Raid is beautiful and fun but you hit a very nasty choke point mid-game. You have to beat other players in the arena to progress in game content. Arena is broken. You need access to end game armor or the rewards of having already won high levels of arena for an extended time to win at low level arena. It is a catch 22 - you must win many times at high level to progress but can't even work up to it. This has been a known issue for a year now. I no longer have faith it will be addressed.