Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Fan Comes Up with Smart Way to Resolve SBMM Controversy

Call of Duty: Modern Warfarehas been out for nearly a month now, giving fans plenty of time to really sink their teeth into its versus multiplayer component. Since launch, one of the most controversial aspects of theCall of Duty: Modern Warfaremultiplayer experience has been the use of Skill Based Matchmaking (SBMM), which some fans feel ruins the multiplayer for a variety of reasons. Others like SBMM, as it helps to ensure that they are consistently in competitive matches. However, oneCall of Duty: Modern Warfarefan has come up with a compromise that should please those on both sides of the issue.

TheCall of Duty: Modern WarfareSBMMcompromise suggested by Reddit user HighRoLa_ is a simple one, but it makes a lot of sense. They recommend thatCall of Duty: Modern Warfarechanges its playlists to include a regular Quick Play that doesn’t include SBMM, along with a Ranked version of Quick Play that does include SBMM. HighRoLa_’s post aboutCall of Duty: Modern WarfareSBMM has nearly 26,000 upvotes at the time of this writing, so it’s clear that the community agrees with their suggestion.

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Infinity Ward has so far been fairly quick to respond to fan feedback in regards toCall of Duty: Modern Warfareand its playlists, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see the studio embrace such a popular idea. Previously,Infinity Ward changed theCall of Duty: Modern Warfaremultiplayer playliststo allow fans to select whether they wanted to play on smaller maps or larger maps, which was a change that was largely welcomed by the community.

IfCall of Duty: Modern Warfaredoes make a change to its Skill Based Matchmaking, it’s unclear when such an update could come. Details on the nextCall of Duty: Modern Warfareupdatein general are pretty scarce, though we do know that it will be dropping sometime this week.

It’s possible that the newCall of Duty: Modern Warfareupdate will address some of the game’s ongoing issues, like theoverpowered 725 shotgun. It may also add some new content, though that remains to be seen. In the meantime, those upset about theCall of Duty: Modern WarfareSBMM can keep their fingers crossed that Infinity Ward will address the issue sooner rather than later.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfareis out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.