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If I’d seen this topic I wouldn’t have started a new thread about the May update. I’m reposting my comments here.

One thing that did occur to me is that the download of this new Arena format involving much more money in order to participate is coinciding with the release of the Angry Birds movie in theaters. I would imagine Rovio anticipates many new players will come to the game directly from the movie exposure. These new players will find what we all now have to play, never having known how much more fun and fair this game once was.

At 8 am Sunday morning a character named Bossy Faster with a bomb icon is leading my Arena game with 195 stars. With the current pay to play and win scheme, it is hard to know if this one is another cheater/hacker or just someone with money to spend. This kind of start to the Arena week doesn’t create much an incentive for me to play in the Arena. 7 games, 5 with a price tag of gems, if you are being offered opponents with all level 9 birds who bring in spells as I am being matched. I have won many Arena matches playing fair games with equal ranked opponents and equal bird levels, no spells. When I decided to try playing some games bringing in spells, I really didn’t get more stars in all than I was already getting for my week of matches, so I quit using them. I’m not sure I’ll play this Arena beyond satisfying the Daily Quest unless the game offers me better odds.

I’ve enjoyed the Arena game as part of the overall fun I’ve had in AB2, and it’s hard to let it go. But I don’t want to pay for a winning streak and I’m already tired of being wildly overmatched in the rounds to reach the 7 count of successful wins.

I’ll have to see how it unfolds over time and what adjustments Rovio makes as players let their opinions be known.