Not having sbmm is so refreshing. Every enemy team has a couple sweats and a couple easy wins. Its much more relaxing and satisfying than hard sweating the entire time like cod
You can straight up tell the difference which is crazy to me cause Cod hides how strong their eomm and sbmm is which is program to make you buy more store items and doesn’t give you a choice if you can win a game or not because the game chooses for you
I havent seen that. Im 30 hours in. And all I see are sweats. I would say like 95% of the people I have seen are super sweats. Jumping around like its mario bros and crap. Turning on me 50 meters out with an smg and landing every shot to my head while mid air and crap. Experiences vary. But mine was more miserable than queing up with my former cod mlg friend who is top 1% in cod. For me, i would sooner go out and play actual paintball with people than ever play this miserable sweatfest again.
XDefiant is BY FAR the most enjoyment I have had playing an MP FPS in many years. I can't put it down, it's bloody incredible and no SBMM+INPUT based matchmaking is a DREAM
It's not that they can't compete it's that they stab themselves in the foot meanwhile cod does the same thing over and over again. Last good CoD was Cold war mainly bc of the reinvention of zombies but multiplayer still the same things
Cod just has the market locked because of its popularity. It has been shit the past few years but it’s the shit everyone is used to rather than shit than people have to try and get used to. It’s hard to stomp out COD when a lotta fans of the game are like madden, fifa, 2k players. They’ll complain and complain but at the end of the day, they’ll comeback. Cause they rarely ever play anything else.
@@Fayn757 cuz cods popularity has slowed down in recent years especially since theres more free to play games that are fun so itd make sense for them to create a free to play game else theyre about to lose out to these free to play games made by good companies
If xDefiant is as popular as it can be then it could easily be used as a Case study by the leads of COD, battlefield, Halo as means to at the very least drop SBMM from social modes. Which is what i hope
Not going to happen because the vast majority of of the player base for those games are casuals. SBMM is design to protect those casuals so they can continue playing and spend money on micro transaction.
That’s exactly it. People complaining about SBMM the most are not the casuals, and those 1% players don’t realize they aren’t what makes the machine turn. SBMM is not going away, and what makes it even more hilarious is that the next CoD game will be on the annual top seller list like they always are. These guys are still going to buy it and play it. XDefiant isnt going to change the landscape. Nothing has been able to for 17 years, but this one game will? Don’t think so.
Just tried it last night and im definitely enjoying it but there definitely need to be some balance changes and new modes. The snipers need to have more hit flinch when you are hit by enemy fire. Ive been insta sniped too many times while lighting some one up and its ridiculous. Hope to see modes like TDM, free for all and kill confirmed for those who are more into non OBJ type game modes. Lastly,they need to fix the spawning into games in progress. Already have had a few where I spawn into a match where my team is getting annihilated and there's nothing you can do.
Man realizes XDefiant exists on Saturday and already drops a video on Monday. Talk about not missing a beat 😀 On the game itself, I gotta say as a fan of The Division I love how some of the maps capture the atmosphere of both games. I can actually tell from what mission the map was made. Ubisoft has a good number of IPs from where to pull the classes and can do it for a good while. This is just an appetizer now.
I really like it. The fact that its so stripped down is actually a huge plus for me. It feels like a faster passed Black Ops with some movement abilities and a gameplay style that mostly eliminates camping. I agree it's missing a little something to make it a game that sticks but I'm hoping that we get that in the future. As is, I'll be sticking with it as it's one of the few arena/classic shooters that may have any sort of staying power. I had hoped SplitGate would have stuck around (game was amazing) but the skill cap on that one was a bit too much for some people. Defiant is more simple and will appeal to a lot of people that are nostalgic about the earlier CoD games.
they balance the players in the lobby so if the lobby has 2 very good players they will most likely to be put in different teams. That makes the game more fair for everyone (except if your full stacking with good players enemy team will be so dead).
Not having SBMM and EOMM is THE way to go. I don’t want to play a game where the Game is playing against me protecting billy from having a bad experience.
The Ubisoft franchise skins is an amazing idea. It would be awesome to run around with an AR that has the Eagle Bearer skin from the Division or the SC-20k from Splinter Cell 🔥🔥🔥
It doesn't matter if it has SBMM or not. The fact that it doesn't allow you playing in the same lobby with the people you've been playing with, no wonder why no ones uses mics in game. It keeps refreshing the lobby after every match!
The disconnect between ttk and time to death is my biggest issue so far. It feels like everybody is a heath tank and I get melted. Way too much shoot first hit all my shots and die first. And with no kill cam I can’t watch back to see if it’s bullshit or not😂
@@brianbird7866 like not having killstreaks is one thing. I’m in the camp I think an individual goal vs a participation trophy like specialist would be way better but I can accept it. But when I’m doing damage comparable to top players on both teams with less kills and more deaths bc the hit reg…na bruh😂
Look at your ping and packet loss, would be a connection thing I’d assume. Go into the firing range, the TTK is 0.4 average across the board from 5-10ms
@@TheMonkeyNetwork my connection is fine, it honestly feels like old school lag comp where the player with worse connection is coming out on top. I’m getting hitmarkers only to have the person kill me and I see 100% health
It reminds me alot of black ops 4 specifically. Classic cod style gunplay with specialist abilities. Been enjoying it but yeah needs some balance tweaking. Great foundation so far though
For anybody wondering they are adding snd, ranked, capture the flag and a bunch of other game modes after the pre season along when the new season drops they are adding one new faction a month as well as a new gun and map every month once season one drops. They are also adding private matches as well
I'm really enjoying this game, tho I think it still needs a lot of work til it's a top tier game. Like, gun sounds and movement need improving. Need more modes, too. SND and a ground war type mode would add a lot more variety imo. I like that there's no SBMM, but I've seen people party up and full sweat, which sort of ruins the experience. I think parties should be forced to play against other party teams.
Can't wait to play the Official Ranked mode and see which rank I'm actually in. MW19 I was Iridescent for two seasons, third Crsimson, MM22 I was Iridescent for one season, and crimson for 1. MW3 I got to Platinum when I finally jumped off the wagon because I realized there was a hidden MMR in even ranked. The idea is that you skill level is determined before-hand, so you will be matched with equally skilled people within the same Rank (Which is confusing) one platinum player may be wayy waaayyy worse than you at the platinum stage, and you wont ever be matched against that worse player because the hidden MMR is protecting that from happening. Thus, the "Ranks" in "Ranked" looses it's integrity. XDefiant is such a refreshing experience!
The confusing part is, people state there is SBMM once you hit 25 then there is no SBMM. Which is stupid why would there be a system drop off…either there is or isn’t SBMM..
u CAN play sbmm lobbies untill u reach 25level so u can get used to the game without getting clapped in ur first few games. But u can also play the NO SBMM lobbies even when under level 25.
The ONLY reason I’m playing this game is bc it’s stance against SBMM. Good or bad. This is the game I’ll defend just to make a point to other FPS games that use SBMM
I'm ecstatic for the S&D mode coming to the game!!! I think it's going to be called "Upload" I know people are on the fence about BR, but I'd love that too if it got announced.
This game is f tier bro, infested with bunny hopping and some of the worst hit detection and lag comp I've ever seen in a game. It'll be another ubisoft abandoned special
What being missed is the conversation of untangled having to SBMM, just SBTB, is how not soul draining the actually SBMM is when you play trial ranked. It’s not just Ubisoft of all punish gave players what they asked for… but they still made a better SBMM system then their competitors.
I was planning to play Paper Mario this weekend, but XDefiant has its hooks in me DEEP, and I'm more of a single-player guy. Although you just reminded me that I bought Ironsight years back and still have not played it lol.
I think once the honeymoon period wears off the majority of players will be going back to games like CoD. It's way more polished and it's much more enjoyable for the casual player. This game actually made me re-install CoD after not playing it for like 6 months.
Agreed . It will fade away in a few weeks . It’s just a hype train . I think people know this game isn’t good but they’ll pretend for as long as they can just to to feel like they are finally sticking it to cod and sbmm . There’s plenty of FPS that are 20x better than XD but because it’s free people are pretending it’s a good game .
It’s to cancel slides. It’s part of the meta and it’s not over powered. Really the only cons are hit detection, desyncs, the hero perks and snipers being a little over powered.
@@derekhowe672It’s not to cancel slides, slides can canceled by simply letting go of the slide key or button. You can change it to this in the settings. No ability seems overpowered I’m not a fan of snipers in any game but with how useless they are up close to an SMG and most ARs making them anything else would prevent anyone from using them. Stay out of line of sight and close the distance. They are far easier to deal with than one shot shotguns.
A lot of people complain about no SBMM, but i really like that, most people i encounter are somehow way more of my actual skill level than with SBMM, my matches are actually fun while lets say in CoD, i get 3 matches with MLG players, one with noobs its not consistant, while xDefiant most of the matches are fun but rarely there are people better than me and its a nice change of pace
The net code is messed up. If they can fix that, they may have a future. No SBMM should be the standard for every game with ranked skill based optional modes for those looking for esports level play.
I’ve been having a great time so far the hit detection thing is a problem but I thankfully haven’t noticed it to much. Outside of occasionally getting shot after in behind cover. A few tweaks and updates and I’ll stick around a lot longer especially if they add new guns maps etc.
It may be the future. When its not 95% the sweatiest sweats in existence. As it is, its like a group of headless chickens running around insta head shot 50 meter jump shot slide cancel killing quickscoping mlg pros. And maybe 5% normal players. I would say, if you value your time. Avoid this game till it takes off, if it does take off. Because as it is now. Its worse than queing up with my former cod mlg friend who is top 1% on cod, by a very very large margin. I have never seen so many sweats in my life in one place ever before, and I hope to never again. I would sooner play any other shooter on the market, than put myself through 30 hours of this miserable sweatfest ever again.
I love the no sbmm takes me right back to the OG cod’s, I’m on a 100 win streak with a 2.5kd and am having more fun than i have had on any cod game in the last 5 years.
People complain about hit detection and de-sync but forget these games are probably 15-20hz tick rate for character movement updates, it's not hit detection; publishers just skimp on something most people won't notice sadly
The only thing I think it could use is party size based match making. If you're solo it should try to match you vs other solo players. Maybe it already accounts for that a bit but those are the only basically unplayable matches I've had.
Not if the hackers freely run gaming. Love Xdefiant, not worth the annoyance because virgins and nerds want pointless notoriety in video games and refuse to actually play normally because they need the crutch of wall hacks or aim bot or both. I know it’s bigger than Xdefiant, hackers everywhere, but that’ll be the death of gaming or the new standard so everyone runs around hiding and wall hacking with aims bots.
Now they need to fix their net code to eliminate the being shot behind walls or dying despite having the drop. Second would be to tweak the footsteps to be more audible across the factions. Not hearing any faction until they are 1m away.
I heard a developer talking that no sbmm would bring more variety to the game but that's not true. What happens is that the 10% best players will always have the best kill count. No variation at all.
No SBMM and input based MM is HUGE! It will be fun for a few weeks but once double XP weekend is over I imagine I'll get bored of it pretty quick. The player progression, incentive and reward structure are pretty weak. Not many things I would even consider spending money on or playing for a long time to earn.
Notice how worrying about what to consider spending money on its what you say first. Old cod only had its few camos to go for and just playing carried it
@@rebcommando587 Its actually what I said last. When a game is free to play and funded by the store, the desirability of items in the store should be a consideration for the longevity of the game.
I had insane connective and server issues this morning. West coast of US. I literally couldn't get into a game for like 10 mins and then the lag was insane. Ping never got above 40 just servers being horrible
Does it have any casual game modes that are elimination based? For the longest time I've been trying to find a game that scratches the itch of Soldier of Fortune 2
Definitely gives old school COD vibes. Can't play it as fast as cod (my experience). A couple of times i had to sit back and go "slow down and stop trying to play this like current call of duty" I agree some abilities seem to be wayyy better than other but i don't run into too many people spamming theirs. Most gunfights i feel as if the better man usually win but sometimes i try to run from an ambush and don't get to that corner at the time the game is saying i am. Might just be me tho
It definitely is a very safe game, however what I think people really wanted was a solid game. I don't need this game to absolutely blow my mind, I just want it to be an alternative to the big three games and that's what I got.
Yup! Bring it over! I’m all for a higher player base. I’m also all for people who never got to play these games or didn’t want to buy a Xbox for them would get the chance to play the best cos franchise of all time. No downsides from my perspective.
This game actually made me want to play ghost recon breakpoint again since i never finished it lol making me want to play other titles xdefiant is literally amazing 👏
I have a 4.0 W/L ratio. While in cod I’ve consistently had .8 or even .7 W/L. It’s like cod wants me to lose more. KD is about the same so far for me tho surprisingly. 1.0 same as cod. Excited to try to get better and actually see my KD go up unlike cod where these stats literally do not matter.
Nope, it's a decent enough game but it'll be a quick blast like Rogue Company. Okay to waste 30 minutes on a couple of times a week for me, doesn't have much replayability.
Even though i prefer the gun play in cod, that no sbmm feels so good. I got whooped one game and then went crazy the next as these arenas should be unless i pick ranked
The game's fun, but I find the netcode/hit detection issues to be incredibly off-putting. Snipers need some balancing too, give them flinch and reduce their damage when fired from behind a shield. Certain maps (especially escort mode) feel near impossible to win when the defenders are cheesing the with 1-shot snipers from behind deployable shields.
Wrong, I am playing this game because of the lack of sbmm. I don't even know if the game is a "good" game and I might be blinded by the lack of it. I am having more fun in this game than I do usually in halo or cod but idk if it's just that I'm obsessed with the lack of sbmm or not.
I’m not a huge cod fan to the point where I’m not open to be games but xd def needs some work the mechanics of the game feel a little strange but the matchmaking is chill huge plus
I like the game. Hit register is a big problem for me tho. I brought the battle pass just so I can show support to Mark Rubin Xdefiant. I see Big things coming to this IP in the future.
For me the only problems from COD this game fixed was no SBMM and REAL gun names. Other then that it still has nonsensical factions, Fortnite esc cosmetics, intrusive micro transactions, brings back the annoying bunny hopping crack heads from MW2019, brings back every map being a 3 lane, I could go on
not having sbmm is refreshing as fuck, matches finally are different from each other, sbmm makes every single match the same, quit the game because its nothing but snipers its horrible, snipers might actually kill the game if something is not done, also people need to understand that not every single game needs to be complicated to be fun, simple can be just as fun
This game is missing something.its boring, it don't feel like there is a true 1 shot headshot. If ubisoft really want to kill cod then they need to make a old school ghost recon, or remaster G.R.A.W
I'm determined to believe input based is lying. Bc every game I join, the lobby has mixed inputs for a second or 2 then all changes to match yours. It's like it lying to make you think it's the same. And you can tell on console bc there's ppl with movement and accuracy you see from m&k with 0 recoil on all guns from cross map
I’ve played for. 20 hours and I think it’s run out of uniqueness and lacking in charm. Movement and gun play is 9/10. Snipers need a nerf of some kind and one abilities needs nerfs
Matchmaking is nice but the game is bad, bullets coming thru walls, people shooting you around corners, constant jumping, hitboxes are messed up... they tried but what did you expect from Ubisoft.
Not having sbmm is so refreshing. Every enemy team has a couple sweats and a couple easy wins. Its much more relaxing and satisfying than hard sweating the entire time like cod
100% this it's incredible
You can straight up tell the difference which is crazy to me cause Cod hides how strong their eomm and sbmm is which is program to make you buy more store items and doesn’t give you a choice if you can win a game or not because the game chooses for you
What you are experiencing is true Diversity
@@Onyx1776you mean the game challenges you when you're lobbies are too easy? XD
I havent seen that. Im 30 hours in. And all I see are sweats. I would say like 95% of the people I have seen are super sweats. Jumping around like its mario bros and crap. Turning on me 50 meters out with an smg and landing every shot to my head while mid air and crap. Experiences vary. But mine was more miserable than queing up with my former cod mlg friend who is top 1% in cod.
For me, i would sooner go out and play actual paintball with people than ever play this miserable sweatfest again.
I hope this game survives for a long time. CoD needs some sort of competition since games like Halo and Battlefield are different enough from CoD.
XDefiant is BY FAR the most enjoyment I have had playing an MP FPS in many years. I can't put it down, it's bloody incredible and no SBMM+INPUT based matchmaking is a DREAM
It's not that they can't compete it's that they stab themselves in the foot meanwhile cod does the same thing over and over again. Last good CoD was Cold war mainly bc of the reinvention of zombies but multiplayer still the same things
Cod just has the market locked because of its popularity. It has been shit the past few years but it’s the shit everyone is used to rather than shit than people have to try and get used to. It’s hard to stomp out COD when a lotta fans of the game are like madden, fifa, 2k players. They’ll complain and complain but at the end of the day, they’ll comeback. Cause they rarely ever play anything else.
@@NutsorSomethingBerserk100% agree.
Xdefiant is more overwatch than cod. The main gamemodes are almost the same as Overwatch, so CoD doesn't really have a competition.
Honestly Xdefiant is a lot of fun with a lot of potential. Hoping this game is around for a long time 🤞
I liked how Activision didn't see a huge potential in a free-to-play arena shooter as they saw in a free-to-play Battle Royale.
Why making a game free when it will always be on the top purchased games every year?
@@Rideciexactly, these dudes know nothing about business.
@@Fayn757 cuz cods popularity has slowed down in recent years especially since theres more free to play games that are fun so itd make sense for them to create a free to play game else theyre about to lose out to these free to play games made by good companies
@@Fayn757 Well, just look at the popularity of Warzone on Twitch in comparison to MWIII
Fr cod players have 0 standards lmao @kidlama
If xDefiant is as popular as it can be then it could easily be used as a Case study by the leads of COD, battlefield, Halo as means to at the very least drop SBMM from social modes. Which is what i hope
This man speaks the truth. That's why I'm supporting this game by buying bundles and skins.
I completely agree with this style of FPS service.
Not going to happen because the vast majority of of the player base for those games are casuals. SBMM is design to protect those casuals so they can continue playing and spend money on micro transaction.
That’s exactly it. People complaining about SBMM the most are not the casuals, and those 1% players don’t realize they aren’t what makes the machine turn. SBMM is not going away, and what makes it even more hilarious is that the next CoD game will be on the annual top seller list like they always are. These guys are still going to buy it and play it. XDefiant isnt going to change the landscape. Nothing has been able to for 17 years, but this one game will? Don’t think so.
This is the video game equivalent of when people root for amd to put pressure on nvidia so they can buy a cheaper nvidia card.
The amount of spammed bunny hops just in this video is absurd.
Annoying
The only way to cancel the slide is by jumping, so is a design choice.
old men can’t keep up with the zoomers
git gud
@@NicoPezzotti712That’s not true
The hit detection is garbage. Constantly unloading a full clip for half damage and then being killed with 2 shots
I was wondering if I’m just bad, cause I swear to god I’m lazering bro but it seems like 1/3 of my shots register
@@KyleBrodie-l5d apparently it’s a known issue and being worked on
They are called magazines. Not clips. FYI.
@@jeremyjones9935FYI nobody cares
This game netcode is a total trash. Dying behind cover, dying with only one shot, hit reg problems and all at the same time!
Just tried it last night and im definitely enjoying it but there definitely need to be some balance changes and new modes. The snipers need to have more hit flinch when you are hit by enemy fire. Ive been insta sniped too many times while lighting some one up and its ridiculous. Hope to see modes like TDM, free for all and kill confirmed for those who are more into non OBJ type game modes. Lastly,they need to fix the spawning into games in progress. Already have had a few where I spawn into a match where my team is getting annihilated and there's nothing you can do.
I think hit flinch is the only sniper balance that is needed before theyre perfect
@@xCrownosexactly. They're meant to be powerful but require good aim and precision. If you get shot, your aim goes off. So I definitely agree there
@@Giratina575Or make all sniper rifles optics 3X instead of 5X
TDM & Kill Confirmed sounds fine but free for all is a bad idea. This is a team game not COD!!!
Ubisoft allready said that new modes will be coming
Man realizes XDefiant exists on Saturday and already drops a video on Monday. Talk about not missing a beat 😀
On the game itself, I gotta say as a fan of The Division I love how some of the maps capture the atmosphere of both games. I can actually tell from what mission the map was made.
Ubisoft has a good number of IPs from where to pull the classes and can do it for a good while. This is just an appetizer now.
Im in love with this game and i have not even played it yet
xdefiant was supposed to be a division game but they changed that idea in middle of the deveploment
I really like it. The fact that its so stripped down is actually a huge plus for me. It feels like a faster passed Black Ops with some movement abilities and a gameplay style that mostly eliminates camping. I agree it's missing a little something to make it a game that sticks but I'm hoping that we get that in the future.
As is, I'll be sticking with it as it's one of the few arena/classic shooters that may have any sort of staying power. I had hoped SplitGate would have stuck around (game was amazing) but the skill cap on that one was a bit too much for some people. Defiant is more simple and will appeal to a lot of people that are nostalgic about the earlier CoD games.
I dont believe for a second that there's no sbmm. I've played like 50 games and they've all been extremely close games
Right….
@@Hidden237 you ever seen the 12th episode of the 13th season of southpark?
@@rogerp.4489 I’ve seen every episode of South Park 😆
@@Hidden237 you remember what that specific episode is about?
they balance the players in the lobby so if the lobby has 2 very good players they will most likely to be put in different teams. That makes the game more fair for everyone (except if your full stacking with good players enemy team will be so dead).
Not having SBMM and EOMM is THE way to go.
I don’t want to play a game where the Game is playing against me protecting billy from having a bad experience.
Fr you actually have an incentive to improve in this game since you're no longer punished with ultra sweaty rigged matches.
The Ubisoft franchise skins is an amazing idea. It would be awesome to run around with an AR that has the Eagle Bearer skin from the Division or the SC-20k from Splinter Cell 🔥🔥🔥
It doesn't matter if it has SBMM or not. The fact that it doesn't allow you playing in the same lobby with the people you've been playing with, no wonder why no ones uses mics in game. It keeps refreshing the lobby after every match!
xDEFIANT was really fun playing with the bois. Did not want to get off. had to force myself to get off at 2:30am. The teams felt well balanced.
The disconnect between ttk and time to death is my biggest issue so far. It feels like everybody is a heath tank and I get melted. Way too much shoot first hit all my shots and die first. And with no kill cam I can’t watch back to see if it’s bullshit or not😂
Its a joke!
@@brianbird7866 like not having killstreaks is one thing. I’m in the camp I think an individual goal vs a participation trophy like specialist would be way better but I can accept it. But when I’m doing damage comparable to top players on both teams with less kills and more deaths bc the hit reg…na bruh😂
once you get used to controlling your recoil, you absolutely laser people.
Look at your ping and packet loss, would be a connection thing I’d assume. Go into the firing range, the TTK is 0.4 average across the board from 5-10ms
@@TheMonkeyNetwork my connection is fine, it honestly feels like old school lag comp where the player with worse connection is coming out on top. I’m getting hitmarkers only to have the person kill me and I see 100% health
It reminds me alot of black ops 4 specifically. Classic cod style gunplay with specialist abilities. Been enjoying it but yeah needs some balance tweaking. Great foundation so far though
For anybody wondering they are adding snd, ranked, capture the flag and a bunch of other game modes after the pre season along when the new season drops they are adding one new faction a month as well as a new gun and map every month once season one drops. They are also adding private matches as well
I sure hope so, I'm very tired of sbmm
You’re just bad 😂
....why? Lol
I'm really enjoying this game, tho I think it still needs a lot of work til it's a top tier game. Like, gun sounds and movement need improving. Need more modes, too. SND and a ground war type mode would add a lot more variety imo.
I like that there's no SBMM, but I've seen people party up and full sweat, which sort of ruins the experience.
I think parties should be forced to play against other party teams.
Can't wait to play the Official Ranked mode and see which rank I'm actually in. MW19 I was Iridescent for two seasons, third Crsimson, MM22 I was Iridescent for one season, and crimson for 1. MW3 I got to Platinum when I finally jumped off the wagon because I realized there was a hidden MMR in even ranked. The idea is that you skill level is determined before-hand, so you will be matched with equally skilled people within the same Rank (Which is confusing) one platinum player may be wayy waaayyy worse than you at the platinum stage, and you wont ever be matched against that worse player because the hidden MMR is protecting that from happening. Thus, the "Ranks" in "Ranked" looses it's integrity.
XDefiant is such a refreshing experience!
The confusing part is, people state there is SBMM once you hit 25 then there is no SBMM.
Which is stupid why would there be a system drop off…either there is or isn’t SBMM..
u CAN play sbmm lobbies untill u reach 25level so u can get used to the game without getting clapped in ur first few games. But u can also play the NO SBMM lobbies even when under level 25.
The ONLY reason I’m playing this game is bc it’s stance against SBMM.
Good or bad. This is the game I’ll defend just to make a point to other FPS games that use SBMM
I'm ecstatic for the S&D mode coming to the game!!! I think it's going to be called "Upload"
I know people are on the fence about BR, but I'd love that too if it got announced.
This game is f tier bro, infested with bunny hopping and some of the worst hit detection and lag comp I've ever seen in a game. It'll be another ubisoft abandoned special
What being missed is the conversation of untangled having to SBMM, just SBTB, is how not soul draining the actually SBMM is when you play trial ranked. It’s not just Ubisoft of all punish gave players what they asked for… but they still made a better SBMM system then their competitors.
Tf is SBTB????
bro you do NOT know how to speak english
I was planning to play Paper Mario this weekend, but XDefiant has its hooks in me DEEP, and I'm more of a single-player guy. Although you just reminded me that I bought Ironsight years back and still have not played it lol.
I think once the honeymoon period wears off the majority of players will be going back to games like CoD. It's way more polished and it's much more enjoyable for the casual player. This game actually made me re-install CoD after not playing it for like 6 months.
Same
Agreed . It will fade away in a few weeks . It’s just a hype train . I think people know this game isn’t good but they’ll pretend for as long as they can just to to feel like they are finally sticking it to cod and sbmm . There’s plenty of FPS that are 20x better than XD but because it’s free people are pretending it’s a good game .
People install Xdefiant expecting a new CoD, when instead they get a Overwatch.
it’s nowhere close to Overwatch, you clearly haven’t played Overwatch
@@suffer1055 i did, i played paladins too. And this game with the gamemodes and abilities is closer to them than to CoD.
I agree. I want support better matchmaking models but at the end of the day there wasn't any other feature that made the gameplay stand out.
Bunny hop simulator 💀
You don't get punished for it
It’s to cancel slides. It’s part of the meta and it’s not over powered. Really the only cons are hit detection, desyncs, the hero perks and snipers being a little over powered.
@@derekhowe672It’s not to cancel slides, slides can canceled by simply letting go of the slide key or button. You can change it to this in the settings.
No ability seems overpowered
I’m not a fan of snipers in any game but with how useless they are up close to an SMG and most ARs making them anything else would prevent anyone from using them. Stay out of line of sight and close the distance. They are far easier to deal with than one shot shotguns.
Loving this game it's only my third day online. It's free, smaller file size, simple, fun, and addictive.
A lot of people complain about no SBMM, but i really like that, most people i encounter are somehow way more of my actual skill level than with SBMM, my matches are actually fun while lets say in CoD, i get 3 matches with MLG players, one with noobs its not consistant, while xDefiant most of the matches are fun but rarely there are people better than me and its a nice change of pace
Looks like a game that will die as soon as the honeymoon is over. Netcode looks rough and snipers seem way overpowered… but eh, I’m old
I love this game, but it could have a extra game mode or two. Maybe a team death match style would be kinda cool. Definitely gonna continue to play
One thing I’d like to see change is the game modes. There are too many zone defense modes (3) compared to other styles. No tdm?
No tdm is weird asf playing around objectives is not that fun tbh
@@javiderivia4224echelon smg map circle running non team player detected
@@rebcommando587 hahahaha killing ppl is doing something for the team not camping killing 1 guy every 2 minutes gtfo boy
It's fun, and str8 foward. It's not overwhelming at all. I hope it stays like this and it gets better.
My hit detection is so bad in the practice range on the spread target... My shots don't even register unless I plug the cat in my ps5
The net code is messed up. If they can fix that, they may have a future. No SBMM should be the standard for every game with ranked skill based optional modes for those looking for esports level play.
It reminds me of BO2 but if it was a Mobile Game
Sounds like the type of game I can add into my routine and not have to stress over
I’ve been having a great time so far the hit detection thing is a problem but I thankfully haven’t noticed it to much. Outside of occasionally getting shot after in behind cover. A few tweaks and updates and I’ll stick around a lot longer especially if they add new guns maps etc.
It may be the future. When its not 95% the sweatiest sweats in existence. As it is, its like a group of headless chickens running around insta head shot 50 meter jump shot slide cancel killing quickscoping mlg pros. And maybe 5% normal players. I would say, if you value your time. Avoid this game till it takes off, if it does take off. Because as it is now. Its worse than queing up with my former cod mlg friend who is top 1% on cod, by a very very large margin.
I have never seen so many sweats in my life in one place ever before, and I hope to never again. I would sooner play any other shooter on the market, than put myself through 30 hours of this miserable sweatfest ever again.
I love the no sbmm takes me right back to the OG cod’s, I’m on a 100 win streak with a 2.5kd and am having more fun than i have had on any cod game in the last 5 years.
People complain about hit detection and de-sync but forget these games are probably 15-20hz tick rate for character movement updates, it's not hit detection; publishers just skimp on something most people won't notice sadly
They may not be taking risks, but this game is back to what FPS is all about. Its brilliant.
The only thing I think it could use is party size based match making. If you're solo it should try to match you vs other solo players. Maybe it already accounts for that a bit but those are the only basically unplayable matches I've had.
Not if the hackers freely run gaming. Love Xdefiant, not worth the annoyance because virgins and nerds want pointless notoriety in video games and refuse to actually play normally because they need the crutch of wall hacks or aim bot or both. I know it’s bigger than Xdefiant, hackers everywhere, but that’ll be the death of gaming or the new standard so everyone runs around hiding and wall hacking with aims bots.
I love it. Most fun I've had since COD 4.
Now they need to fix their net code to eliminate the being shot behind walls or dying despite having the drop. Second would be to tweak the footsteps to be more audible across the factions. Not hearing any faction until they are 1m away.
I heard a developer talking that no sbmm would bring more variety to the game but that's not true. What happens is that the 10% best players will always have the best kill count. No variation at all.
Feel like a really good balance between classic cod and battlefield. Moves so fast though! I am not used to shooters moving this fast.
It was very refreshing, but I'm glad it's f2p. PvP just isn't my jam these days. I got too old and slow. Will definitely revisit every now and then.
No SBMM and input based MM is HUGE! It will be fun for a few weeks but once double XP weekend is over I imagine I'll get bored of it pretty quick. The player progression, incentive and reward structure are pretty weak. Not many things I would even consider spending money on or playing for a long time to earn.
Camo grind is the only thing cod has progression wise that XD don’t. Maybe they’ll add it who knows. Maybe that’s the cost of free to play
@@Tasty.Jams44more game modes that’s all
Notice how worrying about what to consider spending money on its what you say first. Old cod only had its few camos to go for and just playing carried it
@@rebcommando587 Its actually what I said last. When a game is free to play and funded by the store, the desirability of items in the store should be a consideration for the longevity of the game.
I had insane connective and server issues this morning. West coast of US. I literally couldn't get into a game for like 10 mins and then the lag was insane. Ping never got above 40 just servers being horrible
Interesting seeing the Blitz Shield again so many years after Ghost Recom Phantoms, I think thats the only other time I played a F2P game by Ubisoft.
Imagine them adding R6 faction. 3 players. Like smoke, Capitão.. ying or ela.. would be good for defending or attacking objectives holds
Does it have any casual game modes that are elimination based? For the longest time I've been trying to find a game that scratches the itch of Soldier of Fortune 2
Definitely gives old school COD vibes. Can't play it as fast as cod (my experience). A couple of times i had to sit back and go "slow down and stop trying to play this like current call of duty"
I agree some abilities seem to be wayyy better than other but i don't run into too many people spamming theirs.
Most gunfights i feel as if the better man usually win but sometimes i try to run from an ambush and don't get to that corner at the time the game is saying i am. Might just be me tho
Does anyone else have the delta-01 error about servers being down on pc and know how I can’t sort it?
If its the future, i'm worried...its missing something that i cant quite place aside from balancing
More maps and modes. Maybe ground war
It definitely is a very safe game, however what I think people really wanted was a solid game. I don't need this game to absolutely blow my mind, I just want it to be an alternative to the big three games and that's what I got.
My favorite thing about this game is that its free and its basically old school cod just with a new skin
Not really. Pay to win, Ubisoft, bad netcode, god awful balance.
I’m already out. Not even going to mention the modders.
Have games with hit reg problems ever improved and not have those problems anymore?
I wouldnt be surprised if cod looks at xdefiant and makes vhanges to their system as a result.
XDefiant isn't the future of gaming. It's a fart in the wind.
Yup! Bring it over! I’m all for a higher player base. I’m also all for people who never got to play these games or didn’t want to buy a Xbox for them would get the chance to play the best cos franchise of all time. No downsides from my perspective.
This game actually made me want to play ghost recon breakpoint again since i never finished it lol making me want to play other titles xdefiant is literally amazing 👏
I saw Ghost Recon Phantoms as a playable faction and it made me miss this game.
I don't care about SBMM, XDefiant is so avg that it's painful to play.
Bad hit detection still being in-game since the beta means it's here to stay forever
I have a 4.0 W/L ratio. While in cod I’ve consistently had .8 or even .7 W/L. It’s like cod wants me to lose more. KD is about the same so far for me tho surprisingly. 1.0 same as cod. Excited to try to get better and actually see my KD go up unlike cod where these stats literally do not matter.
Nope, it's a decent enough game but it'll be a quick blast like Rogue Company. Okay to waste 30 minutes on a couple of times a week for me, doesn't have much replayability.
SBMM makes every game a different experience. You get matched against all levels of skill lower or higher.
Needs hardcore, damn ttk is a joke!😢
Even though i prefer the gun play in cod, that no sbmm feels so good. I got whooped one game and then went crazy the next as these arenas should be unless i pick ranked
The map design in this game is top tier.
I'm begging the people to at least keep this game alive after season 1 release to see how Ubisoft handles this
You should check out Insurgency Sandstorm. A cocktail of realistic hardcore shooter blended with arcady aspects. No SBMM
Can just play any hardcore cod playlist to get a similar effect
xDefiant is refreshing for me considering the new MW3 uses OG cod maps (no I didn’t purchase it for this reason)
The game's fun, but I find the netcode/hit detection issues to be incredibly off-putting. Snipers need some balancing too, give them flinch and reduce their damage when fired from behind a shield. Certain maps (especially escort mode) feel near impossible to win when the defenders are cheesing the with 1-shot snipers from behind deployable shields.
Change the thumbnail. Cause the game literally says it has skillbased matchmaking when you go to the playlist menus
But there is sbmm, sweats are literally everywhere in this game. Btw the ttk is trash
Deleted it yesterday, it’s just not good . I’m sorry . Respect to the developers for trying .
This game has a lot right with it. They can fix the rest im hoping.
They should really let us port our division characters over 🤷🏾♂️ just remember where you heard it first💯💯
Wrong, I am playing this game because of the lack of sbmm. I don't even know if the game is a "good" game and I might be blinded by the lack of it. I am having more fun in this game than I do usually in halo or cod but idk if it's just that I'm obsessed with the lack of sbmm or not.
a comment that will be missed, but use the double barrel shotty, i already unlocked gold camo lvl 100....viable with all classes except healer for me
The reload is just too awful. Such a fun gun tho
I’m not a huge cod fan to the point where I’m not open to be games but xd def needs some work the mechanics of the game feel a little strange but the matchmaking is chill huge plus
I'm having tons of fun with this game
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I actually give a thumbs up for an energy opp that is good - because they deserve it rather than everyone is OP
I like the game. Hit register is a big problem for me tho. I brought the battle pass just so I can show support to Mark Rubin Xdefiant.
I see Big things coming to this IP in the future.
For me the only problems from COD this game fixed was no SBMM and REAL gun names.
Other then that it still has nonsensical factions, Fortnite esc cosmetics, intrusive micro transactions, brings back the annoying bunny hopping crack heads from MW2019, brings back every map being a 3 lane, I could go on
not having sbmm is refreshing as fuck, matches finally are different from each other, sbmm makes every single match the same, quit the game because its nothing but snipers its horrible, snipers might actually kill the game if something is not done, also people need to understand that not every single game needs to be complicated to be fun, simple can be just as fun
This game is missing something.its boring, it don't feel like there is a true 1 shot headshot. If ubisoft really want to kill cod then they need to make a old school ghost recon, or remaster G.R.A.W
I'm determined to believe input based is lying. Bc every game I join, the lobby has mixed inputs for a second or 2 then all changes to match yours. It's like it lying to make you think it's the same. And you can tell on console bc there's ppl with movement and accuracy you see from m&k with 0 recoil on all guns from cross map
I’ve played for. 20 hours and I think it’s run out of uniqueness and lacking in charm. Movement and gun play is 9/10.
Snipers need a nerf of some kind and one abilities needs nerfs
I’ve been having a blast apart from the hit registration and honestly I’m kinda missing perks and streaks already
Feels clunky and slow compared to CoD and it feels like it takes 20 bullets to kill and 2 bullets to die. Needs work.
Matchmaking is nice but the game is bad, bullets coming thru walls, people shooting you around corners, constant jumping, hitboxes are messed up... they tried but what did you expect from Ubisoft.
No SBMM, but just as sweaty, if not even more than COD lol 😆