Lately, I've seen alot of comments defending arena, but I really don't think they know WHY certain people (like me recently) don't like arena. It has nothing to do with Arena itself, I'll break it down right here.
Firstly, It's the type of people it's attracting. All the game is attracting atm when you play maps like that are people who are the polar opposites of what people believe the early days of AoS are. Veterans should believe in teamwork, tactical gameplay, and putting the team before themselves. Newcomers believe in killstreaks, fast paced gameplay, camping, and making sure they have the highest killstreaks possible. Not that those are bad things, they just don't belong and what was originally envisioned for AoS. And for arena, it removes to huge huge huge huge huge aspects of the game: Building, and breaking. What is the point of playing this gamemode on AoS when you could go play it on any other game? Usually they don't have enough money (kids), Or simply don't know about games like it (ACR).
Secondly, it taints AoS (in a way). The demand for gimmicky maps and Arena have gotten so high that many servers that are like the originals are empty, which pushes the people who wanted to play those gamemodes away, because in order to play a good match of Classicgen, you most likely need 20+ people, while in order to play some good pinpoint, 3v3s are very viable. The need for less people in a funny way allow for those servers to fill up quickly, as they will have more fun quicker, and leave the CTF and TC servers empty, which in turn push away people who actually can play COD or CS, because what's the point of playing this if they have a better version? By turning AoS into Arena Shooter #276378289, people who want a change of pace will stay away from it; the type of people we actually want here. I've had friends quit the game because they find something better, when in reality you can't find anything like what AoS is supposed to be, but there are plenty of versions of Arena Shooting, and fast paced shooters. Even I have stopped playing AoS like I used to years ago, because why play this when I currently own BF4, CS, and BlackLight Retribution? They do what majority of AoS servers are doing much much much better.
Thirdly, It pushes AoS away from what it was envisioned to be. I think all of us know that AoS is supposed to be slow, tactical, and teamwork oriented. Now people can legitimately call it "MineCraft Call Of Duty", Which is one of the worst insults ever. I just hope that we can move to a point where it can make a name for itself, instead of being Arena Shooter #276378289.
Sincerely,
Arky.
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