It was so much more balanced and it punished the people who just shotty aped and the guy who just runs in and trades with a fusion; while benefitting the player who actively participates in the obj and in getting kills and uses a primary. Not to mention the ability spam is so bad right now, I miss how in checkmate you had to use your abilities wisely.
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Checkmates ability cooldown changes have basically been fully added into the base mode it's like a 5% difference (Except for Prismatic which I think is actually above checkmates).