I think having the choice is nice I just think it's a bit too extreme on either end whichever option you choose. If you're isolated you're often not finding action until like the top 30. If you're in a hot drop the game is too often decided entirely by who gets a gun first. The ideal is somewhere in the middle but you can't reliably get that.
Not really sure how to fix it but I do think "scrambling for a gun" being a big part of the meaningful gameplay on the hot drops isn't optimal and melee being a bit better would fix that, at the very least.
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