This is a fucking horrible idea. This has nothing to do with "elite groups" and helping the "casual player." It's the exact opposite - they are taking Arena: the 1 thing where I can use my talents 1-2 hours a week and reap full rewards, and turning it into a speed run 10 hour/day grind fest for 2 weeks, then sit fully geared with nothing to look forward to for 2 months....

All this will do is create MORE mindless grinding in an aspect of the game that should be force rationed over time, like it is now. Elite teams will hit 2000 rating, grind arena points for 1 week and be fully geared in 10 days, while the "casual" player gets fucked and has to play arena games against VASTLY over-geared elitist opponents.

This is not a free ride for gear, you still need proper rating, and that comes from success and wins. You can have 5000 arena points and still be 2 seasons behind in gear because you have no rating. Therefore the only people who will benefit from this are the extremist elite arena players who grind 2k in 1 week.

I'm done with this shit.