"At the start of Season 18, we are going to start turning match fairness back up in Control (and only Control) in the Crucible," the explanation from Bungie for bringing SBMM back to Destiny 2 reads in part. "We want to start slowly to limit the number of playlists we consider when tuning matchmaking with hundreds of thousands of people. We can do some testing, but nothing can fully simulate how the full population will be affected by these changes before we ship. We are going to be live-tuning the matchmaking parameters over the first few weeks until we land on something that provides a better balance between fairness, quality, and speed."
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As one might suspect, Bungie expects overall time for matchmaking to increase with the addition of SBMM. "Start with a broad definition of match fairness and compromise on matchmaking speed in order to keep match fairness and connection quality high," reads the developer's goal statement for its addition. Bungie also notes that it will be closely monitoring these changes in order to quickly tune and tweak.
Destiny 2 Season 18, with the new SBMM changes, is set to start on August 23rd. More on what's coming to Destiny 2 is expected to be revealed during the upcoming showcase in late August. More broadly, Destiny 2 is currently available, free to play, for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Google Stadia, and PC.
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