Our arena shard is doing great but I think you need to see things from another point of view.
We currently have 35 people in our payout shard and is extremely difficult to climb. The majority of people we know and have been playing for over 3 years.
Now we have a bunch of new randoms with recently bought Revans who were non existent for years but out of the blue they show up and want top spots.
It’s very difficult to coordinate 35 people to get into the top 5 spots without blasting your shardmates into oblivion.
If you were in contact with them a year ago and cease contact, then you decide you want to start climbing again, you screwed up. You missed out on a year of bonding and becoming buddies with them and wanted to isolate yourself. They are viewing it as “he was in contact with us a while back and stopped, maybe he quit or doesn’t care anymore.”
People that wait forever to make connections will end up being hurt in this game. Patience of following rules, getting in on the discord server with them, and just be helpful (hitting other enemies) will make your chances of being accepted into the group much higher. My two cents.
