Arena Participation Is Dead On My Locked Mega Server - Need Solo Queue or Cross Server Grouping ASAP

Anyone else’s server participation at abysmally low numbers? Literally like 2-3 people at a time looking for arena partners on a locked mega server, and they’re usually alts looking for YOLO games. I spend more time looking for 1600+ or even 1500+ partners in discord and LFG at than I do in the actual game.The entire concept of gear being gatekeeped is incredibly stupid and leads to the better players getting better gear, distancing the gap between the have-nots who end up just quitting arena entirely