I started chopping up downed enemies if they annoyed me, just in case.
But indeed that seems to be a strange case. Personally, I´m much more defensive around enemies with bladed or spiked weapons due to the higher chance of permanent injury. But the bots all seem to be throwaway fighters. Could be a pretty cool expansion if the bots had names and would circulate in the matches until they die, at which point they are replaced by newcomers. You could learn certain enemies´ fighting style, their prefered weapon, and form lasting rivalries. Or, maybe, you could even recruit or hire one of these pre-existing fighters instead of creating a new, custom one. That could add a lot of immersion for arena mode.
A few general points:
1. Elemination matches - as far as I get this mode, it is supposed to simulate some kind of competition where combatants face each other in elemination matches until only one is left. The thing is, the player character is the only one to ever get wounded. Every enemy you face is at 100% health despite the fact that he or she supposedly fought through the same series of matches you did to get to that point. So I suggest that the later enemies should have an increasing chance of starting the battle already wounded, just as your own character does.
2. I suggest that there should only be blunt weapons in the Inept tier. Simply to ease the start a tiny bit and reduce the chance of your character getting killed early on. Also, balance-wise, the Inept tier is currently often more dangerous than Aspirant, because of the presence of bladed weapons but the total lack of decent armor (a leather tunic is probably the best you can get). I´m much more comfortable in Aspirant where I can wear gambeson, jacket and coat than I am in Inept despite the fact that it´s a tier lower.
3. Didn´t you say that you can bet your money on fights? I hope that´s still coming, because making money is currently painfully slow when you only get the set winnings of a match. I´d totally bet my money on my own fights, or even the fights of NPCs if I could watch.
4. I think the store could hold a few more items at a time, or at least get supplied with low-tier items a bit more often. It can be a really pain in the arse to wait for half an eternity before anything usable/affordable shows up.
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