forgottenidentity89

Epsilon was on an arena team before he went to sea. The hasten tradeoff is not insignificant. Arena PvP makes up a larger percentage of PvP in general, and there is fluid movement between it and zones. (Except for niche groups that don't care about the state of PvP, only whether or not they can abuse one mechanic or another/stand around and chat instead of playing.)

There is no division between Arena and Zone folk, and saying zone is "more casual friendly" is really disingenuous. You don't get nearly the level of toxicity and personal harassment that happens in zones. You actually get more in-game help and suggestions from any number of the new-player centric discords and events that have popped up to help people make a more informed leap into PvP.

Incarnates were never optimized for PvP. I am sorry you can no longer use +300% heals, +100% defense from barrier, and your litany of base buffs to make your Bane Spider invincible. Because on the other end, with a blaster doing that, it's even more ridiculous.

Doesn't really make sense. A good portion of arena folks played zone on live and when the server first came back, but stopped because non-alpha incarnates made combat ridiculous. These changes lower the barrier for playing in both spheres. Simply marvelous!