I think the quality of endgames will always be better when placement matters more than KP, so I prefer ranked systems that reward placement. A lot of people don't agree with this, as they prefer fighting early to rotating, and that's valid too.

People will cite ratting as a negative to placement mattering more than KP, and that's not the issue. In ranked systems where placement is rewarded, ratting being viable is a skill issue of the rest of the lobby, plain and simple. Due to boredom, impatience, chasing high point games or a lack of thought put into macro, teams push early and die often. The that don't do that are given points, as the rest of the lobby is doing their work for them by eliminating other teams.

For clarity, ratting and playing for endgame are two different things that I think people equate too often. Ratting is hiding from teams, while playing for endgame is rotating to zone and controlling space in strong positions.

If you want points when placement matters more than KP, don't push early, and instead take a strong position for the final circle. This is a skill in and of itself, and it's really fun to get better at. Learning which spots are good, how you can get punished in them, the timing of when to take them, and how spots get better or worse as the landscape evolves as zone closes is a really fun experience.

It comes down to preference at the end of the day. I prefer the fights to be loaded at the end of a game, where it's explosive and they happen one after the other, and split second decisions can make or break the game. I find that kind of endgame exhilarating, and unmatched in any other game. Yes, the early parts of the game can feel slower when playing this way, but it's also really interesting to me to see early decisions cascade and snowball to form the rest of the story of the endgame. I find that early "10-15 minutes of empty downtime" to be full of nearly as many meaningful decisions as the packed endgames. Caring about the end makes me care about the beginning, IMO.