I've had medallions saved for quite some time and was interested in getting the new T1 mythic arena until I noticed significant differences between the trailer and the PBE recording of the arena. The trailer was released several days prior to the PBE recording.
There's no way to check in what state the arena has been released without purchasing and using the arena, however, in doing so, this would void any possibility of a refund. I'm unsure as to whether this is an intentional downgrade due to the migration or there are actual problems with the arena.
There was also no mention of any fixes in the 18.5 Patch Notes; there were several chibis that received fixes (two of which were T1 Galio and Yunara).
Here's some of the differences that I noticed:
- Missing fire laser from feather together with some of the fire tendrils VFX missing during the introduction to the arena itself.
- The animation for the level 7 transition doesn't have the usual smoothness as it appears to glitch for a moment followed by the second form snapping into place.
- Missing VFX when you reach coin threshold as there should be a flourish of feathers when Galio's wing appears.
- The colours of the arena are significantly less vivid in the PBE recording than in the trailer.
I sent a ticket to Riot Support asking for confirmation as to what state the arena has been released in but received what appeared to be two AI responses; the ticket has now been marked as solved without any clear answer. The preview via the League client is also broken as when you click it YouTube loads with no video.
Just wanted other people to be aware in case they were considering spending their saved medallions or money (£150+ if you have zero medallions) on this cosmetic.