I've always enjoyed battlegrounds, and have always disliked arena.
But have run arena because that is where the best gear was/is.

With the ability to get the best gear from Battlegrounds without having to do Arena at all...
I doubt I'll step into the arena again.



Arena is superior to battlegrounds, as an e-sport.
Battlegrounds seems to have larger appeal to the masses.
Each individual will like one more than the other (aside from a few who like them equally), and liking one more than the other is not right or wrong.

I'd like to see each arena team with exactly equal gearing, much like their advertised dungeon challenges.
That way the winning team is probably the more skilled team (although lower ping might change things), rather than the more geared team having a huge edge.
Rating would be a more accurate measurement of pvp skill, if everyone had the same gear.
Of course then you'd need to work out an incentive to arena...