If you're above average at the game, they don't. If they earn money from the game being good for low skill players, they will earn more money from 10 of those players buying the game than you leaving it.
Literally was able to return the game through the xbox store. The first few matches were great. Then I played free for all and got a lot of kills for a few matches. Next thing you know I'm getting destroyed in all other team based modes where it's 0 fun and just aggravating.
@@sean48611 because you get nerfed/buffed which is why some games feel like you're shooting pebbles and others feel like every bullet is x10 stronger than normal
When it happens I always check my ping. Usually I'm 30-50ms but the games where I struggle are always where it jumps for no reason to 80-120ms. Usually happens every few games.
yeah man i have an average of 600 mb/s and was like should i switch to a better one while i for sure have the best connection in the entire lobby... done with gaming for sure after this one
Inexcusable in an online shooter. Can't believe it's effectively been dialed up since MW. Such a joke that the better you are the worse your connection is on top of facing CDL rejects. EDIT: Really appreciate the opinion piece just as much as the data. Pretty much the same line of thinking I have verbatim even down to the sad and pathetic extreme reverse booster thoughts. Appreciate the work fellas.
So unfortunate but you’re 100% correct. And of course it’s a product and they have to make money, but the whole “same experience every time” ruins the point of an online game where you’re competing with other people.
Fr, I hope this video gets out to most of the cod community. Feels like the OG players are getting punished for getting good at the game over the past decade
@@shifty1664 You hit it on the head. Activision seems to be doing things to cater to the younger 8-15yr old crowd because they got mommy's credit card. And slowly nudging the OG's that have been playing since the Original MW. since we now have families and do not play or pay as much on transactions, they really do not care what we think. Which is quite sad since the OG communities is what paid for their yacht's and lavish lifestyle.
@@yovannydominguez2860 There pushing me away, I Played bo2 but I didn’t own a cod until bo3 and I’m 15 and I’m feeling the same as the OGs, game is to sweat my I don’t want to always play competitively I’m fine with playing competitively ever few games but not ever game
@@yovannydominguez2860 exactly, they’re trying to go the fortnite route with the battle passes and warzone, they know the older players arnt gonna be throwing money at the game. So they have to transition and cater the younger players
Reverse boosting is Activision's fault, they put this system in place, and reverse boosting has been around ever since they did. They're the ones that haven't done anything about it, and it's a side effect of a system that nobody wants
@@Volticymo AW, WW2 and MW2019 all had strong SBMM. BO3, IW and BO4 not so much. BOCW just blew all the others out of the water with the strongest SBMM in cod public matches ever.
I'm above average at COD, even really good when I was younger and had more time, but when I play this, I feel like everyone has better aim and reaction time. I do great a few rounds and then terrible the next few rounds. I am even sometimes losing gunfights I know I should have won and winning some gunfights that I should have lost.
In no COD should I be waiting for ages for a simple TDM match with crossplay on. Then after minutes of searching I get dumped into a half finished game.
In Halo MCC in social games, there's no SBMM and I get put into a lobby within 3 seconds and it usually puts me in the server closest to me so I have 28 ping. In Modern Warfare/Warzone, there's SBMM but it still manages to put me in a match where I have 30 ping and some other matches where I have 50 ping. Cold War on the other hand with it's SBMM purposely puts you in a 50 ping+ if you are doing well. When searching for a match, it tries to find the closed servers of 30 ping and then instantly expands the search to handicap my experience so that the enemy has a better connection and therefor they'll always see me first
Why I stopped playing. Would get 30 - 50 ping for the first couple matches, then straight to 100 the rest of the day. F**k CoD. I'm done. It's one thing to protect noobs, it's another entirely to punish you for skill.
Same bro. Destroyed people left and right when have 30-50 ping and after being put in a lobby with those who have 5-20 ping and i have shitty 100+. It's unfair...
@@speedyspin I'm closest to the eastern US servers so I'd have 28 ping but it always expands the search so I end up having 50-60 ping from a farther away server where the enemies always see me first
As a super sweaty amateur cod player I completely agree with you I’ve been asking for it for years until then I’m gonna just try to torch everyone I run into
Pub stompers are mostly still gonna stay in regular playlists and not ranked. Why cant anyone understand this? People think they are so smart and clever by saying "hur dur make a ranked playlist problem solved hur dur"
SBMM is going to kill this game and future CoDs alike. It might even kill the entire franchise if they don't change anything about it. SBMM heavily influences the replayability of the game in a negative way.
I wish I could say otherwise but it literally won’t change anything. We on RUclips and social media in general are the vocal minority. Even if we all boycotted Activision would just drop MW2 remastered packed with micro transactions and we would all come back anyway.
The sad thing is your wrong me and you and everyone watching this are most likely really good . Which means we are the minority or the 1% of community. The casuals are gonna keep spending money on it and they’re gonna keep sbbm up which is really sad.
This explains basically everything I have experienced with the game. Insane difficulty spikes after one really good game for me (about a 4:1 KD) and corresponding bad connections. Treyarch should fix this
Yeah bro I went back to playing dragonball fighterz a muuuuch better game and worth investing your time into learning the game cod is just a mess right now. I am really disappointed since I have been playing cond for 10 years.
This and Warzone are the only games that when I play with my good friends/squad we end up cussing each other out by the end of the night Stress levels should not get that high in a casual shooter
i honestly just ended up uninstalling the game due to both the horrible state multiplayer is in and the ping based match making which ended up screwing me over.
they start banning ur account permentantly so you have to buy the game again. its for money. i wouldn't buy it again the game is a clusterf*ck that was throw together in 8 months and has 90% reused assets
You make some very solid points, as the game gets more exposure and the player base seeks to be more informed and skilled, there are many questions that beg for an answer. The community looks to content creators like you (as they grow in popularity) to answer those questions and bring to light others. It’s definitely past time where the devs sit down and outline some of the systems and changes to said systems as they have evolved over the years. Also, I want to personally thank you for making my return to CoD a pleasant and well informed one.
Same. It’s horrible and scummy, the only thing good about this is in the near future hopefully if enough people boycott the battle pass and spam Activision then something will be done. Still doubt it though.
I dont think it should affect your connection that much, as someone with crappy wifinand taking into account the results of the test, it should only be 10 to 20 ping difference with little effect on packet loss
Won’t happen people will still buy that crap. Spend 60 on the game then cod points then gotta buy a new cod a year later all that money goes away then redo the cycle
SAME BRO! After my first match of the day, every match after that is a laggy sweaty mess. I keep constantly getting “connection interrupted” for the entire match. I literally have had no issues with Warzone, halo mcc, gta online, or any multiplayer game
Money, when people buy stuff they put them in easy lobies, so that the lower levels, see those good ones as gods. Also they think noobs go away from the game when people pub stomp them.
@@sadvenom7826 A lot of the people will get frustrated and leave if that happens. Thing is, those arent customers you are going to retain for years anyway. If you leave over not being good at something on the first try, there will be 100 other reasons to drop CoD.
@Psycho Creep that makes sense if there were purchasable weapons like AW but more then likely it’s an attempt to get people into the COD cycle of dominating one Mach and then getting stomped on the next.
@@goldengamer2045 at a the current 1.5 KD I do have at the moment, i consider myself average or slightly above average. i will go from playing against an average player, getting one good game with a 4.00 kd when everything goes my way and ill instantly get put into an extreme sweat lobby and get absolutely smashed for about 3-4 game until my average drops. Thats what makes people quit in my opinion lol Its made me literally turn the game off and play something else
@@Mcsweating That’s understandable cause everyone have different breaking points. Usually it takes about 4 games off my experience before you fall back down into decent games and see a noticeable good game.
I feel like sbmm also really takes the satisfaction out of doing well. I recently had my all time highest kill count, but spent half the match feeling bad since I knew I didn’t belong in that lobby (I was playing with a friend who doesn’t have as much experience as I do).
i think the thing that pisses people off the most is that they spent more time perfecting the SBMM system than they did perfecting the base game before release.
Man. If i get in a lobby where my ping is 40 to 50,i smashing people right and left. But after that game put me in a lobby where people have 5-20 ping and I'm have 100+ ping. Why am i supposed to play with those who have same skills but better connection? It's not my fault that I'm better then players in my region. SBMM is fkn disgusting.
@@chilliface8163 it honestly does more harm than good. since there's no ranked system nobody has any inclination to get better since they're always going up against "sweats" at their respective level. activision fails to see that SBMM doesn't only hurt good players, it also hurts bad ones too.
I really hope someone will read this: the hidden system is based on movement and/or on how many people you were able to actually damage in a round. How I came to this conclusion: I had a friend play on my PC and he plays very slow and often dies without hitting anyone in a gunfight. He isn't sliding or jumping like me, he rather preaims corners and plays it safe. After he played 2 games and got completely destroyed, I played again and got into a TDM lobby with players who barely moved, BUT managed to kill me everytime, because they preaimed me with AUGs. The lobby played like his playstyle overall. With my agressive playstyle I always ran into their AUGs and went 14-23. Yes, I went negative AND my team lost the game too. I managed to do some damage in gunfights before I died though, even if it was just a few hitmarkers with the Bullfrog. Now, I was sure that with my terrible performance and me losing the game I would have a rather chill next round. But it was the exact opposite. I joined into a game in progress with the ENTIRE enemy team being level 100 and they had streaks up. Could have been a 6-man-party too, who knows. My team had 3 guys with level 100 and 3 others with lower levels (including me). In conclusion: the key difference between me and my friend is that he moves less and slower AND he is usually dying in gunfights without being able to damage anyone. These 2 factors alone were enough to put me into such a brutal lobby. Also funny to mention how my ping went from the first round with 25 to 45 in the second round. I also had 30% packet loss and the connection interrupted symbol when I joined that second round......
Yeah, being matched depending on your input speed makes sense. People who rarely play games barely move and can't aim and move at the same time. Separating them from the regular gamers would actually make sense because they don't stand a chance. That would actually even be somewhat positive side of sbmm.
2 years later it's still relevant... I saw a comment on Ace's video which said it's not skill based matchmaking, it's an engagement optimized matchmaking. It was developed to replace that gambling factor which was previously provided by lootboxes, and activision found that players enjoy gaming sessions where the players appreciate winning more if they lose matches too. Yes, you have a hidden elo score that somewhat mirrors your skill level, but it is not for you getting matched up against people with the same elo score, it's for getting matched up against players whos elo score fits the addiction pattern that they think will make you like the game. When your pattern dictates it's time to have "your fun", you'll face players with lower elo scores, when your pattern requires you to experience defeat, you'll end up matched against highly skilled players. There is even a tiktok video about it, not sure how trustworthy it is though.
Smurfing is a problem in every game, but it's worth putting up with some smurfs if it means the game isn't intentionally matching those players into you
@@lisfine no, he used the account of a lower skilled player. But he didn't really play bad, which could have screwed with the data and swayed more into the direction against SBMM
SBMM has killed objective play in pubs. When everyone is like “what’s the point playing the objective, I’m not in control of my wins anyway, might as well get streaks/grind weapon xp”
Its sad... the whole community vibe is just depressing now.... I would much rather go play Air-soft or Paintball with friends rather than hop in a pub match with them...
Not only that, the scorestreak system. When you're on a streak to get to 8k points, going to the B flag for 100 points won't make a difference. They returned to the scorestreak system, but didn't encourage objective play with this new system. It sucks
I had a great win rate over first 200 games. Like 1.85. But because of that the game has continuously matched me with people that don't play the objective, or teams that are clearly worse than who I'm playing against and now it's a 1.2 something lol
@@William-Tyndale it's weird, the game was good at the beginning, but the last couple of weeks has been rough. I wasn't at your level, but I experienced the exact same things
@@amandamorao yea I feel the same. Maybe they did that on purpose to make sells or maybe their algorithm works much better with a significant amount of information? Who knows.
I'm glad you're addressing SBMM in such a way. I'm not a high skill player but I've noticed over the past handful of games I've gotten worse and find multiplier unplayable. The bottom protected bracket is essential but I don't think we should be constantly matched with similar skill players. I have to really want to play now whereas I used to just put cod in and switch my mind off to relax, now its more stressful than work.
I did this with my son, hed play while I was at work, Id come home and lobbies would be great, this was on MW2019. It doesnt work on cold war for me, I still get sweats
@@letskeepitallintherearview dude the sweats in this game are horrible, I know I'm a sweat, but Jesus sometimes I just want casual play, but thats what I get for going for diamond on shotguns and trying to go for assault rifles, I am usually going against like noobs when I'm playing with my friends but then the next matches are litteraly faze players. But when I play on my own for a little bit all of my lobbies are sweaty, and I love this game, but man I cant play it as of now, too sweaty, and that stinks because I want to love black ops cold war, but I just simply can't as of right now, too many sweaters.
I used to think "everyone against SBMM just wants to pubstomp." Then I improved to a level that's honestly just average AT BEST and I saw the truth. It absolutely ruins the game. Agree protected bracket is good but this iteration of SBMM in CW and MW/WZ is absolutely horrible implementation.
“Here at Activision, we’re dedicated to providing an environment where everyone can perform similarly. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been playing 10 years or 10 days, we want everyone winning and losing at the same rate, because no one deserves to lose more than anyone else. To ensure this, we’re even willing to sacrifice game performance and match integrity to ensure skilled players only ever come across skilled players. Activision. Your safe space is our priority. (Please buy our battle pass).”
So you are saying it ain't a good idea to have players that played for 10 days play against other players with the same experience and should instead play against you so you can flex your kd? That sounds like a smart thing to do.
@@vincentbertrand2392 New players should absolutely have a safe place to play. But after a certain experience level lobbies should be random and connection based. In this environment, players are given the opportunity to improve their overall performance by playing and practicing. As it stands right now, I can’t improve to win more consistently. No matter how much I improve, I will always be playing my doppelgänger.
MW SBMM hit my friends and I the other night, I was dropping 2.0 to 6.0 KD matches because I was playing with LMGs and as a result I was playing slower, killing more and dying less. Well SBMM took notice after a few games and dropped us into a 10v10 TDM lobby where one guy dropped 32-2 while the rest of his team couldn't manage over 10 kills and if I'm not mistaken most people in the lobby except for my group had less than 10 kills but I'm not 100% sure on that part. The game really did just decide to hit us with a wacky lobby
How sad industry has become that we as consumers have to choose "better" games, games with less issues than another... Glory days of gaming are over, it was short (2000-2010) but atleast we had to choose among best games, games which had no game-breaking or saddening issues
@@RiZeLegiT They were fucken bad asshole. But I understand you would rather have that then sbmm. If theres a this or this, I rather take mw remastered supply drops in order for the sbmm to be removed
Can’t wait for the next Battlefield game where every server is available to you, and you can join any server you want. The BF franchise gets bashed on every now and then, BFV isn’t great; but Battlefield has absolutely no SBMM. That’s pretty rare for modern games. I get no enjoyment from playing Cold War because SBMM, obviously, and the gunplay and realism is a step back in my opinion. So I really hope the next BF game is a home run because last year was a great year of COD for me, a return to form with MW, but CW might be the last COD game I buy after playing the franchise for 11 years. Battlefield has made some of the best FPS games focused on large scale, all out warfare and I hope they can succeed again in 2021.
Fellow BF player here and you hit the nail right on the head dude! So glad there’s no SBMM in BF. I can drink a few beers and casually drop 70 kills in BFV, but when I try this in COD with SBMM, I’ll get 10-15 kills a match and only play one or two games before I’m on the verge of smashing my monitor. Anyways, really hoping for a modern Battlefield this time! Cheers, mate.
There is already some form of SBMM. Dice and EA is testing or experimenting on this. If they seem sastified on their results, they might implement the system in their next title.
Finally driftor has joined the dark side! I remember when he used to troll people and say “feels isn’t scientific”... We’ve been telling you this for years with feels alone.
Theoretically, since crossplay is a thing and now we have a lot more players on server when compared to xbox live/psn alone, it should find lobbys almost instantly. It doesn’t, game takes a long time to find lobbys its almost like sometimes there are no players available. I think this is the biggest prove of sbmm
Ive got an “average” 2.25 K/D takes 4-6mins to find a half empty lobby peak hour in Australia. Maxed out level before season 1 came in and haven’t gone back since. Games fucked
Oh and not to mention when you do eventually get into a game, it’s complete sweat, no fun at all and you feel like you’re playing for money every single game. No relaxation or unwinding after work anymore. Sadly, this is the path call of duty will continue to follow. Punished for being a competent/decent player.
@@CaliburGamingHD yeah man, my kd is 1.8 and sometimes i take about 10 minutes to find a combined arms game. Like seriously? Its a crossplay game fulled with thousands of players and i wont find a match because the games keeps trying to find people on my level, this is disgusting, actually disgusting. This really destroys the entire call of duty experience, i hope they realize their mistake and remove sbmm
If you can believe, playing with the provided data is helping study for my DATA201 exam tomorrow, as well a damn good statistical test reference. I am saving this to help with my own stats in environmental technology, and i'm gonna try to conduct the same regressional correlation on my own account! Thanks so much and great work giving the slap to activision!
I'm OK with there being a noob lobby where everyone runs around in a clown suit, face paint and all, because then you could be able to tell when people have reverse boosted. But apart from that lobby for the very new players, there should just be the normal lobbies (without SBMM) again. Completely new players joining the CoD franchise today have a much harder time catching up to the 10+ year veterans, than when you joined fresh and the other guys only had 2-3 years of experience, but once you've played for some time in the protected bracket you should be thrown into the pool with the rest of us.
The hit reg is awful sometimes on Xbox and the SBMM is seriously noticeable and I’m an average player who likes to play with off meta guns sometimes. My K/D is scraping 1.00 in CW; not a fun experience.
Great video, we really appreciate all that you guys do for this community. I'd just like to share my experience with CW; being an above average player (1.9KD) who only plays solo domination, this game has been nothing but frustrating for me. I know you guys noticed an increase in ping times with your higher skilled accounts, did these matches include more players that seemed to be able to see you earlier than you see them resulting in them shooting you first (on their end) and killing you even though you were already ADS/shot them first? This seems to happen to me most games. I'm from Australia and there's only 1 server location which is in the same state as me so my ping in game is always 20-30ms (I have a direct fibre line) but it feels like I'm playing 100ms+ compared to previous titles which is strange because I don't see a lot of people complaining about this and don't understand why it's happening to me when I have the best ISP in my country and a stable line with no jitter/packet loss. A lot of the time CW takes a while to find me a match and when it does it's connected me to a server in Asia. Sometimes it'll connect Asian players to our server and the entire game feels "choppy". When I do get a local server, I'm usually up against max level sweaty people partied up. If I do well against them, the next game I'm guaranteed to be "playing in the past" where everyone can shoot me before I can even aim, get lots of hit markers or killcam shows my bullets fly around the enemy etc despite having 20-30ms ping. I wouldn't be surprised if these people are from other countries connected to our server, I guess that's why they don't show everyone's ping on the scoreboard. I found that if I join session on my friends they find better connection opponents because they're in a lower skill bracket. CW definitely sacrifices opponent connection quality when you're in a higher skill bracket. Most of the time I'm getting connected to my local server location with 20-30ms ping but the ping of my opponents could be 100+ that's why the game/hit detection just feels off. The only time I've had a comparable connection to previous titles would be the first day or two after both patches dropped. It was almost flawless, felt like I was playing vs local bots being able to 1 burst people and watch them drop as soon as I bursted them never happens during a normal game. It was amazing. I feel like this is probably the connection most people experience when they say the M16 etc is overpowered. Sorry for the long post, hope you read it and can agree or relate to some of my experiences with the data you found. I really hope they fix this game cause those 2 days where it ran great was a better experience than I ever had on MW and a lot of those games towards the end of the year the connection was excellent.
20:43 I've been playing COD since BO1 and this is one of the reasons I have NOT played Cold War. COD release day is like Christmas and SBMM has ruined that for me!
I've been saying for years there should be two playlists: a ranked lobby where you get an actual skill ranking and you play with an emphasis on skill bracket first, ping second. And then a casual random lobby that emphasizes connection and very lightly based on skill, I.E. a complete noob still shouldn't be grouped with a team of nolife pub stomper 16 year olds.
It’s the best looking cod behind mw. I prefer cw’s look more because it feels and looks more like cod, unlike mw. But sbmm is ruining this game just like how it ruined mw
@@tdugga8570 So basically what you’re saying is MW’s graphics were too good you prefer them downgraded? Honestly I didn’t like BO4 but at least I could see the enemies, unlike Cold War
I gotta say Drift0r, I've been watching you for a long time now. (Since Ghosts, when I discovered your content.), and this is I feel one of your best, most impactful videos. Kudos to you. I also watched Ace's, and while I appreciate his as well, you went into a lot more depth than he did and I greatly appreciate it. Very informative.
Well, I didn’t have a protected bracket when I first started playing BO1. I got better by playing local multiplayer against bots. There should be no SBMM
"The ping and time for matchmaking went up as the skill went up" - This isn't that weird in of itself, though. The higher your skills, the lower the player pool, the more difficult it is to find people near you. The further away people are, the higher the latency from you > server > player and vice versa is. Not to mention how stuff like packet loss and lag compensation factor into these things.
Yeah i was thinking the same thing, the matchmaking times are gonna take longer if you are trying to match with people that are in the top percentile skill wise. The ping thing also seems like it's just shitty equipment on activision's end.
I started lagging out of nowhere in some matches, bullets not registering, recoil was out of control, and it would take an entire clip to take an opportunity out while the opp needed just a couple... smh
People protesting the SBMM by reverse boosting is exactly why I can't get a lobby where I don't get stomped into the ground by sweaty, max sensitivity meta freaks. The devs are bad? Playerbase is just as scummy
Wth are you talking about? You can't blame anyone for using the dominant strategy. It's the job of the devs to make the meta fun. SBMM is a nightmare. I don't blame anyone who reverse boosts to have at least a little bit of fun.
bro i knew i wasn’t tripping, also when you do good sometimes the aimassit gets turned off and sometimes even try to make you miss on purpose i’m telling youuuuuu. wtf is this game.
As a casual gamer, I will casually be playing cyberpunk until sbmm receives a massive overhaul. Add a ranked playlist and let the regular lobbies prioritize connection and split skill in lobby.
Tbh i also had a problem on my aiming ever since i got 1.70 kd. Then i lowered my kd to 1.60 kd and I noticed that I'm hitting my shots again. Idk but it's just a feeling tho
It’s true in Warzone also Most of my time was controller/console with a shitty overall Warzone kd of .87 I switched to keyboard and mouse and found mouse aiming to be much easier than controller so I quickly was able to raise my overall Warzone kd above 1.2 playing on the same linked account Only recently though did I start noticing something was up with my aim. Now I randomly have entire days where it feels something is actively fighting my mouse inputs and making it harder for me to track players and those days I end up average negative kd. I’ve never been a negative kd player since switching to keyboard and mouse so I’m not sure what’s going on In CW I have a 1.67 kd, most play hardcore because the hit detection and amount of damage you must do to your opponent is unreal. Also, by the time you kill a player in regular core the spawns will have most likely flipped so you just go 1 for 1 constantly. Even playing hc I notice after a few good games, I begin getting tons of hit markers but can’t finish kills or my shots just don’t register
Watched all 3 videos and I think this was the best one. Im a numbers and math guy and found this video to be more in depth and more easy to understand and relate to.
“You just need to get good and stop whining about playing against your skill level, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with playing against jumpshotting slide canceling sweats on high ping”
Your analysis on why is MOBA fun with strict sbmm nailed it. There definitely should be a ranked playlist, then the casual list should just have a protected level or deathstreak.
Remember when all we worried about was who was using Jugg or Stopping Power? *I miss that*
At least that meant people used ghost(UAV jammer at the time) less often and it was more of a specialized perk
why does this hit so hard?
Pepperidge farm rememberers
Stopping power in a way was a good thing, it made less people using ghost which = more fast paced gameplay and kills.
Best perk balance ever
COD runs at crappy 12-20 tick rate servers, and on top of this SBMM affects ping. Great
ExoGhost/ hamster: what is better 10 ping or 999 ping imo 999 ping is better in every way just like 420 ping
Hey Exo, imagine me that lives in Central America, Costa Rica. 90-100 ms every game.
Love your videos Exo, I really enjoy them super twat!
@@Deernest I live 120km away from a server and sometimes after dropping 70+ kills and getting over 10k score my ping can go from 50ms to 80-100ms 😂
When I was playing Modern Warfare I felt like SBMM was affecting my ping when I was getting into sweatier multiplayer lobbies
Yes that what makes hit detection bad aswell. Even pubg has 50 tick servers
It literally feels like Activision doesn't want me playing their games.
They think more of us will buy the game if it’s stronger
Yeah and just because we’re good at it smh
If you're above average at the game, they don't. If they earn money from the game being good for low skill players, they will earn more money from 10 of those players buying the game than you leaving it.
They don't lol
Driftor: says the patent is bullshit and has no experience to back it up
Also driftor: says his hit reg is all messed up and he can't explain why
Anyone else feel like they are getting prefired at every corner?
Man I take damage before the dude wraps the corner lol. Then a few games later you feel like a god.. it's so fucked up.
That's because you are, I stopped rushing for that reason
Literally was able to return the game through the xbox store. The first few matches were great. Then I played free for all and got a lot of kills for a few matches. Next thing you know I'm getting destroyed in all other team based modes where it's 0 fun and just aggravating.
@@sean48611 because you get nerfed/buffed which is why some games feel like you're shooting pebbles and others feel like every bullet is x10 stronger than normal
When it happens I always check my ping. Usually I'm 30-50ms but the games where I struggle are always where it jumps for no reason to 80-120ms. Usually happens every few games.
And im over here reconnecting my LAN cable thinking my internet is just garbage
Seriously...
yeah man i have an average of 600 mb/s and was like should i switch to a better one while i for sure have the best connection in the entire lobby... done with gaming for sure after this one
Inexcusable in an online shooter. Can't believe it's effectively been dialed up since MW. Such a joke that the better you are the worse your connection is on top of facing CDL rejects.
EDIT: Really appreciate the opinion piece just as much as the data. Pretty much the same line of thinking I have verbatim even down to the sad and pathetic extreme reverse booster thoughts. Appreciate the work fellas.
Blame Truth: what is better 10 ping or 999 ping imo 999 ping is better in every way
@@MtnDew4828 nah 420 ping is king
@@MtnDew4828 MORE PING, MORE FUN!
SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE SUPLEXED
@@PixelPigEntertainment YES!
They want this to be like McDonald's. Everyone gets the same experience every time. It's not a game, it's a product.
Underrated comment
So unfortunate but you’re 100% correct. And of course it’s a product and they have to make money, but the whole “same experience every time” ruins the point of an online game where you’re competing with other people.
Bruh...I love McDonald's.....
So basically, we're not even playing the game, we're playing to torture ourselves.
Fr, I hope this video gets out to most of the cod community. Feels like the OG players are getting punished for getting good at the game over the past decade
@@shifty1664 You hit it on the head. Activision seems to be doing things to cater to the younger 8-15yr old crowd because they got mommy's credit card. And slowly nudging the OG's that have been playing since the Original MW. since we now have families and do not play or pay as much on transactions, they really do not care what we think. Which is quite sad since the OG communities is what paid for their yacht's and lavish lifestyle.
@@yovannydominguez2860 There pushing me away, I Played bo2 but I didn’t own a cod until bo3 and I’m 15 and I’m feeling the same as the OGs, game is to sweat my I don’t want to always play competitively I’m fine with playing competitively ever few games but not ever game
The game is playing us.
@@yovannydominguez2860 exactly, they’re trying to go the fortnite route with the battle passes and warzone, they know the older players arnt gonna be throwing money at the game. So they have to transition and cater the younger players
Reverse boosting is Activision's fault, they put this system in place, and reverse boosting has been around ever since they did. They're the ones that haven't done anything about it, and it's a side effect of a system that nobody wants
I can just about fall asleep waiting for a match, now I know why. Activision is punishing people for not playing with their feet
I can finally tell my friend that I’m not crazy and the SBMM is stronger in Cold War than MW19
Sbmm has been here since Advanced shitfare, just looked at your KD, really good players have barely a 2KD, back in bo2 good players could have a +4 KD
@@Volticymo yeah but it has been getting increasingly stronger since advanced shitfare
@@theobsidiansimp8626 exactly
@@theobsidiansimp8626 yup
@@Volticymo AW, WW2 and MW2019 all had strong SBMM. BO3, IW and BO4 not so much. BOCW just blew all the others out of the water with the strongest SBMM in cod public matches ever.
It's like Activision knows what we want and does the exact opposite (Dial up SBMM from MW to BOCW)
Mw2019 online was probably my favorite in recent memory. Cobw sbmm should definitely not be affecting ping.
@@antanis agreed, yes MW did still have some problems, there problems that reminded of of CODS and it just played better than CW in my opinion
I was running trios in mw last night I thought mw had sbmm? I have a 2.05 kd in war zone and was getting double digits in kills multiple games
It started from advance warfare
Because we saying one thing but player numbers and money made says otherwise
Every time my buddies and I hop off of cod we are never in a good mood after .. cod has definitely changed 😔
Man this is exactly how I feel. I'm turning off the game annoyed and dissatisfied
Cyberpunk has been relaxing for me to get on after running it on cod weather I did good or not
I'd recommend playing another game, for me I've managed to bring my friends back with dead by daylight! Gl
I just go back to apex when cod pisses me off lol
Me and the boys just stopped playing, every time we did it would just be a rage fest. We hopping on different games until they fix this one
I'm above average at COD, even really good when I was younger and had more time, but when I play this, I feel like everyone has better aim and reaction time. I do great a few rounds and then terrible the next few rounds. I am even sometimes losing gunfights I know I should have won and winning some gunfights that I should have lost.
Same here
It‘s simple the gunfights are scripted
@@thisaintitchief7748 Yea it's like WWE
Because this is the fakest cod ever made lol
In no COD should I be waiting for ages for a simple TDM match with crossplay on. Then after minutes of searching I get dumped into a half finished game.
True
In Halo MCC in social games, there's no SBMM and I get put into a lobby within 3 seconds and it usually puts me in the server closest to me so I have 28 ping. In Modern Warfare/Warzone, there's SBMM but it still manages to put me in a match where I have 30 ping and some other matches where I have 50 ping. Cold War on the other hand with it's SBMM purposely puts you in a 50 ping+ if you are doing well. When searching for a match, it tries to find the closed servers of 30 ping and then instantly expands the search to handicap my experience so that the enemy has a better connection and therefor they'll always see me first
Why I stopped playing. Would get 30 - 50 ping for the first couple matches, then straight to 100 the rest of the day. F**k CoD. I'm done. It's one thing to protect noobs, it's another entirely to punish you for skill.
Same bro. Destroyed people left and right when have 30-50 ping and after being put in a lobby with those who have 5-20 ping and i have shitty 100+. It's unfair...
The studdering and audio makes me get sick sometimes. Im a decent player but when it starts studdering i cant shoot crap.
Yeah I averaged 60 ping my first few games and because I’m a decent player I now average 250 ping it’s unplayable and disappointing.
@@chilliface8163 wow.... same here.... where are you from?
@@speedyspin I'm closest to the eastern US servers so I'd have 28 ping but it always expands the search so I end up having 50-60 ping from a farther away server where the enemies always see me first
Make a ranked playlist! Remember when BO2 had league play? Yeah, bring that back and BOOM problem solved.
Not really. Pub stompers don't want to play against people who are actually good. Speaking of Black Ops 2, don't you remember the 12 point club? Lol
As a super sweaty amateur cod player I completely agree with you I’ve been asking for it for years until then I’m gonna just try to torch everyone I run into
I agree 150% with you!!!
@@silverbell800 so then whats ur answer leave sbmm on?
Pub stompers are mostly still gonna stay in regular playlists and not ranked. Why cant anyone understand this? People think they are so smart and clever by saying "hur dur make a ranked playlist problem solved hur dur"
SBMM is going to kill this game and future CoDs alike. It might even kill the entire franchise if they don't change anything about it. SBMM heavily influences the replayability of the game in a negative way.
I wish I could say otherwise but it literally won’t change anything. We on RUclips and social media in general are the vocal minority. Even if we all boycotted Activision would just drop MW2 remastered packed with micro transactions and we would all come back anyway.
Huh you sly dog you just copied your own comment on aces video
The sad thing is your wrong me and you and everyone watching this are most likely really good . Which means we are the minority or the 1% of community. The casuals are gonna keep spending money on it and they’re gonna keep sbbm up which is really sad.
Why I stopped playing last year they keep playing with us we got to put our foot down.
@@neonchalantly7036 hehehe
This explains basically everything I have experienced with the game. Insane difficulty spikes after one really good game for me (about a 4:1 KD) and corresponding bad connections. Treyarch should fix this
What if.. multiplayer isn't real and you're just playing against hyper realistic bots?
Every time I open this game, I sit at the multiplayer menu and just end up exiting out. I don't want to play this game, it's just not fun right now.
I hear you. Modern Warfare's SBMM was an absolute mess, but hearing how worse it is in BOCW compared to MW19 really kills my interest.
Yeah bro I went back to playing dragonball fighterz a muuuuch better game and worth investing your time into learning the game cod is just a mess right now. I am really disappointed since I have been playing cond for 10 years.
This and Warzone are the only games that when I play with my good friends/squad we end up cussing each other out by the end of the night
Stress levels should not get that high in a casual shooter
i honestly just ended up uninstalling the game due to both the horrible state multiplayer is in and the ping based match making which ended up screwing me over.
It’s almost like cod wants us to reverse boost this year
They don’t even started banning
they start banning ur account permentantly so you have to buy the game again. its for money. i wouldn't buy it again the game is a clusterf*ck that was throw together in 8 months and has 90% reused assets
Reverse boost play with bots get gunship each game
Tmemoryy gets chopper gunner gunship and vtol almost every game against level 5s
Reverse boost and not buying battle pass is how we protest sbmm
This game is almost as rigged as The Game Of The Year Awards. #BoyCottTheBattlePass
You make some very solid points, as the game gets more exposure and the player base seeks to be more informed and skilled, there are many questions that beg for an answer. The community looks to content creators like you (as they grow in popularity) to answer those questions and bring to light others.
It’s definitely past time where the devs sit down and outline some of the systems and changes to said systems as they have evolved over the years.
Also, I want to personally thank you for making my return to CoD a pleasant and well informed one.
That hit register at the end was something else.
Call of Duty: Black Bugs Cold Sweat
They should change the name into CALL OF SWEATS
I knew something was going on!
I am constantly seeing "connection interrupted" in my matches when no other game has this issue.
Same. It’s horrible and scummy, the only thing good about this is in the near future hopefully if enough people boycott the battle pass and spam Activision then something will be done. Still doubt it though.
I dont think it should affect your connection that much, as someone with crappy wifinand taking into account the results of the test, it should only be 10 to 20 ping difference with little effect on packet loss
Won’t happen people will still buy that crap. Spend 60 on the game then cod points then gotta buy a new cod a year later all that money goes away then redo the cycle
SAME BRO! After my first match of the day, every match after that is a laggy sweaty mess. I keep constantly getting “connection interrupted” for the entire match. I literally have had no issues with Warzone, halo mcc, gta online, or any multiplayer game
they would really rather have people lag and play in the same skill bracket, rathe than be more lenient with the SBMM? why???
Money, when people buy stuff they put them in easy lobies, so that the lower levels, see those good ones as gods. Also they think noobs go away from the game when people pub stomp them.
@@sadvenom7826 A lot of the people will get frustrated and leave if that happens.
Thing is, those arent customers you are going to retain for years anyway. If you leave over not being good at something on the first try, there will be 100 other reasons to drop CoD.
@Psycho Creep that makes sense if there were purchasable weapons like AW but more then likely it’s an attempt to get people into the COD cycle of dominating one Mach and then getting stomped on the next.
@@goldengamer2045 at a the current 1.5 KD I do have at the moment, i consider myself average or slightly above average. i will go from playing against an average player, getting one good game with a 4.00 kd when everything goes my way and ill instantly get put into an extreme sweat lobby and get absolutely smashed for about 3-4 game until my average drops. Thats what makes people quit in my opinion lol Its made me literally turn the game off and play something else
@@Mcsweating That’s understandable cause everyone have different breaking points. Usually it takes about 4 games off my experience before you fall back down into decent games and see a noticeable good game.
I feel like sbmm also really takes the satisfaction out of doing well. I recently had my all time highest kill count, but spent half the match feeling bad since I knew I didn’t belong in that lobby (I was playing with a friend who doesn’t have as much experience as I do).
i think the thing that pisses people off the most is that they spent more time perfecting the SBMM system than they did perfecting the base game before release.
Man. If i get in a lobby where my ping is 40 to 50,i smashing people right and left. But after that game put me in a lobby where people have 5-20 ping and I'm have 100+ ping. Why am i supposed to play with those who have same skills but better connection? It's not my fault that I'm better then players in my region. SBMM is fkn disgusting.
@@chilliface8163 it honestly does more harm than good. since there's no ranked system nobody has any inclination to get better since they're always going up against "sweats" at their respective level. activision fails to see that SBMM doesn't only hurt good players, it also hurts bad ones too.
@@wzards3529 actualy they dont give a f... im so tired of this game that i deleted it today
Last minute is a whole KoreanSavage roast session
Also swagg
but remember when they said “Connection is King” 💀
Ping will never be king again 😩
RIP Connection-Based Matchmaking. You’ll be missed.
King Nothing
Been watching since BO2 keep up the great work!!!!!
I really hope someone will read this:
the hidden system is based on movement and/or on how many people you were able to actually damage in a round.
How I came to this conclusion:
I had a friend play on my PC and he plays very slow and often dies without hitting anyone in a gunfight. He isn't sliding or jumping like me, he rather preaims corners and plays it safe.
After he played 2 games and got completely destroyed, I played again and got into a TDM lobby with players who barely moved, BUT managed to kill me everytime, because they preaimed me with AUGs. The lobby played like his playstyle overall.
With my agressive playstyle I always ran into their AUGs and went 14-23. Yes, I went negative AND my team lost the game too.
I managed to do some damage in gunfights before I died though, even if it was just a few hitmarkers with the Bullfrog.
Now, I was sure that with my terrible performance and me losing the game I would have a rather chill next round.
But it was the exact opposite.
I joined into a game in progress with the ENTIRE enemy team being level 100 and they had streaks up.
Could have been a 6-man-party too, who knows.
My team had 3 guys with level 100 and 3 others with lower levels (including me).
In conclusion:
the key difference between me and my friend is that he moves less and slower AND he is usually dying in gunfights without being able to damage anyone. These 2 factors alone were enough to put me into such a brutal lobby.
Also funny to mention how my ping went from the first round with 25 to 45 in the second round. I also had 30% packet loss and the connection interrupted symbol when I joined that second round......
Yeah, being matched depending on your input speed makes sense. People who rarely play games barely move and can't aim and move at the same time. Separating them from the regular gamers would actually make sense because they don't stand a chance. That would actually even be somewhat positive side of sbmm.
Hire an editor
2 years later it's still relevant... I saw a comment on Ace's video which said it's not skill based matchmaking, it's an engagement optimized matchmaking. It was developed to replace that gambling factor which was previously provided by lootboxes, and activision found that players enjoy gaming sessions where the players appreciate winning more if they lose matches too. Yes, you have a hidden elo score that somewhat mirrors your skill level, but it is not for you getting matched up against people with the same elo score, it's for getting matched up against players whos elo score fits the addiction pattern that they think will make you like the game. When your pattern dictates it's time to have "your fun", you'll face players with lower elo scores, when your pattern requires you to experience defeat, you'll end up matched against highly skilled players. There is even a tiktok video about it, not sure how trustworthy it is though.
Speech at the end about reverse boosters pub stomping on players who don’t pose any threat is a boss statement if I ever heard one. 👊🏻
agree
This needs more likes
Smurfing is a problem in every game, but it's worth putting up with some smurfs if it means the game isn't intentionally matching those players into you
Yowzers. Literally why SBMM might be OK in theory, but based on the online framework of CoD, it's disastrous.
So this may explain why I’m getting 180ms ping when my normal is 10ms max?
10 ping is bad 999 ping is better
@@MtnDew4828 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@undead12335 I'm just a 999 ping professional
My friend gets 1000 ping sometimes
No...it wouldnt
I loved the section of this vid where you gave your personal opinion. You definitely kept it 💯💯
"low skill account gameplay"
*Goes on a 15 killstreak*
That’s exactly right. He reverse boosted to the lobby to prove the data.
@@lisfine no, he used the account of a lower skilled player. But he didn't really play bad, which could have screwed with the data and swayed more into the direction against SBMM
@@razorslazor6021 Same difference bud. So your comment wasn’t needed.
So If it's harder to find a match.......then I should pat my back and be happy about myself.......
yes, and once you are done patting your back you will join a game on the loosing team lmao. 😆
Lmao SBMM is like running a mile and burning no calories...but hey at least it was difficult right?
Yes lol
@@ToLooseGoose I don't understand this sentiment. I'd rather the game be challenging. Bullying 6 year olds or noobs who want to relax isn't fun.
@@antanis That's not the point at all.
SBMM has killed objective play in pubs. When everyone is like “what’s the point playing the objective, I’m not in control of my wins anyway, might as well get streaks/grind weapon xp”
Its sad... the whole community vibe is just depressing now.... I would much rather go play Air-soft or Paintball with friends rather than hop in a pub match with them...
Not only that, the scorestreak system. When you're on a streak to get to 8k points, going to the B flag for 100 points won't make a difference. They returned to the scorestreak system, but didn't encourage objective play with this new system. It sucks
I had a great win rate over first 200 games. Like 1.85. But because of that the game has continuously matched me with people that don't play the objective, or teams that are clearly worse than who I'm playing against and now it's a 1.2 something lol
@@William-Tyndale it's weird, the game was good at the beginning, but the last couple of weeks has been rough. I wasn't at your level, but I experienced the exact same things
@@amandamorao yea I feel the same. Maybe they did that on purpose to make sells or maybe their algorithm works much better with a significant amount of information? Who knows.
I'm glad you're addressing SBMM in such a way. I'm not a high skill player but I've noticed over the past handful of games I've gotten worse and find multiplier unplayable. The bottom protected bracket is essential but I don't think we should be constantly matched with similar skill players. I have to really want to play now whereas I used to just put cod in and switch my mind off to relax, now its more stressful than work.
And just like that. Driftor was found dead hanging because of “suicide”
Plot twist: the Clinton's own Activision
Jeffery Epstein’s head slowly peaks around corner..
The sweat gets so bad sometimes I've let my little brother play in my account to balance the sweat with the new/bad player
Genius. You come off as a good big brother AND get decent lobbies. Lol
@@yovannydominguez2860 exactly, its a win win situation.
I did this with my son, hed play while I was at work, Id come home and lobbies would be great, this was on MW2019. It doesnt work on cold war for me, I still get sweats
@@letskeepitallintherearview wow that kinda weird, i let my luttle bro play snd get an easy lobby once every like 12matches
@@letskeepitallintherearview dude the sweats in this game are horrible, I know I'm a sweat, but Jesus sometimes I just want casual play, but thats what I get for going for diamond on shotguns and trying to go for assault rifles, I am usually going against like noobs when I'm playing with my friends but then the next matches are litteraly faze players. But when I play on my own for a little bit all of my lobbies are sweaty, and I love this game, but man I cant play it as of now, too sweaty, and that stinks because I want to love black ops cold war, but I just simply can't as of right now, too many sweaters.
Mind blowing and disheartening at the same time. I honestly can’t even enjoy playing cod anymore and that breaks my heart.
Yup, Euphoria to stessful shitshow...
*stressful
25:32 Speaking of hit register issues, you definitely hit more than just one or two of those shots.
Even 1 or 2 shots can make a difference when I am fighting a bunch arch nemesis in lobbies..lmao
Try like 5 lol
That was egregious.
I saw that too lol, I was like wait... WHAT
Im not playing Cold War anymore, Im just watching videos about how garbage it is
Or play zombies 🤷♀️
@@ShadowGaming-xw8zj Yeah I've mainly resorted to playing the Campaign and Zombies modes since SBMM was cranked up.
😂
can we all just agree that a ranked playlist would literally solve all these annoyances in this actually well made game?
I've always been in the "you are overreacting about SBMM" crowd, but this is kinda ridiculous. Starting to see why y'all may be right
🙏
Now you see. It's been in COD for years now. Got even worse every year.
@@3ric585 yea but it was very weak which is fine
@@danielredziniak2996 it wasn't even noticeable, now its horrible and just plain blatant
I used to think "everyone against SBMM just wants to pubstomp."
Then I improved to a level that's honestly just average AT BEST and I saw the truth. It absolutely ruins the game.
Agree protected bracket is good but this iteration of SBMM in CW and MW/WZ is absolutely horrible implementation.
I ain’t buying no COD until SBMM is out, I’m done with Activision screwing up their real fans
“Here at Activision, we’re dedicated to providing an environment where everyone can perform similarly. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been playing 10 years or 10 days, we want everyone winning and losing at the same rate, because no one deserves to lose more than anyone else. To ensure this, we’re even willing to sacrifice game performance and match integrity to ensure skilled players only ever come across skilled players.
Activision. Your safe space is our priority. (Please buy our battle pass).”
Im buying the Battle pass tonight
@ Sorry to hear that.
@@mxy8735 I got it
So you are saying it ain't a good idea to have players that played for 10 days play against other players with the same experience and should instead play against you so you can flex your kd? That sounds like a smart thing to do.
@@vincentbertrand2392
New players should absolutely have a safe place to play. But after a certain experience level lobbies should be random and connection based. In this environment, players are given the opportunity to improve their overall performance by playing and practicing.
As it stands right now, I can’t improve to win more consistently. No matter how much I improve, I will always be playing my doppelgänger.
MW SBMM hit my friends and I the other night, I was dropping 2.0 to 6.0 KD matches because I was playing with LMGs and as a result I was playing slower, killing more and dying less. Well SBMM took notice after a few games and dropped us into a 10v10 TDM lobby where one guy dropped 32-2 while the rest of his team couldn't manage over 10 kills and if I'm not mistaken most people in the lobby except for my group had less than 10 kills but I'm not 100% sure on that part. The game really did just decide to hit us with a wacky lobby
So in theory, I can finally start quickscoping and pretending I'm good at it after a few games?! A dream come trueeee 😂
Id rather play broken cyberpunk than get shafted by Activision at this point
I was thinking the same thing “the frame rate tanks and the textures pop in constantly but at least there’s no SBMM”
How sad industry has become that we as consumers have to choose "better" games, games with less issues than another... Glory days of gaming are over, it was short (2000-2010) but atleast we had to choose among best games, games which had no game-breaking or saddening issues
@Dr Ghost
Exactly. Absolutely sad. Games are now a broken shitshow nowadays...
Bro I’ll take loot boxes back 100% if activision takes out SBMM.
honestly ^^^ they weren’t that bad but i’d wish they’d just take out sbmm and leave the battle pass
That'll never happen even if it was a good thing. They've made more money than ever now and loot boxes are a big risk for games now.
@@RiZeLegiT They were fucken bad asshole. But I understand you would rather have that then sbmm. If theres a this or this, I rather take mw remastered supply drops in order for the sbmm to be removed
Loot Boxes will be banned the world over soon enough, they ain't coming back.
If we pay for the game we shouldn't have to pay for anything else.
“I like to go hard”
-Driftor 2020
I wish youd start a legit petition Drift0r... I hate this I cant even come home and relax on cod anymore
Can’t wait for the next Battlefield game where every server is available to you, and you can join any server you want. The BF franchise gets bashed on every now and then, BFV isn’t great; but Battlefield has absolutely no SBMM. That’s pretty rare for modern games.
I get no enjoyment from playing Cold War because SBMM, obviously, and the gunplay and realism is a step back in my opinion. So I really hope the next BF game is a home run because last year was a great year of COD for me, a return to form with MW, but CW might be the last COD game I buy after playing the franchise for 11 years. Battlefield has made some of the best FPS games focused on large scale, all out warfare and I hope they can succeed again in 2021.
Fellow BF player here and you hit the nail right on the head dude! So glad there’s no SBMM in BF. I can drink a few beers and casually drop 70 kills in BFV, but when I try this in COD with SBMM, I’ll get 10-15 kills a match and only play one or two games before I’m on the verge of smashing my monitor. Anyways, really hoping for a modern Battlefield this time! Cheers, mate.
Before cod I was smacking fools in bf3 and bf4 😤😤
There is already some form of SBMM. Dice and EA is testing or experimenting on this. If they seem sastified on their results, they might implement the system in their next title.
I’m just hoping it isn’t strict as MW or BOCW
@@sgtblank7654 nooooo!!
Finally driftor has joined the dark side! I remember when he used to troll people and say “feels isn’t scientific”... We’ve been telling you this for years with feels alone.
And here I was wondering why my ping was so inconsistent
0:29 he flexing the brains, tbh I don’t blame him these guys put so much time into the game
Theoretically, since crossplay is a thing and now we have a lot more players on server when compared to xbox live/psn alone, it should find lobbys almost instantly. It doesn’t, game takes a long time to find lobbys its almost like sometimes there are no players available. I think this is the biggest prove of sbmm
Ive got an “average” 2.25 K/D takes 4-6mins to find a half empty lobby peak hour in Australia. Maxed out level before season 1 came in and haven’t gone back since. Games fucked
Oh and not to mention when you do eventually get into a game, it’s complete sweat, no fun at all and you feel like you’re playing for money every single game. No relaxation or unwinding after work anymore. Sadly, this is the path call of duty will continue to follow. Punished for being a competent/decent player.
@@CaliburGamingHD yeah man, my kd is 1.8 and sometimes i take about 10 minutes to find a combined arms game. Like seriously? Its a crossplay game fulled with thousands of players and i wont find a match because the games keeps trying to find people on my level, this is disgusting, actually disgusting. This really destroys the entire call of duty experience, i hope they realize their mistake and remove sbmm
@@CaliburGamingHD whats the point on playing a game where you are punished for being good? I really cant understand
@@leocolauto exactly man. complete nonsense. won't be touching anything but zombies, unless SBMM is removed.
If you can believe, playing with the provided data is helping study for my DATA201 exam tomorrow, as well a damn good statistical test reference. I am saving this to help with my own stats in environmental technology, and i'm gonna try to conduct the same regressional correlation on my own account! Thanks so much and great work giving the slap to activision!
Back in the day, you had to get good to counter better players. Bad players shouldn’t get a cushion for sucking. Remove SBMM.
I'm OK with there being a noob lobby where everyone runs around in a clown suit, face paint and all, because then you could be able to tell when people have reverse boosted. But apart from that lobby for the very new players, there should just be the normal lobbies (without SBMM) again. Completely new players joining the CoD franchise today have a much harder time catching up to the 10+ year veterans, than when you joined fresh and the other guys only had 2-3 years of experience, but once you've played for some time in the protected bracket you should be thrown into the pool with the rest of us.
"It would be like LeBron James playing in WNBA. Dunking on everyone."
-Driftor
I'm really heartbroken that it doesn't take long for me to find a match
Oof lol
Underrated comment hahaha
25:01 "how good do you feel?"
All RUclipsrs: "I dropped a nuke with the 1 FFAR!"
They NEED to take SBMM out of quick play and add a ranked/competitive mode. Casual lobbies don’t need SBMM
Every game I play hits "expanding search" 5-10 times.
I'm done. I quit.
Address SBMM or I'm gone for good.
The hit reg is awful sometimes on Xbox and the SBMM is seriously noticeable and I’m an average player who likes to play with off meta guns sometimes. My K/D is scraping 1.00 in CW; not a fun experience.
Dude when I first started playing my k/d was 1.3 but now it’s 1.02
@@JohnnyWindmill .... And the game is so sweaty it’s no fun. Merry Christmas to you and your family
ok..
this explains everything, turns out my wifi still loves me
WiFi online gaming 🥴
Get that lan cable
Same
@@gates69 it’s not 2013 anymore. Modern routers are much more competent in preventing packet loss. 😅
@@PixelPigEntertainment wired connection is still king
That last 2 minutes, well said Dtiftor! I agree 100% its low and unexpectable! Love the Video's and appreciate the time you spend.
Great video, we really appreciate all that you guys do for this community. I'd just like to share my experience with CW; being an above average player (1.9KD) who only plays solo domination, this game has been nothing but frustrating for me. I know you guys noticed an increase in ping times with your higher skilled accounts, did these matches include more players that seemed to be able to see you earlier than you see them resulting in them shooting you first (on their end) and killing you even though you were already ADS/shot them first? This seems to happen to me most games.
I'm from Australia and there's only 1 server location which is in the same state as me so my ping in game is always 20-30ms (I have a direct fibre line) but it feels like I'm playing 100ms+ compared to previous titles which is strange because I don't see a lot of people complaining about this and don't understand why it's happening to me when I have the best ISP in my country and a stable line with no jitter/packet loss.
A lot of the time CW takes a while to find me a match and when it does it's connected me to a server in Asia. Sometimes it'll connect Asian players to our server and the entire game feels "choppy". When I do get a local server, I'm usually up against max level sweaty people partied up. If I do well against them, the next game I'm guaranteed to be "playing in the past" where everyone can shoot me before I can even aim, get lots of hit markers or killcam shows my bullets fly around the enemy etc despite having 20-30ms ping. I wouldn't be surprised if these people are from other countries connected to our server, I guess that's why they don't show everyone's ping on the scoreboard.
I found that if I join session on my friends they find better connection opponents because they're in a lower skill bracket. CW definitely sacrifices opponent connection quality when you're in a higher skill bracket. Most of the time I'm getting connected to my local server location with 20-30ms ping but the ping of my opponents could be 100+ that's why the game/hit detection just feels off. The only time I've had a comparable connection to previous titles would be the first day or two after both patches dropped. It was almost flawless, felt like I was playing vs local bots being able to 1 burst people and watch them drop as soon as I bursted them never happens during a normal game. It was amazing. I feel like this is probably the connection most people experience when they say the M16 etc is overpowered. Sorry for the long post, hope you read it and can agree or relate to some of my experiences with the data you found. I really hope they fix this game cause those 2 days where it ran great was a better experience than I ever had on MW and a lot of those games towards the end of the year the connection was excellent.
20:43 I've been playing COD since BO1 and this is one of the reasons I have NOT played Cold War. COD release day is like Christmas and SBMM has ruined that for me!
hope u didnt buy it then
I shared it from a friend i didnt bought any cod sinde bo3
I've been saying for years there should be two playlists: a ranked lobby where you get an actual skill ranking and you play with an emphasis on skill bracket first, ping second. And then a casual random lobby that emphasizes connection and very lightly based on skill, I.E. a complete noob still shouldn't be grouped with a team of nolife pub stomper 16 year olds.
Omg Cold Wars gameplay looks so outdated
It’s the best looking cod behind mw. I prefer cw’s look more because it feels and looks more like cod, unlike mw. But sbmm is ruining this game just like how it ruined mw
@@tdugga8570 The movement of the players feels like WW2 😬
@Guybrush Threepweed don’t tell that to treyarch fanboys. They don’t get that
@@tdugga8570 So basically what you’re saying is MW’s graphics were too good you prefer them downgraded?
Honestly I didn’t like BO4 but at least I could see the enemies, unlike Cold War
Never said didn’t like mw graphics. They’re great but I prefer cold wars fell over mw. Just my opinion
I gotta say Drift0r, I've been watching you for a long time now. (Since Ghosts, when I discovered your content.), and this is I feel one of your best, most impactful videos. Kudos to you. I also watched Ace's, and while I appreciate his as well, you went into a lot more depth than he did and I greatly appreciate it. Very informative.
Well, I didn’t have a protected bracket when I first started playing BO1. I got better by playing local multiplayer against bots. There should be no SBMM
"The ping and time for matchmaking went up as the skill went up" - This isn't that weird in of itself, though.
The higher your skills, the lower the player pool, the more difficult it is to find people near you.
The further away people are, the higher the latency from you > server > player and vice versa is.
Not to mention how stuff like packet loss and lag compensation factor into these things.
Yeah i was thinking the same thing, the matchmaking times are gonna take longer if you are trying to match with people that are in the top percentile skill wise. The ping thing also seems like it's just shitty equipment on activision's end.
BuT SBmM
this is my main complaint about SBMM. you aren't going to be able to compete with people your skill level if you are lagging
Challenge grinding with SBMM at my elo(?) is literally impossible.
Ik same I’m using the type 63 against ppl using diamonds smgs/ Ar which makes me want to just quit
"There is no evidence of wide spread SBM"
Hahahaha
"SBMM is just your feeling"....
- Driftor 2019 -
SBMM is just an idea.
This is one of your best videos and I have been watching you for what feels like over a decade
I started lagging out of nowhere in some matches, bullets not registering, recoil was out of control, and it would take an entire clip to take an opportunity out while the opp needed just a couple... smh
People protesting the SBMM by reverse boosting is exactly why I can't get a lobby where I don't get stomped into the ground by sweaty, max sensitivity meta freaks.
The devs are bad? Playerbase is just as scummy
Wth are you talking about? You can't blame anyone for using the dominant strategy. It's the job of the devs to make the meta fun. SBMM is a nightmare. I don't blame anyone who reverse boosts to have at least a little bit of fun.
Soo what your saying is I need a “VPN” kind of thing active while I’m playing to keep my stats hidden from Activision 😂
lol imagine
That's basically reverse boosting
@@TUTENSKENGS means you're also a sweaty nerd
@@TUTENSKENGS I don't have the game
Prepare for vpn ads 🤫
I have been saying since this game came out that it seems like my speeds are being governed and like there is something really different
bro i knew i wasn’t tripping, also when you do good sometimes the aimassit gets turned off and sometimes even try to make you miss on purpose i’m telling youuuuuu. wtf is this game.
Vonderhaar "Connection is king" ---> COD community "nope" thanks Drift0r, good video.
I feel like Activision will try to get this and the other videos removed soon.
@Vicsupreme okay. I *think* Activision will try to get this and the other videos removed soon.
@Vicsupreme hey I think that activation will trying to get this video removed soon.
@Vicsupreme Yeah I feel like ATVI is gonna try to get this video removed.
@Vicsupreme i know Activision will try to get these videos removed soon.
@Vicsupreme there's just no winning😂
As a casual gamer, I will casually be playing cyberpunk until sbmm receives a massive overhaul. Add a ranked playlist and let the regular lobbies prioritize connection and split skill in lobby.
Tbh i also had a problem on my aiming ever since i got 1.70 kd. Then i lowered my kd to 1.60 kd and I noticed that I'm hitting my shots again. Idk but it's just a feeling tho
Brother, I had a solid 2 k/d, now can't hit the targets even if I emptied the magazine on an enemy, I stopped playing this non-sense
It’s true in Warzone also
Most of my time was controller/console with a shitty overall Warzone kd of .87
I switched to keyboard and mouse and found mouse aiming to be much easier than controller so I quickly was able to raise my overall Warzone kd above 1.2 playing on the same linked account
Only recently though did I start noticing something was up with my aim. Now I randomly have entire days where it feels something is actively fighting my mouse inputs and making it harder for me to track players and those days I end up average negative kd. I’ve never been a negative kd player since switching to keyboard and mouse so I’m not sure what’s going on
In CW I have a 1.67 kd, most play hardcore because the hit detection and amount of damage you must do to your opponent is unreal. Also, by the time you kill a player in regular core the spawns will have most likely flipped so you just go 1 for 1 constantly.
Even playing hc I notice after a few good games, I begin getting tons of hit markers but can’t finish kills or my shots just don’t register
Watched all 3 videos and I think this was the best one. Im a numbers and math guy and found this video to be more in depth and more easy to understand and relate to.
So that's why Nuketown has been so laggy...?
It effected ping in MW as well in my experience.
It got to the point in mw every match there was atleast 1 player in the lobby with over 250ping- became unplayable until I stopped using meta weapons
I mean not according to their tests. Personally didn’t see any change in ping between MW and previous titles
@@MacTac141 I must have been an outlier then, but I am in the UK
@@buddybleeyes probably worse in places with smaller playerbases
@@William-Tyndale yeah, I know the UK can have a big player base (for how small the UK is)- but sbmm has probably split that player base alot
SBMM has been having an impact on ping since BO4 at least. I’ve constantly had an issue finding games and in game.
Nope, Black Ops 2
“You just need to get good and stop whining about playing against your skill level, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with playing against jumpshotting slide canceling sweats on high ping”
Haha yeah I absolutely hate this take
Your story of older cod games where you’d stomp and then run into the same kinda of team was the best
Your analysis on why is MOBA fun with strict sbmm nailed it. There definitely should be a ranked playlist, then the casual list should just have a protected level or deathstreak.