The game, the community, the content creators, everything is in a… Very interesting state right now. The community seems pretty unsatisfied with the state of the game, and a lot of content creators seem to share the sentiment, if not to a higher extent.
The game itself seems to still be doing kinda well I suppose. New players are still checking in and the revenue is probably still humongous and with the anniversary right around the corner, the numbers are definitely gonna go higher. But there are still issues that leaves a bad taste on people's mouths.
Starting off with the obvious, the meta. We've all talked about this, content creators have talked about this. We all know the unholy trinity of ranked as of now. USS9. MARTYRDOM. PERSISTENCE. I'm not going to go into alot of detail on this as most people have already done already, but please, we need, NEED proper nerfs to these.
Since we're talking about the meta, the balancing. Igniter buff. This really gets my goat. Cause in what world, one of the most op classes in the game, a rather no skill one at that, needed a buff? A flat out damage buff. And then we have a class like Revive which like, why does it still exist.
Now I'm not saying that overpowered stuff have never existed. Prime Ravager Launcher, CBR4 meta, MX9 meta, hell, even the KSP meta. But the meta is so obnoxious and oversaturated right now and not to mention, has been the fucking same for months now it's hard to ignore. And just because we've had worse times doesn't negate from how bad it is now.
Then there's the matchmaking which is just… Yikes. SBMM or EBMM or whatever BS it is, I hate it. It's dumb. It's not fun. And I can confidently say, is a huge reason why Content creators and a lot of people are leaving. We all have bad matches. I get that. But the skill divide is so obvious sometimes. Whether it's my team that are the bad ones or the enemies.
I'm confused as what the higher ups are even planning here. Like DMZ is going to come in the future, which is going to be huge. And we just had so many QoL updates in 2025 and an animation overhaul coming soon. It's apparent that they have long term plans for the game. And I for one, am excited for the future of CODM in this regard. But then the game is in such a horrible state of balancing to the point where it's too hard to ignore not only for me, and a lot of players too. A lot who couldn't really take the bs anymore and threw in the towel.
I don't necessarily want to put all the blame on the "krm glorious blaze/locus electron beggers" for this. Because all the issues stated have been stated hundreds of times now and could easily be fixed. Just that they've so far chosen to ignore them. We love the game and most of our complaints are because of exactly that. All we're asking for is for you guys to listen to us. Because if we keep going the way we're going, it's only gonna get worse from here. I've recently heard about a pro player getting rejected on their Visa for the Championship too. It's not looking good.
I guess all I'm saying is that devs, please, lock the f in. Cause it seems like it's starting to be too late to do so.