XDefiant Next Update to Bring Ranked Changes, Career Stats Bug Fix; More Changes to Bunny Hopping Incoming
Those looking for the next XDefiant update, you don’t need to wait that long, as Ubisoft devs have confirmed that it’s dropping this Wednesday, July 31, and will bring with it, some much-needed ranked adjustments and more.
Fixes for ranked have been confirmed by Executive Producer Mark Rubin over on Twitter/X, where the developer confirmed that ranked changes will be implemented so matches won’t start unless it’s full:
That’s coming. In fact starting next week matches won’t start unless full.
— Mark Rubin (@PixelsofMark) July 27, 2024
Another fix that’s incoming is the career stats not updating bug that has been happening to players on all platforms since Season 1 started. While Rubin didn’t exactly say it’ll be part of this Wednesday’s patch, he did mention “next patch” which we’re taking as confirmation as this patch dropping in a few days’ time.
Fix coming. Probably next patch pending test verification.
— Mark Rubin (@PixelsofMark) July 22, 2024
Another thing confirmed to be on the way is locking one skill per player, though expect this only in ranked.
That’s getting sorted soon and we totally agree. 1 skill per team is coming.
— Mark Rubin (@PixelsofMark) July 27, 2024
While we’re not expecting it to be fixed in just one patch, hit detection is another thing still being worked on by the studio, which we’re happy to see confirmation of, as the hit detection and netcode are arguably the biggest problems the game is facing now.
Not ignoring it all. We are 100% working on it as we speak. I know I can’t always share everything that is going on day to day and I know I can’t respond to every tweet but I do try and see everything and the team is very much hard at work on a lot of things.
— Mark Rubin (@PixelsofMark) July 22, 2024
On the gameplay side of things, bunny hopping seems to be getting another nerf (yes!), which was confirmed by gameplay designer Patrick “Aches” Price.
Working on a better solution 🙂
— PATTYP (@ACHES) July 27, 2024
Price also confirmed the semtext bug will be fixed as well (this is the bug wherein the semtex grenade thrown after dying doesn’t explode), though it’s not mentioned whether this fix is part of Wednesday’s patch.
Working on a better solution 🙂
— PATTYP (@ACHES) July 27, 2024
Just to further reiterate on faction limits in ranked mode, Price mentioned that yes, it is planned alongside other changes.
Four additions to Ranked #XDefiant that will drastically improve the user experience for Season 1 ⬇️
1. Ability to reconnect to Ranked Matches
2. Factions Limits
3. Faction Locks
4. Slight additional nerf to bunny hopping (perhaps the most noticeable request from our community,…— MobstrMatt (@MobstrMatt) July 24, 2024
As you can see, there’s a lot of adjustments planned for the shooter, which is a good thing. Outside of the items mentioned above, there’s still more bugs that need to be sorted, as well as features that need to be in the game ASAP (pinging comes to mind).
Once the patch for Wednesday is out, we’ll let our readers know.
In other XDefiant news, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot confirmed that the game outpaced expectations, which we’re happy to hear about.
More XDefiant Reading:
- Report: XDefiant Year 1 Weapons, Season 2 Faction “Highwaymen” and a Lot More Leaked via Datamine
- XDefiant Not Rushed, Game Engine Not Made to Do First-Person Shooters; Entire Infrastructure Built From Ground Up
- XDefiant Ranked Mode Zero RP Issue Being Investigated, Ranked Roadmap Planned Features Listed
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