Warzone leaker claims future SBMM will include \u201cBot Pools\u201d with AI ActivisionCall of Duty\u2019s SBMM remains a hot topic, with Warzone amplifying concerns. Now, a leaker is claiming that lobbies could get even more confusing in the future \u2014 with \u201cBot Pools\u201d pitting bad players against AI. You\u2019ve heard of PvP (player versus player) and PvE (player versus environment, aka AI-controlled enemies). But, if new rumors are to be believed, the two systems\u2019 child, PvPvE, may soon be coming to Call of Duty. In the past, Warzone\u2019s SBMM (skill-based matchmaking) was the subject of controversy over pay-to-win matchmaking and streamer whitelist concerns. People are constantly wondering how the game decides the skill of your lobby and new leaks will only add to that mystery. Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone insider \u2018RalphsValve\u2019 revealed that AI may eventually factor into SBMM in a long thread about future CoD plans. They described how these \u201cBot Pools\u201d would only be for certain players and could help combat smurfing. Warzone SBMM could feature player vs AI lobbies in future SBMM: With the maintenance of the SBMM code, there are apparently plans to introduce Bot Pools (PvPvE), on the condition that a players stats are eligible to enter these lobbies. With the overhaul in AI, they\u2019ll be able track and equal a players\u2019 level of skill throughout a\u2026\u2014 Ralph (@RalphsValve) November 2, 2021 As Ralph explains, \u201cthere are apparently plans to introduce Bot Pools (PvPvE)\u201d into Call of Duty in the future. It\u2019s unclear if this is meant for just Warzone, just MW2 2022, or some combination of them all \u2014 but it would be an interesting first in Call of Duty. Elaborating, the Bot Pools would only allow certain players (with \u2018eligible stats\u2019) into them, and one has to wonder if it would only be those with very low K\/Ds. If so, that would protect lower-level players from getting smacked around, thereby nurturing a comfier environment to practice in. AI bot lobbies to counter reverse boosters or smurfs? And, on the topic of protecting low-level players, Ralph added that the AI would suit that purpose. Using the bots, Activision could theoretically figure out what human players\u2019 true skill levels were \u2014 allowing them to \u2018counter smurfs.\u2019 This would also seemingly make it harder for people who reverse boosted to stick around in easy lobbies for too long. Of course, these leaks are entirely speculative and cannot be confirmed. But some of Ralph\u2019s other rumors seem to have been corroborated by different sources, suggesting some legitimacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Warzone leaker claims future SBMM will include \u201cBot Pools\u201d with AI ActivisionCall of Duty\u2019s SBMM remains a hot topic, with Warzone amplifying concerns. Now, a leaker is claiming that lobbies could get even more confusing in the future \u2014 with \u201cBot Pools\u201d pitting bad players against AI. You\u2019ve heard of PvP (player versus player) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}