I’m pretty much done with the arena. It’s a complete waste of time. Go up a star level and Rovio awards you with what, 3 gems or a spell? Seriously. Especially when stars and medals do nothing for you. Placing in the Arena is near impossible and a week’s worth of anguish, being tethered to the game every three hours and gem-spending against hackers and rich kids may get you 50 – 100 gems, which in turn really gets you nothing special. Going for one more try (80 gems) is almost the first place prize!! WTH!
Ever since the update I can’t even get near a win. I mean, the margins I get beat by when trying to play fairly is not even 100,000 points, it’s more like 3x and 4x my final score… And I “Strike” or “Birdie” every level and my birds are all at level 6!
Ridiculous.
Anything remotely fun is being rapidly stripped from this game due to greed.