The Forced Freelancer is there because the Original Matchmaking had you que in with your chosen Grand Company. And either not enough people were trying to que in between all 3, or the bulk of the Good Players were on one Grand Company (for the longest time it was the Twin Adder) and it created a weird unfair balance issue. At least every game I was in, the Twin Adder were the best, and the Maelstrom was the worse.

I like PvP myself...but my goodness is it frustrating.