Suddenly Toxic Players

I recently came back to Helldivers 2 after a few months of not playing, and it seems like the players I'm encountering are FAR more toxic than they used to be; team killing, abusive messages, kicking me for no reason. It's got me really disappointed since I was looking forward to coming back to the game.

Is it just a run of bad luck on my part, or has the playerbase actually gotten worse?