There is one documented and verified complaint, from a player that I can't remember who was. Basically a weird case of a 4 match unluck streak. Every other case, where I have checked, have been exaggerations like:

"I have had nothing but 5/12 matches all day", that have in fact been all 14v14+, and one battle where a 6 man squad dropped early and the player lost.

It is not worse or better to run solo before or after, and the facts are that battles overall are far more equal than before, at the cost of a little increased waiting time. If you ever go above 5 minutes waiting for pubs, you should either exit and try again, or sign up for more modes. Selecting a single mode, at low pcu times, may cause increased waiting.

Pull my match history. I didn't win a single match that wasn't already over until Warlords 1.1 was released and I had been on a losing streak for at least two weeks whenever I got on. Not even exaggerations because I have screenshots of every end-of-match screen. Of which, when I did start getting victories, I contribute to my running squads with alliance-mates.

Running solo in this game should come with a warning sign on each loading screen that basically outlines how ****** you're going to be when you get in the match, it's -that- bad. We -need- a squad-less game mode for players who don't want to have to deal with the hassle of putting together a full squad just to get an even remotely fair experience.