The ring timers turned the game into pure dog caca. There is no time to even grab a gun before you have to start running. Let alone if you have to fight. If you're unfortunate enough to land with another squad, you're going to be fist fighting over the 3 guns in each POI, and if you're lucky enough to win that battle, guess what, the ring is on top of you, and you have zero meds. GG. 99% of the time, you won't live past the first ring. These changes made it moderately more challenging for the top 1% of players, and the rest of us, they basically made it not worth playing the game anymore.