On the heels of the shooter’s most recent update, developer Treyarch has been accused of quietly implementing skill based matchmaking (SBMM) into Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, a feature that caused controversy when it was introduced in last year’s Advanced Warfare.
However, in light of these claims, Studio Design Director David Vonderhaar took to Twitter to allay fears that the introduction of SBMM flew under the radar.
First up, Vonderhaar stressed that “connection is king” in the eyes of Treyarch, though he did go on to acknowledge that Black Ops 3‘s matchmaking system was tweaked.
Anything for subs and views. We didn’t just introduce anything. Connection is king and continues to be so. Period. End of conversation.
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) December 20, 2015
Let me get this out of the way so we can all go back to having fun. First, I love you. I’ll be as transparent as I can get away with. +
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) December 20, 2015
We did tune matchmaking. It was tweaked. I said as much on Friday as I try to do whenever we hotfix the game. +
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) December 20, 2015
It did come with consequences we didn’t understand in totality. We also un-tweaked it the following day, until we can investigate. +
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) December 20, 2015
What we didn’t do is “turn on” or implement anything new that would deliberately prioritize any criteria over connection. And we won’t.
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) December 20, 2015
In related news, Awakening is the shooter’s first of four DLC packs, and it’s headed to PlayStation platforms first in early February.
[Source: Twitter]