Where are the Duos, Solos, and Squad modes!?

I haven't really seen any good reasons or well laid out opinions on why other modes should be added. But just the sheer volume of calls asking for other modes has to be good enough reason for consideration. My preferences for developments in Apex are for a better friends system, more map content, more Legends and, of course, continued anti-cheat progress. Other modes would possibly interest me, but I also believe a much improved friends system would answer those players who wish for new modes because they don't enjoy playing with random teammates.

If it turns out that there is solo mode or duo mode in S2 then I won't be surprised. However, if there is at the same time no improvement to the friends system then I think that would be difficult to understand.