Besides the kill trading it’s fun. It’s mindless fun kinda what cod used to be. I was able to listen to music while playing something I used to do with cod but can’t anymore because apparently there’s 50,000 dollars on the line every game
@@FadeMaster24 it’s not even about that. I can hang perfectly fine it’s about wanting to chill and relax? I’m crimson in wz ranked and multiplayer but sometimes it’s fun to just chill. But sbmm makes that impossible. Seems like you need to expand your taste in games. You don’t have to try all the time😁
I was having a whole convo with my homie in a Xbox party about some past lessons,I dropped 65-24 ,got on cod was talking to a homie went 14-45 im done with cod
I mean there is conter to everything... Like you can hack shields, turrets, equipments and robot spider. Use medic to conter fire bullets as you regen as fast as fire ticks. Use trophy system to counter noob tube, granades, close thrown equipments like shield. Use spikes to slow enemy down / guard area destroy spider. Use emp to destroy riotshield. Enemy using ult? Use spider to jump on their face. Everything is contered by something
@@drunkhusband6257lol no. It lost a lot of players but you can still find games. I would have 1-3 modes selected and the most i waited was like 2 minutes and that was b/c i was queuing at 3 am
@@drunkhusband6257same here. I’m in Africa region on PC (MnK). 5-6 minutes wait only to be put on a Europe server at 200ping. My mate is on PS5 and gets into games much quicker than me (and gets Africa region servers). Both custom playlist with everything, cross play on, input based MM off.
I LOVE the new map! It’s gonna be a couple days until I unlock the new faction but it looks good. Bomb is fun, but I wish it was more seamless between rounds
I've been enjoying the new season. Nothing to particularly complain about. I feel like there's actually a skill gap with the turret; I've been able to find great spots for the turret to mow down opponents. As for matchmaking, I haven't been having issues myself. Matching takes 10 seconds tops on my side
@@drunkhusband6257might be your settings. I find matches almost instantly every time. Most I’ll wait is about 30 seconds max. Turn on crossplay. Turn off input based matchmaking. And search for multiple modes or bomb only. Bomb is pretty popular right now.
Something is definitely up with the matchmaking. If I search for one solo mode, it will instantly find half a lobby. Find a few more players, will drop a few players, and do that back and forth forever and never actually start the match
Same. I was trying to play Hotshot this morning and for 5 minutes straight this happened. It got as close as 1 player away from matchmaking and then 3 people would leave
This. Haven't had a match yet because of this, but it does this when I have all modes selected in my custom playlist too. It's impossible to play, glad to know I'm not the only one - or that the game hasn't just completely died already.
I feel like the ghost hits are still a thing. i feel like some of my bullets are just missing, but they are going through the enemy not registering but on my end i feel like im dead in 1 bullet
It's still there I'm on wired connection and occasionally I will get a hit and nothing will happen. It's not the worst thing as I'm still going positive regardless but it does gets kinda annoying
@DsTslylee "un like the 2 comments above you from the not so smart people", most of the time I'm going positive, but some lobbies feel strange with the hit registration it's definitely better then season 1 but it's still there
@@velibrian100% it’s still like that for me to this day. When xdefiant’s net code works, it WORKS. Like a literal charm. And when it doesn’t, it can’t get any more jarring. The hit registration fluctuates so much between lobbies. It’s the main reason why my friends actually stopped playing before season 1 even ended. I’m forced to play this game solo now, but I do have faith because like I said, when it works, it works. And if that feeling can be more consistent, then I’m willing to give it a chance.
Grenade throw animation is great Buff to active camo was great (and needed). Turret is nice in escort. Netcode changes are both great and terrible. When it works it works great, but more often than not it’s super buggy
Wow, I have not played at all in season 1 huh... Glad to hear connections got better tho, I may actually come back to it once the kill trade issue is solved to see for myself. Also yes, the disc laucher was in BO3 ! I was lucky enough to unlock it at the time, I remember it being stupidly fun !
So here’s my opinion on the matter and take it for what you will. I know I’m a random person but hear me out. I’ll preface and say I only really get traded if one of two things happen. Bad choices in gunfights I take, or me or opponent choke shots after getting first hit in a single gunfight Old netcode had a huge problem with hitmarkers registering but not doing damage. Also if you squeezed off a shot or two right before dying, and you got killed before the bullets landed they disappeared. The new netcode has fixed these issues. So naturally if you and I are playing Xdefiant and we’re in a closely contested battle and say one of us kills the other, but the first dead got a couple of shots off prior to dying what should happen? You should get credit for the bullets that were fired while you were alive. When more bullets register naturally more deaths and trades will happen. Honestly I think players got spoiled in a poor hit reg and now that is closer “normal” they don’t know how to handle
Matchmaking has been extremely slow in Asia, and there's absolutely zero lobby for Bomb or CTF modes. The only playable modes are TDM, Domination and Occupy, but even those take several minutes to find a match.
I've yet to find a full lobby in any (casual) mode or with all modes selected in my playlist. Not sure what to make of that, but it's obvious when I'm able to play, nobody else is playing. That, or the matchmaking really does just suck. (I'm going with the latter)
@@wxl2562yeah it seems to differ from person to person. No matter what mode I search for. I tend to find a match almost instantly every time. I usually only have to wait 30 seconds max to get into a lobby. So I definitely think there’s a bug for some folks messing with the matchmaking. I have crossplay on, inputbased matchmaking off for reference.
New map is dope. Getting 50 noob tube kills, took an age. I swear if you fire both nades into a bunch of enemies, you will be lucky to get a kill. The turret is way more useful and picks up kills quite regularly if used well.
I was surprised to hear most of the issues you experienced. Very little kill trading on my end, footstep audio sounds loud AF to me I'm still hearing people in an adjacent lane of the map, and I'm getting into games pretty quickly unless I choose an odd game mode. I do mostly only play occupy, bomb, and escort though so idk about other playlists.
On an unrelated note, Season 4 of The Finals just dropped and I'm surprisingly having a lot of fun with that game again. Super underrated game and now that it's relevant again (for the time being) - they've added enough content in the previous seasons to make the game feel "fuller" if you haven't played in awhile. Not trying to take attention away from XDefiant, but I haven't even been able to find a match, so I have no input on a game I literally can't play.
I've started playing this again for a month now and I'm really enjoying it. Devs just need to tighten up on a few things and add more content. Since I'm not an treyarch fan I will be playing this a lot more and hopefully more people will come back and play
very good case for not having lobbies disband anymore. i also have the same issue, but with black ops cold war. the servers are not super populated in japan for cold war, so it can be a struggle to find even a tdm lobby, and when you do, the lobby disbands after the game and you just gotta hope you can find another lobby. such a pain to have lobbies disband in any game.
Agree with mostly everything you said. First day was rough but it has gotten much better. Also hope they make the new camo easier to get because it's a chore
The challenges system is horrendous. I've logged on hoping I'd get a challenge to unlock last season's AR and the challenge is "get 150K XP". Also, you cannot do more challenges at once. So it's 150K XP for 3 guns from last season, 750K XP for last season's faction, then 750K XP for the new faction, and then howevermuch XP you have left to unlock the new guns. That's not a challenge. I've not played the game in almost 3 months and there is literally no new piece of playable content I can play with until I grind like mad for XP. If there's never anything new I can play with, I'm not going to put the time in to grind for 150K XP, no thanks.
Same experience here. Logged onto the game to try the new stuff and can’t use any of it without a huge grind. No thanks. Checked how much it was to buy it and was like $40 which is the cost of a full game. Strong pass.
While I'm with you in theory, you get 150k XP in like 9 games tops. I'm not talking about getting some crazy 100 kill 10k point game every match, just 3-6k points per game is enough. Source: I've played 6 matches since the season started and have 101k XP towards unlocking highwaymen.
@@sambegley9966Is that the full battlepass version? I bought the entry BP for absolutely free thanks to the x coins from simply logging in every other day for the stretch of September they ran that during
Just tried it today, it's great, enemies are clear, recoil is decent, aim walking is fast even with LMG. Having a lot of fun pinning down those rushers with M249.
100%, the kill trading is out of hand. Before, it'd happen to me maybe a couple times in an hr long play session, now it's happening like 4-5 time per match. Good to hear devs are tracking and will adjust. Also 100% agree on footsteps. Obviously shouldn't be loud enough to enable campers, but if you're around a corner from me or on the other side of the wall full sprinting, I should hear you.
So here’s my thing. There was an issue where bullets that were fired prior to death, and didn’t land prior to a player’s death just vanished. Now that’s been fixed and players are getting credit for the bullets prior to dying. That’s how it should be, you should get credit for all bullets fired during a life. So what will naturally happen if more bullets register… more deaths. If it’s the bullets squeezed off right prior to death = more kill trades
I probably won't come back until the prestige and camo system overhaul are added! I really hope XD can survive in the meantime! Would be a bummer to see it go away.
By the time they implement those features BO6 would’ve been released and even so it wouldn’t keep the players retention therefore Ubisoft pulling the plug
@@NytaxiaIf you think Ubisoft is pulling the plug , you have fallen for the propaganda that I’m almost positive Activision had put out😂 mark Rubin already came out and said Ubisoft is in full support for xdefiant and that the player numbers are where they are suppose to be. xdefiant has a strong player base.
Feels like the ability to customize your personal playlist with specific modes makes disbanding lobbies almost a guarantee, not sure how else it could work
I find it very strange that some people have trouble finding matches. It never takes me more than a minute to find a game. It’s faster than COD for me personally
Having fun but the kill trading has definitely been ridiculous. Haven't had matchmaking issues... been running a custom playlist with Occupy, Domination, and Hot Shot selected. Have generally been getting Occupy games but the matchmaking has never been taking longer than 5 seconds for me. Played with a friend on different input which turned off the input matchmaking, and that certainly was taking quite a while unsurprisingly.
Hearing you talk about footsteps makes me kinda want a video that compares footstep audio in Call of Duty over the years to see if footsteps have gotten much louder over time and it is really overturned one way or the other? I think that would make an interesting video that I don't think you've done before
Tried Xdefiant for the first time this week and I spend more time in the menus than in games. I'm in Australia on PC with MnK (crossplay on/input matchmaking off) and it takes 3+ minutes to find games, then it needs to "create the match", then it takes like another minute of loading to get into the game which about 1/2 the time is on Asia servers with 120+ping so can be rough when you find the 2 people on the other team who you basically can't kill as they have a ping advantage over you. 90% of my games have also been all PC MnK players so seems like most people keep input based matchmaking or crossplay off which doesn't help. Also I can't believe a game that released in 2024 on PC doesn't have DLSS or FSR to be able to increase framerates. Game is decently fun but at least in my region it will probably be dead pretty soon if in the first week of a new season it still take ages to find games.
S02 is good apart from the kill trades. New map is fantastic, so much fun. The new faction is cool as well, the chainsaw gun with the noise is good fun as well.
No you don’t need more players. You need to spend more money. THAT is the only thing that matters. If this game gets 2 million players a day but none of them buy bundles and season passes the game dies. It’s a free game
Could you possibly test what the rate of fire and reload changes are for highwaymen on each level, and will you be testing the other guns when you unlock them?
Really enjoying this season! New faction is great and the new map is super fun and nice to look at. Haven't been able to use the new weapons much (only 24 on battle pass) but they are welcome additions to the game. So sick and tired of seeing CoD trolls and fanboys yelling "DeAd gAmE11!1!11!!!1!" into the void on all social media. This game thriving only means good things for CoD in the long run. Root for competition, not against.
Love the game ace, I as well have no desire to play one life game modes,but I play Xd on the regular, the camo grind sucks,i’m 9 weapons to 400 and now I got to finish sheet* I don’t want to play with (Trash Shotguns) but for me it has been a fun experience and has replaced cod for me completely, and that was what I was looking for, and its a free game, Keep up the content man
@@toptiertech7291 a few, the content for me has been a little lacking on what i like, but i’ve spent money on the game, and i purchase the large battle pass as to support in some way. why do you ask?
i finally decided to give this game some love with s02 and it's definitely got a good foundation. i can't really criticize it too much at this moment...it's got stuff i like and stuff i don't but it does have decent maps, flow, good visibility and qol things but gunfights need improving and specialists is also not a thing i'm too into but it is what it is. it won't be getting me to drop mwiii/bo6 anytime soon (they are not even on the same level and i'll pick cod over anything) but something on the side, definitely. lets see how s02-03 goes as things are not looking too good for ubisoft rn.
I feel like this is the real "first season" we have for the game. It just seems a lot better and smoother than before. Thought I was going crazy with the kill trading issue. Must be 5 times a game
The patches are 🔥 the hit reg feels great and I don't die around corners no where near as often as once before. The quality of life improvements are my favorite thing about the season so far
My Cleaners progression is still bugged since Season 0. Other challenges were fixed in Season 1 for me, but not Cleaners. I don't play games for progression, but considering how anemic the game's progression is, it feels like it's just a battle pass simulator with the same daily pool. Grind for engagement metrics so I can unlock skins for characters I can't unlock due to bugs.
Personally, I am having a blast. Of course it has flaws but I have enjoyed it more than any CoD since BO4. Prior to this I was playing Shatterline. I really think people should give this a go. It is not as sweaty as CoD. The gunplay is well balanced. Nothing is OP. Of course the Hero elements can be annoying but overall it is in a decent spot.
Season 2, so far, has been decent (haven't unlocked the Highwaymen yet, PP-19 is good, Waterfront is nice, not a fan of SND so Bomb is a nonfactor), but the problem I have, beyond kill trading every 3rd kill, is that there isn't enough here for what XDefiant needs. Yves Guillemot confirmed that XDefiant is not doing well, and there have even been rumors that if they don't turn things around by Season 3, Ubisoft could cut support. And given how many issues Ubisoft has been having this year (their stock hovering around $10 a share doesn't help), I could see that happening. I would prefer that not happen, but with BO6 on the horizon, it's not outside of the realm of possibility. Especially since XDefiant is never first in my play order, as COD always is the better experience for me.
Playing on PC matching takes me long times, PS5 matching takes significantly less time for me. Crossplay:On InputBasedMatching:OFF on both platforms, trades are more frequent.
I truly do not understand how this game is struggling so much The devs actually listen to the players are making the changes players want They are also releasing a pretty steady flow of content which could go a little more often but it’s consistent at the very least
Yeah same here, I’m only on controller and only if I’m playing at a time that someone most likely won’t be on does it take longer. Like 9 am on a Tuesday. I work overnight so it can happen, but point is virtually always I can find a match very shortly
@@toptiertech7291 with controller I normally have it off because most people play on controller but if I was a m&k player I'd turn it off to find more matches
I was so excited for XDefiant, a cod competitor finally. Especially during mw2, they missed out not launching in that window. Since imo, that was the worst cod MP ever. Now mw3 is actually a good, fun cod MP. Then we got treyarxh next, so good luck. One of my biggest issues that pushed me away from XD, it's not solo player friendly. Especially you have above average stats ( 2+kd 4k SR). It's just not good for solo players. I Absolutely hate that it won't even tell you when you're against parties. Then you have to carry bad teammates. At least in cod, a good player can earn streaks that really can allow a single player to make a significant impact. XD is all about team play, so for me that's why I fell off. I hope it succeeds though, maybe if they brought persistent lobbies I'd come back.
I hate to be that guy but I leave matches when I can tell it’s a party, I don’t care to be farmed by some kids either holding hands all around the map or making callouts… I play for FUN at the end of the day lol
Honestly the one introduction I think that could fix all of this would be the introduction of clan tags. I use to play all the Cods (World at War until Vanguard). In my experience just by the clan tag alone you could tell instantly. Either it was the same one or the clan tags would all have a common theme so you could tell who was playing together
I love this game solo. Most parties suck even when it’s like 3 2kd players on a team. I have a 9.2kd and 6200sr with a 1200spm. So I definitely don’t mind carrying most games as it allows me to go 90-10 in occupy most games.
I've been getting back into XDefiant recently and just left the Newcomer Playlist. Half of my games are level 80+ with paid skins dominating everyone else. Feels like there's not enough players for healthy matchmaking.
You got to hang in there and you will get better over time. It is so satisfying seeing yourself progress compared to a system with strict sbmm where you can't see progress.
@@ArcticKrampus for sure I’m not saying quit or drop the game. I’m just saying this is the real game now. No limits to lv25 and shit. This is the real game. Use some of the default guns if you don’t have a good setup yet. If you got a good one. Hang in and you will be around your normal level of play soon
@@SwagMessiah1the point is to get better over time lmao If you complain about getting killed by one or two people on the other team and that makes you quit, you just have noooo competitive urge whatsoever and should be playing PVE games
*XDefiant (XDef) is Free, no SBMM/EOMM* but I dont like the current state of the game because of Hit Reg and Detection. *XDefiant movement and mechanics is different from COD* which is difficult for me to figured out the movement, attachments & settings and matching them to the mechanics of the game. *I load into XDef and my settings have to change every time* because what I used previously doesnt work anymore ITS THE WORST and annoying. *Im not the best player still learning but the game has great potential and its FREE* hope they improve
I’d definitely like to get my hands on that pp19, but if I have to sink several hours into the battle pass first then idk if I’m gonna pick the game back up. The game just doesn’t feel as good as cod does to play. It’s not bad by any means, but I feel like it’s the one you play if you don’t have cod already.
Something about the saw being strong makes me believe it’s gonna be buffed for a majority of the season to try to get people to play and then nerfed next season. Why is it that other Ultras have cooldowns for base factions (Aegis and Purifier) but this doesn’t?
Re: FOOTSTEPS- 💥ENEMY footsteps need to be LOUDER 💥TEAMMATE footsteps should be MUCH QUIETER THAN enemies 💥MY OWN footsteps should be INAUDIBLE. I DONT WANT TO HEAR MY OWN FOOTSTEPS. It sometimes sounds like someone's running up on me... But no. It's just MY OWN footsteps 🙄😒
I don't understand why you'd want to tighten the hit detection/connection window back up. If what they did is make it so all your shots count if you see yourself hitting them on your screen... who cares if it results in a trade? You traded. Better than them artificially giving the win to the player with the better connection and making the other one die despite hitting their shots.
My main problem with xdefiant was the minutes waiting for another game... I have 1 or 2 hours to play and that factor alone is enough to dont comeback. And it's a shame cuz I love everything on it
If you queue 2-3 game modes at a time, you will find a game very quickly. It shouldn’t take more than a minute unless you live in another continent like asia or africa
Thx my man 🙌 Overall good season (a bid to the lacklustre side). Main problem for me is frame drops and ocasional screen tearing on PS5 (but they have said they are aware). ps: my waiting time for a new lobby is typically in the 60~90 seconds range. Tip: dont wait for new lobby, but leave and then new search.
Personally im having fun with it
Make more xdefiant content!!!!! Please!!!!
And don’t stop when bo6 comes out
pretty please!
BO6 stomps it, it's over
Lol game is dying
Based on the views on this video he probably shouldn’t 😂
Besides the kill trading it’s fun. It’s mindless fun kinda what cod used to be. I was able to listen to music while playing something I used to do with cod but can’t anymore because apparently there’s 50,000 dollars on the line every game
Better kill trading than dying without the shots going off I think
Sounds like you just suck? I can play with music completely fine, often times better
You guys can't hang in cod anymore..has beens 😊
@@FadeMaster24 it’s not even about that. I can hang perfectly fine it’s about wanting to chill and relax? I’m crimson in wz ranked and multiplayer but sometimes it’s fun to just chill. But sbmm makes that impossible. Seems like you need to expand your taste in games. You don’t have to try all the time😁
I was having a whole convo with my homie in a Xbox party about some past lessons,I dropped 65-24 ,got on cod was talking to a homie went 14-45 im done with cod
XDefiant map designers are goated.
Imo most underrated part of the game. Only 1 map imo that is truly shit in emporium - rest range from tolerable to goated
Very fun season. Understand bomb isn’t for everyone but in my experience it feels and plays great , better than I expected
Bomb 💣 works surprisingly well in this game. You are restricted to only ONE ability per person in your team. I wish you had given it a chance.
And that one ability can still kill you with little to no counter play
@@TheLastArchiveJust dodge it lol noob
@@TheLastArchive Skill issue, you just stay out of range, how hard is that for you?
I mean there is conter to everything... Like you can hack shields, turrets, equipments and robot spider. Use medic to conter fire bullets as you regen as fast as fire ticks. Use trophy system to counter noob tube, granades, close thrown equipments like shield. Use spikes to slow enemy down / guard area destroy spider. Use emp to destroy riotshield. Enemy using ult? Use spider to jump on their face. Everything is contered by something
@@LD-sx9pr”stay out of Range” you must not play the objective 😂😂
I love this game its fast and fun personally in uk under 15 sec i am in the game
Ong i find games (live in Canada) in like 10 seconds, jev finds games instantly, it depends of the servers + matchmaking
I’ll be supporting Ace for sure if I buy something
Hell yeah he's legend too legit to quit 😂
@@caseycameron5370 indeed he is he been here for a long time 😎
4-5 minutes to find a match? thats not my experience at all... But i select everything on my custom playlist
I wait at least 5 mins or more just to find a match literally every time even during peak hours....the game is dead face it man
@@drunkhusband6257lol no. It lost a lot of players but you can still find games. I would have 1-3 modes selected and the most i waited was like 2 minutes and that was b/c i was queuing at 3 am
Custom is the way to go for sure
@@drunkhusband6257same here. I’m in Africa region on PC (MnK). 5-6 minutes wait only to be put on a Europe server at 200ping. My mate is on PS5 and gets into games much quicker than me (and gets Africa region servers). Both custom playlist with everything, cross play on, input based MM off.
Yeah I was immediately placed in matches all the time as well, I was kinda surprised to hear Ace say that.
I LOVE the new map! It’s gonna be a couple days until I unlock the new faction but it looks good. Bomb is fun, but I wish it was more seamless between rounds
I've been enjoying the new season. Nothing to particularly complain about. I feel like there's actually a skill gap with the turret; I've been able to find great spots for the turret to mow down opponents. As for matchmaking, I haven't been having issues myself. Matching takes 10 seconds tops on my side
lol skill gap and turret are 2 words that do not belong together
@@grizzly6153 perhaps a bad explanation 😂
10 seconds? lol I'm waiting upward of 5 mins or more even on peak hours
@@drunkhusband6257might be your settings. I find matches almost instantly every time. Most I’ll wait is about 30 seconds max. Turn on crossplay. Turn off input based matchmaking. And search for multiple modes or bomb only. Bomb is pretty popular right now.
@@pubplays368why would I do that? To play against a bunch of M&K players ? In an ability hero shooter? Nah
Minus kill trades, it’s been really fun!
That dude cutting the corners and getting away pissed me off.😂😂
The devs actually cooked this season. I think it’s great.
Yeah this game is cooked 😂
Something is definitely up with the matchmaking. If I search for one solo mode, it will instantly find half a lobby. Find a few more players, will drop a few players, and do that back and forth forever and never actually start the match
Same. I was trying to play Hotshot this morning and for 5 minutes straight this happened. It got as close as 1 player away from matchmaking and then 3 people would leave
This. Haven't had a match yet because of this, but it does this when I have all modes selected in my custom playlist too. It's impossible to play, glad to know I'm not the only one - or that the game hasn't just completely died already.
I have just been queing for dom, tdm and occupy mostly in a custom playlist and have been getting matches pretty damn quickly with that.
Reminds me of one of the weapons from BO3. Fun to use!
I love this game so much, i hope its stays for years to come... Such a breath of fresh air even with all its issues
I feel like the ghost hits are still a thing. i feel like some of my bullets are just missing, but they are going through the enemy not registering but on my end i feel like im dead in 1 bullet
Or OR you’re just missing..
Yea dude sounds like your bad at the game
It's still there
I'm on wired connection and occasionally I will get a hit and nothing will happen.
It's not the worst thing as I'm still going positive regardless but it does gets kinda annoying
@DsTslylee "un like the 2 comments above you from the not so smart people", most of the time I'm going positive, but some lobbies feel strange with the hit registration it's definitely better then season 1 but it's still there
@@velibrian100% it’s still like that for me to this day. When xdefiant’s net code works, it WORKS. Like a literal charm. And when it doesn’t, it can’t get any more jarring. The hit registration fluctuates so much between lobbies. It’s the main reason why my friends actually stopped playing before season 1 even ended. I’m forced to play this game solo now, but I do have faith because like I said, when it works, it works. And if that feeling can be more consistent, then I’m willing to give it a chance.
This definitely makes me wanna check out XD again.
Bomb has made it worth it, no it’s not perfect but it’s fun and was well needed in game
Grenade throw animation is great
Buff to active camo was great (and needed).
Turret is nice in escort.
Netcode changes are both great and terrible. When it works it works great, but more often than not it’s super buggy
Love this game, Thanks for showing it some love
Wow, I have not played at all in season 1 huh... Glad to hear connections got better tho, I may actually come back to it once the kill trade issue is solved to see for myself.
Also yes, the disc laucher was in BO3 ! I was lucky enough to unlock it at the time, I remember it being stupidly fun !
So here’s my opinion on the matter and take it for what you will. I know I’m a random person but hear me out. I’ll preface and say I only really get traded if one of two things happen. Bad choices in gunfights I take, or me or opponent choke shots after getting first hit in a single gunfight
Old netcode had a huge problem with hitmarkers registering but not doing damage. Also if you squeezed off a shot or two right before dying, and you got killed before the bullets landed they disappeared.
The new netcode has fixed these issues. So naturally if you and I are playing Xdefiant and we’re in a closely contested battle and say one of us kills the other, but the first dead got a couple of shots off prior to dying what should happen? You should get credit for the bullets that were fired while you were alive. When more bullets register naturally more deaths and trades will happen. Honestly I think players got spoiled in a poor hit reg and now that is closer “normal” they don’t know how to handle
@@joshc.6706 a whole lotta text to try and cope and explain why the shitty connection is Actually good, how sad
@@joshc.6706no. Trading is still bad NetCode 😂😂 it’s just overcompensating now
Matchmaking has been extremely slow in Asia, and there's absolutely zero lobby for Bomb or CTF modes. The only playable modes are TDM, Domination and Occupy, but even those take several minutes to find a match.
It’s because search and destroy sucks . It’s a boring game mode.
you should try a custom playlist with more gamemodes. It significantly decreases wait times
I've yet to find a full lobby in any (casual) mode or with all modes selected in my playlist. Not sure what to make of that, but it's obvious when I'm able to play, nobody else is playing. That, or the matchmaking really does just suck. (I'm going with the latter)
@@wxl2562yeah it seems to differ from person to person. No matter what mode I search for. I tend to find a match almost instantly every time. I usually only have to wait 30 seconds max to get into a lobby. So I definitely think there’s a bug for some folks messing with the matchmaking. I have crossplay on, inputbased matchmaking off for reference.
@@christiantretter4605 I have everything but the two linear modes ticked on, and it still takes me several minutes to find a lobby.
New map is dope. Getting 50 noob tube kills, took an age. I swear if you fire both nades into a bunch of enemies, you will be lucky to get a kill. The turret is way more useful and picks up kills quite regularly if used well.
I was surprised to hear most of the issues you experienced. Very little kill trading on my end, footstep audio sounds loud AF to me I'm still hearing people in an adjacent lane of the map, and I'm getting into games pretty quickly unless I choose an odd game mode. I do mostly only play occupy, bomb, and escort though so idk about other playlists.
On an unrelated note, Season 4 of The Finals just dropped and I'm surprisingly having a lot of fun with that game again. Super underrated game and now that it's relevant again (for the time being) - they've added enough content in the previous seasons to make the game feel "fuller" if you haven't played in awhile. Not trying to take attention away from XDefiant, but I haven't even been able to find a match, so I have no input on a game I literally can't play.
I've started playing this again for a month now and I'm really enjoying it. Devs just need to tighten up on a few things and add more content. Since I'm not an treyarch fan I will be playing this a lot more and hopefully more people will come back and play
very good case for not having lobbies disband anymore. i also have the same issue, but with black ops cold war. the servers are not super populated in japan for cold war, so it can be a struggle to find even a tdm lobby, and when you do, the lobby disbands after the game and you just gotta hope you can find another lobby. such a pain to have lobbies disband in any game.
I love the new map and OMG THE NEW FACTION PASSIVE ABILITY IS SO HYPE LOL
Agree with mostly everything you said. First day was rough but it has gotten much better. Also hope they make the new camo easier to get because it's a chore
Saw launcher takes me back to Unreal Tournament
ANOTHER article released saying XDefiant hasn't met Ubisoft's expectations
The emp is a great way to deal with most abilities
The challenges system is horrendous. I've logged on hoping I'd get a challenge to unlock last season's AR and the challenge is "get 150K XP". Also, you cannot do more challenges at once. So it's 150K XP for 3 guns from last season, 750K XP for last season's faction, then 750K XP for the new faction, and then howevermuch XP you have left to unlock the new guns. That's not a challenge. I've not played the game in almost 3 months and there is literally no new piece of playable content I can play with until I grind like mad for XP. If there's never anything new I can play with, I'm not going to put the time in to grind for 150K XP, no thanks.
Same experience here. Logged onto the game to try the new stuff and can’t use any of it without a huge grind. No thanks. Checked how much it was to buy it and was like $40 which is the cost of a full game. Strong pass.
While I'm with you in theory, you get 150k XP in like 9 games tops. I'm not talking about getting some crazy 100 kill 10k point game every match, just 3-6k points per game is enough.
Source: I've played 6 matches since the season started and have 101k XP towards unlocking highwaymen.
@@sambegley9966Is that the full battlepass version? I bought the entry BP for absolutely free thanks to the x coins from simply logging in every other day for the stretch of September they ran that during
or in other words i want free stuff now , i dont want to earn it , just give it to me now.
@@thedub007your math is quite bad.
Theres also a glitch where sometimes your character would get stuck in place after shooting the Saw Launcher.
I am getting Infinite Warfare Stryker Micro Turret PTSD the moment you mentioned the turret
Just tried it today, it's great, enemies are clear, recoil is decent, aim walking is fast even with LMG. Having a lot of fun pinning down those rushers with M249.
100%, the kill trading is out of hand. Before, it'd happen to me maybe a couple times in an hr long play session, now it's happening like 4-5 time per match. Good to hear devs are tracking and will adjust. Also 100% agree on footsteps. Obviously shouldn't be loud enough to enable campers, but if you're around a corner from me or on the other side of the wall full sprinting, I should hear you.
So here’s my thing. There was an issue where bullets that were fired prior to death, and didn’t land prior to a player’s death just vanished. Now that’s been fixed and players are getting credit for the bullets prior to dying. That’s how it should be, you should get credit for all bullets fired during a life. So what will naturally happen if more bullets register… more deaths. If it’s the bullets squeezed off right prior to death = more kill trades
Another thing they did was nerf the rapid fire attachments which I think was a nice change.
I probably won't come back until the prestige and camo system overhaul are added! I really hope XD can survive in the meantime! Would be a bummer to see it go away.
By the time they implement those features BO6 would’ve been released and even so it wouldn’t keep the players retention therefore Ubisoft pulling the plug
@@Nytaxiabold of you to assume BO6 is gonna be a good game able to retain players more than a few months
They introduced a true mastery camo in Season 2. Requiring lvl 400 on 23 guns across all categories.
@@NytaxiaIf you think Ubisoft is pulling the plug , you have fallen for the propaganda that I’m almost positive Activision had put out😂 mark Rubin already came out and said Ubisoft is in full support for xdefiant and that the player numbers are where they are suppose to be. xdefiant has a strong player base.
Oh but this game has no sbmm it should attract millions right??
Well no the gameplay is boring and the hit registration is really bad
I think you nailed it. Just wish they would release all the maps
I really enjoy ex defiant and I think if they had a steam release, it would definitely help player numbers on PC
I've seen plenty of people say they had long queues but I've never had that problem, unless I'm looking to one specific gamemode.
That skin in the thumbnail 💀
Dope, right?
It’s cool as fuck
huh what about it
Looks like a generic GTA 5 player
It’s woke garbage and those who don’t think so , are not the people who have money to spend.
Feels like the ability to customize your personal playlist with specific modes makes disbanding lobbies almost a guarantee, not sure how else it could work
I find it very strange that some people have trouble finding matches. It never takes me more than a minute to find a game. It’s faster than COD for me personally
What if we compared it to another game other than cod? I play multiversus. That game on average takes 3-4 seconds. So a minute is a long time
Are you going to do a full review of this season's weapons? It would be nice to know the full PP19 stats. Thanks!
Personally i love xdefiant, it reminds me a lot of Black ops 4. Loved that game. I wish we had non disbanded lobbies but i am really enjoying season 2
Having fun but the kill trading has definitely been ridiculous. Haven't had matchmaking issues... been running a custom playlist with Occupy, Domination, and Hot Shot selected. Have generally been getting Occupy games but the matchmaking has never been taking longer than 5 seconds for me. Played with a friend on different input which turned off the input matchmaking, and that certainly was taking quite a while unsurprisingly.
Hearing you talk about footsteps makes me kinda want a video that compares footstep audio in Call of Duty over the years to see if footsteps have gotten much louder over time and it is really overturned one way or the other? I think that would make an interesting video that I don't think you've done before
Tried Xdefiant for the first time this week and I spend more time in the menus than in games. I'm in Australia on PC with MnK (crossplay on/input matchmaking off) and it takes 3+ minutes to find games, then it needs to "create the match", then it takes like another minute of loading to get into the game which about 1/2 the time is on Asia servers with 120+ping so can be rough when you find the 2 people on the other team who you basically can't kill as they have a ping advantage over you.
90% of my games have also been all PC MnK players so seems like most people keep input based matchmaking or crossplay off which doesn't help.
Also I can't believe a game that released in 2024 on PC doesn't have DLSS or FSR to be able to increase framerates.
Game is decently fun but at least in my region it will probably be dead pretty soon if in the first week of a new season it still take ages to find games.
S02 is good apart from the kill trades. New map is fantastic, so much fun. The new faction is cool as well, the chainsaw gun with the noise is good fun as well.
i love this game, the maps, fast run&gun, the weapons (love the pp19) and NO SBMM!!!
As a community we can't let this game be dead please we need it to be alive we need more players
No you don’t need more players. You need to spend more money. THAT is the only thing that matters. If this game gets 2 million players a day but none of them buy bundles and season passes the game dies. It’s a free game
I’m really enjoying it, good fun, feels mostly casual even with sweats
New map is better than anything offered in BO6.
The worst post launch map yet lol. It ain't that good
Treyarch used to make the best maps.
@@MrKing-he3eotf have you played Scud. Sorry excuse me, shit stain
What are you guys talking about just hating on a game that isn’t even released yet
Lol BO6 is ass but so is Xdefiant lol. Waterfront is no better or worse than any other map
I came back for season 2 and it's been really fun tbh
Could you possibly test what the rate of fire and reload changes are for highwaymen on each level, and will you be testing the other guns when you unlock them?
He’s not doing that lol
Really enjoying this season! New faction is great and the new map is super fun and nice to look at. Haven't been able to use the new weapons much (only 24 on battle pass) but they are welcome additions to the game. So sick and tired of seeing CoD trolls and fanboys yelling "DeAd gAmE11!1!11!!!1!" into the void on all social media. This game thriving only means good things for CoD in the long run. Root for competition, not against.
Love the game ace, I as well have no desire to play one life game modes,but I play Xd on the regular, the camo grind sucks,i’m 9 weapons to 400 and now I got to finish sheet* I don’t want to play with (Trash Shotguns) but for me it has been a fun experience and has replaced cod for me completely, and that was what I was looking for, and its a free game, Keep up the content man
How many bundles have you bought?
@@toptiertech7291 a few, the content for me has been a little lacking on what i like, but i’ve spent money on the game, and i purchase the large battle pass as to support in some way. why do you ask?
i finally decided to give this game some love with s02 and it's definitely got a good foundation. i can't really criticize it too much at this moment...it's got stuff i like and stuff i don't but it does have decent maps, flow, good visibility and qol things but gunfights need improving and specialists is also not a thing i'm too into but it is what it is. it won't be getting me to drop mwiii/bo6 anytime soon (they are not even on the same level and i'll pick cod over anything) but something on the side, definitely. lets see how s02-03 goes as things are not looking too good for ubisoft rn.
Please please please more Xdefiant gun guides
Will you be getting an XDefiant intro for videos?
I feel like this is the real "first season" we have for the game. It just seems a lot better and smoother than before.
Thought I was going crazy with the kill trading issue. Must be 5 times a game
Kill trading is the exact opposite of smooth
@@toptiertech7291 thats the only issue.
Its been good for me . I think they took some good steps forward
Season 2 is more fun! I would've love if they added at least last kill kilcam on bomb
The patches are 🔥 the hit reg feels great and I don't die around corners no where near as often as once before. The quality of life improvements are my favorite thing about the season so far
I have put in like 12 hours in season two over the last few days and it never takes me more than a few seconds to find another lobby.
My Cleaners progression is still bugged since Season 0. Other challenges were fixed in Season 1 for me, but not Cleaners. I don't play games for progression, but considering how anemic the game's progression is, it feels like it's just a battle pass simulator with the same daily pool. Grind for engagement metrics so I can unlock skins for characters I can't unlock due to bugs.
I wish I had the connection you do. I get ping in the teens and your mid 60’s looks better.
Are you going to be doing a in depth guide to the rate of fire and reload increases in a separate video?
Matchmaking is pretty much instant for me in the UK
Personally, I am having a blast. Of course it has flaws but I have enjoyed it more than any CoD since BO4. Prior to this I was playing Shatterline.
I really think people should give this a go. It is not as sweaty as CoD. The gunplay is well balanced. Nothing is OP. Of course the Hero elements can be annoying but overall it is in a decent spot.
Maybe you just like hero shooters 😂
Season 2, so far, has been decent (haven't unlocked the Highwaymen yet, PP-19 is good, Waterfront is nice, not a fan of SND so Bomb is a nonfactor), but the problem I have, beyond kill trading every 3rd kill, is that there isn't enough here for what XDefiant needs. Yves Guillemot confirmed that XDefiant is not doing well, and there have even been rumors that if they don't turn things around by Season 3, Ubisoft could cut support. And given how many issues Ubisoft has been having this year (their stock hovering around $10 a share doesn't help), I could see that happening. I would prefer that not happen, but with BO6 on the horizon, it's not outside of the realm of possibility. Especially since XDefiant is never first in my play order, as COD always is the better experience for me.
Playing on PC matching takes me long times, PS5 matching takes significantly less time for me.
Crossplay:On InputBasedMatching:OFF
on both platforms,
trades are more frequent.
I'm waiting another season or two to hop back in, I want more arena maps, one new map will get old very soon.
Game might be done by then 😂😂 and one map will get old fast but TWO maps? That’ll never get old right 🤣
@@toptiertech7291 I'm waiting for three ;)
I truly do not understand how this game is struggling so much
The devs actually listen to the players are making the changes players want
They are also releasing a pretty steady flow of content which could go a little more often but it’s consistent at the very least
Gotta get the rest of the trophies before this game shuts down
Several minutes? With controller input, takes me literally seconds no joke
Yeah same here, I’m only on controller and only if I’m playing at a time that someone most likely won’t be on does it take longer. Like 9 am on a Tuesday. I work overnight so it can happen, but point is virtually always I can find a match very shortly
Do you have input matchmaking turned on or off? Some people keep it on to avoid M&K
@@toptiertech7291 with controller I normally have it off because most people play on controller but if I was a m&k player I'd turn it off to find more matches
I was so excited for XDefiant, a cod competitor finally. Especially during mw2, they missed out not launching in that window. Since imo, that was the worst cod MP ever. Now mw3 is actually a good, fun cod MP. Then we got treyarxh next, so good luck. One of my biggest issues that pushed me away from XD, it's not solo player friendly. Especially you have above average stats ( 2+kd 4k SR). It's just not good for solo players. I Absolutely hate that it won't even tell you when you're against parties. Then you have to carry bad teammates. At least in cod, a good player can earn streaks that really can allow a single player to make a significant impact. XD is all about team play, so for me that's why I fell off. I hope it succeeds though, maybe if they brought persistent lobbies I'd come back.
I hate to be that guy but I leave matches when I can tell it’s a party, I don’t care to be farmed by some kids either holding hands all around the map or making callouts… I play for FUN at the end of the day lol
Honestly the one introduction I think that could fix all of this would be the introduction of clan tags. I use to play all the Cods (World at War until Vanguard). In my experience just by the clan tag alone you could tell instantly. Either it was the same one or the clan tags would all have a common theme so you could tell who was playing together
I love this game solo. Most parties suck even when it’s like 3 2kd players on a team. I have a 9.2kd and 6200sr with a 1200spm. So I definitely don’t mind carrying most games as it allows me to go 90-10 in occupy most games.
I've been getting back into XDefiant recently and just left the Newcomer Playlist. Half of my games are level 80+ with paid skins dominating everyone else. Feels like there's not enough players for healthy matchmaking.
🤣 you have moved out of the SBMM matchmaking. You are now into the real game.
Everyone bitches about sbmm but this is the consequence of not having it with the way people play games now
You got to hang in there and you will get better over time. It is so satisfying seeing yourself progress compared to a system with strict sbmm where you can't see progress.
@@ArcticKrampus for sure I’m not saying quit or drop the game. I’m just saying this is the real game now. No limits to lv25 and shit. This is the real game. Use some of the default guns if you don’t have a good setup yet. If you got a good one. Hang in and you will be around your normal level of play soon
@@SwagMessiah1the point is to get better over time lmao If you complain about getting killed by one or two people on the other team and that makes you quit, you just have noooo competitive urge whatsoever and should be playing PVE games
You think it’s possible to have a video of you breaking down the changes they made to the muzzles and barrels?
He’s not going to put that much time into it
I feel like xdefiant would have a lot more players rn if it launched with persistent lobbies
I'm central serves and my wait was quick
*XDefiant (XDef) is Free, no SBMM/EOMM* but I dont like the current state of the game because of Hit Reg and Detection.
*XDefiant movement and mechanics is different from COD* which is difficult for me to figured out the movement, attachments & settings and matching them to the mechanics of the game.
*I load into XDef and my settings have to change every time* because what I used previously doesnt work anymore ITS THE WORST and annoying.
*Im not the best player still learning but the game has great potential and its FREE* hope they improve
I’d definitely like to get my hands on that pp19, but if I have to sink several hours into the battle pass first then idk if I’m gonna pick the game back up. The game just doesn’t feel as good as cod does to play. It’s not bad by any means, but I feel like it’s the one you play if you don’t have cod already.
Something about the saw being strong makes me believe it’s gonna be buffed for a majority of the season to try to get people to play and then nerfed next season. Why is it that other Ultras have cooldowns for base factions (Aegis and Purifier) but this doesn’t?
I play too much and 5 seconds is the p9ngrst I've ever waited.
I'm having fun, don't like all the fem pink skins with the new faction, but it's alright.
So uh. Don’t use it 😂😂 “the skin in a video game is pink and that’s a problem”. You have issues
I’m really enjoying it gonna play this more then cod now 🎉
Re: FOOTSTEPS-
💥ENEMY footsteps need to be LOUDER
💥TEAMMATE footsteps should be MUCH QUIETER THAN enemies
💥MY OWN footsteps should be INAUDIBLE.
I DONT WANT TO HEAR MY OWN FOOTSTEPS.
It sometimes sounds like someone's running up on me... But no. It's just MY OWN footsteps 🙄😒
I don't understand why you'd want to tighten the hit detection/connection window back up. If what they did is make it so all your shots count if you see yourself hitting them on your screen... who cares if it results in a trade? You traded. Better than them artificially giving the win to the player with the better connection and making the other one die despite hitting their shots.
I like season 2 but man I am getting traded a lot the need to fix it.
The map reminds me of a mix of Grind and Rush from BO2
Yes it is!
i’m experiencing the same queue issues
My main problem with xdefiant was the minutes waiting for another game... I have 1 or 2 hours to play and that factor alone is enough to dont comeback. And it's a shame cuz I love everything on it
If you queue 2-3 game modes at a time, you will find a game very quickly. It shouldn’t take more than a minute unless you live in another continent like asia or africa
on the matchmaking thing... yeah... if I search for a single match it takes forever to find a match... so long that it doesnt ever find one
Thx my man 🙌 Overall good season (a bid to the lacklustre side). Main problem for me is frame drops and ocasional screen tearing on PS5 (but they have said they are aware).
ps: my waiting time for a new lobby is typically in the 60~90 seconds range. Tip: dont wait for new lobby, but leave and then new search.