This is just my anecdotal experience. But, I’m wondering if it’s due to the population dropping even further over this recent period of time or if it’s more so tied to KB&M receiving aiming assistance and causing a skill spectrum shift that requires time to sort itself out?
The game’s understanding of skill for most players is certainly in need of readjustment within the full population spectrum thus leading to a number of unbalanced matches; at least, until player skills get sorted back out under this new spectrum where KB&M have aim assist, but how much of the issue is due to that and how much is due to the current active population level?
Only 343i can say for sure, but it’s been frustrating getting what feels like more matches where one side has little to no competitive chance to win. Hopefully, this issue sorts itself out sooner rather than later and 343i implemented enough positive changes to boost the active population across the full skill spectrum regardless to input choice.