agreed, you definitely have to work for it. This is the first season my alts are in gold, though.
And i know most of the people im fighting in 1400s->1500s. pretty much fight the same ones over and over.
not super salty because their alts usually same class as their high-ranked mains. This is mainly why arena is dead.
when it comes to fighting third spec bms, skill rotation, iframes, tech chasing, etc...none of it is relevant.
long gone are the days of skill-based pvp matches. Now you simply just have to make the correct class smurfs.
Old pvp was brilliant, though. its why I got into bns.