You are not alone, I hate it and rarely played before they put the daily in. I'm in S2 and I must have missed something in an update about matchmaking cos I don't know why the teams I'm matched with are S2 teams, because I just get the same teams as you, I'm endgame FTP and don't have mythics or the huge hitters and I'm wiped out most battles, so now if I have time when it's open I may play, but geez the pick time and matchmaking is just draining and actually better not to bother
I am in tag G3 at present, and the picked teams i see in live silver are around the same level as tag G3.
Plarium have always thought it is a good idea to ignore the actual bracket you are in and instead match-make by player power. Its ridiculous of course, but it is what it is.
I guess i would hit gold eventually if i persevered but its more about the inconvenient time for me and as you say the delayed picking etc. It is definitely draining
Personally i am taking a break to see if i want to play. Games are supposed to be fun, so why spend time doing things on a game i dont enjoy such as live arena etc?
I pulled my long hoarded shards this weekend and got a bunch of OG legos of no use whatsoever to me (lanakis, my 4th blind seer, valk, foli and pinthroy (best of the bunch) ) and after that uninstalled to take a break for at least until after xmas.
