Just wanted to say I've been enjoying this a ton :D It's nice to play at my own pace, when I can take all the time I need between rounds but also speed through them if I choose. Really been experimenting and upping my Arena game!

Oh my gosh it's awesome

I would really like to see some form of the PVE arena stay after the event is over, even if they did ratchet it up to the current pvp arena's level of difficulty in between these events. I haven't engaged with the normal arena in a meaningful way because I don't like the rushed timers (but know they are inevitable in a pvp game where you are waiting on other actual humans) and the long demands for attention without interruption-- but this pve implementation with paused rounds that can wait on you if you suddenly have to get up and attend to something else has been genuinely enjoyable in a way that I haven't actually experienced on LW until now.

I love it.

I also love regular arena.

The best part I think is that they're so different. I wouldn't want to replace one for the other, and the faster paced version works really well for panic-grinding for vouchers. I like that I can get distracted and come back to the arena any time, there's less pressure. I like the limited number of cards, I have to make different decisions each round. However, I also like fighting other players and appreciate a larger pool of cards in that arena.

The devs did a good job on this! I also think an arena like the event version will help people who don't understand the regular arena that well. I'm getting close to considering a subscription again....just waiting to see how the rest of this event goes.

*edit

now that I've played it a bit more, I realize there's a lot of companions not showing up at all. I like the smaller pool; but I think I'd enjoy greater variety to go with it.