I guess youre right But with a removal of SBMM, yes it will be connection based, yes matches will be more random, yes there is equal chance to shit on or get shat on or even be equal but i dont necessarily agree with that setup. Its inconsistent. Speaking from a personal viewpoint i dont want to go into a Crucible where its too easy to kill enemies. Likewise playing against players too high above me is not fun either. So SBMM is necessary to introduce these boundaries. The problem comes in with cases like OP's where he cant play comfortably with his friends. Perhaps there should be social lobbies for such instances? After all not every fireteam will have such huge differences between their individual skills, and not every fireteam will want casual games. We just need more options in the Crucible tbh when it comes to matchmaking.