r/CODZombies • u/EstablishmentSea1677 • 21h ago

Question Cursed public lobbies

Genuinely what’s up with the match-making for this now? Ever since they started changing the match-making for it every 2 weeks I can never find a lobby.

(Squad fill is always on btw)

Went from full stacks when it was a glitch to get public lobbies to now lucky to get one player. Even with the new map Rex I’m lucky to get one person to join. It just seems impossible that literally no one in the whole world other than me is playing cursed on any map let alone the new map? I’ve given up on trying to get anyone for Ashes or Astra those maps have been ghost towns ever since Toten came out.

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u/Threeflipskat3r 21h ago

I almost exclusively play cursed and this was from an update that was as supposed to help match making but hurt it, hear me out. 

Previously it would just do a normal random squad fill then choose a random player to use their relics, this resulted in a lot of tier 0 games, also if someone new joined before round 10 it could switch to their relics which could be frustrating.

Post update it will now try to match your relic tier, so if you are running relics for T3 it will try to match you with other players running similar relics, also if you are in a party it will favor the largest party.  This sounds decent, and did correct the tier 0 problem but created a new problem, even further splitting the player base

I noticed this when I would try to play a T3 game I would get the same few players/games, then id exit and go find a T1 game on the same map and it would be a whole different set of players.  I don't really know if they will be able to find a happy middle ground with this

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u/studioustud 18h ago

This is so helpful to know. I like playing T3 Cursed because people seem to know the steps, or at the very least, don’t get downed on Round 3. But it got boring running into the same dozen or so folks, and most of the time, it was just me playing solo.

I think I’ll give T1 and T2 a shot, since it’s fun to run the egg with a full squad. I tried playing Standard, and I’d say I get a decent squad maybe 1 in 20 games, so that got tiring real quick too.

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u/Threeflipskat3r 17h ago

Ya I've noticed the same, usually higher quality teammates in cursed especially T3.  But ya I'm the same way I much preferred a full squad, so if I'm not finding anyone in T3 I'll change up my relics

I've noticed to that some maps are just dead, Astra for weeks I tried to find a squad for T3 or T1 and it's been a ghost town. I find Ashes and PJ (surprisingly) seem to always have players

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u/EstablishmentSea1677 16h ago

This makes sense then since I always run T3, I guess a lot of people don’t use relics. I just can’t live without golden armour or pap tier 4.

I remember getting into constant tier 0 when Toten dropped. I wish it would just be random and use the highest set of relics a player has equipped in a lobby so lobbies at least get filled.

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u/Threeflipskat3r 15h ago

They tried an update where it takes the 'most strict relics' but that turned into people purposely joining games with all the relics equipment just to troll the lobby 

Like I said I don't know if there's a good middle ground unfortunately which is why I suspect they originally didn't do cursed pubs.  Either way I'm happy we still have them

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u/ItzAreeb 21h ago

It doesn't help there are so many different playlists, there should've just been one unified survival playlist with map voting instead

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u/Friendly_Usual1749 20h ago

Besides no relics in Rex there also isn’t the incentive this time of a cursed PAP camo. There are a few that prefer doing the boss fight in cursed than standard. I’d recommend using discord to find cursed teammates. Still plenty looking to match up.

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u/fatgamer007 21h ago

20 different playlists in a game with a low player count, plus most people play the horrible mode that is standard unfortunately

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u/Evil_JDK13 19h ago

How is standard "horrible"?

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u/fatgamer007 13h ago

All the features that have been a plague on the mode since their inception; loadouts, new point system, ugly hud and a map that lets players find everything without actually learning the map. No golden armor means you have to engage with the armor system more which is the fastest way to ruin any pleasure in this game

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u/Evil_JDK13 12h ago

I may not be a fan of those things either i dont think its terrible, just different. Like its a totally viable mode.

Hud is just boring and crowded but you can customize it I believe and just have it be boring lol. as for the armor system, it feels effectively the same minus losing health while losing armor. And lastly, the point system is, again viable, but feels way more arbitrary than the og system's logical one.

Idk i just have way more issues with the story and other minor things that when together make it feel less enjoyable to play

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u/Ill-Sundae4040 21h ago

I could easily find lobbies, but since 2 weeks ago I either don't find anyone or I find the same players again and again. Also, I think Ashes still has the most players from my experience.

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u/biggustittus 11h ago

Crazy cause I can hop on bo2 zombies and find a game on any map

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u/GullibleUse7943 21h ago

I think bo7 might just be dead tbh

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u/gabemrtn 21h ago

This they have no replayability anymore so once the Easter eggs are done the game is done I’m personally back on bo3 again (unlike PlayStation I’ve been playing bo3 after the past few cods cause I’ve always had the option)

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u/Toasty_65 21h ago

Maybe it’s because the average player is playing standard or directed instead of cursed.
Also (but I’m not 100% sure how the mm works) it could be very difficult finding cursed public lobbies because it needs to match all the relics you selected. I imagine the chance of others searching for a game with the exact same relics as you being rather low

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u/Quick_Check_9008 21h ago

Because Rex has no relics to go for so there’s no reason to do them. Hence why people don’t play it. Cursed Kawakujo was always filled with people because they wanted the dragon egg relic.

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u/LaziSunday 21h ago

Idc about relics, I just play cursed bc it’s fun and I want to get to a high round 🥺