Okay, protectAPI should really work for Dungeon Arena now with the latest Aether change. Added a couple i18n spaces.

app/templates/play/ladder/ladder_tab.jade

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ div#columns.row
         tr
           th(colspan=4, style="color: #{team.primaryColor}")
             span= team.name
+            span  
             span(data-i18n="ladder.leaderboard") Leaderboard
         tr
           th(data-i18n="general.rank") Rank

app/templates/play/ladder/my_matches_tab.jade

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ div#columns.row
           th(colspan=4, style="color: #{team.primaryColor}")
             span(data-i18n="ladder.summary_your") Your
             |#{team.name}
+            |  
             span(data-i18n="ladder.summary_matches") Matches -
             |#{team.wins}
             span(data-i18n="ladder.summary_wins") Wins,

app/views/play/level/tome/tome_view.coffee

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ module.exports = class TomeView extends View
         unless method.cloneOf
           skipProtectAPI = @getQueryVariable("skip_protect_api") is "true" or @options.levelID isnt 'brawlwood'
           skipProtectAPI = true  # gah, it's so slow :( and somehow still affects simulation
-          #skipProtectAPI = false if @options.levelID is 'dungeon-arena'
+          skipProtectAPI = false if @options.levelID is 'dungeon-arena'
           skipFlow = @getQueryVariable("skip_flow") is "true" or @options.levelID is 'brawlwood'
           spell = @spells[spellKey] = new Spell programmableMethod: method, spellKey: spellKey, pathComponents: pathPrefixComponents.concat(pathComponents), session: @options.session, supermodel: @supermodel, skipFlow: skipFlow, skipProtectAPI: skipProtectAPI, worker: @worker
     for thangID, spellKeys of @thangSpells

bower.json

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "firepad": "~0.1.2",
     "marked": "~0.3.0",
     "moment": "~2.5.0",
-    "aether": "~0.1.2",
+    "aether": "~0.1.9",
     "underscore.string": "~2.3.3",
     "firebase": "~1.0.2",
     "catiline": "~2.9.3"