Respawn killed off pubs because of two things:
- the introduction of Wildcards (most players outside of the ranked queue play there)
- changes to SBMM
Currently, when playing duos on the EU server (a server with a lot of players), I sometimes wait 5-10 minutes for matchmaking. The funniest thing is that I have to play with and against the same people every day.
It makes the game discouraging and boring. If I were still playing in a double stack, I might understand... But why, when I only play solo every day, do I have to play against the same double stacks? At one point in the evening, I feel like I'm the only solo team in the entire match...
The mode is only playable in the morning and around noon, but matchmaking takes a very long time anyway.
You can't report this on Reddit because every thread about matchmaking is automatically detected and immediately deleted.
What more can I say... Great game. I feel like this game is on the verge of collapse. A game with hundreds of thousands of people playing—and I'm stuck with the same people every day. It's insane.
SBMM should be removed from pubs or made much simpler. Currently, it's better to play ranked above diamond in the evenings than pubs, as they're more sweaty and infected.