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Counterpoint: Ascension levels are weaker by design to reduce this power gap.

When 7 stars were introduced (and if 8 stars were thrown out instead of ascension) the power gap grew by 3 ranks- the newest star rarity is usually the strength of a R3 version of the last.

Ascension 1 grows the power gap by less than half a rank, and ascension 2 by a little less than 1 rank.

So how exactly is this any worse than prior new rarity releases??

Regarding BGs, he’s probably referring to the season 39 meta that applies degen to all non-saga defenders. This saga pool is mostly ascended champs with a few exceptions.

Exactly same situation here. Yesterday I was within 1 win of V1, then 9 Ls in a row, while watching Lagacy's stream. Then, who's my opponent? Yeah! Lagacy. Another L. IDK, with the deck I have, I simply can't win. Skill issue for sure. I'm so frustrated. I'll try the last fights, and after this I'm done. No way I'll put myself trough this misery ever again.

after this "terrible" season of BGs and one of the worst experiences in the game for a lot of players, Kabam should sell Blade's final piece at half price

This just feels needlessly obtuse. Obviously when future ascension levels arrive we will have access to more tokens, and likely when we require more tokens per rank the amount of tokens we can acquire generally will increase, just like crystal shard acquisition goes up over time

Dust and knull were attainable at least at a1 completely for free with some rng, and arguably the best defenders in the ascension pool are still either in the base pool or the super duper box, both free to acquire.

The titan didnt even exist for months after 7 stars were added to the game.

People said the exact same thing about 7 stars, its not my fault you have a short memory

Honestly, I have no idea what you're referring to.

1. No one should have "suspicions" about Ascension being 8 star rarity in disguise. That is precisely what they are, at least in simplified terms, and no one is making any attempt to hide that fact. I've been saying this since the instant they were announced. And all rarity releases going back to the beginning of time are explicitly intended to reset the champion chase - for both in-game pursuit and monetization purposes. That's always been true. Ascension is not different in that regard.
2. I have no idea what you mean by the BG meta making non-ascended defenders worthless either. Two ranks of Ascension offer slightly less than one rank up of power. In other words an R4 A2 is not more powerful than an R5. And I don't see anything in the upcoming meta descriptions that would overweight ascension over rank ups. Maybe I overlooked something, but off hand I can't think of what that might be.
3. I also don't understand why you seem to be implying that Ascension is only something favoring big spenders. I haven't actually spend much at all since banquet, and I haven't spent cash on Ascension itself. What I have been doing is tracking my Ascensions relative to my 7* acquisition rate (because I also have that data going all the way back to 7* rarity release). In general terms, my Ascension acquisition rate has been slightly faster than my 7* champion acquisition rate, which is about what I was expecting given the way Ascension channels are structured. Ascension favors spenders only in the sense new rarities have always offered progression advantages to spenders.

I think a lot of the issues people have with ascension are due to confusion: there's a lot more moving parts to Ascension relative to new rarities. And there is the dust situation. But honestly, I have no idea what your complaints are with regard to Ascension because everything you have hinted at here is something I cannot observe myself in the game. Ascension is not slower than 7* rarity roll out, it is not more expensive, and it is not more necessary for the game than the initial roll out of 7* rarity. We're currently in the same transition period every new rarity passes through when it first launches: the chase is more for show, and for future potential, than any actual major benefit today.

I got within one win twice within the last hour, even using victory shields bought with units. But when it’s a pattern of win one, lose five it makes it impossible. I think going forward pre-gladiator circuit you should not lose tokens of you lost a match, you should just not gain. That’s more fair and far less punishing. I get that in GC having a rating that changes based on win loss makes perfect sense, but prior to that it feels demotivating punitive.

Are you being sarcastic? Cause literally everyone regardless of if they're doing well or not, whether they made it to Vibranium 1 or not, have all been saying "its not fun."

I literally just said it a few comments ago.

Particularly because of the realm of event it was one the most, if not the most rewarding SQs of all time.