Official Season 4 Gear Requirements

[Concillian]

This is, actually, how the majority of people I know feel about arenas. They set aside one day to put in their 10 matches so they can work towards the assured gear, and after that, happily go back to PvE.

Personally I feel they should allow you to make an "arena gear" set that you use in arena and everyone has access to Arena gear and Arena gear only. This way the ladder really is a skill ladder. I think it's a little ludicrous that people are expected to "grind" out gear they only use in arena.

To me I would like to see Arena as something like how you treat an FPS type game. Something to do for fun when you have 30 minutes or an hour, not enough time for an instance, but just killing time. This would also eliminate any incentive for people playing outside their skill level (point selling). It might dramatically reduce incentive for some, but if they don't want to be playing arena, they should be happier for it.

It's clear, however, that Blizzard feels the need to introduce grinds in order to keep the goal oriented players playing.