We haven't been "officially" informed about queue changes in the past.(Disabling Multiq/Prem v. Prem prio)
So this is common practice on Nostalrius and seems to be done purposely.
I completely agree that this system is even more prone to be exploited.
- The devs/testers think this board is pestered with a bunch of whiners that will complain no matter what they get.(which is true to some extent) , yet they themself have little - to no clue about what they are doing in terms of PvP, which is pretty painful to watch.
Once again, they catered to the lowest common denominator aka the PUG.