I gave up on Live Arena; it's just not worth my time.   It's bad mechanics all around and now I'm seeing 'players are gonna go to this game" youtubes, which I've been saying for months. 

It's really shooting myself in the foot, but the rest of the game is fun, although i'm going to get knee-capped without area bonuses. 

I just cannot justify the time spent getting dunked on by level 100's who max time every chance in a boring season. 

Could try and sneak in some fights when Season isnt active to try and at least work on the area bonuses.  I know for myself off season means I find a fight and insta quit cuz I cant be bothered by it for those 2 glorious weeks.