Arenas Shouldn't be an LTM

In a recent Q&A they answered that it's currently an LTM purely to test engagement and to see if it's worth to implement it as a permanent mode in the future.

Q: Will Arenas come back permanently?

A: No, not this season. We're bringing it back because people asked for it. We wanna see what the response is. It was more work than it was worth when we first had it live, because it wasn't getting a lot of traction. If we see a lot of traction and a good response, we can talk about how do we wanna bring it back? Right now this is like a test run to see what the engagement is and what's working and what's not and keep tinkering with it. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/1kcauir/comment/mq122go/ 

I personally really love Arena's, and it's pretty much the primary reason for playing the game.
I'd understand their reasoning, if the game is barely getting any attention from the playerbase, and it takes a lot of effort to maintain it, they wouldn't really have much reason to keep it.

So if we want to see it in the future, I think the best we can do for now, is to play the LTM a lot to show we want it back as a permanent mode.

I agree I love both game modes but when I get tired of playing br I’d be nice to be able to just hop over to arenas especially ranked arenas. Miss it. Definitely going to be playing some arenas tonight with my old duo 

but this feels like they aren't even trying to make it popular? no changes (not even in the UI) - only a few maps in the map pool (no new maps, no partycrasher etc.) and no ranked mode plus they made it as an LTM-  these are all factors that make people play it less :( 
This just makes me so sad because Ranked Arena was the only thing that kept me and my friends active in this game. 

Well if they are actually testing for engagement, then making major changes to the mode could be a waste of time if data indicates that there wasn't enough engagement.

If a large portion of the players really do want to play Arenas a lot, then they would play the LTM lots and lots.
If they don't, then even if it were to be implemented as a 'full' mode rather than an LTM, it would likely have yielded the same results.

I'm sure they will work on it a lot, if this LTM shows enough engagement to keep the mode full-time.
Back in  it's previous stages of development, they already had a lot of ideas lined up, but ultimately those never saw the light of day.

It's current state isn't great, but the entire point of the current stage is to indicate those players that want it.
The mode has a lot of problems. Balance-wise it's hell because it strays so far away from the core concept the legends and guns were designed around, which would be Battle Royale. Then we have ranked which was utter hell because players would just manipulate the matchmaker and get matched with each other. Apart from the cheaters, there was no integrity to the ranks at all.

From what I see, Arena's really is something that would need a lot of time and resources to make it better and 'playable', but if too small of a % is going to play it, why would they bother?

Though yeah they should've put in party crasher at least, that was definitely my favourite map for Arenas.

My opinion is the exact opposite; I think the Arena mode should be brought back for a limited time only, and should never be made a permanent feature.

When the mode was originally released, it was met with initial enthusiasm, but as time went on and more players became accustomed to the Arena, a number of problems arose.

For example, matchmaking issues have led to an increase in one-sided matches, such as users who don't play Arena that much being put into the same match as heavy Arena players, or players with clearly different levels of skill being matched together, players teaming up for rewards such as badges, and matches being destroyed by cheating issues that have yet to be resolved.

I think that since it has only just been re-released, there are quite a few players who are enjoying it out of nostalgia, but if it were to remain permanently, a huge number of unreasonable and ridiculous problems would arise, just like the period just before the old arenas were removed, and it would end up becoming more stressful for players than fun.

That's why I think it would be better not to make Arena mode permanent, but to bring it back occasionally as a limited-time mode, like this time, when the time is right, and end the play period while players are still enjoying it.

In its current state, where the cheating issues, teaming issues, and even matchmaking issues have not been resolved at all and there are no signs of improvement, to be honest, this mode should never be made permanent.

If they are going to make it permanent, they should do so after solving all the numerous problems Apex has had for a long time, such as cheating issues, teaming issues, matchmaking issues, etc. Well, no matter how you look at it, EA/Respawn will never be able to solve these problems, and they won't even try to solve them, so Arena mode will never be in a good state to make it permanent.

That's why Arena mode is best left forever as a limited-time mode that we bring back from time to time, wrapping up its lifespan while it's still fun and before players start to notice the issues.

I'd love for Arenas to be permeant. I don't really enjoy it but I am just of the opinion that we NEED more game modes. It's ridiculous we only get pubs and ranked. And do we even count mixtape at this point? 

I came back for arenas but new legends and weapons made it WORST MODE EVER. I hope it never comes back. Worst season ever aswell

the thing i dont get is why arenas are not in mixtape... its so confusing to me

Servers should handle a bit of arenas since player count is like 30-50% of what it used to be when arena was available back in the day.