On one side we got teams that get knocked out before playoffs race barely bc of map and RND differential and we have a playoff where 4/6 teams get to qualify! What's the fun in that?
Why not just make playoffs a 8 teams tournament?
Yea but that still isnt enough of a reason to change the format when 2/3 don't imo. Honestly I wouldn't worry about it too much. The format will literally have to change year after year until we get to the 14 intended teams in each international league. Maybe they'll be doing 8 team playoffs by then.
The dumb thing here is the fact that even if a team wins or loses they have to win once to qual only in the lower bracket. That means that the winning team from the current matches has to play 1extra game before qualification. The losing team goes to qualification match either way. So winning here would be insignificant for the most part.