Unpopular Opinion Probably

“well that was fun match while it lasted”

This has become a mantra of sorts. It applies to about 90% of matches regardless of which mode you're in. Octane is only the latest in an ever-growing list of game-crippling decisions Respawn has made because they think that 10% of players having a lot of fun is somehow worth the trade off of the other 90% constantly quitting matches or moving on to other games.

I saw a streamer the other day say something about how the population is back up this season, and I hope that's so, but you certainly couldn't prove it by me. Matchmaking is disastrously bad, something that usually doesn't happen in this game until the population has dwindled to a very low level. And the gameplay and balancing decisions, like Octane, defy all logic. I can't understand how anyone could be having any fun in this game this season unless they cheat.