Greetings Alvy,

A couple companions and I went down to SCC this weekend and tested out the area some since it's been awhile. We ran across a few issues that we felt need to be addressed for either this arena or the future ones to come please:

1) The NPC Healing at the SCC arena is really slow. The healer will touch the person one or two times and do VERY little if any help to the wounds and then say that a break is needed.

2) The SCC arena is not friendly for rangers. They cannot cast Earth Meld, Branch Break, or Blend. I'm not sure if it is neutral in the sense that their bonus is taking a penalty. Followers of the "five finger discount" guild would probably not care because their bonus doesn't go negative but it'd be a large factor for rangers. It would be very hard to get rangers interested in utilitizing a facitility like this if those spells aren't allowed.

3) When a person falls inside the arena he or she is dumped into the temple room instead of the infirmatory so a drag 2 west is needed. Would it be possible to wind up at the empath friendly room please if they aren't going to die inside the arena?

4) Equipment is another issue. For light chain users, the SCC arena offers no leg protection greaves. There is a shirt, helm, and gloves but no greaves. Also, the equipment isn't good, but it is missing certain parts at the very least. Would it be possible to make the armor and weapons at least medium forge quality. Capped might be too much to ask for but at least of medium forge quality?

5) In tournaments we normally divide the teams up into a NORTH team and a SOUTH team. In the arena it is impossible for the persons in any room besides the entrance room to hear the Announcement that the battle has begun. Could we please change this so everybody inside the arena will be able to hear the Battle Announcements please?

Ok enough with the problems....now onto the praise. There were many features I loved about this area. The stands for spectators were a nice touch tho the people sitting in the boxes were unable to see the action, is there some kind of command that they needed to give in order to see below? Also, I loved how teams were picked (5 minute timer to pick teams and another minute afterwards to prep till official start). I think that is perfect timing right there. I also like the fact that we don't die inside the arena, rather it is more like a lost challenge. In addition, I think having a timer on the arena battles is wonderful and will help encourage combatants to be brave and seek out each other rather than sit in the shadows. The point keeping was also a wonderful thing, even if the other team gets points for killing your own teammates <Edges away from Arnath>. I swear it wasn't me! Thanks again for all the hard work you are doing for us Alvy and the GM Arena staff!

Sincerely,
Player of Pormithius

Thanks a bunch Alvy, we appreciate it!

Player of Pormithius