Closed weapon playlist is already dead, just 3 days into the beta!
3 days since the open beta early access, 1 day after the public open beta, with millions people online, guess how many people are queueing in Closed weapon playlist, 2-5 players, match can't even start!
Maybe it's different for your region, I played a few rounds when it first came out, it's pretty obviously why.
When given the option, who would restrict themselves from a huge amount more weapon selections, for a tiny bit more class identity that barely noticeable?
Class gadgets and traits are good enough to differentiate each class.
Do keep Closed weapon as an option in portal though, for those really want it.
Unless they remove open weapon system, which I seriously doubt it, closed weapon playlist will be dead in a week after lauch!
Probably they just put it in there to get some nostalgia fans buy the game and gain some PR.
Server browser is a much bigger and impactful issue they need to address, why not both?
But if they deem it won't bring enough sales to justify the cost, it will be community servers only, this is EA we are talking about, right?