"They're obviously hardcore, but also the type of people that drop thousands into the game on cosmetics. That's why it's important for Respawn to cater to both casual and hardcore players. "
While that's true, that's also a fast way to kill the player base and make both sides leave the game. All it needs is the "casual" player to get tired of being moving targets and move to the next game and suddenly the "hardcore" that only wants easy kills will not have people to kill and will also leave.
Sure EA can make this, and to be fair with their past that will be the route, but for the game itself that's a terrible move. Now if it's a terrible business move... well that i don't know.
I have only been playing this game for about two weeks. As someone who is getting back into gaming, having ranked matchmaking is important so that new players like me have an opportunity to learn the mechanics and strategies of the game and as we get better our rank will go up.
However, it is also equally important to have a second "general" or open matchmaking queue that is not ranked where you can get matched up with/against anyone.
Just my 2 cents
