They promised a big arena revamp. So lets see what we got.
Normal Arena stays basically the same, except for legendaries coming with 3 synergistic cards. Oh, and it is 1/3 shorter now! Yes, you get “better” rewards now in terms of value. However, they cut all gold rewards. People who only play arena now usually get nothing useful. On the rare occasion you hit 5wins, you get another arena run.
To be fair: For people who play constructed, like me, it is now easier to turn gold into value. After 2wins you get 170gold worth of stuff. Sounds good right? But the people who mainly play arena, are the people who keep it running. So I still think the change was bad. At least it is disrespectful to arena mains.
The Underground is a whole new level of greed. You need 5wins to get 300gold worth of items. But You’re out after 3 losses. So on average, players are just burning gold by playing this mode.
In short: Arena is worse now, because you don’t get gold and they also made it 1/3 more expansive.
I will still play normal arena, because it gives more value than buying booster packs. (For people who play constructed.) Yet I really hope for a "poopoo"storm, because I don’t agree with what Blizzard did here. Let’s make them backpaddle as they did with the reward track.
