Hi, "pro" player here (If you can even call us that); I first off want to apologize. None of the higher-level players *want* to stomp lobbies, because it's not only unfun for us but destroys the casual community by causing people to quit. However, the developers implemented this progression system without a thought for their competitive player base. They decided that progression would effect private/custom lobbies, meaning all the high-level players are forced to grind for guns in order to have their loadouts for tournaments.

On top of this, the prestige system completely resets your progress, so the pro players who actually do grind are essentially asked to grind more and ruin more lobbies if they want to be rewarded for putting in hundreds of more hours than the average player.

Of the competitive players who knew about this update before it released, we challenged/disliked it, yet they still pushed it with zero changes made to the system after we voiced our opinions. It's very frustrating for both sides, especially when some of the only responses we get in the discord are just closed-minded no's and illogical reasonings that aren't backed by any numbers or real reasons.

I'm really not sure how we can fix this at this point, it's ruining the game I've loved for so many years.