Subj : Call of Duty devs promise to make skill-based matchmaking part of
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Dec 01 2023 10:45:05

Call of Duty devs promise to make skill-based matchmaking part of our ongoing 
discussions with the community

Date:
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:33:17 +0000

Description:
The Call of Duty team has issued a statement on skill-based matchmaking, says 
improving the system is a "large effort."

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The Call of Duty team has issued a statement regarding fans complaints with 
skill-based matchmaking, and has promised to make conversations around the 
topic part of our ongoing discussions with the community. 

In a statement shared by CharlieINTEL on Twitter (which an Activision 
spokesperson verified with IGN stemmed from a conversation at an event), the 
team acknowledged that there is a lot of interest in the matchmaking 
experience, especially around how skill contributes to how lobbies and 
matches are put together. 

For those unfamiliar with the term, skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) is a 
system that is supposed to create lobbies of players with similar skill 
levels, so that theyre more evenly matched. However, complaints about the 
system have been raised by fans for multiple reasons. For one, it means that 
playing with friends at different skill levels can be difficult, as it can 
often mean that at least one person is put up against a lobby of players who 
are much more practiced at the game than them. Otherwise, its also worth 
noting that this system is applied to the Casual CoD playlists as well as the 
Ranked ones, which some feel makes whats meant to be the supposedly 
easy-going experience more fraught than it should be. 

The Call of Duty team elaborated on this: Nothing is more important to us 
than the experience players have with the game, and matchmaking is a big part 
of that. Weve been working on our matchmaking system for well over 10 years, 
and we continue to spend a ton of time and energy on improving the 
matchmaking process. 

It described the process as a large effort that involves input not only from 
the studio employees, but also the Demonware backend services teams and the 
Player Insights team. Furthermore, the statement adds that the overall 
approach to matchmaking combines many other factors as well as skill, 
latency, and search time in order to produce the best match experience for 
players. 

The team acknowledged that it hasnt taken the time to show players its 
insights into skill-based matchmaking or the improvements made to it over the 
years, and said: We're looking forward to doing that in the coming weeks 
after Season One launches, and we'll also make it a part of our ongoing 
discussions with the community. 

 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Season One is set to launch on December 6, so 
theres not long to wait for it. 

 For more games like Call of Duty, be sure to check out our recommendations 
for the best FPS games , as well as the best multiplayer PC games .



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/call-of-duty-devs-promise-to-make
-skill-based-matchmaking-part-of-our-ongoing-discussions-with-the-community


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