Aether Raids suck.
The mode is great, but putting out a great mode that you can play 2 or 3 times per day except against yourself is complete shit. I hope they make a ladder/non-ladder version where you can play it without it costing anything and counting anything...
Yeah, I sorta agree. I do like the game mode, but liking the game mode doesn't really do much for me if I can only play it less than a handful of times. Like you said, they should make a version that isn't 'competitive' that can be played on the fly, and isn't just against yourself.
Even with a bonus unit and not losing a single unit in any battle, and playing as many rounds as you can per day, it's actually impossible to reach tier 11 this season. I would be surprised if IS didn't make changes to how aether works. There needs to be an aether raid equivalent of dueling swords/stamina potions or we need to win more aether for destroying buildings. Destroying both the fountain and the storage only grants 3 aether, which is NOTHING.
I'm assuming it's meant to be like traditional arena where it takes several seasons to approach the top, but if you recall arena took even longer. I think first season max was like tier 4, then maybe 6 or 7 by season 2. No matter how capable your team, it was several weeks before you could get to the 19+ level.
Well... No it doesn't suck. But the lack of replayability in a single day really hinders it. I hope we can get some way of renewing Aether points. But other than that, it's easily the best mode in the game.
Tho I do think they should dumb down the bonus stats on an offensive. That shits asinine and overpowered.
Well, think of it this way. Not everyone has a shit ton of stamina resources for arena or pve, and therefore giving the ability to refresh it with such a resource would potentially give all those players that have enormous amounts an incredible advantage. I would be for a "friend battle" system, but nothing akin to refreshing it. Lest we have people keeping the score cap as high as the sky due to, well, resources that not everyone has.
Something not going perfectly right the first time around? Imagine that.
Seriously, give it time. They've fixed some issues with other modes before, and Aether Raids will likely not be any different. A single instance is not a good comparison to go off of. Once we get a few more of them, and we see what changes they make, then we would have a good basis on critiquing it.
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