New Rules in Season 11
So it appears Rovio closed the loophole that I was using in the arena...I've gotten tired of the grinders running up the scores so that I need to spend hours just to get into 3rd...I mean, really, how is this fun running the same battles over and over to get no rewards? Anyway, since your group was determined by when you started playing, after the week was over, I would purposefully skip a day of challenges and start late. Last time I finished a whole week in a group by myself. Minimally you probably end up in a less competitive group. Well I tried that today...Originally it started populating the group at normally I.e. just me, then 1 player with a low score. After I completed my next battle the rest of my group was populated by people who were able to complete yesterday's challenges...Crap!
So what's the new trick to make the arena easier? I just don't think the arena is worth the time invested to get some coins, maybe some shards, and a glitched trophy worth nothing. In season 10 I got a diamond trophy and never spent a day in diamond. I would be a little more motivated if the arena was worth mastery.