XDefiant Jump Shotting and Bunny Hopping Nerfs Incoming, Crossplay Off Improvements Incoming in Patch
For those playing XDefiant, chances are you’ve encountered players jump shotting and bunny hopping all over the place. If you’re one of the many annoyed at this, you’re in luck, as it seems the planned changes to this didn’t make it to the launch build, but the devs have confirmed that it will be getting nerfed!
This was confirmed by Patrick “ACHES” Price, a former Call of Duty pro that’s now one of the gameplay designers for XDefiant.
Jump shotting (and spamming behavior in general) – The original clip has since been deleted, but wanted to share this thread from last year’s Closed Beta.
We do intend to penalize players for too many repeated jumps & crouches by adding aim sway. This was disabled after our… https://t.co/4ovPGVRFsU
— PATTYP (@ACHES) May 26, 2024
Full tweet for context:
Jump shotting (and spamming behavior in general) – The original clip has since been deleted, but wanted to share this thread from last year’s Closed Beta.
We do intend to penalize players for too many repeated jumps & crouches by adding aim sway. This was disabled after our tests while we made some needed improvements and unfortunately did not make it in time for launch. But rest assured we will get this in as soon as possible. We absolutely want players to use all mechanics in our game and not feel restricted – but there’s a sweet spot between intended use and spam and we want to get that right.
While I admit, I do jump shot a lot, I agree with Price on this, as it does become a bit spammy rather than relying on aiming and whatnot.
Another bit of good news for the game is confirmation that the XDefiant crossplay functionality is bugged, and we’ll be seeing improvements for it in an upcoming patch. While we already reported on how console-only crossplay is incoming for the shooter, XDefiant Executive Producer Mark Rubin confirms that crossplay being turned off is currently bugged, and improvements for it are incoming in a future update.
We have an upcoming patch that should make crossplay off better. And then longer term we want to have crossplay console only so Xbox and PS5 can play without PC.
— Mark Rubin (@PixelsofMark) May 24, 2024
You can turn off crossplay. Right now it will matchmaking longer than it should but that is getting fixed in an upcoming patch.
— Mark Rubin (@PixelsofMark) May 26, 2024
No word yet on when this patch will be released, but we wouldn’t be surprised if it’s this coming week. Aside from crossplay fixes, Ubisoft has also confirmed that netcode and hit registration improvements are also in the works, as well as sniper flinch and camera shake adjustments too.
Stay tuned to our XDefiant review hitting the site soon.
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