Personally, I really like this change. I can finally complete some pvp daily's. I've been playing for weeks and have yet to win more than 3 matches total. It isn't because I suck, I play a Jug that protects the healers and always get 8-11 medals, but because I only play PUGS and the Republic on my server is full of premades. PVP on my server has been an exercise in patience. We average 2 hour queues during the day with 20-40 min queues during primetime. This is exactly the sort of change that is required to reward those players who are trying hard to obtain any reward in this game.
I think that the reason people are so annoyed at this change is not because of the change itself. I have yet to see a valid argument against it. I believe it is because it isn't the promised Ranked Warzones.