Who asked for skill match over connection anyway? I don't remember a big fuss over that. And I agree you simply don't have that idealistic option without dedicated servers or commitment to a competitive balance principle. Obviously PvP is not that kind of rigid Halo 5-esque competitive game. Go back to connection based and if that means certain players will bail because they get steamrolled then a) get gud and b) that will be a less number of salty people than those pissed at less stable matches. Can't protect the scrubs forever.