I consider decisive bonds actually the worst feature that exists in this game because has a worse matching system and 99% of the people simply quitted it.

That said, after having gone through the hell of being superkage at 48 when they introduced xserver arena in one of the newest server that existed at that time and being wholly unable to reach six paths by being the 2nd strongest of my server at that time until the actual matching system and actual arena rules appeared (with 3.0) i consider the current arena the fairest and best feature of the game.

People that, like me, had to stay for 6-7 months at superkage in the negatives while you began to get +2 after 3 consecutive wins (not after 2 like now) and while you could be matched only with people within a range of +/- 3 points from you when the only people at 50+ were whales or 1/2 digits server f2p with 7 months of free initiative advantage over you when owning a barrier meant to be 99% sure to win do not even consider arena an issue right now.

P.S. Unless i am at 57 or 58 i always give wins to whoever ask me the courtesy because is one win away from six paths because i remember very well what meant to be in that situation when was really impossible to reach six paths.