Well it seems this question is a moot one now as they removed the chance of anything but experience from the arenas.

Also on a side note about jumping from realm to realm, the people doing that to grab the stakes are no different than the people who remove all of their equipment nightly so they lose alot in arena and then move back up as they see rewards they like and want to take. The point in having stakes is that you have to be able to defend them for 30 minutes to receive them.

Don't get me wrong I understand exactly where you are coming from, as I have enough strategy to get myself inserted into the top 20 in the Fire Realm arena, but every time I got a decent stake, I had to fend tooth and nail and pray that a select few didn't drop back and steal it from me, but in the end it is a part of the game, and even if they found a way to prevent people from partaking in arena for 30mins-1hr from the time they jump realms, people in that realm would still do the same thing.

Also, you talked about alts and how people use them. When someone who seemingly would benefit from the issue they bring up, it leads me to wonder if possibly a friend of yours had an alt who's stakes got jacked (I only say a friend because I know you would never use an alt, it doesn't seem your style.) as it doesn't seem to make sense that alts would come up as part of this discussion. This is because, as TG pointed out, it hardly makes sense that someone would make an alt and jump it to a realm for a stake when that alt can't directly supply the main with gems and now that they have put level restrictions on PvP and revenge restrictions, it would be difficult for said player with the alt to get any creds or coins they would have bought with those gems to their main anyhow.


P.S. - On a side note, in the future, there is a box beside the reply with quote button for replying with multiple quotes, so there is really no need to double post in rapid fire. I doubt you noticed the button, so I figured I'd help you out with that bit.