Yeah, it is pretty frustrating when I have put the time in to get the gear and thought that would help me be at least competitive.

This week I went 0-10 and the most under-ubered team I faced had a only one gladiator and a rival (...only).

/rant on

Thing is, arena is such a beat-down, week after week, it has become work. How can I take any joy in getting owned repeatedly? It is one of those things that Bliz has made mandatory because the gear is so overpowered yet easily obtainable by just losing 10 games a week, but I rather dread it when I have to go through the pain each week.

Isn't this game supposed to be fun? Challenging, sure, but throw at least some fun in there too. Blizzard has set it up such that very solid team make-ups that practice together a lot have very little chance to win.

What is most sad is that I run a team make-up that is known to be able to win into the upper brackets and have very good gear - and I feel this way. I know there are a few of you who post on these boards and have some level of success (and therefore probably enjoy arena - more power to ya). However, if everyone entering arena is facing MOSTLY 2000+ rating players, the overwhelming majority of players must see it mainly as a weekly pain in the ass.

/rant off

I never really enjoyed AFKing arena to get points, but I enjoyed the web surfing I could do while my characters got owned. Gotta do what you enjoy :P