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[Info] World Arena Improvement 2018.12.13

Greetings from the Summoners War Team!

 

It's been a while since our last developer's note. We hope all Summoners have been having fun in Summoners War!

 

Today, we'll be talking about the World Arena improvements, which will be implemented in the next season, World Arena season 8.

 

As the World Arena progressed to the 7th season, our team has been discussing some points for improvement such as:

- Do we have proper meta?

- Are there any issues in classifying users into grades, especially the Legend grade?

- Is the grade system giving a proper satisfaction to the Summoners?

 

We think now is a good time to look through these issues and make some modifications to improve the World Arena.

 

We are excited to share what we have on our minds, and we hope these improvements will build a better gameplay environment for the Summoners.

 

▶ The World Arena will be improved. (Plans to implement the improvements in season 8)

- The grade system will be improved as follows:

We're well aware that Summoners have to put a lot of efforts in order to achieve high ranks in the World Arena.

We would like to expand the range of higher ranks so more Summoners can be rewarded with reasonable compensations for their efforts.

Please take a look at the table to see how we plan to improve the grade system.

 


 

 

- The amount of Victory Points increasing/ decreasing in matches where there's a big difference in Victory Points of two players will be modified.

: The amount of Victory Points decreasing when a Summoner with an excessively high Victory Points loses against someone with relatively low Victory Points is too high.
Because of this, Summoners with high Victory Points sometimes have negative experience when they are matched with Summoners with lower Victory Points.

We hope this modification will reduce the burden of some Summoners and motivate them to aim for the higher rank through continuous gameplays.

 

- The amount of Victory Points increasing/ decreasing in Placement Battles will be decreased slightly.

: Currently, Victory Points increase or decrease more in the Placement Battles than in the Ranking Battles, creating a big gap within Summoners.

With this modification, the gap will be reduced and the World Arena grading system will be better balanced.

 

- A small amount of Shapeshifting Stones will be added to the rewards for Challenger ★★ and Challenger ★★★.

 

- A matching queuing system will be added.

: For your convenience, a matching queuing system will be added. You can think of this as the queuing system we have in the Raid.

An info screen will be exposed on the top of the screen when you tap on the [Ranking Battle] Button. During this time, you can move to your Sky Island to use non-battle content (rune power-up, monster summon, evolution, etc.).

However, please note that you won't be able to use the queuing system for both the World Arena and Raid at the same time.

 

Now, we'd like to talk about the World Arena Legend tallying process modification!

 

▶ The Legend grade tallying process will be modified.

 

From the upcoming 8th season, another process will be added to select a Legend player. 

 

※ Battle Details

: When the World Arena season ends, top 4 Summoners will be participating in the tournament. 

: The four Summoners will play in the tournament during the designated time, and the final winner will get the Legend title. (Semi-finals: Best of Three/ Final: Best of Five)

 

※ Battle Rule

: SWC 2018 Battle mode will be applied to the tournament. SWC 2018 Battle is a battle proceeded according to the [PRE-BAN] rule. Each player gets to ban one Monster before starting the battle.

 

In order to prepare the above modification mentioned, the 7th and 8th seasons will be held as explained below.

 

▶ World Arena Schedule

 

※ World Arena Season 7

- Tally Schedule: Dec. 20th 12am - Dec. 21st 12am PST (The season will end on Dec. 20th 12am PST)

 

※ Special League

- Schedule: Jan. 2nd 12am - Jan. 15th 7am PST

- Tally Schedule: Jan. 15th 7am - 7pm PST

 

※ World Arena Season 8

- The season is planned to be open on Jan. 15th.

 

* Please be aware that the developer's note has been written during the development stage and some content might change. We ask for your kind understanding in advance. 

 

It's almost time to say goodbye to 2018!

 

We truly appreciate all Summoners who've shown a great interest in our game this year.

 

We'll keep trying our best to provide you with an exciting gameplay experience, so please stay tuned for what's to come in the new year.

 

Happy New Year!