@DigitalHype i think in EU we have the most active BF2042 player base.
if there was SBMM i should see the same players more often but more than 90% of the time i have new players in my rounds
and if i turn on cross play i would say that 99% of the time i get new players each round.
and with SBMM i should never see player which are lower than level 10-30.
With active SBMM also players with level 10 or lower should see more bots before they see players with an S Rank.
The only thing that happens in BF2042 (in my observation) is that a balancing of teams happens on the server before the round starts and not when you hit the search button. And if there are premade squads the balance of the teams is most of the time way off.