When I first heard 343 was changing the free-for-all mode from 8 to 6 players I was on board. Their reasons made sense and it did feel hectic at times so I figured why not?
Well I now think it was a big mistake and it needs to be changed back to 8.
Is 6 horrendous?.. No not exactly… it can actually feel alright at times but for the most part it feels like there is something stale about it. It has now become almost too spread out. The matches become less of a ‘quick twitch’ strategy to now being a little more predictable with engagements being inorganic… if that makes sense at all 
These issues become amplified so much if a player drops out and to an embarrassing level when matches become a struggling battle between 4 or even 3 players. This is my biggest complaint. Matches become what they’re not meant to be when it’s such a small amount of players. At least with 8, a few players could drop and you still have a rocking competitive match with 6-7 players.
Honestly… it’s a little tough to explain why starting with 6 players is the wrong move but it just is. Maybe one of you can explain it better and/or maybe I’m in the wrong too.
Right now I’m leaning that it goes back to 8 players but I’m really just curious what the community thinks.