Black Ops 7

[cyberninja2601 1,115]

 

I played 3 matches on the Beta today. It's Advance Warfare named B07.  Wall jumping, double jump, OCD movement. I'm not going to be playing that shit

 

Guess they didn't get the memo last time about that movement non sense

[MrBiron 1,505]

A new Advanced Warfare sounds amazing to me. I'm now looking forward to playing the beta.

[J4MES OX4D 10,388]

I don't think I'll bother with the beta - I got motion sickness just watching a few gameplay videos from COD Next! 

[cyberninja2601 1,115]

3 hours ago, J4MES OX4D said:

I don't think I'll bother with the beta - I got motion sickness just watching a few gameplay videos from COD Next! 

 

It gets worse.  I have it for free because of Game pass which I will cancel once my price goes up. But it was just sitting there waiting to be played yesterday when I looked so I figured I would give it a go. Time would have been better spent watching reruns of Mr Bean for the 30th time 

[techno 3,536]

5 hours ago, J4MES OX4D said:

I don't think I'll bother with the beta - Cant see the point either, from what I've seen I'm pretty certain I won't be buying this year's attempt, it looks worse than bo6

 

[MrBiron 1,505]

I played a few games last night and I enjoyed it 🤷‍♂️ The maps so far are a major improvement over BO6.  I quite like the extra movement we've got with the wall jumping. 

[MrBiron 1,505]

Treyarch added a classic matchmaking playlist where skill was only used minimally and it was absolutely fantastic. Getting into a game took a few seconds and it didn't feel like you were getting screwed by the matchmaking system if you did well, plus I was always in lobbies with a ping of around 9ms rather than it jumping between 9ms and 40ms. It was actually fun.  It shows just how ridiculous SBMM is in this COD and how the system will prioritise skill over connection.

Hopefully they'll use that system going forward but I doubt it. If they remove it then they're fucked IMO as they've shown players how the game could play if it wasn't for their SBMM system so those players just won't get the game.

[J4MES OX4D 10,388]

1 hour ago, MrBiron said:

Treyarch added a classic matchmaking playlist where skill was only used minimally and it was absolutely fantastic. Getting into a game took a few seconds and it didn't feel like you were getting screwed by the matchmaking system if you did well, plus I was always in lobbies with a ping of around 9ms rather than it jumping between 9ms and 40ms. It was actually fun.  It shows just how ridiculous SBMM is in this COD and how the system will prioritise skill over connection.

Hopefully they'll use that system going forward but I doubt it. If they remove it then they're fucked IMO as they've shown players how the game could play if it wasn't for their SBMM system so those players just won't get the game.

They added a non-SBMM playlist because the beta numbers were a trainwreck and those playing were complaining, but come the full game this wont exist and it'll be the usual SBMM nightmare matchmarking guaranteed. 

[techno 3,536]

As they added the non sbmm playlist I thought I'd give it a go and it was so much more of an organic experience than any of the time I've put into bo6, I had games where I got shit on all the way through to one game when I got a ruthless medal and I see myself as an average player. Now I'm not falling for this as James said I expect them to return to type but if this is the default setting, not a playlist then I may buy the game. Also the wall jumping is a gimmick that should never exist and the bloody pointless doors ruin the overall experience and are unnecessary, the maps as usual are simply meh. I had so many pointless deaths due to falling off the map. Anyway I don't usually watch much blame truth these days but he's pretty much right here.

 

 

[MrBiron 1,505]

6 hours ago, J4MES OX4D said:

They added a non-SBMM playlist because the beta numbers were a trainwreck and those playing were complaining, but come the full game this wont exist and it'll be the usual SBMM nightmare matchmarking guaranteed. 

 

I feel that Treyarch have shot themselves in the foot by adding this reduced SBMM (it's not gone completely) playlist. It's shown players just how strict the current system is so removing for launch will turn those players away from the game completely.

[J4MES OX4D 10,388]

1 hour ago, MrBiron said:

 

I feel that Treyarch have shot themselves in the foot by adding this reduced SBMM (it's not gone completely) playlist. It's shown players just how strict the current system is so removing for launch will turn those players away from the game completely.

It's all Activision's doing sadly but Treyarch will get the flak. There will be a big bait and switch on release but I expect most players are tuned into what will happen when the SBMMless playlist doesn't exist. They've already released pages of documents to shareholders about how SBMM is the biggest retainer of players they have ever seen and they have zero plans to ever remove or even reduce it. Can't see anything changing even with the prospect of them getting stomped by Battlefield and losing a huge chunk of players. 

 

They will probably argue that the lack of players in the beta throughout is because they removed SBMM and twist it like that.