One of the biggest questions/mysteries of Modern Warfare that has plagued the game since launch was put to the test today. In a test conducted by YouTubers Drift0r and TheXclusiveAce, the matchmaking system was put to a thorough test to determine how Activision matches up opponents in game.
The entire data sheet is public HERE and available for anyone to review it.
Based on their testing, these were the conclusions they made based on the actual data and real information versus the feelings:
Basically, there appears to be somewhat of a SBMM system in the game itself, but not something that has been truly fleshed out (as is usually the case with Activision). There does appear to be some stat based matchmaking that is causing some games to be more skill focused than other matches. While this may be the case, Infinity Ward yet to officially acknowledge SBMM even in being in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare or any details on how the system is doing matchmaking.
For those interested in watching the testing videos from each Youtuber, we will provide links below for you to watch and come up with an opinion of your own.
DRIFT0R VIDEO:
YouTube
XCLUSIVEACE VIDEO:
YouTube
The entire data sheet is public HERE and available for anyone to review it.
Based on their testing, these were the conclusions they made based on the actual data and real information versus the feelings:
- Call of Duty matchmaking does not prioritize skill over connection for matchmaking — it ensures the best/fastest server is prioritized.
- High Stat players do not match together
- Modern Warfare appears to heavily match players with similar player ranks together
- Modern Warfare appears to match make in some cases players based on their performance in their recent games, not lifetime game stats. XclusiveAce states that some testing shows its based on the last 5 games performance. This means reverse boosting won’t change anything in this game in the long run.
- Based on their testing, there is some hidden MMR system active in Modern Warfare.
Basically, there appears to be somewhat of a SBMM system in the game itself, but not something that has been truly fleshed out (as is usually the case with Activision). There does appear to be some stat based matchmaking that is causing some games to be more skill focused than other matches. While this may be the case, Infinity Ward yet to officially acknowledge SBMM even in being in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare or any details on how the system is doing matchmaking.
For those interested in watching the testing videos from each Youtuber, we will provide links below for you to watch and come up with an opinion of your own.
DRIFT0R VIDEO:
YouTube
XCLUSIVEACE VIDEO:
YouTube