Well it looks like this is the final edition of Battlegrounds.

I'm very disappointed because the wars and Battlegrounds are the only reason I play this game. These are the only aspects of the game that require any strategy. Everything else (like the races) is just a matter of throwing money into the pot. The more money you throw in, the more stuff you get back but with ZERO strategy involved. Yawn.

I'm curious to see what they replace Battlegrounds with. I like Battlegrounds because it's the only part of the game which gets you to use monsters other than your top tier monsters. Basically, we all have just a hand full of monsters that we use. The rest are just sitting around collecting dust. Battlegrounds gave us a reason to improve not just our top-tier monsters but our 2nd tier monsters as well.

Are they replacing BG with something similar or is it going to be just another race or maze type of spending competition?

Eventually there will be a new team event

Eventually? Why don't they keep Battlegrounds going until the new event is ready? Seems like separating the two will only alienate players. It appears as though SP has had a lot of failed attempts at new types of events...Titan Invasion, Treasure Cave, Duels, Battlegrounds. I know there's a current emphasis on Duels, but it's a lot of effort for very little reward...I think it's only a matter of time until those are retired as well.

I'm guessing it requires some kind of maintenance that doesn't bring any revenue...for them...for us it was bringing something for free even for a loss ( if qualified)...i'm expecting the new team event will be something that will require some kind of expense on player's part like the ridiculous price for the grand duels tickets or something like that

@alex-pisi said in Battlegrounds Gone?:

I'm guessing it requires some kind of maintenance that doesn't bring any revenue...for them...

This is the thing...it doesn't bring in any DIRECT revenue--true--meaning that they don't charge for the event.

HOWEVER, I am spending money bettering my monsters in preparation for the event. So they are still making money on the event!

Same thing with wars. They are free to participate but people still spend $$ to get better monsters to be better at wars. Should they ditch wars also?