u/Qwayze_

Surely everyone can agree that field upgrades once planted on the map should have a lifespan of how long they stay active for. There is no argument against this because they all recharge within a reasonable time frame.

This game has just turned into a side quest of “find the scramblers” because it’s all anyone ever runs for some reason.

One player should be able to have one field upgrade active at a time, end of. I can only have one echo unit, so why is it any different for something that blocks the minimap, disrupts streaks and disrupts equipment.

I could run engineer but I prefer vigilance to get around the current scrambler spam as I don’t always want to be the one having to destroy them.

As most people play in parties I’ve had entire teams running scramblers making it a nightmare for my usually already bad teammates to get an understanding of what is going on.

It’s a viable play style and they have a part to play in the game, but it needs a nerf as it’s getting a bit silly now.

Surely everyone can agree that field upgrades once planted on the map should have a lifespan of how long they stay active for. There is no argument against this because they all recharge within a reasonable time frame.

This game has just turned into a side quest of “find the scramblers” because it’s all anyone ever runs for some reason.

One player should be able to have one field upgrade active at a time, end of. I can only have one echo unit, so why is it any different for something that blocks the minimap, disrupts streaks and disrupts equipment.

I could run engineer but I prefer vigilance to get around the current scrambler spam as I don’t always want to be the one having to destroy them.

As most people play in parties I’ve had entire teams running scramblers making it a nightmare for my usually already bad teammates to get an understanding of what is going on.

It’s a viable play style and they have a part to play in the game, but it needs a nerf as it’s getting a bit silly now.

Just a disclaimer here, I’m not fussed what sort of matchmaking is in the game, as long as there is transparency about what is going on.

I’m convinced they are either AB testing with the matchmaking in prep for CoD 2026 or the playerbase has dropped off wildly in the last month.

Things experienced that make me think this:
- I’m never on my local server (London)
- Ping is higher on average, matches taking a bit longer to find
- I’m running into people I ran into when SBMM was dialled up (we recognise each other from BO6)
- Everyone is using the exact same loadout, variety is more or less gone
- Constantly Crimson and above in the lobbies
- I get probably one match a play session where I think “oh the game is throwing me a bone with this lobby”
- Prior to season 3 I was getting nukes, since season 3 I think I’ve had two Brutal’s.

Last week I got an email telling me my weekly stats, 2.86E/D but a 0.41W/L across 62 total matches. Could go absolute balls to the wall for the obj but when everyone is doing the same thing it’s like it almost goes out of the window and it turns into a meat grinder session. I’m also aware 2.86 is nothing to cry about, I can get kills and stay alive but Jesus winning is another story at the moment.

Ultimately if they want SBMM to be back then whatever, people are better nowadays than before, CoD is a nearly 23 year old franchise, however when it’s claimed to be “open” I shouldn’t be running into the same people day in day out, or never connecting to a UK server.