Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 trials new "more varied" matchmaking and tweaks TTK on popular weapons
As it gears up for what it calls an “exciting day of the Black Ops 7 Early Access Beta coming later today”, Treyarch has some “important multiplayer playlist changes” to share with us as the beta continues.
As the developer explains, beta tests are run ahead of full launch to “gather critical in-game data and feedback” to ensure games – especially those with heavy multiplayer aspects – provide “the best experience possible”.
That’s why the team is working with the community to address early issues and making “some updates” to its playlist plans.
That’s why this weekend, in the Open Moshpit playlist, you’ll find “skill consideration is drastically reduced when matchmaking, with the goal of providing more varied match experiences and outcomes”. As Treyarch explains, this playlist will “match players with and against players of more varied skill differences than in the current Multiplayer matchmaking system”. This’ll apply to all maps and modes across that playlist.
While not explicitly confirmed, this suggests that the other playlist, Moshpit, will feature more traditional skill-based matchmaking. You can also expect additional Perk changes – “including slot assignment” – when the game releases next month.
“While these updates will not be in the Beta, we’ve heard your feedback and will be sharing more about them on the road to launch,” the developer said. “We can also confirm that we will be making reloading while Wall Jumping default behaviour for launch.”
Last but certainly not least, the team has been “closely following feedback” from Black Ops 7 players on time-to-kill (TTK), which is why you’ll see changes to the Dravec 45 and M8A1.
“We currently see these weapons well ahead of the pack in our TTK data, and they also have very high usage, which means they are contributing heavily to combat pacing right now in the Beta,” the update continued. “The goal of the changes outlined below is to bring their average performance closer to the other weapons currently available.
