Bugs and weirdness aside.. there is one big problem with the arena system at the moment.


It has been suggested that the new system will not have deflation or inflation - it should be stable.
Kalgan stated that teams should eventually be distributed in the range of 600-2400 rating, with the median/average being at 1500.


This seems to be a big mistake. People really don't actively play arena below 1400, and they have no real incentive to do so.


I'm not sure what this will lead to, but I'm fairly certain there will be a lot of unhappy faces.
Essentially, Blizzard expects to have an arena segment at 1200 rating that is as big and active as the segment at 1800, same thing as 900 vs 2100. This is just crazy reasoning with their rating requirements on gear and their points distribution curve.
I mean, who is going to be playing at 900 rating and be happy with arena play?