The problem of this arc is not powerscaling, is matchup distribution "[discussion]"
I'm tired of people saying that the ones complaining about the manga just care about powerscaling when the arc clearly has serious narrative problems, and the worst of them is matchup distribution.
Since the arc started the Fire and Flame guild was introduced and was suggested to be the main villain group in the arc, but what happened to them? They were turned into jokes because they were defeated easily in a group fight, but what was the point of that? Even if Hiro felt that they the protagonist were too strong for them, he could have gave them as matchups for other characters like Team B, Oracion Seis or even Diabolos who were forgotten in this arc. There was no pointing on trashing them.
Oracion Sechs matchups feel more pointless than ever now. Hiro firstly put Oracion Seis to fight which seemed to be an interesting route, but then he made most of them lose just to give them Team B. Midnight lost was the most forced, and Gajeel instead of stealing his fight could have fought Viernes instead, you know metallic dragon vs metallic dragon slayer, no need for fight being stolen if you had planning for the arc. Gate fight is pointless if Juvia gets a fight again in the arc, it feels like she stole Meredy fight for nothing. Same thing with Mira if she defeats Scissor Runner, Daemon fight will be pointless ad there will be no reason for Angel to not have defeated her.
About the Calamity Bloods, a whole group of villains being introduced in middle of an arc is already narratively bad no matter how much you want to defend. It doesn't matter if they are past villains, it feels that they came out of nowhere, they won't get enough time for a better development and their fights can be rushed. 3 of them i can already say that are pointless fights that are just stalling the plot. Earthbuild beating Lucy and Wendy just to be the 100th victim of Natsu don't adds nothing to the plot, Human Igneel could have just appeared in beta heaven instead of misleading power levels. I already talked about Juvia and Mirajane fighting again makes Oracion Sechs fights pointless, and even if Mira is hypetooled by Scissor Runner, who is gonna beat him, Gajeel? So he stole Zero from Midnight for absolutely nothing ? These Calamity Bloods could easily have been Diabolos matchups, no reason for them to not be, what was the point of them being dragons then? Some are even saying that Hiro is deciding matchups based on fans complain on twitter which is absolutely terrible if it's true.
You see, i didn't even needed to talk about how egregious it was powerscaling wise for Dragon Gods to return at full power, just mentioning that exist another villain group beyond these other 3 already shows that this arc is mess with no planning, with you say this arc had any minimal planning you are just coping hard. As for their matchups distribution i already said that Gajeel should have fought him, but honestly it should have been in the previous arc to not turn this arc into a mess with excess of villains that are poorly used.
You know that the matchup distribution is horrible when Natsu got 6 fights in this arc and will get at least one more against Ignia. From these fights two of them were matchups he stolen, Wed and Earthbuild, what was the point of Natsu stealing 2 fights if he already had so many and if there are so many underused characters in this arc?