Explorers! As the Seasonal Tournament is now underway and Ludia has finished with their maintenance, the Arena is already a blood bath and several strange things have happened! For these reasons, we are bringing an early News Roundup this week!

Seasonal Tournament

The first Seasonal Tournament is now underway! Players with 3,500 trophies or above saw their score reset to 3,500, yet for some strange reason, it only took 2 minutes for a handful of them to get back to 4,600.

However, the Leaderboard isn’t [yet] representative of the actual Leaderboard. Ludia confirmed the following to us:

Those with unrealistically high Trophy Counts right after the reset actually need to Force Quit the App and relaunch it, in order to A) get reset, and B) actually start participating in the tournament. In other words, if they continue to build up their Trophy Count, and then in x number of days, close the App, they’ll find themselves at 3,500 upon relaunching it.

As you are reading this, it is possible that the leaderboard provides a better assessment of the actual ranking. Worry not, Ludia has everything under control.

For all the information about this Tournament, make sure to check out our complete coverage right here!

Buffs/Nerfs

With every update comes its share of buffs and nerfs. We have one good news and one bad news this time around.

Gallimimus Speed was increased from 124 to 130 ;

; Diloranosaurus Attack was decreased from 1,400 to 1,040 (at lvl 26).

While this Speed buff will certainly make Gallimimus even more popular, this Damage nerf on Diloranosaurus will undoubtedly affect its usability in the Arena. Perhaps Ludia decided to nerf it due to the fact that as soon as it was released, several players were able to create it and level it up to a high level.

If you find any other changes in stats, make sure to report them to us on the Discord server!

Visual Glitch – Player Rank at 0

Any update/maintenance comes with its share of bugs/glitches. While there doesn’t seem to be any bugs affecting gameplay, there clearly is a visual glitch affecting players’ trophy score.

As you can see, players show up as having relatively low scores such as 0 or even -2 when looking through your Friends tab.

However, if you were to look through the Arena tab, your account would show the right score. In short, a score of 0 means that you have not yet battled since the maintenance. So do not worry, as we said, it’s purely visual.

Cheaters/Spoofers

We did not feel like addressing this matter, but since we received several questions, we decided we had to.

Yes, cheaters/spoofers are still able to fight legit players in the Arena.

No, they cannot (if flagged as cheaters/spoofers) compete on the Leaderboard and therefore in the Tournament.

Yes, they can affect your gaming experience in the Arena.

The recent temporary 24 hour ban was the first step from a series of actions to be taken against cheaters/spoofers. If you hold a grudge against these cheaters, be patient. Chances are that they’ll either grow tired of battling for no purpose other than ruining your fun; or eventually be permanently banned if they maintain their gaming habits.

In the meantime, one thing we believe Ludia could do, is make sure that losing against a cheater does not affect your score. This is our suggestion.

New Strike Event

The first of Strike Event of Week 13 just appeared and it features Dinosaurs with the ability to self-increase their own damage output: Power-Up! This Strike Event is a Rare One, which means that it is a rather difficult 3 step event. While it may be easy for some players, it might reveal more difficult to new players or rookies. Therefore, here comes our complete walk-through!

This Strike Event began on August 28th at 10:00 a.m. EDT and will end on August 30th at 9:00 a.m. EDT.

For all the information, check out our complete walk-through/guide right here!

Parting Words

We would normally discuss at length how we feel about all that happened in such a short period of time, but as a anonymous Pawnean once said:

“There’s not time!” We need to fight!

Although this gentleman did not say the second sentence, we sure hope that we do not disturb you with our nerdiness.

Parks and Recreations, Season 3, Episode 5.