MW3 : 3/13 Patch 1.10 Update : Matchmaking

I know that I said I would update everyone on what the 5MB patch was on 3/13 for MW3... but so far there really hasn't been any information posted to the public about it.

What we know:
- New Achievements related to the new content was included. Click Here
- Changes to game matchmaking.

Now there has been very little hints given to us on the web or on Twitter but the biggest change that has affected us has been the changes they made to matchmaking.

What Activision has done is changed their match finding to primarily search local players versus going further out. What this means is that players who live in less populated areas will have a harder time finding games than players who have more players near them.

Since we don't have much to go on, we don't know why they made this change. I can only assume this was one idea of how to correct lag compensation. As most of you know lag compensation has been a focus of Activision and hasn't done a great job making the game "fair". Perhaps the idea to force players to play with other local players will decrease the number of mismatched internet connections there for making the lag "gap" less. I'm just speculating...

What this has done is really affected players in less populated areas. This also affects clans who have players in less populated areas as well. I play with a bunch of Canadians (shout out to MYHM!!) and I have found that it is taking longer to find games. Now I am not sure if it is because I am the only American player so I mess up the match searches or if one of our other players lives on a mountain, haha. Either way a ton of people on the interwebs have been b!tching about it.

Fourzerotwo, on Twitter, has been telling everyone that Activision is trying to correct the matchmaking issues. The bad news is that it is rumored the fix will have to come in the form of an actual patch and not a playlist update.

For those of you who aren't aware:
- Patches : Larger changes that require the approval from Microsoft before release and takes longer to get rolled out.
- Playlist Updates/Hotfixes : Smaller changes that Activision can just roll out with approval.

If this fix does come in a patch, then who knows how fast they will help us.

Until then... try not to piss too many players off... because they are local and you will most likely play them again... and again... and again...

Play on playas...