Completely agree with this. Splitting ranked by console and PC makes sense in bigger regions, but for OCE it’s realistically going to destroy queue times and lobby population. We already struggle outside peak hours, and adding another split on top of solos/quads/ranked will just fragment the player base even more.
A fallback system would make a lot more sense — if queues don’t fill within a certain timeframe, merge console and PC pools together automatically. Either that or exclude smaller regions like OCE from the split entirely.
The concern isn’t about the gameplay changes themselves, it’s about keeping the game alive in smaller regions long term. We’ve seen so many games slowly die in OCE because the population gets divided too much and people eventually move on because they can’t find matches.
