about 4 years ago - UbiYubble - Direct link
Secure and Hostage were removed from Ranked due to them not being very competitive and exploitable, especially in higher ranked lobbies. We currently have no plans to add either of those modes back.
about 4 years ago - UbiYubble - Direct link
Originally posted by twunny phaiv:
Originally posted by UbiYubble: Secure and Hostage were removed from Ranked due to them not being very competitive and exploitable, especially in higher ranked lobbies. We currently have no plans to add either of those modes back.
But you let people avoid them if they wanted to, so people who care seriously about competitiveness shouldn't be affected?

Or were queue times suffering as well?

I wasn't working at Ubi at the time, but I would imagine the queue times played a factor. Most players preferred Bomb because it was more balanced for Ranked play.