I have a very positive view of the new league. It works as intended and everyone can get rewards wherever they are in their skill level. It will keep people playing and you will have a healthy pvp player base.
Theres room for improvement for every player now, and you will see progress the better you become and have more time to reflect where things went wrong in matches.
Only negative is the placement matches, its a bit wonky.
Overall Im a happy panda! Thank you Anet for this new league.
Edit: soloq/duoq is the best thing that ever happened to pvp the past 2 years.