*Nods*, you made me realized something. I really shouldn't need to use auto complete ever again XD now I feel dumb LOL.

People retreat because when you've played long enough you know what teams you can & can't face, Initiative is also a big factor- there's team you can beat if you out initiate and teams you can't, if I'm queuing and they standard first & I don't I can't win if they out initiate me, I retreat as it's faster to retreat & queue up again than sit through a fight you know is lost.

People believe the game takes skill, which is an odd concept, it's more knowledge based than anything else- the game can eventually become linear in it's execution & you can estimate a fights outcome pretty accurately when you've learnt the game & it's mechanics.

isnt this only available on weekends?

i might be wrong but i don't think it's available for the whole week. still gotta brave through the arena some days

about the people begging for wins...well ig i can understand if it happens in training arena, but ranked...that's a whole 'nother level of desperate.

when people say they need a win in ranked, my auto response is "yea me too u ain't special" lul. if u tell them "no" fast enough they usually retreat :)

i personally still want battle chat in arena. communicating with players is part of strategy (morale/bluffs/etc. it's an mmorpg yea, not just an rpg), and sometimes u just want to drop a geniune 'ggwp' here and there. if you're just dead set on avoiding everyone chatting in arena, just mute that channel before you head in