I'm finding this game to be super inconsistent, and because of that, I'm finding it super hard to find any consistency.
Aim assist is wonky - some days it feels a bit OP and like I can't miss, and others it's like there's no assist at all, to the point where I've had to double check my settings to make sure it is actually enabled.
Hit reg has been super shonky at times, and others it feels great.
This last week or so I've had a mixed bag, but generally more good matches than bad. I've generally achieved a healthy score and positive E/D, and often placed in the top 3. But theres plenty of matches where everything just feels super off and I'm bottom of the leaderboard with barely any kills and negative E/D. I know I'm better at some maps than others but it's more than that. It also seems to be getting worse.
As an example, yesterday was extremely frustrating. I struggled to hit anything. AA felt like it has been turned off, or at least much, much lower than the previous day, and because of that my aiming was off in general. Controls felt weird and just not right even though they were the same as the previous day where it felt good.
I got more used to it by latter matches, but even so, I struggled to go positive E/D. Pretty much the worst the game has felt since I started playing it. I just don't get it. It was like a completely different game, but sadly it's not an isolated incident.
Likewise yesterday was insta kill city. Often I wasn't even getting my gun up before I was dead. Even pre aiming and shooting (and hitting) first, I got them down to their last sliver of health but then get killed without even seeing their hits registering, even though I got the drop on them. The replay shows it was fair cop and they shot me a good 4-5 times, but it just didn't register on my screen, and likewise it was clear I didn't really get the drop on them. Lost count of the number of times I just died instantly like it's a sniper head shot only for the replay to show some dude saw me run past and shot me several times in the back.
I'm on a direct fibre line and have respectable connection speed, and I'm also hard wired on my series X. I'm also playing on a 120hz OLED TV.
I'm finding the variability exhausting, and really frustrating. It's got to the point where I'm struggling to find motivation to play.
I just want some consistency with how the game plays. I don't mind reduced AA, don't mind mixing it up with PC players, don't mind tougher lobbies.
What I do mind, though, is the game playing completely differently from one day to the next and essentially having to keep re-adapting to those variations. So after 11 years of playing every CoD, I'm done.
I just can't be bothered with the effort it takes anymore.