Originally Posted by Broncojohnny
This illustrates what people have said repeatedly. Casual arena players aren't going to que to get beat without some incentive. The entire system will suffer for it. I know a lot of people who play casually, on the order of 15 players or so. I can't find one who says he/she will participate in season 4. This should concern people, instead it is met with elitist nonsense about "scrubs" and anecdotal evidence as to how every class can make the ratings because it happens once in a while.
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I think you're ignoring the spirit of the arena... The intent of the arena was not so people could farm "welfare epics" and solo queue every week for free points. It's intended as a fight-to-the-death battle where you fight for your life. I faced a few solo queue'rs, and while those matches are free points, that wasn't what was fun for me. I don't arena because I want the points, I arena because I like the thrill of being in a deathmatch against 3 other people.
The real downside is that your performance in the arena directly impacts your future performance in that the more points you get, the more gear you get, and therefore, indirectly, the better you get. Someone else here mentioned that arena gladiators should be equipped by the goblins before they start a match... I wholly agree with that idea.