{"id":1960868,"date":"2026-05-28T22:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1960868"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:24:47","slug":"call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-team-is-evaluating-skill-based-matchmaking-following-black-ops-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1960868","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Team Is Evaluating Skill-Based Matchmaking Following Black Ops 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Infinity Ward appears to be taking a careful approach to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s<\/a> skill-based matchmaking after Black Ops 7. The developer told CharlieIntel<\/a> that MW4’s skill-based matchmaking will \u201cnot revert directly back to pre-Black Ops 7\u201d and that the team is evaluating data from last year’s title to inform its decisions. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Although Black Ops 7 was a divisive Call of Duty game and was a fall from grace commercially, there were some changes that fans hoped developers would retain. Some feared that the game’s poor reception may lead to everything being reverted, but that may not be the case. Treyarch listened to fans when it came to the franchise’s skill-based matchmaking<\/a>, which has been notoriously punishing for years. Players have often felt that if they perform above average for a few matches, the game will put them into lobbies that are way above their skill level. <\/p>\n

Not only that, but it wouldn’t matter if you found a lobby of people who were equal in skill. The game’s lobbies disbanded after every match. That approach made it hard to have a consistent and fun experience with Call of Duty. Black Ops 7 largely fixed this as lobbies were persistent, and skill had a minimal impact on matchmaking. Matches were more varied in terms of the players you’d get paired up with, which some felt was a much fairer and more reasonable approach to multiplayer.<\/p>\n