Arcade mode is, without a doubt, the most unfun experience I have ever had. | Forums

[chukblok]

I feel the modifiers need to be done away with. Regular level 3 bots vs. player. no respawn, cheat death, fire, etc. just pure frustration.
sure put 2 or 3 regular lvl 3 bots in there....with no modifiers. And always offer unique ways to dispatch bots in arcade...i like finding the little ledges etc. i mean put a hidden water hole somewhere...etc. cool and interesting things.

I mean this weeks phase 2...3 buffed shinobis in a tunnel with some minions?....i mean cmon. That is a bit dull and boring no?. Just not interesting.

[Kelson27]

The devs believe that too many players are losing in Arcade Mode and are looking at the difficulty of level 3 bots. Sorry it's been frustrating for you!

It definitely is way too much! I haven’t played in a while and thought I’d have a go against some bots in dominion to get back into it. Almost made me delete the game 😋 it would be fantastic if we could actually choose the difficulty against bots when playing solo. They aren’t challenging in a good way, it’s like playing someone with an aimbot on.

[Vendelkin]

In my first run of the shinobi/ara quest I got wrecked but did make it through.(maybe around 80 deaths total?)
My second run I made it through all 4 phases with only 3 deaths. They are possible, and you have to learn the appropriate exploits against each buff.
my third run admitting I had close to 12 deaths.
But the point is they are doable. I understand Ubi nerfing them and I'm fine with making arcade mode a bit easier, but I just want people to know its possible. In another similar thread I noted this and provided my strat for surviving it.

[mann61299]

I'm glad I didn't buy the expansion. I can unlock the Wu Lin at any time with steel and I have enough to buy them, but really don't even desire to use them at the moment (with so many running around I'll just stick to my Warden...besides I'm almost to rep 60 with Warden finally so I need to keep the exp coming for another day or two)

[K1ngFlippyN1ps]

The "difficulty" in this mode and in bots just seems fabricated. Placing a player against an Ai that has inhuman reflexes and auto parry is not difficulty, its a gimmick. Even more so with all these RNG perks that more often than not, stack more odds against the player with multiple enemies.
I'm sorry, but thats just not difficulty. There's no pattern to follow, no mix ups to be had, nothing to figure out to put you in line of victory. If you don't attack they will take an eternity to attack you so you can counter, theres no strategy to be had, it's hit and get countered or just stare at the Ai. Look at games like Dark Souls boss fights, you have a pattern to figure out and that pattern can change and make you adapt to get your hard earned victory. No enemy in the game is op for the sake of being op, there's a reason they are OP or have one-shot potential, but the difference is that you can rise above it and win with strategy and skill! You get none of that here. Theres no strategy to be had, theres no brainwork involved, you just grit your teeth, get your *** kicked a bunch and hope you eventually get through the bots defenses and auto parry mechanics.

I would highly suggest you guys give these bots fixed move sets that change or randomize after each combo cycle to keep players on their toes, reprogram them from only reacting to the player and give them set mix ups that a real player would use. This would give us real difficulty as each bot level would apply more mix ups and feel more natural to fight against.

That one week they had the challenge event for arcade mode was just a slap in the face.
1. it was only accessible to a super high gear score so you couldn't even attempt it with any hero you want- big mistake and kills fun factor. Let us choose the level like the normal arcade mode man.
2. the bot was just ridiculously strong, and the match perks were set against you.
3. you're only going to do damage if your gear score matches or is higher. If your gear score is even slightly under the recommended by 1-2 levels, your damage is still ****. I have one character that was maybe 5 levels under the recommended and I was getting killed in two to three hits while It took me over 6-8 heavys to get them down to a quarter hp smh.. Gimic, not real difficulty.
4. rewards aren't guaranteed so you need to farm the **** out of it and just get a bunch of crappy loot.
5.Why do they still insist on giving ****e rewards in non PvP modes? Please give better rng and some more steel and xp because current rewards are not worth the frustration. Ubi, you should really let people level up just the same outside of PvP, forcing players to do PvP for best rewards is ridiculous, this shouldn't matter if its PvP or PvAi- GIVE SIMILAR AFTER MATCH REWARDS. You're basically forcing some players to play modes they really don't want to in order to get that bling bling warrior swag. Thats not cool bruh, let the player level as they see fit please.

*Sigh* These bots, It's like you only have two extremes! The Bot is either dumb/ weak and lets you hit it with everything and barely attacks/ parries/ faints or it's just strong as hell, parries everything, counters everything, and destroys you in seconds. The only way to win is through cheese or ledging them which again, not very fun. there is no middle ground.

This feels just like another chore to torture yourself with when you wanna break from PvP that gets you in the mood to just not play at all and it's disappointing.

I tried using Arcade as an escape from PvP when it gets overly toxic but I find myself getting even more frustrated at the arcade mode. I'm convinced we're all being trolled at this point lol
And with that said, time to continue the masochistic grind LOL damn you and your frustratingly addicting game!

[billu2006]

I think the recently weekly quest is much easier than before
I have won it 4 times and earned 3 effects which are awesome.
And I will try it 1 more time in order to get the effect of execution.
After that, I will never play the arcade mode again........it is a torture.....
but my skills are much better than it was.so it is torturous but beneficial

sorry for poor english.

[The_Sun_Danc3]

I have videos saved on my Xbox account of level 3 bots hitting me even though their weapons were 3+ feet away from me.
Also vids of my weapons clearly going straight through stationary Heros without hitting them as if they were a ghost and me being able to execute heros that aren’t even there.
Where can I submit these videos for devs to see?