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Fluffy Kittens · Aug 26, 2010, 10:46 AM // 10:46

Every day more and more players are saying how they want to have Hero Battles back and how it was the only PvP area where you could show solo skills of the player. Also it was only place which you could go for a quick game or two when not much time to play...it was just perfect place and almost everyone liked it and I'm sure that at least 90% of GW community (at least part of community who does PvP) would love to have it back.
My suggestion is add a poll when people are logging into GW where they could vote if they would want to have Hero Battles back or not. It doesn't require much coding to do that so shouldn't have any problems with it. Seriously Anet has nothing to lose by doing that.

Please, dont close this thread unless you have really good reason why wouldn't Anet do that.

Thank you.

Wish Swiftdeath · Aug 26, 2010, 10:49 AM // 10:49

I actually prefer TA to HB and I think most players would prefer that too. However I'd be happy for HB to be brought back as well.

/signed - since there ain't a poll

Swahnee · Aug 26, 2010, 11:05 AM // 11:05

I would prefer TA coming back, rather than HB..

kupp · Aug 26, 2010, 11:34 AM // 11:34

Why not? I could always use another stack of zkeys. How I loved you, RR.

Missing HB · Aug 26, 2010, 11:37 AM // 11:37

/signed of course for all reasons i kept mentionning

Only format showing real skill of the player ( people who complain that they can't control heroes , etc are clearly people who didn't play HB a lot ), only format where you can go fast for a quick game ( not like in HA/GvG ) and where the win depends on yourself ( not like in RA ) + the fact there was tourneys .

However it would be a MUST to REMOVE ZQUEST linked to HB , and to make it fair for people who enjoyed TA , i would suggest to add that format in the poll you're suggesting.

jimme · Aug 26, 2010, 12:08 PM // 12:08

/signed

Just get rid of the zquest as mentioned above.
I want more ways of getting reward points

own age myname · Aug 26, 2010, 12:15 PM // 12:15

/signed.

Even though Anet has stated many times they won't bring back HB

R666 · Aug 26, 2010, 12:42 PM // 12:42

/Signed

I enjoyed HB but don't bring back the z-quest so there are no RR day nubs

Shayne Hawke · Aug 26, 2010, 01:07 PM // 13:07

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Originally Posted by Rezz Anna Nicole

Every day more and more players are saying how they want to have Hero Battles back and how it was the only PvP area where you could show solo skills of the player.

Also called "exploiting the AI". Seriously, any PvE scrub can do that. Ooooh, what skill.

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Also it was only place which you could go for a quick game or two when not much time to play

No, it wasn't.

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...it was just perfect place and almost everyone liked it and I'm sure that at least 90% of GW community (at least part of community who does PvP) would love to have it back.

lol numbers out of ass.

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My suggestion is add a poll when people are logging into GW where they could vote if they would want to have Hero Battles back or not. It doesn't require much coding to do that so shouldn't have any problems with it. Seriously Anet has nothing to lose by doing that.

Okay. And then, ANet should add a poll to see how many people would like to have their characters earn an income of 100 gold for each second that their character stands still. If the majority vote says "yes", that obviously means it's a good idea and should be implemented straight away, right?

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Please, dont close this thread unless you have really good reason why wouldn't Anet do that.

Here is your problem:

ANet doesn't need to put forth any great argument as to why they should bring back Hero Battles. We've had that discussion a long time ago, and they came out and said, "No." If HB is about to come back, the people in support of the idea are the ones that need to be making some compelling argument for its return. Everything I've seen everyone say here about bringing it back is the same stuff that was spouted off back when the arena was shut down. ANet didn't make a move to bring it back then, so I doubt that the same story is going to convince them to do it now.

Also, I don't know if you've heard, but the Krewe is in the middle of a Dervish update right now, set to move on to a Paragon update when that's all taken care of, GvG adjustments, and other behind the scenes projects. Implementing HB isn't as simple as re-inserting the code. Codex Arena now holds the place where HB once inhabited, heroes have been removed and blocked off from all PvP areas, and it's not like balance in HB was sooOOOOooo perfect that it wouldn't require various skill and AI adjustments. There are things on their plate to be dealt with, and HB isn't likely to be one of them any time soon. TA has a better chance, though still slim, in case you're wondering.

*Darcy* · Aug 26, 2010, 01:14 PM // 13:14

Most of the people who want HB back are the ones who were abusing it. So my opinion is don't waste the resources. There are more important things on which to work. Remember we only have a small Live Team and most of the GW players would prefer new content to bad PvP.

FengShuiDove · Aug 26, 2010, 01:15 PM // 13:15

The 1v1 was sorta fun, but the uber-meta hero builds and poor objectives completely killed it. It just wasn't fun at the end. For the most part, you knew how to counter a build or you didn't, and the game was over mostly before it began.

I had some fun with it too, but no thanks.

EPO Bot · Aug 26, 2010, 01:23 PM // 13:23

I want to try a six player RA just to see if it would work.

Sarevok Thordin · Aug 26, 2010, 01:30 PM // 13:30

lol Red Resigns

That's all I need to say.

TheodenKing · Aug 26, 2010, 01:34 PM // 13:34

I think the argument should be more about how broken Codex is and less about bringing back HB. I agree with just about everything Shayne stated.

AngelWJedi · Aug 26, 2010, 01:41 PM // 13:41

/notsigned

dont bring it back. i rather had new content then this. thought it would be nice to have cheap zkeys again i rather not deal with the lag those rr days produced.

guildwnerd · Aug 26, 2010, 01:51 PM // 13:51

what is Red resign, heard of it many times but never got an explanation.

Shayne Hawke · Aug 26, 2010, 01:59 PM // 13:59

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Originally Posted by guildwnerd

what is Red resign, heard of it many times but never got an explanation.

Basically, two players enter HB, and whoever is Red resigns. Blue immediately gets a Commander point, a win, and whatever faction from the victory. Red drops his rating, so he'll have a better chance of facing a red next time for their point, and blue raises their rating so they'll have a better chance of facing a blue next time. Both players are meant to tank their rating down to the 800s or so before doing this so that they can do it efficiently and not get mixed up with players that actually want to play legit.

It's an easy way to farm title points and the Z-quest, and while not exactly the reason the arena was removed, it could have acted like a nail in the coffin.

JR · Aug 26, 2010, 02:37 PM // 14:37

It's amusing how quickly people forget all of the negatives, and how little they actually cared for it at the time.

Nostalgia, it's a powerful thing.

AngelWJedi · Aug 26, 2010, 02:46 PM // 14:46

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Originally Posted by guildwnerd

what is Red resign, heard of it many times but never got an explanation.

basically if you and i loaded into hb and i got red side i would resign so you get the win. and if next round you got red you would resign. there for you got red resign day.

fr.aodhan · Aug 26, 2010, 02:56 PM // 14:56

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Originally Posted by Rezz Anna Nicole

My suggestion is add a poll when people are logging into GW where they could vote if they would want to have Hero Battles back or not. It doesn't require much coding to do that so shouldn't have any problems with it. Seriously Anet has nothing to lose by doing that.

The problem I see is that, if you ask someone: "do you want us to bring back _____?" they'll say yes even if they have no intention of using it, never used it in the first place, or don't even know what it is. The question you're asking is not whether we should have a vote on Hero Battles, but if we can please bring back Hero Battles. Might as well skip the vote and get to the point.