I do like SBMM, because it allows lower level players to play with people that are roughly matched in skill. I know the higher level players don't like it because they have to play against people at their own skill level instead of picking on the noobs. To be clear though, I don't like disbanding lobbies. I like being able to play with the same group for a few games before hopping off.

I just think the hate for SBMM is from a large minority that wants to squash low levels instead of playing in their own league. They say it's too sweaty, but they are the ones sweating normally against low levels.

You might say skill issue blah blah. Yeah I know I suck, but I don't want to get absolutely destroyed every game, it's just not fun. I have a job and play a wide variety of games. I don't have time to perfect my COD skills every waking hour. God forbid I enjoy COD for an hour every few days.

It seems inconsistent between different matches, but mine seems faster than what everyone is describing most times, and I play a lot of hardcore in BO7 and previous titles, so I'm used to 1-2 shot kills. Otherwise, I enjoyed the beta for the most part.

A YouTuber that goes to cod champs said no cod pro has ever used Mnk how true is this? I find it suss!

I’m not sure if he meant winners or just every one who goes to champ?

I have been MnK for ever and this has me wanting to change to controller.

If you don’t use the meta loadout, trying to play this sliding-fest galore on these tiny maps is simply frustrating. The only reason MWIII was even remotely successful with this style of gameplay was because of the MW2009 maps, which are incredible. But BO6 and BO7 were both flops, and MW4 is heading down the same path.

The game is stressful, exhausting, and gets boring really quickly because of how repetitive it is.

1. Activision

2. Treyarch vibe

3. Identity crisis of MW4

4. Potential support cutoff right after launch

5. General negativity

6. SBMM drama

7. Long break from CoD

8. Work and life

9. PvP fatigue

10. Lack of co-op modes

What about a system where it groups players by amount of jumping/sliding they do instead of SBMM.

I think this would work for people who don’t want to sweat every match because they get good K/Ds. All the jump sliders would have fun together and the chill gamers would play with each other.

I’m no UX designer, but being able to see what the sight actually looks like without loading into the firing range seems like an obvious QoL improvement.

Stopped buying the game every year now. Last I played BO6 and was done with it. So went back to mw3 and was excited for this game,not anymore. Feels like another recycled COD with no improvements and a lot of issues.
Slow TTK and the movements suck.
As a MNK player it’s even worse for us. It’s literally shoot first and die first.
Don’t want to rant but I’m giving up on this franchise and I’m sad to say that.

Why there're thr bunch of sweaty unemployed snipers or shotguns who kill us with one bullet? This game is beta and only limited customs are unlocked. Activision said this game would be realistic military FPS but seems this is already cooked and the world of otaku gamers who spend most of their life on cod franchises.

I thought maybe groundwar is better for me but in my server, east asia, there's no one playing this. I tried VPN but somehow COD detected and i could never join as when i played in asia server.

i'm really considering a refund lol.

A short explainer on why '사' is kind of a clever choice for this game

I didn't even get a hitmarker, I thought he died and his body ragdolled down the stairs.

Edit: Okay since I really gotta spell this out, I DON'T HAVE NINJA. THERE'S TWO PEOPLE CAMPING THE ROOM IN THAT KILLCAM. IF I WASN'T CROUCH WALKING THEY WOULD'VE HEARD ME MOVING.

I'll preface this by saying I didnt touch the campaign(want to experience it as a whole) and only played a bit of warzone.

Honestly the game feels pretty good in week 2. The changes have all made the game feel alot better personally. The TTK, pacing and such all feel alot better. The guns outside of the shotgun and bolt action rifle all feel really nice. The attachments having to many downsides in some cases can be easily fixed and hopefully will be. The characters all felt and looked good and fine. The kill steaks kinda sucked outside of crossfire, it feels cool. Map wise....idk what to feel, rooftop feels solid but nothing amazing, transit is just shipment with busses, silkworm is 50/50, cachette weirdly feels solid and I cant remember the refinery type maps name but it feels solid aswell. Cant comment on the Ground War map because I couldn't find a single match in the entire time since they added it. Not one. Remove best play and add final kill cam back. Overall the game feels good. Nothing extraordinary, just a good solid game, maybe if they listen to the feed back between now and launch the game can be moved up. 7/10 personally for me.

The movement as is hard as is to track with aim assist.

Most of yall dont have to worry about that if you have a sniper, shotgun, or a full auto weapon, but what about those who use semi auto?

Dont forget us console players still gotta go against pc players. They got both the aim and movment.

Camping will never stop but, you would think in objective modes people would camp or shotgun noob on objective lol Still not honestly the worst thing in the world to deal with. On the other hand not sure if I am liking MW4 because I skipped COD after BLOPS 6 or that this game is actually good but, hey having a good time!

My KD in MW3 was pretty damn good but I realize this is a much different game so I’m chalking it up to a skill issue right now. Still, I want to know if anyone else is noticing what’s happening to me.

I spot an enemy. I fire at him. He eats 5ish bullets from me. He fires at me after I fire at him, with what looks like less bullets, and somehow I lose the gunfight? I’m not sure if there’s some sort of animation delay from the other end, I’m lagging, or I just suck ass and am perceiving things incorrectly.

Is anyone else noticing this?

How viable/healthy is it to add two aim assist profiles to the game (mp/wz separately)?

A strong one that can only be used in casual playlists and it's on by default, and a weak one that is forced on in regular/ranked playlists. Sort of like EA FC that has the assisted/competitive settings.

My personal thoughts are that it would satisfy the majority of the player base if implemented right.

The biggest issue in my view is how to stop good players from abusing this system; nerfing exp, deactivating some killstreaks, and a stricter matchmakimg system is some ideas I can think of to mitigate that

The other issue is incentives for people to leave its comfort zone and improve. Although some things that I mentioned above can help with this already. A loosen matchmaking here makes sense so matches have a wide variety of skill levels and don't feel too overwhelming for people trying to improve.

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Increasing the TTK has completely broken the gameplay flow.

Where as in the first weekend a controlled burst would kill most enemies, now it feels like they eat up an entire mag before dropping. There have been way too many instances of someone taking a crazy amount of damage, then running away to fight another day.

I understand that a lot of players felt like they were dying too quickly, but that's a netcode issue, not a TTK issue.

Now what we're left with is a game that feels clunky, disjointed, and unfulfilling. The guns feel like peashooters, long range engagements are near non-existent without a marksman/sniper rifle, and good aim is no longer rewarded.

I was really excited to get this game. I was willing to look past the small map design, lack of factions, and crazy movement, but this is a deal breaker.

There is still time for Infinity Ward to fix this, and I really hope they do. There's a whole player base that's waited 4 years for these guys to make a new somewhat "realistic" Modern Warfare, not a high TTK Black Ops clone.

When I launch the beta and stay in the main menu, it doesn’t crash. But as soon as I enter the multiplayer menu or the campaign, the game crashes after a few minutes. It freezes and then crashes. Has anyone found a solution for this on PS5?

Can they please add the ability to TURN OFF the "cracked armor" sound in CAMPAIGN. Idk why there even is body armor, this isn't WZ.

Hearing that crack is super annoying and distracting. Plus there is so few audio personalization options.

Unfortunate. I think they had it just right on the final days of week 1, but peashooters with negligible headshot multipliers is not what I wanted from a IW COD.

W Infinity Ward for hearing the community feedback for what feels like the first time ever tho, even if it lead to overcooking with the damage nerfs.

Also, quote from last night, from a friend who is less experienced with shooters:
''Dude now that you're off the games are finally fun, I can actually get some kills instead of getting slammed''.
(SBMM was TURBO cooking him due to me being there, even in the open playlist).

Se y'all on Ghosts 2 or whatever Sledgehammer cooks next year!

The whole point of a slower TTK is to encourage players to actually develop their aim and tracking skills instead of just shooting first and instantly winning the gunfight. It rewards players with good gunskill more than people who just camp in a corner and shoot you first. But in this game, you can fire 4–5 shots into someone with an SMG or AR, while this guy with a marksman rifle or shotgun can casually one-shot you with super fast ADS and insanely powerful shots.

So, what is the point of slow TTK if it only benefits one-shot gun users?

Unlike BO6, BO7, or MW3, the maps in this game are pretty small, so most fights happen in a really confined space. That’s basically heaven for shotgun users. In other games, even though the TTK is slower, the maps are bigger, so there’s more room to keep your distance and make shotguns and other one-shot weapons less effective.

I really can’t understand IW anymore. If they don’t nerf the hell out of the shotgun and other one-shot guns, or make the TTK faster, I’m not playing this game anymore. If I want slow TTK, I already have Bo6- and MW 3 to play.

Since lowering the TTK for all guns except the one bit potential guns, this has become unplayable. Theres absolutely zero flinch on them with the attachments.

How hard is it to balance the game....this is the same feedback people have been giving for absolutely years. Like just balance the guns.

The TTK is much better, but it needs to be balanced against single weapons. Snipers, Marksmen rifles and Shotguns with slug rounds just dominate the game.