The change made to the envoys arena was by far the thing that "unsatisfied" me the most. With the type of arena we have now, all players involved are simply forced to do PvP in order to get the rewards, which brings a big disadvantage for most players, since players with ranks definitely have better gear and it's much easier for them to get the envoys, not only by opening the chests but by killing weaker players who were lucky enough to even get close to a chest. Lucky, yes. While it requires skill and some luck for ranked players to get the chests, the best way for a rookie to get one is just to hide at the arena and hope that a chest will spawn near them. And if this does happen, they'll most likely get killed by a full diamond armored guy with Protection and a diamond sword who got there with an enderpearl. Actually, getting to the chests with an enderpearl is much easier now because you don't run the risk of falling to the void and the chests are much closer to you. It just takes away all the fun. But even if a rookie with average gear manages to get close to a chest with an enderpearl, again, they'll most likely just get killed by a swarm of guys coated in diamond. A weaker player could spend some diamonds making an armor and a sword and then enchanting it, yes, but it's just not worth the risk of losing it all. The people with lower island levels are the ones who need envoy rewards the most in order to go higher, and it's just not affordable to spend 26 diamonds on armor and a sword and then enchanting it to run a not-so-smaller risk of getting killed by guys who get the same armor and sword by typing in /kit or so. I've witness these types of situations myself, whenever I see rookies at the envoys they're just forced to be on the same spot the whole time, hoping a chest will spawn in front of them. With an arena like the ones we had before, it's harder for you to get killed, but it's also harder to find the chests. Now we just have to wait for them to spawn and see a rebellion of Immortal ranked people teleporting towards them.
I agree, i feel that there should be a massive arena and it posts the coordinates in chat when each chest spawns during the envoy. It will always equate to a bit of luck when it comes to envoys but the players that need the loot the most will have their F3 open ready for when a chests spawn. An argumentful topic is whether pearls should be disallowed during envoys. I think it is more skill to throw a calculated pearl in a big arena to the coordinates that you know a chest is at rather than just whoever is closer or the rich/experienced players who have obtained Speed II. Thank you.
