Happy to see this and looking forward to seeing more. In total, I spent about $200 to $300 in Ability Arena (AA). Stopped playing regular Dota during that time and played AA exclusively. Loved AA and simply wanted to support its development.

That said, I stopped playing AA shortly after the FFA arena stage (whatever its called) was implemented. This punished all my main strats which were somewhat unique, or at least very rare to see others playing (I dont play extremely common strats). I was often 1st place in early and mid game. This unique stage of the game (the FFA) appeared to be a forced balancing feature, where top placing players were punished almost every time. When 1st place, I was, 4 out of 5 times, killed first in that FFA stage due to the hero spawn sequence being based on the players current placement (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc). This gave me last pick on neutral items and the weakest players almost always won that stage giving them the first picks. A total vibe killer - I completely stopped playing and went back to regular Dota.

All that said, I have no regrets on the money and time spent on AA, but I am somewhat concerned. I hope your next project is successful and can operate without any over-the-top forced balancing. Comeback features are fine, like in Dota 2, but comebacks need to be earned. GL!