Improving the Distribution for Number of Plays in Arena

[suxerz]

I believe it's a common knowledge that more people are playing the lower Leagues in Arena (Bronze and Silver) and a lot less in Gold and Platinum. Also, less total hits in one League can also lead to some decks getting much more hits than others in that same League (this is much more visible in Platinum) because there are not enough hits to normalize the numbers.

With that, I'm suggesting that we should have an option to play a random deck from any League. Since I doubt anyone would want to play vs Platinum with their Bronze farmer deck, with this option you will get a special spin if you win. To balance this advantage, this option will only be available once you get a normal special spin (e.g. 6 consecutive wins in Bronze).

Basically, for every 6 hits in Bronze, another hit will occur. To add, I think it will not be too much if this option doesn't cost any and it will be probably better if the random deck doesn't come from the League you just played (e.g. after 6 consecutive wins in Bronze, you will play another deck from either Silver, Gold or Platinum). I believe this will be a good addition to the Arena since it generally promotes more plays and slightly buff the amount of plays towards the higher, but unpopular Leagues and thus contributing to normalize the number of hits.

TL;DR version with pictures!

• After every special spin you will get an option to play against a deck from a random League
  
• If you win, you will get another special spin
  
• *This option is free. (doesn't cost any )
  
• *Random deck will be chosen from all Leagues except the one you just played
  

<sub>* = still in consideration


P/S: The sentence "Play vs a random League for a chance to get another special spin" is too long... help is appreciated!</sub>

On the other hand, since this is just a random idea I had so early on a Sunday morning, I may have missed something and I do admit I haven't been playing arena that much. And even when I do, I usually play the lower leagues because Platinum and Gold are too stressful for my taste.

So.. Any thoughts? Comments?

[ZephyrPhantom]

Even if it doesn't end up doing what it intended (it's possible even more people will just grind Bronze/Silver just for the double spin chance), it seems like a fun idea. I'd like to see this in game.

[n00b]

Good job... might make Arena just a bit more interesting

[OdinVanguard]

I like this idea. If it works, maybe gold and platinum leagues wont be so sensitive to a single loss when compared to bronze and silver league. It gets frustrating that my gold league deck tends to become unviable at around 70% win ratio, whereas I've seen silver league still be viable with under 50% win rate.
The chance for an extra special spin wouldn't hurt either.

[Rutarete]

I like this idea.

[furballdn]

What happens if you win the mystery deck? Do you get the option to keep going for more mystery decks?

[suxerz]

Even if it doesn't end up doing what it intended (it's possible even more people will just grind Bronze/Silver just for the double spin chance), it seems like a fun idea. I'd like to see this in game.

Yeah, I don't intend this to have a hard impact on the higher Leagues; I'm hoping it would just slightly buff it to the point that it could eliminate or significantly reduced the abnormal amount of plays that certain decks get.

I like this idea. If it works, maybe gold and platinum leagues wont be so sensitive to a single loss when compared to bronze and silver league. It gets frustrating that my gold league deck tends to become unviable at around 70% win ratio, whereas I've seen silver league still be viable with under 50% win rate.
The chance for an extra special spin wouldn't hurt either.

Not entirely sure that this will affect this particular scenario because the minimum number-of-loss-before-kicked-out largely depends on the traffic and population of each League. I'm not hoping for some random noobs to fail miserably to my FG deck in Platinum, I want more plays throughout the entire Arena so that it could normalize the number of plays. But yeah, I think this will help a bit although that is not what I'm really intending to do.

What happens if you win the mystery deck? Do you get the option to keep going for more mystery decks?

Obviously the loop will end after you won against the random deck; unless you're assuming that I'm suggesting something that's completely broken?