We meet again.
Reconzero, we had a long debate 3 months ago about this. First of all, you stated that you don't even play Ranked as much. You said you prefer Bot Royale. You bashed me for caring about Ranked changes that the devs were, obviously, working on before our debate.
I knew the old drop ship would be removed eventually when the devs introduced the LTM (I can't remember the name). I didn't prefer that LTM either, but the current drop method is better for Ranked play. Overall, Ranked has to be aligned with the ALGS as much as possible. Just as much as little league football has to be aligned with the NFL, or any other sport/activity. Apex is a F2P COMPETITIVE shooter. It's that simple.
I. LOVE. THIS. :-)