There is always the possibility of change folks. Relic has demonstrated in the past that they listen to the community. So if the majority doesent like mixed team they might remove it from automatch (or add an optional checkbox for historical battles).
Guess I'll believe that when I see custom public lobbies, an actual in game ladder that works and even prey tell something resembling minor balance.
They need to leave their "asymmetrical" design aspirations at the door - along with their "RNG" - as from what we've seen over the life of COH2 is a complete dogs breakfast of a "game". They can't do one alone correctly - let alone BOTH at the same time.
They should have just made vCOH HD like I mentioned eons ago.....