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Edited by XMatsterzX:
1/20/2026 4:19:20 AM
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Please Bring Back Skill Based Matchmaking in Trials
Trials should be a test of skill, not a stomp-fest. Right now, the lack of SBMM makes it incredibly punishing for average and improving players, which hurts population and long-term engagement.
Bringing back some form of skill based matchmaking would make matches more competitive and fair, encourage more players to participate, and improve overall Trials health and retention
Trials is at its best when games feel winnable and earned, not decided at matchmaking. Please reconsider SBMM.
Specifying the lighthouse passage.
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I would agree to a certain degree. For those who are below average and do not care to improve I totally understand, but for those who want to improve, the best and pretty much only way of doing so, is to play against players that are better than you, so that you are forced to play in a different way and adapt instead of doing the same every single game, being able to adapt and read your opponent is so much more important than other factors.
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2 Repliesuse the passage without the lighthouse?
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Agree with you!
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What do you mean ? performance based MM is on the trials passage
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24 Repliessbmm makes it mathmatically nearly impossible to ever flawless. Trials at its heart is a tournament based list, which means beat whomever they put in front of you. the causal players even complained when in the sbmm lists previously for several reasons, but mostly due to the fact they still were not able to win consistently and connections suffered
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9 RepliesThis is one of those "Listen to the community!!!!" moments. I recently saw a post or two saying Bungie needs to drop SBMM and implement only CBMM; so who in the "community" does the studio listen to and what will the amazingly predictable outcome be either way?
