Don't take it personal, but I really never never never understood people asking Ubi for such a game mode, which is not special or something people would really play in long term at all. The simply reason why is, because a gankfest you can enjoy in Dominion all the time you want! It differs just a bit from what we have now, but so little it would be just a very little enrichment for the game.
In the end after several months or a year we get such a thing instead of something really spicy ... a Siege Mode (which is just one very prominent example) with multiple steps and different minions and siege tools is a thing that has been asked for since launch and at least 10 times more often, but it is a clutch of work. Maybe the biggest thing the ever would create in For Honor.
If people ask for such things like a "Free For All" ... they would have an excuse to bring something tiny, and say "hey guys we fullfilled our task ... why is the playerbase so tiny?", and rip the community off for like 9 other months
Dont get me wrong. I am not saying that a "Free For All Mode" was something bad, BUT it is poor in comparison to other bigger things we should all together ask for.