vims1990 wrote:
iivrruummii wrote:
biron_w wrote:
I hope to god it isn't skill based again!
Why?
Most likely due to connection/latency issues as it tries to matchmake players by "skill" and not by region.
Once it starts searching for players beyond your region, the ping gap widens and matches generally runs poorly say on a host that lives far away from you.
I spoke to a couple of my league play friends who played in a local BO2 LAN tournament even admitted that the difference of playing LAN vs. online is quite substancial when you aren't dying around corners and getting those other dodgy deaths when playing online.
I like playing against players of similar skill but I'd think that matchmaking with players close to me would be priority over "skill" considering that connectivity is key in COD.
There will always be a big difference between LAN and online gaming. Even games like Couter Strike play different on LAN vs online. BO2's "skill based matchmaking" was a joke in the first place and didn't even work.