Yes matches ended faster but on Aether you would see games where last place would farm 400 points worth of kills and base ticks. If when tthey had lowered the score to 1600 and lowered the overall amount of ice points equally you would see more PvP.

Aether generally seems to have one team that under performs for whatever reason. You can see a lot of matches end 1600, 1500+, and ice still up. But yes if everyone is equal on other centers then its more an Aether problem then a mode problem.