Face the same teams twice in a row. Face fireteams as 3 solos multiple times in a row. Im in california, don't tell me the player pool is too small, but if it is, that says a lot about the devs decision making.
Lobby balancing also is an atrocity. I know the BDF will be here like "its trials you should be able to beat any random team out there as a solo player no matter who they put on your team." but thats rubbish.
The old model was much much better. The new model feels more like a slot machine than pvp.
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Me and my teammate kept getting paired with dogsh[b]i[/b]t trashcan 0 IQ braindead bots. 600-800 Elo robots who have no business in Trials versus stacked af 2.3+ teams. Lobby balancing can't come soon enough. I'm so sick of carrying dead weight that I leave if my random doesn't pull their weight.