Every single day for that last year... or almost every day, respective PvP....
There were topics on how terrible Control was...
Tons of upvotes every time there was a topic, often a top trending post.
What do PvP players actually want? Do they even know?
I'm not trying to incite anyone or instigate. I'm just saying you clearly asked for this. You wanted PvP to be a different game than rest of the sandbox, and they're giving it to you.
Abilities limited, heavy and special limited... HC, Shotty, Snipe. That's checkmate tuning in PvP.
There is an obvious fix - you just provide 2 modes. Ability standard and checkmate (you can even take checkmate further if you separate the 2).
Imagine this > people are complaining when you take away their choice. 6v6 choose checkmate/standard > choose Control or whatever is on tap. Same for 3v3. Show population levels. Done. I don't personally care now having fun with whatever.