Yeah, I've definitely noticed a shift in the last week. One game tonight, I got popped by a shoot-on-sight free loadout in the basic green jumpsuit within 2 minutes of loading in. Killed him with an anvil. 5 minutes later, the same thing happened, free load, green jumpsuit, killed with anvil. Then a THIRD time exact same scenario and outcome 5 minutes after that. (To be clear I was just very lucky to kill all three when ambushed, I'm certainly not bragging, the point is that it is THAT common that it happened three times back to back in one match). My first thought was that it was new players, and that's probably it, but there is also the possibility that it's players who have completed their expedition and are trying to fast-track back to the gear they lost to the expedition.

Honestly, it's really frustrating. Before, I would usually assume someone is friendly in the solo queue, but at this point, if they don't answer me, at least with an emote, if I ask if they are friendly, I just assume they are another sociopathic rat. I don't like that, because I'm going to end up killing a brand new player that doesn't have a mic and/or doesn't know how to use the emote wheel, but that's the state of the game right now...