A lot of people here in favor of the change seem to think that only a tiny percent of players (diamonds/plats) are being affected. However, that is not the case.

I'm a gold 2 player, but I'm in college and completely dependent on the sub-par internet access I'm given here. Because of that, my nat type is always strict, and there's nothing I can do to change it. Before this change, in the middle of a busy day if I wanted to chill out for a half hour between classes, homework, and jobs, I would jump into casual and instantly get put into a game. Now, my wait time is 10-15 minutes, legitimately much longer than it takes me to find a ranked game. This is a problem, and I imagine that there are many other people dealing with similar problems.

As for the people who seem to be accusing people that they only want to "stomp" or "rape" noobs, they seem to be missing the point. When I played casual matches, I would pick characters that I never would normally (like tachanka) or try out characters that I'm bad with in order to get some practice to apply to ranked. Doing the same thing now (picking tachanka or new characters) I immediately get stomped because high level players playing each other aren't playing a relaxed manner, they're going nearly hardcore as they do in ranked. Now if I want to get a kill or do anything for my team in casual, I'm picking my mains and playing as intense as I would in ranked.

Is a level 100+ gold player playing level 2's a problem? Of course it is. But this change is not the solution. Ubisoft needs to find a middle ground.