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Really good.
But so many people lose interest when I tell them there's absolutely no way to play together. I know the anti social crowd will be all "SOLO QUEUE ONLY IF YOU ALLOW EVEN DUO QUEUES IT WILL RUIN THE GAME" (despite the fact that this doesn't happen in any other pvp game)... but this really hurts the social aspect of the game. Queues are good now, but eventually they'll slow - allowing people to play together would draw in more people and help keep it going longer term.
Discounting the fact everyone without a static PVP group will immediately stop participating, making the whole mode exclusive to a particular niche as it used to be. There could be a separate team mode, sure, but if it's all premade steamrolls it's definitely not going to generate more mass appeal.
Personally would have tried it day 1 if you were able to queue with at least one friend, but nah, so I probably won't touch it for the foreseeable future. I really hope it stays popular and fun for the people that enjoy it, but it'll likely be as niche hard to queue for as Feast once people start getting their rewards finished and there's less casuals in the pool to play against.
People fear monger over premades, but personally I'd be more scared about when casuals stop queuing and it's more and more PvP enthusiasts instead. Premade or not you're gonna get rocked by the team that has the most collective experience.