Arena

The arena is a virtual space where commander can battle each other in 1-on-1 combat without losing, damaging, or having to repair flagships and non-flagships. By fighting other commanders in this virtual space you will get Merit Points and Ranking Points. Each week, random "Weekly Settings" are applied with buffs or debuffs that apply to certain ship types to try and encourage players of all setups to participate and achieve victory. There is also a special arena shop where commanders can purchase items with Merit Points.

## Match Making

When you select the "Match" option in arena it will take you to where your opponents arena profiles are displayed. You are placed up against 5 opponents every time. These opponents will be randomly assigned to you based off of yours and theirs current ranking positions. This means that regardless of an opponents total fleet power, you will be placed against anyone "near" you in the arena ranking system. Range of opponents ranks depends on how how in the rankings you are. Usually higher ranked players have a smaller range of players they can attack because there aren't as many opponents in there range where as someone near the bottom rankings can get player a few hundred positions ahead or behind them. Once you have completed combat with all 5 of your opponents you unlock the option to refresh the list for a new set of 5. (You are unable to "pass" or "discard" any opponents you are matched with so you will have to just fight them even if you know you will lose.) Every 4 hours you are granted a free list fresh but it can only be used after you have completed combat with your assigned 5 opponents. If you have already completed the 5 battles and do not want to wait for the free refresh, you can spend crystals to refresh your list. If you run out of "Empire Arena Entrance Tickets" you can purchase them in sets of 5 with crystals. Be warned that each set of 5 is more expensive that the last.

You must defeat at least 2 of the 3 fleets you opponent has in order to be declared victorious. For every victory you achieve you will gain either +20 or +24 ranking points and +6 Merit Points. For each defeat you will gain +0 Merit Points and you will only lose ranking points once you have reached "Captain III" or 11,000 ranking points. Any ranks below that will not suffer any lose of ranking points from a defeat.

## Merit Shop

The Merit Shop is were you can spend your Merit Points to purchase rare or hard to get items.

Below is a list of all the items currently available in the Merit Shop and their price in Merit Points per 1 item. (They are separated by how many are available per time period.)

Daily items: Item Name (Total available) [Price per 1 item]

* Resource Random Box (3 a day) [100 MP]
* Hero DNA Element Random Box (1 a day) [100 MP]

Weekly items: Item Name (Total available) [Price per 1 item]

* Advanced Skill Element (30 a week) [37 MP]
* Legend 'Galaxy' Hero Recruit Ticket (30 a week) [55 MP]
* Command Buff Enhance Module (1 a week) [510 MP]
* Optional Superior Flagship Blueprint Box (1 a week) [730 MP]
* Recombinant DNA Element (1 a week) [1,800 MP]
* Optional Flagship Promotion Module Box (200 a week) [15 MP]
* Optional Special Flagship Promotion Module Box (200 a week) [15 MP]

Monthly items: Item Name (Total available) [Price per 1 item]

* S Grade Hero DNA Element Random Box: Battle | (30 a month) [1,600 MP]
* S Grade Hero DNA Element Random Box: Admin | (30 a month) [1,600 MP]

## Arena Rankings

Arena rankings are split up into 6 different sets (Sailor, Skipper, Captain, Admiral, Astro, and Astro King), all of which have 3 sub-tiers except Astro King. Once you reach a the ranking points threshold for a new rank you will automatically be promoted. If you go 1 ranking point below your current ranks' threshold then you will be demoted.