the only way to win these times are : FULL DEFENSE in and in on moves !
a FULL DEFENSE setup can win 4 fights in a row without be hitting during 60 rounds each time against armored setup. Sure it can happen, but for the moment it can happen an armoured mate win !
nobody knows really the rules but it seems the 2% hit rule doesn't exist because in 60 rounds a armoured setup would have near 70% chance of hitting which is not the case !
and why always put new insane stats defensive gears ? Fushiyoma, Demon queen...
arena is become just a big lottery and only the ones who try the less, win, it is reallt too frustating
So sure, something has to be done
For me, the more issue is that what ever your attack, you have same chance hitting ! a player doing attack/defense setup should have more chance hittinh than people with defense/damage and when i see Spin almost never working against full defense setups, i really wonder if HCS knows something in arena !
The problem is that on a macro level, HCS is trying to cater to non-PvPers with better Defence gear. Defence gear allows the non-PvPers some measure of protection. In terms of game economics, Defence sets require buffs or potions to to get through which promotes those services within the game and keeps the FSP flowing.
I can't speak for other level ranges but in my area, the easily obtainable Defence sets that have come out in the past year (which are not won through the arenas) are:
Aughisky (Defence/Attack), Unglag (Defence/Armor), Deathspinner (Defence/ Damage), Sneek (Defence/Armor), and Gazant (Defence/Damage)
The only real Attack, Armor or Damage gear has been the Emissaries or maybe the Lusika set.
If you can enter arenas, you can get the attack/Damage sets like Gideons, Abrafos(now discontinued), Thorirs, Bothild, or, if you can hunt SE's, the Minos set. Even after the Gideons set came out, they quickly neutered the set within two months with the introduction of the Deathspinner set.
So all these Defence dominated sets that have come out are now being used in the arenas to the detriment of actual strategy or creative thinking. Until HCS decides to bring out sets to counterbalance the Defence sets, the majority of people will continue to pack on the Defence and hope to win the Arena Lottery.
On a side note, Arenas determine who is a PvPer (at the low level ranges) because, either you compete in the arenas to win the items to create the best PvP items or you pull out your credit card and buy the items from real arena specialists.