The Fight Before Xmas

High Crimes is the arena event that started on December 21, 2012 at 17:00 PDT and lasted until December 31, 2012 at 16:59 PDT.

Storyline[]

Clans[]

Ambaris Clan

Common suit earned at third tower level 5 clear
Rare suit earned at third tower level 10 clear
Epic suit earned at third tower level 15 clear

Pola Clan

Common suit earned at second tower level 5 clear
Rare suit earned at second tower level 10 clear
Epic suit earned at second tower level 15 clear

Rooibok Clan

Common suit earned at first tower level 5 clear
Rare suit earned at first tower level 10 clear
Epic suit earned at first tower level 15 clear

Thieves[]

Floor Rush[]

In a floor rush, you compete against other players to clear a floor the fastest. Prizes are awarded to the first three players to clear the floor. Usually, a floor rush begins with the first turn taken on a floor, but sometimes it activates after a delay. Prize items awarded for winning floor rushes change every second day.

Strategy tip: It doesn't matter if it's the level 4 floor rush or the level 8 one, so to tackle a fusion challenge (10, 20 fusions for Stage 1 and 2), you can advance to the level where floor rush starts in each tower, then try to win several rushes in a row.

Prizes available for this event:

Precious Snowflake (weapon)
Windchill Buckler (armor)
Icy Tendrils (tool)

Rush Floors[]

Floors where rushes happen appear to be different for different people, although the rules are unknown. The rush floors listed below have been off by one floor in some instances, so take the information with a grain of salt.

Sarah Kim is compiling information on the forum. Click here to see the thread, and please add your info if you can.

WIND TOWER FLOOR RUSH

3rd floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

5th floor - Windchill Buckler ** armor

8th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

9th floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

12th floor - Windchill Buckler ** armor

14th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

FIRE TOWER FLOOR RUSH

3rd floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

6th floor - Windchill Buckler ** armor

8th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

9th floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

12th floor - Windchill Buckler ** armor

14th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

THUNDER TOWER FLOOR RUSH

3rd floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

5th floor (or 6th floor?) - Windchill Buckler ** armor

7th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

9th floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

11th floor - Windchill Buckler ** armor

14th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

EARTH TOWER FLOOR RUSH

3th floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

5th floor - Windchill Buckler ** armor

7th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

9th floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

12th floor - Windchill Buckler ** armor

13th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

WATER TOWER FLOOR RUSH

4th floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

5th floor - Windchill Buckler ** armor

7th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

9th floor - Precious Snowflake ** weapon

11th floor - Windchill Buckler ** armor

14th floor - Icy Tendrils ** tool

Floor Clearance Prizes[]

Prize Gallery[]

Tips & Tricks[]

Be sure to autoslot for each tower, so you're using the correct elemental gear to get the best possible damage.
When you opt to send a health pack to someone else instead of using it, you may receive an assist later. That means that when you are in a battle and your health gets low, you could get assistance from the person that you sent the health pack to. However, that person has to defeat an opponent to get the health pack before the assist is available to you.
You can beat a grand thief easily with a double up (this is the easiest way), or with a frenzy + attack aid, or with a frenzy + assist. It is possible to do this even with level 4 non-event gear.
When you are battling your way through a floor and decide to switch to a different tower, you will lose reps.
Clearing a floor or leveling up will restore your health.
Note for tackling the elemental gear fusion challenges: You can only get the relevant elemental gear in the corresponding element tower.
When you are about to do a health pack battle, event edge doesn't apply. You might as well go to the home screen and uncheck the event edge box, then equip your best gear.
When choosing which player to battle in the gauntlet, make sure you check how many reps you would get from each one. Occasionally there will be an especially high-rep option, where you can battle a player with many more reps than you have. The converse is also true. Don't lose to a rep lep (someone who has much lower reps compared to yours), or you will lose a huge chunk of reps.
If you use any power-ups in a battle, like super duper, they don't last long. Only use them when needed.
Don't flee or close the app when using a super duper, or you will lose all or some of the charges on it.
When you have low HP, switching floors is a viable strategy to regain health, especially if you still have a lot of energy. Lose on a lower floor and come back to the floor you were trying to finish with full life. Switching floors has a penalty of rep loss, but it's nothing compared to losing on a floor and taking a big rep loss.
Hitting hard and fast will net you the good gear, so it may be beneficial to save up energy before going to a new floor. Finishing a tower to the 5th, 10th, or 15th floor quickly (as fast as possible after these floors unlock) will give you good gear as well. There are limited amounts of good gear, and the quality and amount of the gear you receive goes down the longer you wait to clear a tower.