although re-reading the next part of the Patch Notes leaves me a bit unsure about that:

@Saltypatra

With the changes to Victories, we have rebalanced Arena Rewards and made some improvements to the amount of Trophies given
[emphasis mine]

It did seem like even if you enjoy the mode, you didn’t feel the rewards were worth your time, also, even in the special Arena event (Arena of Valor) – is that right?

@anon2904747

I’ll admit I won’t play Arena just to get points and rewards in Arena of Valor, but I have to admit I actually like the new Arena.