1. Players don't suddenly just join a shard. They all join almost the same time as you.
2. Seeing your roster it looks like you don't prioritize your arena team. Your high gear and zetaed characters are all over the place. There's no real synergy between your best characters. Furthermore, at 2.1 million GP you really should have more g12 characters. You shouldn't worry about whales being on top. You wouldn't reach top ranks even without any whale on your shard. If you want to climb the ranks improve your gameplay.
