The backlash For Honor is getting is mostly the same backlash I remember from when the original Gears of War came out. People made up all sorts of excuses to hate it - notably the chainsaw glitch in Gears and occasional connectivity issues in FH. In reality, both games were/are groundbreaking titles that suffered from hiccups most new IP's face.
Both games have a punishing learning curve and for that it's easy to blame the servers. Short of saying "git gud," I believe gamers need to give For Honor a chance. It's a beautifully satisfying new way to fight that even gives DS a run for its money.
Last thing - keep bashing bold new IP's like this and we'll keep getting re-skinned clones of 2012 games. Accept that For Honor DOES have connectivity issues, but look past that and find the best melee combat system ever made. Oh, and git gud scrub.