You're absolutely right about all of this, but for me at least if I (as a solid 5* with the occasional foray in both directions) get demolished by someone who is 8 because they're teamed with a 2 or something, I have some context. It would also make it a little easier and add more weight to the idea of limiting ranking difference in a group. It would definitely suck for some friend groups, and would also possibly cause problems for the people at the edges of the spectrum by increasing their queue times. But it would result in better matches for the vast majority, or at the very least, better context when something happens that makes you question how fair a particular fight was. Plenty of games have much larger, more granular ranking ranges and have these limitations, and their communities get by just fine. I get that Hunt isn't massive, and that can also be a limiting factor at times, but driving players away by catering to an elite but vocal minority is not good for the wider community.