FFA 3-1-1-3

if there is solo why does in ffa there is a loss for second place?

We no longer have FFA, as Solo the inferior mode is being given priority for some odd reason. 

This is the new SFA

No, just no.

Prior to the merge, what was played more, Solo or FFA?  Which mode was more popular?

That does not matter at all.

Solo is not more important than FFA, it is just an option for players to play. Do you see anything wrong with that? I certainly don't.

I'm confused.  FFA is not an option, we no longer have FFA because SOLO is the ONLY option at the higher levels.  Eventhough Solo was nowhere near as popular as FFA used to be.  

Yes, I do have a problem with the fact that the least popular mode became the primary mode.  A few thousand FFA players were lost to this decision. 

All I want is Solo and FFA to be separate, instead of merging the 2. 

Lol sorry I thought they were separate. Now I am thoroughly confused

I thought spacebar said he would make them both options., but I guess he meant ffa at the lower level and solo at the high level.

He must have royally misinterpreted my post

That's right, the main difference is that SOLO is characterized by having 1 exclusive winner and 3 losers in the game.

At present we are not playing FFA, since this is characterized by having 1 exclusive winning player, the second and third place do not gain or lose points, and only the last place loses points.

In the past, the possibility of finding a format where no player makes an alliance with the opposite was sought, that was never achieved, nor was it achieved with the new modifications, the strategic alliance with the opposite will always exist, for all the reasons that We have discussed in multiple forums.

It is indisputable, and it is for that very reason that many consider SOLO and FFA to be the same. Technically both rating systems that we have available today describe a SOLO rating system.

The original FFA rating system was eliminated many months ago, the only thing that remains of that is the name, nothing more, and the current way of playing at higher levels is the same as always, it is always a good strategy to make an alliance with the opposite.

You don't know how much I want, to play FFA again in essence, as it was before, and I take advantage of saying that the SOLO rating system that I prefer the most, is the one that allows the second, third and fourth to lose the same number of points equally ( 3, -1,-1,-1). I hope that in the future we will have that option available again and we can enjoy that beautiful experience again FFA. 

Currently, the two options are solo and half-solo/ffa [+2 -.5 -.5 -2] I believe

Yeah, pretty much, it's  +3 -.5 -.5 -2

Low rated queues get FFA, high rated queues get to choose between Solo & SFA, because that's exactly what all the high-rated FFA players that left "wanted".   

Catering to the least favorite mode is a recipe for success, which is why I mostly play Teams the odd time we can get a 2000+ game these days.  Having 2 Solo modes, and taking away FFA as we knew it just makes no sense.