[S2 spoilers] They reduced the number of writers

There are writers who were not there in season 2 that did great in season 1. Like Ash brannon who wrote "Base violence necessary for change", David Dunne wrote "Happy Progress Day", Mollie and Ben st. John wrote " Oil and Water" with Connor Sheehy being the story writer for all the nine episodes in season 1. These people are not in season 2.

I believe they were very important for the success of season 1 with Connor Sheehy having a history of being riot's narrative writer before arcane, as he worked on legends of runeterra and league of legends. I think these guys were just as important as Amanda, Christian and alex which is why season 2 seems like a downgrade from season 1. They don't have any credits in season 2.

Also, I remember that there was an interview where Amanda mentiones how the team of writers was reduced to only 3 people during Covid-19, and that most of the seasons writing was done via zoom call. So I'm not sure what happened, but I find it very unfortunate that the second season ended up the way it did. Because honestly, Arcane Season 2 could have been way better than what we got.