Perhaps ML has decided to disable Multiplayer Arena Refresh (by paying gold) deliberately, but if so I think it a serious mistake. Because of this I have lost 600 points in 1 week (from 4300 to 3740 now). ALL my opponents have 130/120 level monsters with X or IX level speed runes. I can never beat them. I lose at least 30 points in each battle and when attacked I often lose 40 points, even though I use my strongest monsters in Defense.
I no longer enjoy playing the game (after more than 2 years of fun).

They removed it because people were exploiting it search for the weakest opponents to repeatedly attack and inflate themselves to a higher league.

@Bruce-Hamilton are you parroting what they said or do you actually believe that?

@Suzznee said in Multiplayer Refresh disabled:

...do you actually believe that?

Obviously, you don't.

@Parbo said in Multiplayer Refresh disabled:

Because of this I have lost 600 points in 1 week (from 4300 to 3740 now).

You would have lost 300 just from the League reset. But hey welcome to G1. I too was in L4.

I no longer enjoy playing the game (after more than 2 years of fun).

The sad state of affairs is that we will probably have to live with this. We can vote with wallets (mine is empty, so I have no power there). We can vote by leaving, but if we were whiners, then SP is probably fine with that. Or we can work within the new rules. I suggest looking at Revenge battles. I "think" that all of the pain and suffering is going on with everyone, so the people below us are also dealing with it. My increased defense wins would seem to suggest that is the case. I find that while suggested regular battles have at least one level 130 monsters and few if any level 100 monsters, my revenge battles have lower levels in general.

[We now interrupt Kaiju for this public service announcement from his controller.]
So let there be peace in our time. I will only attack the weaker opponents that attack me. Maybe SP will take the Revenge button away now, because I am exploiting the system and taking advantage of weaker players. So weaker players stop attacking me AND I will stop attacking you.
[We now return you to your regular broadcast.]

Thank you all for your comments. I understand that it was not a bug, so sorry for reporting this as a bug. I still think it a pity that I can hardly ever win in Multiplayer arena, but I accept that this is what SP wants.

There reasoning is completely faulty. Now the highest players take advantage of the week and attack them all the time. Since they are the highest powered players and only weaker players can attack them, they just have to sit back and let the prizes roll in...

@Kaiju said in Multiplayer Refresh disabled [Not a Bug]:

So let there be peace in our time. I will only attack the weaker opponents that attack me.

I do unto others before they do unto me, so I attack weaker opponents first. ;-D

There is another thing I noticed in this new situation. It pays NOT to fight. Surely, this is not what SP intended. I suggest to let players choose between opponents with more or less the same strength, to stimulate players to attack. At least, you get a fair battle which you may win or lose.

@Parbo That's nice for people like me who really don't care about events anymore (because they have to place new monsters in an overpriced Vault) but for people who wants maze coins or coins for other events that's no option