Activision päätti kertoa lisää Call of Dutyn seuranhausta

Call of Dutyn seuranhaku on säilyttänyt asemansa keskustelujen kestoaiheena jo pitkään suurin piirtein kaikkien keskuudessa, jotka moninpelin kanssa puuhaavat. Se seuranhaku kun tuntuu toimivan niin hämmentävän huonosti ainakin pelaajien taitotason tasapainottamisen osalta. Activision onkin ryhtynyt pitämään blogia siitä, miten taitopohjainen seuranhaku oikein toimii.

Uusimman blogin mukaan tärkeämpää on itse asiassa seuran saamisen nopeus eikä niinkään se taitotaso. Toisin sanoen jos on verkossa pelatessaan kokenut pelaajien keskinäisen tasapainotuksen olevan pielessä, on varmaankin ollut ihan oikeassa.

Call of Duty Matchmaking Intel - White Paper #2

"Today, the Call of Duty team published the next installment of its ongoing white paper series detailing Call of Duty's matchmaking system titled "Matchmaking Series: The Role of Skill in Matchmaking". This engineering document shares a look at matchmaking inside Call of Duty multiplayer, including how we always work to create a balanced system for the benefit of all players. While skill is one of many factors in matchmaking; it is not the driving force behind Call of Duty's matchmaking system.

With respect to skill, one area that is critical to consider is team balance. Team balancing is very important for forming games where players can have fun and enjoy competitive matches. Blowouts result in players leaving the game which adversely affects the player pool. Team balance itself is covered in more detail within the white paper. As previously detailed in the first Matchmaking Intel Blog, Call of Duty has historically considered player skill among other factors as part of the matchmaking process as far back as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007). One of the topics explored in the white paper is recent and historical testing around loosening skill in matchmaking (increasing the gap in skill between players in a lobby)."