academy rules resume for arena players

[Halewijn]

hypothetically, I don't want to read all the academy rules because I know arena. What are the things I should remember? 

- arena in 1 zone
- 40 spellbookpoints, max 3 for level 1 spells, 2 for everything above. (1 for epic)
- no planning
- 2 rounds where you may not target each other
- no first/last quick cast phases
- when a pest creature attacks a guard, the guard may ignore it and not counterstrike, keeping his marker.
- stagger
- +x buffs for attacks only count once per round and not once per attack action.

Am I missing something?

[Sailor Vulcan]

what? pests cant ignore guards. that's elusive.

[sIKE]

I think it is the Guard can choose to counterstrike if he chooses not to, he can keep his guard marker

[Laddinfance]

I think it is the Guard can choose to counterstrike if he chooses not to, he can keep his guard marker

That is only against pests.

EDIT: Sorry sIKE. Somehow I missed the in-between post and so corrected you, when you were referencing the right stuff. Sorry, sir.

[Halewijn]

I think it is the Guard can choose to counterstrike if he chooses not to, he can keep his guard marker

That is only against pests.

Yes, that is what I meant.

Anyway, that rule should be implemented in arena too.

[sIKE]

I think it is the Guard can choose to counterstrike if he chooses not to, he can keep his guard marker

That is only against pests.

EDIT: Sorry sIKE. Somehow I missed the in-between post and so corrected you, when you were referencing the right stuff. Sorry, sir.

What about some banana stickers here....what's a dude gotta do?

[Halewijn]

but actually, to come back to my question, am I missing something?

[sIKE]

The only other thing that comes to mind is that +1 buffs are per round not per action.

[Halewijn]

didn't know that. Thanks! (I'll add it in my original post)

[Laddinfance]

I think it is the Guard can choose to counterstrike if he chooses not to, he can keep his guard marker

That is only against pests.

EDIT: Sorry sIKE. Somehow I missed the in-between post and so corrected you, when you were referencing the right stuff. Sorry, sir.

What about some banana stickers here....what's a dude gotta do?

Sometimes, just remind me. I've never really gotten in the swing of awarding Banana Stickers. But, I'm still working on it.

[sIKE]

- when a pest creature attacks a guard, the guard may ignore it and not counterstrike, keeping his marker.

There fixed

[Sailor Vulcan]

With the academy set released, stagger is in arena too, so that's not technically a difference between academy and arena.

Some other major differences that aren't rules differences per se:

-skipping a quickcast action to save mana actually works and doesn't cause a huge tempo loss like it does in arena.
-at least with the current mages, you generally want to summon at least 3 creatures per game, especially since there are no conjurations yet
-Guarding is a lot more important

I think there are others that I'm not thinking of off the top of my head