In Destiny, Bungie made changes to the player search in PvP today, December 8th.
Just now, Community Manager Cozmo announced that changes to the matchmaking settings are now active. There has been a lot of complaints about the player search in the Crucible lately – especially due to lag.
The main goal of today’s changes is to enhance your experiences in the Crucible. Here is the information provided by the team:
SBMM will be reduced
Bungie aims to increase the quality of matches. This will be accomplished by reducing the number of matches that start without a full player count with today’s changes. To achieve this, the skill range in matchmaking will be expanded earlier and more aggressively. Additionally, they will be searching for longer periods for games with low latency.
Overall, this results in a reduction of SBMM, meaning less emphasis on player skills, but more on connection quality. In some cases, matchmaking times may be slightly decreased, according to Bungie. However, the changes will also result in you facing opponents who are well outside your “skill range”.
The changes take effect immediately in all playlists. Guardians are encouraged to try these out and provide feedback in the Bungie forum.
Community Manager DeeJ has already commented on this via Twitter: He believes that this could be a “Be careful what you wish for” moment. Because whether it truly is an improvement can only be discovered once the Guardians play.
He also points out that matchmaking changes are a complex matter. He has already received many “thank you” tweets on Twitter. But he emphasizes: “Play first. Thank us later – if you are still happy then.”
Are you happy with these changes? What are your first experiences with the settings?
In this article, we report on the lags and matchmaking issues in the current Iron Banner.
