Players have continually argued the merits of CoD’s SBMM.
Will these tests settle the fight?
It carried the subheading of “Starting the conversation about Matchmaking in Call of Duty.”
Of course, nothing beats ping as a matchmaking factor, not even skill.
“As the community will attest, Ping is King,” Activision states.
“Connection is the most critical and heavily weighted factor in the matchmaking process.”
It’s all fascinating and worth the read if you are into heavy gaming-related treatises.
However, a section about testing matchmaking was arguably more intriguing.
Team formation is not just a procedure defined by complicated algorithms with dozens of factors sorted and considered.
Activision noted that entirely disabling SBMM would have significantly amplified the disparities.
