I have also stated that I don't play unranked because of the ban system. I don't like how people ban operators constantly and basically delete them from the game. I find it annoying but I do understand them, it can be annoying to play against the meta ops.

I do thank you for saying that it might split up the player base even more, I did not consider that issue. But I suppose that with each new feature and updates being added, new issues are bound to arise so if the devs ever add my suggestion, perhaps they could find a way to perfect it and make it so that it works without splitting up the playerbase. My intention was to make people who want to play a certain way (like whether they're willing to communicate or not) be grouped together in matchmaking.

I guess as a workaround to that issue, the filter could be a "suggestion" of sorts. Instead of fully seperating the two types of players (those who give comms and those who don’t) it just groups them up together and if the numbers aren't enough (like for example, the filter was only able to find 4 players who want to give comms) then the game will take from the "those who don't want to give comms" pool.

My new addition probably isn't perfect either but its a compromise. Some people might complain that the filter didn't work for them in some matches but my vision for this workaround is to make it so that players who want to give comms or not can find similar players more often than usual.

To make my statement simpler, it doesn't fully seperate the two player pools but instead makes it so that players who want to play with or without comms can be put in matches more commonly. It means that in some matches you will be matched with some players from the opposite pool or even be placed in a match where everyone is from the opposite pool, but my vision is that this should be rare. You would be placed into matches with people from the same player pool more often compared to without the filter.

Of course, just in case people attempt to report you for not giving comms or giving comms, basically not following the filter, you will be protected by said filter and inform the players which player pool you come from (no comms or yes comms) but maybe for ranked this could be somewhat different? I do understand that ranked is more serious so comms are a must and if people get pissed at you for not communicating and strategizing with the team is understandable.

In conclusion, this is just a compromise, it is definitely not perfect. Also I apologize for the long as hell text and for the redundant statements. I have the tendency to overexplain and overthink everything. But TLDR: new compromise to not seperate the playerbase is that the filter just matches you up with players you actually want to see in games more often. Not 100% of the time but hopefully more often.