"we aim to roll out additional improvements as quickly as possible"

OK, I whole season passed and still use the same rules . . . 

Fight 1 of 3 opponents and arena pass is great but Bring back weekly arena!!!

No challenge at all. Only the most whales get the rank. New players impossible to gain legend rank up rewards. Each PVP season feel more and more boring. I use to feel fun and continuously play pvp to stay in Legend rank each week but now I feel enough to stay at Champ 2-4.

How about making scores reset at the weekly end like you did before this current terrible point system?  You shouldn't be punished for losing more points than gaining in regular arena.

Make Arena Great Again!

Glad to see an official post acknowledging the issue, a huge one at that. Won't go into detail here as for diagnosis and possible solutions but instead will refer you to the excellent work on the matter readily available by knowledgeable content creators (high rank too), I beg you to watch them attentively (presented in chronological order):

as DarkLord said while this is a good babystep the real problem is that with no weekly reset there just isn't any actual competition to be had.  Reaching Legend 1 used to be feasible for any player dedicated to it for the first time rewards, and that climb alone added more competition to the high ranks, especially if that climber tried to hold a position.  Now it's a complete waste of time to even try to hit the new Emperor ranks.  Removing the protection the flag spam provided to the highest point totals is good but that's just a symptom of this new dead system with no weekly point reset.

I would love to know what is there to "carefully review". It has been 12 weeks of 1085 EMPTY spots because the point system doesnt allow for anyone that isnt insanely spamming flags to be allowed to get into them. Emperor rank is pointless, you have to spend more skystones than what you get to even stay in there which defeats the entire purpose of the rank. Fix the point system ASAP.

Uhh instead of the rapid increase of victory points by top players, i think the bigger problem in arena is how hard you get punished for losses, whether it be defense or offense. Really makes it feel pointless to climb for most people.

Could you not do this before the season started? I feel like the seasons already over and most of us are going to be stuck in Champ til the next...

Scores should reset weekly as they used to so that players of all levels have a fair chance to compete for the rankings they want. The current system, where weekly rankings don’t change at all, essentially guarantees the top spots for those with high scores already. It’s lost the excitement and spirit of competition we used to have. It’s incredibly boring.

Well SG, had half a year (6 months - 2 seasons after the rework) to adjust this, which should have been before the new arena season.

Although this matchmaking adjustment alone won't solve much, as the whales will continue to spend tons of skystone to stay on top, even though they are now being attacked more frequently, I hope that the new adjustments that will come don't cause any more problems (season 1 -points inflation / Season 2 -points deflation / season 3 -still points deflation)

Also, consider returning to the old system's weekly reset points, it was fairer and more accessible to the competitive/f2p community which will also generate more revenue for you (more sky stones spent if the whales "top-players" want to stay on top ranks), but at least it was affordable to reach the higher leagues and get the rewards the first time, as few spent that much, and only the highest ranks were based on placement, not from champ IV since we have more ranks (it must be from champ I or emperor V).

Thank you, Smilegate.

Your responses to our feedback is what keep this game going strong.

Finally! I think this is it, fellas.