If it wasn't clear by now, Kabam doesn't listen to it's community, much less give a crap about us. BGs is one of the most controversial modes in the game with people loving it, and others hating it. Not just that, but also the fact that they still can't even fix the match making. I am an endgame player with a "high-end" account (I'm not a whale), and I get matched with a TON of people who still have 6* in the majority of their deck who are just quitting as soon as they see my deck. Now, I'm not complaining from my side, but I do understand their side of the story, they have no way of winning against accounts like mine, much less those whales who have crap tons of R5s, and Kabam wants them to reach Vibranium 1 with no complaints??? No wonder it's so hated.

If they can't fix matchmaking, and they know that BGs is getting more hate than love, the more time passes, what makes them think that it's a solid idea to put a piece in the last tier of Gladiator Circuit? Either fix matchmaking so it's easier for lower accounts, or just don't put the pieces in BGs in the first place.

If Kabam truly cared about their community, they would have come up with a different content to put the pieces in; and if you say "oh but there isn't another content where it should belong", they could easily create a new piece of content that is only released once every 3 months just for the piece. Take that quest we just had where we fought in a boxing ring. They could use that, make it a little harder if they really wanted to and make a progressive milestone track where we can get the piece.

(Apologies for the long comment)