Instead of showing a number which confuses people who don't understand the system, perhaps we could use a low/medium/high value for players searching. Would that be a better alternative?
I suppose we could try to remove faceplates on the loading screen as well, a lot of people were dropping simply on seeing higher ranks.
How can the number of players searching for a game confuse people? That's actually the easiest way to let us understand how many players are searching for a game.
Also I think that it would be a bad move to remove faceplates since those are something you sell to people and their only purpose is to be showed at the start of the game and on the top right corner of the profile. With this I am not saying that I disagree with a change on the system, I would in fact prefer a visual addition to let me understand a bit better what's the skill of the player im going to face ( even a comparison between ELO+ and a message that says who has the advantage, like SC2)