Yesterday I borrowed a computer with a much better internet connection. Latency is a big problem if you are a melee.
I used my mediocre power set (see signature) and
my best non-ethereal estoc and sharded everything.
I played for the full 4 hours duration of the shards effects with a few short breaks to keep my sanity.
In that time I managed to do the arenas up to Longest Journey on IWBTH and up to To Kill A God on BT. Failed two arenas due to not paying attention. Spammed self-buffs because I could and I had no mana problems. Also did FSM on IWBTH. Burnt only 25 Stamina.
I got about 160k directly from the arenas and selling the crap equipment I got. In addition I found a Artifact.
Have read post where people brag about finishing all arenas and getting hundreds of thousands of credit.
This is a more realistic example at what you can achieve as a melee at my level (285) without metallic auras, with one IA and decent equipment.
So a question for those that do all their arenas daily at my level (if they truely exist).
What is the best strategy?
Start with the longest or the shortest?
Go for highest difficulty or lower it to have time for as many arenas as possible?