[2022] Why does Respawn remove these awesome gamemodes??

Hi, good question, and one that we didn't know the answer to 100% ourselves. But a couple of things we considered:

• Adding modes fractures the playerbase from that point forward
• it would be really hard to maintain all the game systems at our standards across modes (think legend balance across different modes)
• most importantly: we can see that there's a sweet spot for the durations of most LTMs (see: the McRib). If you've been getting good at standard BR, its common to see that player go back to their main jam after a period of time.
• That said, new modes provide new data, and depending on factors like those I discussed, keeping a mode around isn't impossible.

Another analog is league of legends- why don't they keep twisted treeline or other wacky modes around? Same key reasons!

Hope this helps or is interesting a bit :)