Quote Originally Posted by g346007_1906957 View Post
Random advice: If you have large stakes, you could power down and let someone take it. If it's someone you could beat, you'll be able to get it back no problem.

I've tried moving down in UA, and it's a lot harder than in the normal arena for me. In the normal arena, I would be surrounded by guild members who can power up or down to help out, but right now I'm surrounded by people from other realms (which I'm friendly with, but they would rather I join them).
Workable if only if you are near guildies that are online or friends from other realms. In this case I wasn't otherwise I would have done as you suggested. It was only 10 gems so really I wasn't overly bothered and used my experience as an example but it goes to show what lengths some of the Arena Farmers will go to.

The Arena should be as Matt and Boo described but it's evolved in a way that makes it not like that at all. If it was exactly how it should be then I would have less of an issue. Sadly, it used to farm off smaller players who can't fight back and the saddest thing of all it gives a lot of the bigger players a bad name. I wouldn't rob gems of smaller guys without giving them a chance to claim them back but there a lot who won't.