Black Ops 7 is looking up as Treyarch has introduced a new SBMM-free playlist called Open Moshpit, where player skill is “minimally considered,” unlike in other official modes. Fans have reacted overwhelmingly positively to the addition, praising instant queue times and significantly more satisfying gameplay.
As part of the Black Ops 7 open beta, currently only available to those who've pre-ordered the game or own Game Pass PC, Console, or Ultimate, Treyarch has decided to introduce two new playlists: Moshpit and Open Moshpit. The latter is largely the same as the former, though without SBMM and minimal skill consideration for matchmaking. This makes it way more in line with traditional Call of Duty, which matched players based on ping and other metrics, rather than skill.
The fan reaction? Overwhelmingly positive. One player said the new mode “feels incredible,” and that they feel “like [they're] actually playing Call of Duty again.” YouTuber SoaR Rxqe observed that queue times in the playlist were near-instantaneous, with matches searching in the low ping range (sub-18ms) rather than the sub-100ms that they would usually see before. “Ping may actually be king again,” they said.
Another fan noted that their “first five games in the Open Moshpit are the most fun I’ve had playing CoD in years.” Across the board, everyone seems to be excited about this new mode, asking only that persistent lobbies come back alongside this SBMM-free experience.
SBMM has been a controversial part of Call of Duty and many other games for years now, with many perceiving it as unfair and made to artificially increase or lower win rates to even out at 50 percent. With this classic mode, that's more or less gone, with other metrics taken into consideration over skill itself.
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