I believe everyone is leaving the game because nothing is fair anymore. In SG1, everyone started with the same weapons, and same stats. Now I do like the different classes, although, your SBM is super broken. New players can't have fun when their first to fifth game they are getting absolutely washed. I've been trying to get people to play this game, and yeah the portals throw a lot of people off, but thats the gimic. It shouldn't be weapons. In SG1 the plasma rifle was a drop, now the phasma is pretty much the same thing, especially since you have to earn that through quite a bit of gameplay. Secondly, The challenges are still super broken. It disheartens those who are trying to play the game and lose, game after game without anything to show for it. If people could see what the are earn or striving for, losing isn't that bad. but with the SBM being broken and the challenges there is nothing. In SG1, if you played earned enough EXP you got a drop. Make an EXP drop pool of skins for people to earn. Third, I love Splitgate. All of it, 1 & 2. I have put 400hrs into SG2 and 450 into SG1. You made a promise to make FPS great again, and just like that statements original meaning, the promises are falling through. Your microtransactions are not any different from any other game. Bring back the "All earnable skins" make the blue tickets worth something or add more "free" skins. I finished Chapter 2 in 1 day because I had earned enough with the remainder from Chapter 1's time. I understand you need to make money, But you're losing it like crazy. Forth, Splitball and HotZone are not ranked gamemodes. They are basic arena and or goofy gamemodes. Splitball should be in the same category as "Oddball" or "Infected". HotZone is King of the Hill. Takedown, Showdown, Showdown Firecracker, Evolution. Those should be your ranked gamemodes. With that, Ranked should be an even playing field. Make a new type of AR or something specifically for ranked, and make all the other guns drops. That shuts down "One Tricks" It may sound like I am dogging on this game. I'm not. I do really enjoy shooting guns with portals. But something needs to be done or this is going to die the same way SG1 did...