XDefiant Pre-Season Day One Update Patch Notes and Battle Pass Showcase Shoot Out

XDefiant is launching tomorrow! With a day before the big launch, Ubisoft has revealed the complete XDefiant pre-season day one update patch notes! Alongside that, we also got the pre-season Battle Pass showcase, giving us a look at some of the items set to be available for players.

XDefiant Pre-Season Day One Update Patch Notes:

Gameplay

FACTIONS

• The Echelon faction is back. We fixed the issue with agents turning invisible in a bad way versus the good and intended way (using the Digital Ghillie Suit ability).
• DedSec’s Spiderbot ability has returned. Prepare your face for hugging.

DEVICES

• Devices (aka grenades) are less likely to fall at your feet if used immediately after respawning, but it can still happen. We’re working on it! Grenades are inherently risky.

Netcode

• Occasionally after you died, you could still run around in the world for a few seconds. Now when you die you stay fully dead, as your opponent intended.
• Reduced the range between the highest ping and lowest ping in matchmaking, so now you’ll be grouped with players who have a more similar ping to your own.

Audio

• Fixed an issue with killstreak VO lines playing at the beginning of every match and when you died, which was particularly insulting. Turn the announcer volume back up in the Settings menu (Dialogue Volume)!
• Audio improvements, many.

Social

• Xbox Series X/S players now see their Xbox friends list as the primary friends list in game.
• Fixed an Xbox-specific issue where if you suspended the game, then accessed the in-game Social menu and selected “Invite to Party” or “View Party Invites”, Ubisoft Connect wouldn’t open properly.
• Fixed an issue on Xbox where if you got an error message while trying to join a full party, key UI elements would disappear.

Localization

• On consoles, if you accessed the Ubisoft Connect overlay via the Social menu, the text wasn’t localized for any non-English languages. It is now.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a crash that could occur when accessing the Loadout menu tab.
• Updated the word list the Chat Language Filter uses.
• Fixed issues with misaligned HUD elements on PlayStation 5.

For those wondering, Ubisoft has confirmed to us that there will be no weapon balance changes from the last server test to the launch build.

XDefiant Pre-Season Battle Pass Showcase:

As you can see, players will get character skins, weapon skins, animations and more as part of the Battle Pass. Remember: the Battle Pass is entirely optional, and players can still unlock stuff just by playing the game. You can read up on the entire monetization plans right here.

XDefiant launches May 21 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

More XDefiant Reading:

• XDefiant Console-Only Crossplay Coming After Launch, Option to Disable Crossplay In-Game Prohibited by Microsoft
• XDefiant Twitch Drops Rewards for Pre-Season Revealed; We’ll Get One Map a Month and Not All at Once for New Season Confirmed
• XDefiant PC Requirements and Accessibility Features Outlined

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