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Arena of Valor for Switch summer closed beta

DeuceGamer

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Played a few matches and was able to get MVP in my 4th match. Never really played these types of games but after a few matches I definitely see the appeal. Wonder how many other Switch owners are in a similar situation and will get into this if they give it a try?

A few issues I hope they fix is the loading and no audible sounds when selecting menu items. There are times I hit the button to continue to next screen and it isn't recognized. I guess it's because it hasn't finished loading but hopefully they polish that up before release.
 
zenspider

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Cloud-Hidden said:
I'm having a great time so far, and can say with confidence that I vastly prefer the new controls over mobile.

I do, however, wish that they would let us use the touch-screen to select specific items in the store to buy. It seems like you have to select an upgrade path, and then when you have enough gold it will auto-suggest one of two options and you have to pick one of those two, is that right?

Have y'all figured out a way to browse around and select any item you can afford at any point in time?
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You definitely can bring up the item tree in match, because I've done it by accident. maybe hold Left on the Dpad?
 
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Cloud-Hidden

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Yes, I always knew that left on the d-pad brought up the item list, but I didn't know if I could select individual items, as opposed to entire upgrade paths.

Last night I tried again and I can confirm that you can navigate to individual items whenever you want, as long as you can afford them, so hooray!
 
Kureransu

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How's everyone enjoying this beta? Personally I'm enjoying this much more than I couldn't imagine. This is really well put together for console. If they hit their targets for frame rate, resolution, and pong, this game is going to be stellar. I plan on downloading it day one regardless. It's plenty fun as it is. The controls are super intuitive, almost wondered how they came up with the control scheme.
 
Ninjadom

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Kureransu said:
How's everyone enjoying this beta? Personally I'm enjoying this much more than I couldn't imagine. This is really well put together for console. If they hit their targets for frame rate, resolution, and pong, this game is going to be stellar. I plan on downloading it day one regardless. It's plenty fun as it is. The controls are super intuitive, almost wondered how they came up with the control scheme.
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I think the game is great. There's still a lot I have to learn about how to play it. Shame that a 5 v 5 match took around 6 minutes plus to find at the weekend but I understand why.

Are Tencent planning on releasing the Switch version for free as an eShop only game?
 
thefro

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Kureransu said:
How's everyone enjoying this beta? Personally I'm enjoying this much more than I couldn't imagine. This is really well put together for console. If they hit their targets for frame rate, resolution, and pong, this game is going to be stellar. I plan on downloading it day one regardless. It's plenty fun as it is. The controls are super intuitive, almost wondered how they came up with the control scheme.
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It's fun. I need to try some of the other classes.

They do need something to kick people out of battles who go idle and at least replace them with a bot. Got placed in a couple matches where it was essentially 4 v.s. 5 and it's not any fun to slowly get wrecked no matter how well you play.
 
Kureransu

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thefro said:
It's fun. I need to try some of the other classes.

They do need something to kick people out of battles who go idle and at least replace them with a bot. Got placed in a couple matches where it was essentially 4 v.s. 5 and it's not any fun to slowly get wrecked no matter how well you play.
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That's interesting. I'm willing to believe that the person just went idle and didn't disconnect. I got disconnected and when I came back, I was being played as a bot and took over. It sucked because my loadout didn't load and I was playing with just the default arcanaless version of the champ. I got destroyed.

Ninjadom said:
I think the game is great. There's still a lot I have to learn about how to play it. Shame that a 5 v 5 match took around 6 minutes plus to find at the weekend but I understand why.

Are Tencent planning on releasing the Switch version for free as an eShop only game?
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I didn't have long waits at all yesterday and I played for about two hours. I'm glad you guys are enjoying it though.
I'm pretty sure the release is going to be in the same vein as fortnite. So yes.
 
Shizuka

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If anyone has a spare code, I'll take it! I've played the game a lot when it came out on smartphones, but my hands hurt after awhile and I've been waiting for this since.
 
Lunir

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I registered but didn't receive a code. Thank you for all of your opinions, I'm really excited to play this on Switch.

Although, I'm very concerned about player base... between Mario Kart, Splatoon, Fortnite and Paladins, this is going to be kinda difficult.
 
DanteRavenkin

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I'm kind of hoping Tencent lets us keep playing this past the test end date. It's pretty much in the exact same state the NA Mobile version was when it launched in December. I wouldn't even be mad about having my stuff wiped and starting from scratch, I just want to keep playing
 
Spinluck

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Are they targeting 60fps? I don't see why it can't push that. MOBAs aren't particularly demanding games.

I'm bummed that my girl Astrid isn't playable in the BETA. She's a beast.
 
Kureransu

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Lunir said:
I registered but didn't receive a code. Thank you for all of your opinions, I'm really excited to play this on Switch.

Although, I'm very concerned about player base... between Mario Kart, Splatoon, Fortnite and Paladins, this is going to be kinda difficult.
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well if Nintendo forecast is right, well have another 10 million users to fill in gaps, I do hope it sticks around and stays relevant. If all else faili, maybe cross play will happen with mobile.

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Are they targeting 60fps? I don't see why it can't push that. MOBAs aren't particularly demanding games.
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Yeah. I think right now it's 900p/45fps docked. The goal is 1080/60 at release.
 
Spinluck

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Lunir said:
I registered but didn't receive a code. Thank you for all of your opinions, I'm really excited to play this on Switch.

Although, I'm very concerned about player base... between Mario Kart, Splatoon, Fortnite and Paladins, this is going to be kinda difficult.
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When this launches in it's finished state, it will be leaving Paladins in the dust. The others I don't think will be an issue either, as long as the devs do a good job and players find it fun then it should work out fine. I stopped playing the mobile version only because I use my phone for other things besides games and I've been anticipating this version for a while as well.
 
Lampa

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Kureransu said:
Oh I wasn't trying to be snarky. I apologize if it came off that way. "Sometime this week" is probably the best answer we have, so I was just agreeing with your assessment.
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Oh no, It's okay, I suppose 'this week' is all we have to go on then, can't really find any other info on it.
 
Kureransu

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Oh no, It's okay, I suppose 'this week' is all we have to go on then, can't really find any other info on it.
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I was hoping they'd treat it like a PBE (Public beta environment) where we submit feedback regularly until the game's release. If anyone at tencent is in here, you should really make it happen... And it's the fastest way to catch bugs!
 
DeuceGamer

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I'm having fun playing a few games. I've never really gotten into MOBA's but It seems I've done fairly well in the few matches I've played and have gotteng MVP frequently. Obviously it's a fun experience when you are able to consistently win :)

Will be interesting to see how it takes off on Switch. Overall I'm pleased with what I've seen but it still needs some polish (expected with a Beta).

With online titles like Crazy Justice, Morpheus Law, Arena of Valor, etc... coming out the Switch is building a nice lineup of multiplayer games especially with what is already offered.
 
Incite

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I'm enjoying using physical controls on Switch more than a virtual stick on my phone where I'm covering up the screen a lot of the time. Was a lot of fun, though I don't know what lane to choose our why.....I just followed somebody else and did my best to back them up, when they retreated, so did I and that seemed to work for now.
 
Kureransu

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Sesuadra said:
This game is more fun than I anticipated it to be.

But the loading times need some work imho
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Where are the loading bottlenecks at? If you guys are taking about the match, that's typical. It seemsde on everyone's connection. Although there is a weird post match loading hiccup, especially if you level up.
 
TheLetdown

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This plays beautifully on controller.

I liked the game on iPhone but I could see myself getting hooked on the Switch version. I'm just too reliant on tactile buttons, will always prefer them.
 
Achtung

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Those of you who are in the beta.. does it have good in game stats? Games played.. kills.. and so forth?
 
Kureransu

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U2NUMB said:
Those of you who are in the beta.. does it have good in game stats? Games played.. kills.. and so forth?
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Sorry for the delayed reply. I had to check. It does have starts per game, and it had a few overall stats. But it's not as detailed as you mentioned. However if you played ranked (locked in the beta), is it's like any other moba I'm pretty sure it'll track everything.

I'm sure it does even in standard, but I don't think it's all possible to the user .
 

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Beta ended yesterday right? Original info said it was until July 5th.

I really liked it, but couldn't play much of it.
 
Rezae

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Played quite a bit of this earlier in the week. I've put in a ton of hours into the mobile version (iPad), and it felt great with buttons. I got MVP most matches and only died a few times while wracking up double digit kills most matches. I don't know if at times my team was playing against (or even composed of) bots, or if new players are really that rough. It seemed like all of the 5v5 matches I picked would match up in seconds, so that makes me curious about possible bot fillers.

I could see this becoming one of my go-to multiplayer games when it's fully released. Loved the quicker MOBA format this has.
 
Achtung

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Kureransu said:
Sorry for the delayed reply. I had to check. It does have starts per game, and it had a few overall stats. But it's not as detailed as you mentioned. However if you played ranked (locked in the beta), is it's like any other moba I'm pretty sure it'll track everything.

I'm sure it does even in standard, but I don't think it's all possible to the user .
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Appreciate the response and info!
 
Glio

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I was thinking recently that I missed League of Legends but the games were too long, I really enjoyed the beta, it's just what I wanted.
 
Gundam

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Are MOBAs one of the few genres that you can identify just by hearing the name of the game?

Curious to see how something like this plays on Switch. Any touch interactions on handheld? Honestly seems like the most underutilized feature of the Switch.
 

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Played a few games in the beta, I thought the controls were fantastic. To me, it was on par with the feeling I got when I played Diablo 3 on console, the controls just felt so great it.
 
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