Dear Warmane, didnt't it occur to your intelligence that there are some potential smart way of attracting more players to play more 3v3, even 2v2 , by only allowing shoulder's and weapon's to be obtained from 2v2 and 3v3 personal + team rating ? And leave 5v5 to be only for points ?
Since you've decided to change so many things from retail like, you could've done something smart like this, to increase popularity of inactive and most interesting 3v3 bracket, while also not allowing unskilled players get prestige items like shoulder's or weapons.
Thanks, i hope you actually think about this option, and implement even something else creative, and make this game more worth playing.