My gut feeling is that in a meta with so much burst and damage that CC just lasts too long.
I was happy with the cc and damage last season it felt quite balanced but this season it feels over the top.
Perhaps for this season only - the DR window should be moved up from 18s to 20s.
And the 2nd DR increased from 50% to 60% with thre third one going to 80% from 75%.
And I get that CC is the central pillar of arenas so it can’t be changed too much or it turns into a zug zug.
And I know everyone will just say play a comp with 4-5 different CCs and sure that works but I like to play a range of toons with RL friends for pvp.
There are quite a few toons with minimal cc and in this meta they dont feel like they add much to the team and tbh its quite frustrating.