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My apologies but I don't really play iEra, so correct me wherever i'm wrong but I enjoyed reading this thread and thought I'd share my input.
So, from what I've read, some players argue that you should only be able to use a particular gun (M4?) in the arena however those that have purchased better weapons such as the BAR have the right to use them.
So why not just create two types of lobbies for the arena? 'Ranked' (PK Arena based on skill) VS 'Friendly' (PK Arena where all guns can be used)
You would be satisfying all the players, and iEra certainly has the playercount to make this possible, so yeah.
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That's funny, because there's a PC Era player named Reece that started around 2005.
I think they've been afraid to overtly segregate the BAR because they wouldn't want to upset BAR players. Before, the BAR was the only gun of its class. They didn't want the 'BAR-Enabled Spars' to turn into ghost towns, causing the BAR sparrers to have wasted 90 USD.
Now we have more Top-Tier Guns, and everybody and their brother has one. It's not really discriminating against a single gun anymore. Plus there's enough people with these guns to provide enough competition for one-another to make the 'Ghost Town' theory a null concern.
I've actually been giving it some thought lately; the more I think about it, the more I think it wouldn't be a bad idea, that should have been done sooner.
Even If it were added based on popular demand, and the 'Tier-4 Enabled Gun' spars turn into ghost towns, it's really not something Tier-4 Gun users could hold against staff members, because it's the players' choice to not use the Spars.
If they lack competition, they're going to have to suck it up and use a real gun.
I wouldn't use the name 'Ranked' and 'Friendly though, because 'Friendly' suggests that stats wouldn't be recorded.
In fact, I wouldn't even give the arena a label, or any indication that any gun was disabled in it. I would just add a new spar arena to the GMAP that has Tier-4 Guns disabled, and let the players figure it out.