Is XDefiant Already DYING?

[@SkyficeQ]

As a working person (12 hour shifts) it’s a great game for me. I’m playing this game every day for 2-3 hours. It’s pretty chill, casual experience for me. Idk, when I turned on CoD WZ I was honestly lost in 100gb launcher. After finding an actual Warzone, download another 10-15 Gb of content…. I was like whaaaat ??? Ok, first match. Dropped on the ground. Found Kriss Vector (or fenec ? Idk how they call it in CoD…) I’ve blasted full big mag into players back and almost nothing happens, he just turned on me after like 30-40 shots, and banged me with 4-5 Glock shots. And that was my experience. Fastest uninstall in my life. TTK longer than Apex. Multiplayer is just 70€ gun grinding platform without a soul for me. After that mishmash, I installed OG MW2, found a match and had a blast. Even I was getting clapped. Turned on again this game. Omg, for me it’s just place to chill, sometime I will get clapped, destroyed, but it doesn’t feel like it’s BS. If they will release Ranked next season. It will be more chill in casual playlist. No SBMM what so ever. And it’s free ? I’m also not buying skins, just trying to grind, cuz it’s fun for me ! I don’t feel like I’m pushed into buying blueprint to get best attachments like in WZ / CoD. Idc if this game will have less players then CoD or any game, if I will be able to have a match like in 30sec, I’m ok with that. Cuz every match feels natural for me. Edit : + I learned how to counter almost every ability. It’s very simple. Wallhack ? Listen for footsteps and prefire. Shield ? No problem, just take sometime an EMP nade (for Escort mode). Invisibility ? Open your eyes, you rly can spot them. Fire drone ? Just don’t show to your opponent again or just get away faster. Of course an Explosive ult is kinda annoying, but it has its place and I’m not mad after dying to that. Healing is OP ? Headshots. Or Healing Ult ???? Just don’t be seen, get your cover. No killstreaks like in CoD ? It encourages to play objective more. We have abilities and tools how to counter them. I feel like CoD players don’t know what OBJ gameplay is, or how to use your equipment right. And I’m just a working person with 2-3 hours a playtime a day.

[@wheresjsn]

I agree with you wholeheartedly

[@mikeyplayzwrld]

Warzone having a long ttk: 🚫 You sucking at fps games: ✅

[@SkyficeQ]

@@mikeyplayzwrld Yes, you are number 1 player on the world, cg.

[@aspoonofcheerios]

The only reason it’s so chill is because it’s dull as fuck

[@Fayn757]

@@mikeyplayzwrld 🎯

[@stevefred2694]

"This game needs ranked" i mean it would be cool to have but people aren't coming to this game for ranked, they're coming because there's no SBMM in unranked.

[@TheEclecticGamer]

Spot on

[@YouCanCallMeReTro]

My friends and I are all waiting on ranked to drop. No SBMM is great and all, but ranked mode is crucial for longevity.

[@CodRicks79]

@@YouCanCallMeReTroGames still gonna die more people are gonna choose cod ranked over xdefiant ranked

[@mightywoll3]

People would be coming for ranked if it wouldnt be mixed input, as it is you might as well just play cod.

[@huskycruxes7232]

@@mightywoll3I mean…just turned mixed Input off in the settings?

[@MirruArcade]

“Is xDefiant dying” the literal first thing we see is you running around with a sniper-literally one of the things killing this game. 😂

[@scrotumscratcher2474]

Lmao snipers aren’t killing the game that’s such a shit take. If that’s the case then cod would have dead years ago. Boo fucking hoo lmao

[@nesh2o587]

wait snipers are killing this game? I thought that made it fun gotten plenty of lobbies where everyone was sniping

[@chuckironsight3914]

but muh k/d!!!

[@rage2win223]

it will get fixed in next season, mark rubin has confirmed on twitter, he said sniper rifles are broken in this game

[@C137IDR]

Haha he is only crying and saying negativ things. One year later with 3 thousand houres in the next video. "Why xdefiant is still bad" 😂

[@VISOVNI]

Input based mm, and no sbmm is the only thing going for it which is a SHOCKING place to be at to begin with.

[@alexdasliebe5391]

You are 100% correct, and yes, that IS sad. IBMM / no-SBMM is basically 90% of what youTubers say that is positive, if not more. Swear that Tatman had a vid where it was him saying it every 90 seconds. 🤣

[@TClark89]

Isn't lobby balancing a form of sbmm it has skill in there to balance

[@NuRRRL96]

The only reason the game is being considered anything above mid is "no sbmm" Idc that its free, Ubisoft is AAA and obv they're planning to monetize it with skins and season passes. Stop forgiving. The game is underwhelming coming from such a big studio. The logic and thought process behind almost everything makes me feel like the devs never worked on a similar fps before, neither did the decision makers.

[@matiko280]

I don't think you can gauge xdefiant popularity based on viewership alone because the game is relatively boring to watch than it is to play. People just stream pubs, there isn't much happening, there is no challenge, there is no story or anything to get hooked on as a viewer. Its kinda like how there are less people watching CoD pubs than there is people watching Warzone.

[@EndersFPS]

Yeah its not accurate at all but it could show relative interest

[@BeyondtheIights]

He's a gimp but his views on 2042 are spot on. He's a streamer so he has an ego boost

[@aspoonofcheerios]

It’s just as boring to play as it is to watch

[@gooret2200]

U got a point, but in my opinion I believe that the game is some what good from launch

[@rarelyaccepted]

If you looked at the stats on both consoles it’s already dead it’s not going to last fun game but even black ops 4 has better queue times

[@KingKeno777]

These companies need to learn that things like hit detection, netcode, map design, working mouse input, and gunplay are some of the most important things in these games. Nobody gives a shit about a tornado mid-match (I'm looking at you, 2042)

[@AljoschaW1993]

Maps are great, and the other things are coming

[@KingKeno777]

@@AljoschaW1993 why aren't they here already though at launch?

[@thestørmcrier2024]

Especially since that tornado is fair unavoidable, messes up what you see on screen, and throws you out of bounds. Yeah, somebody thought that people would enjoy that.

[@ezpz4646]

The mouse aim problem is why I dropped it immediately.

[@griffin1366]

You were expecting good networking from Ubisoft? They have networking issues on single player games ...

[@GamingSpider115]

Find it funny only talking point is Ranked. Call of Duty didnt have Rank on Launch or for Years, Games can survive without Rank/Battle Royal

[@CodRicks79]

Cod didn’t need ranked back then but now it’s essential

[@GamingSpider115]

@@CodRicks79 eh even now its not a must

[@BlkAresGaming]

I'm with you man the game is good it has some things that need to be fixed....like most AAA titles out RIGHT NOW....I don't mind waiting for them to fix something that is F2P....what I mind is when I spend $108 on a game pre launch and get it and for 4 months they couldn't keep servers live or fix the bugs.....(Looking at you, Mw3)

[@GamingSpider115]

@@BlkAresGaming same and wish they stop cutting out things from base to “new content” *looking at MWII*

[@conor-_C]

@@GamingSpider115 if call of duty had no ranked and no warzone it would be gone

[@Cinderplays909]

I honestly don't really get how people are saying there are this many gamebreaking issues with this game. When i play it I have fun and with no issues, dying around corners is a latency issue, and thats the reason you dont see yourself kill anyone around corners, cod also has problems guys, xdefiant will most likely get better overtime

[@outoforder6600]

COD having problems doesnt excuse this game or any other. This game isnt cod

[@KingofCursess01]

​@@outoforder6600Cod has all these issues yet no one talks about it you see it does excuse it when cod fanboys protect and shill over shitty remakes of modern warfare that are BORLINE UNPLAYABLE with terrible servers and rigging games but okay I mean hey continue to protect them they'll just put out shittier games

[@outoforder6600]

@@KingofCursess01 who said I'm protecting anything? And the XDefiant playerbase is doing the EXACT same shit. You just did with that statement. Look in the mirror. Again, talk about XDs issues without bringing cod. Shit, this game is a overwatch 2 competitor just as much as a cod one. And it doesn't do either of those things overly well. Both games are shit and in an inexcusable state given how massive of a company they both have behind them. There you go, it's that simple

[@partyboy1076]

@@KingofCursess01a lot of COD players be addressing the issues . It just the game dev don’t give af . Except for fixing the game they are adding $24-30 skins .

[@FearDeFreak]

It always feels like every time a game like this comes out, a new Live Service type game, that the Developers/Publishers were unprepared for it to be a breakout hit. So they seem to just let interest slowly die out while they spend way too long cooking up the drip feed of content. You can't release a Live Service game in the current market and act like you should be given 6 months or more to start rolling out the content. There is way too much competition for that. Too many Live Service games/on-going games that are many, many years into their content. So you can't expect to be able to start at the same bare minimum they did all those years ago. People will just go back to what they're used to if you don't grab them.

[@BigDonSkillz]

well said. The attention span of most people are very short and you have to GRIP people in the beginning...or you'll lose them forever. This game has grown on me a little bit...but it's just so generic. They need something else to stick out.

[@chubbs948]

Yeah live service also doesn’t need to exist as it has completely ruined online shooters

[@blakus83]

So from what I have gathered anyone old enough to remember the glory days of old school MW2 and BO1 and BO2 really enjoy Xdefiant and just want a fun game to play at the end of the day and do not care for camos and such. The sweats and cod camo grinders are going to leave soon because they need some them more to play for and that’s okay. Us 30+ gamers don’t care about the unlockables we just want to get some kills and enjoy a few games with the boys before bed.

[@EkillOrRyan]

@@Nitroh- it was never gonna be the same thing lol.

[@blakus83]

@@Nitroh- I don’t mean it plays like cod I mean it reminds me of the fun I had with my friends playing old school cod. The last cod that has given me fun shooter causal vibes is BO3 or Mw3 and now if I play cod it’s just the occasional cod mobile because it’s the only one like OS cod now.

[@mikeyplayzwrld]

Unfortunately you won’t be able to find games if nobody is playing. The people you described “sweats” bring the most people to the game, and without them the game dies. I’m sure it’s a shocker to you that the people who actually dedicate effort into the game they install keep the game alive, but that’s just how it works.

[@blakus83]

@@mikeyplayzwrld this game is F2P it will always have a player base it just may not be millions or 100 thousands. But if a consistent 20/30k play it that’s enough to keep a game going and F2P shooters that’s an easy number to hold.

[@lumbruhjack8888]

​@@mikeyplayzwrldI kinda disagree that most players are sweats lol. Most players are trash cans. And they don't like the 1-2 sweats in each game showing them how inferior they are.

[@GearlessGeoff]

If you guys could continue playing 2042 then I think this game will be fine 😂

[@Unbelievable47]

Im saying!! I dont understand videos or opinions like this when he plays still plays 2042. That game is boring to play & watch lol!!

[@nanotech2080]

No way you can compare this to 2024

[@chubbs948]

@@nanotech2080yeah this is better and I’m a huge Battlefield fan but 2042 is dogshit and the worst game in the entire franchise

[@nanotech2080]

@@chubbs948 In what way? It's a different game, sounds like a case of personal preference. The launch and a couple first seasons were horrible, now the game is totally fine. Not only playable, actually fun with a lot of different game modes and maps. It's like arguing which is better - lol vs dota, apex vs fortnite vs warzone, cs vs valorant vs cod (and actually more like the cs vs cod, as BF and xdefiance are two totally different types of fps's)

[@chubbs948]

@@nanotech2080 I played 33 days worth of time in 2042 this game just feels refreshing after playing that game for 2 years straight after I bought it on launch day for my Xbox and pc that’s all. I love BF man but they have fallen off hard since BF1 unfortunately. Still love the games but they need to revert back to the older style games again and not be a cod clone because that’s pretty much 2042 other than the maps being huge it’s feels like cod

[@christianjustin20]

I have yet to see a single actual human who like COD more than XDefiant at this point.

[@atyiov4429]

Me, Xdefiant it's stupid mess bcs of stupid abilities and passive skills + I don't like maps but I like everything else

[@mitchr6456]

- Fix the desync and hit reg - Nerf intel suit - Weapon balancing (obvious) Besides these problems i've been really enjoying this game, brings me back to the old days.

[@NoRubicon]

So basically fix half the game?

[@scrotumscratcher2474]

@@NoRubiconthis has to be the worst attempt at bait I’ve ever seen

[@ruslanagadzhanyan2753]

@@NoRubiconbasically redo half the game.

[@shawngaines1117]

@@ruslanagadzhanyan2753 I mean besides hit registration and the Intel suit i'd say in comparison to other games that's probably pretty good lol The game could've launched like Vanguard and bricked your shit lol

[@ruslanagadzhanyan2753]

@@shawngaines1117 well, let’s be real net code is horrible in xdefiant, there is very little content in the game, the progression in way too long and let’s be honest outside of no SBMM lobbies this game have nothing, outside of no SBMM lobbies part Call of Duty is better in every aspect and because this xdefiant use no SBMM lobbies as a crunch basically it will die, right now sense of novelty is carrying this game, but honeymoon will be over eventually and no SBMM lobbies alone won’t cut it anymore, then the game will have to show that there is indeed something more to the game, something that give it an edge over CoD and so far there is nothing.

[@HotLeafJuicer]

Thankfully the rest of us aren't dimwits and realize that a meteoric rise in players on the release of a game followed by a decline is normal for EVERY single video game.

[@lolicongang.4974]

Didn't hit 50 mil yet...

[@cptake]

They dont want to put ranked when they know game is not ready (netcod, hitreg, gunbalance, abilliti balance) and should be out yet. But ubisoft want to sell us this 12$ skin as soon as possible

[@NuRRRL96]

Personally, it is; bhop air strafing, ability oriented fights, snipers, netcode, ttk + netcode + 1 shot kill marksmans, weird matchmaking where I live, ridiculous passives, mnk lobbies being so different from console lobbies,...

[@cap.n.krunch]

All I’m saying is Warface had a community for yeeeears

[@aiden8834]

I forgot about Warface, I liked that ngl

[@cap.n.krunch]

@@aiden8834 the worst part of that game to me was the fact you had to unlock shit to use it but at such a grueling rate. But it was just a simple game and the PvE was actually fun and challenging. This game could benefit from a multiverse PvE experience as well.

[@lIIlIIlllIIIl]

warface’s community was tiny, 3k-2k. it eventually got so tiny, servers got discontinued. the north american server was discontinued, so to play warface in the us you would have to join an asian server. just because a game has a community doesn’t mean the company that makes/publishes the game will do a fan service and keep updating and providing content to the game. companies these days are motivated by money, that’s it.

[@cap.n.krunch]

@@lIIlIIlllIIIl but how long did the servers last? I was playing warfacebon the 360, shit I was playing it on PC before it went to console

[@lIIlIIlllIIIl]

@@cap.n.krunch the north american server on pc lasted from launch until 2021-2022, somewhere there or 2023. not many people were playing, so the publisher decided to cut costs and discontinue the north and south American servers.

[@BlankTFS]

Seems like you want xDefiant to die by the way you talk about it, yet try to sound unbiased. You stream to 100 battlefield players that could give a shit less about xDefiant and want you to play battlefield what do you think their answers would be regarding xDefiant? Regarding hitreg/dsync I agree it's obvious and if they don't fix it come season 1 I think the player base will stop playing until it's fixed. It's not like your precious battlefield will recover from the curb stomping Warzone did on it and the room temp IQ levels of the 2042 devs. So why be so negative when they have over a years worth of content planned out that you didn't mention in this video? You should be praying for a competitor.

[@scrotumscratcher2474]

God upvote this more. Enders really showed his bare butt hole with this one 😂

[@oink-ops-vq4vw]

same thing i said. he's a COD fanboy who's just huffing and puffing on large amount of Copeium. Xdefiant MP it's here to stay and COD MP is literally dead in the water. no one plays COD mp anymore it's absolutely dead. COD it's just known for Warzone now and even that is on life support. that's why they have to inflate player counts across MP and Warzone across 3 games by having them all centrally located on COD HQ. enders is an absolute clown lmfao

[@ruslanagadzhanyan2753]

See, there is an issue, it is not a competitor, it’s a knockoff, literally THE ONLY thing this game has is “no SBMM” lobbies, the rest of the game can be characterized in just 2 words: “bad product”, the quality of XDefiant is comparable to Ironsight but not COD, not even close in fact, I have seen indies pull of higher quality products, see at one point “no SBMM” lobbies would stop being anything special, at one point honeymoon phase will be over and this is the very moment XDefiant WILL die because it simply cannot compete.

[@ruslanagadzhanyan2753]

@@oink-ops-vq4vw maybe he is, but are just an xdefiant dickrider who will defend this game no matter what just because it doesn’t have SBMM, yes I am sorry, my standards are higher, just removing SBMM from pubs is not enough for me to call for game good.

[@oink-ops-vq4vw]

@@ruslanagadzhanyan2753 it's hilarious how smart you think you are when you said a whole bunch of nothing and tried to sound all intelligent lmao. sorry to break it to you buddy, but COD is the deadest its ever been and Xdefiant is taking an absolute dump on COD mp. 700,000 concurrent players on Xdefiant as of last week... if you weren't a biased hater sniffing that copeium and were actually smart and paid attention to gaming news you'd know this. Xdefiant if here to stay and COD is dead. get over it

[@stitchyrichie]

U sound like a player that have never experienced OG cod days if u go on like this u are one of the people who want it to be a cod clone for some reason if u don’t like this game go play mw3 only bad thing about this game is net code wallbangs are hittable but they need to fix which material is wall bang able

[@doooodeh]

XDefiant is insanely medicore in my opinion but I cant believe that even Enders and other older guys now are spewing shit about FOMO content updates fast fast quick lets go or game dies lmao. That kind of brainrot is fucking cancerous i guess, if you play garbage like BF2042 for so long it seems anyone can become brainrot sponge like that.

[@scrotumscratcher2474]

@@doooodehthis takes so bad it doesn’t even warrant a response. But the petty in me wants to just let you know how dogshit of an opinion this is 😂

[@nesh2o587]

​@@ChamaUFC300nah gulf War was a placeholder because that's what it's based around....cold war was also called something different as well beforehand....BUT with the past few cods I do agree on them trying to use the nostalgia trick to get people to play...it's whack they just need to get a new GOOD original again...mad repetitive rn

[@acev3521]

Nothing like og cod stop lying

[@stitchyrichie]

@@acev3521 u clearly never played OG cod u are in the minority ahaha

[@Delta-n6d]

The short-term success of these games like Helldivers and XDefiant are like a fire burning away at COD's fat.

[@pearlmensux]

Quick answer is no

[@Alex-------]

Game looked alright but the mouse input feels really disconnected on my pc even at locked 144fps. Just felt crap. Couldn't sort it.

[@_Quint_]

I don't think players are that hung up on a ranked playlist tbh. The whole point of this game is the lack of SBMM - it isnt sweaty, like a ranked playlist is. Id bet the vast majority of players who are currently enjoying the game do so because its very low commitment and it's very quick and easy to jump in and have a few matches with only a bit of player investment required. Ranked mode won't make or break this game like Enders, who lives and breathes FPS, thinks it will. Not by a long shot. Just keep adding new stuff and fix the technical problems and Ubisoft will have a decent little success on their hands. If they want a big success, add a BR mode LOL.

[@Hatchetman810]

I agree except for battle royal that 💩 is lame!

[@kidrevos557]

And most games dont drop with rank for people to get to lvl their guns and learn the maps

[@huskycruxes7232]

Ranked is super important for the hardcore player base to latch onto. It’s also has the adverse effect of making pubs matches easier since a lot of the people “sweating” are gonna do it in ranked instead. Everyone loves to see that shit go up

[@Tyler-r1t2e]

The game isn't serious enough for ranked with all the bullshit and lack of rewards for leveling like MW2.

[@iTipTurtles]

I didn't even realise it had came out. Didn't notice any marketing for it until I turned on my PS5. Not being on Steam is definietly going to hurt it. I definitely agree that a lack of ranked is also going to be have big impact, it really adds extra longevity.

[@fofizz]

Bro its a fucking test for ranked just to see format but in 2 weeks will be ranked season

[@davidortizdelatorre]

This game needs to come to steam, I hate that now all of these game companies want me to have multiple game launchers and I hate it

[@stevecosio5736]

this dude said its better then cod and now its dead😂

[@Dispenz]

He is such a joke.

[@Crackdoza_lol]

Its still Pre-Season so well see how the game holds up after the first Season

[@themanofthehour.]

this can not hinder the ender

[@weezer91101]

The game feels fucking incredible. Been playing shooters for 20+ years. Younger people don’t understand that shooters used to always feel this good. Cod abused us for years and let us forget what it feels like to just run around and enjoy a games mechanics. It’s going to be tough to balance ranked once metas evolve that really is my only concern.

[@luckyheart5080]

Playing this game is quite fun for me but only the killing part while the rest is quite trash as this is still feel like in beta state. The reason I said so is lots of gun and abilities are too op, while the rest is underpowered. Example: - The shotgun: pellet is quite random and even though my hit marker appear but they literally take 0 damage. -Pistol: most of them are useless.

[@huskycruxes7232]

They’re not actually taking zero damage. It’s just a weird UI thing. You hit the guy and he took damage, but he killed you before the server registered it so the kill screen says he’s a full health. A weird bug/quirk idk that I’ve seen make a lot of people including myself make this complaint

[@NickyGee-f8y]

I don't even hate sbmm anymore, eomm is the real issue

[@twj6471]

Ive been playing for about 4 days and so far i love this game, i would love to see some hard work put into this game and have some fresh content and see where this thing goes

[@elchabro2852]

I guess as long as I have fun I will play it, but you are right, even if I like it, i can clearly see the flaws and its annoying to die around corners or bullets not connecting

[@gsocangel2673]

Look at all the bunny hopping in this video lol all I think of is the old song "jump around" by House of Pain 🤣

[@chrish3682]

Yeah and they call it skill lol

[@gsocangel2673]

@@chrish3682 🤣

[@vincecrisostomo8107]

Ranked Play should be unlockable at level 100

[@Chris.tian_]

Not lv 100 but lv50 would be ok. My friend and I tried it once, he lv40, I lv30, our two tm8s lv 4 and 5 and our opponents between 60-70 that was fun 😂, not.

[@Rubycore]

The game is like a frozen pizza with nothing but cheese on top. It's fine, but it does nothing to innovate and ends up just falling flat compared to most - if not all other choices out there.

[@ThEpLoTinME]

It sounds like you want this game to do bad lol

[@I3oob_Master69]

💯

[@FORZEFUL]

There is a lot that can be done, capture the Flag mode, or have a better assault/war mode with objectives through Ubisoft maps would be cool.

[@aarlavaan]

on the topic of more content, they have about a year's worth of stuff already in the pipeline, which a new faction and weapon every couple of months, if I recall correctly. and with a bunch of IPs to pull from, they have a ton of things to incorporate. the next faction to come is AC themed if I recall correctly. also, it is still pre-season 1. so... I am content to wait until season 1 actually hits.

[@a2daj83]

the netcode and abilities need a complete rework imo and since the probability of that happening in the next couple of months is very slim it means that it will die, then when new cod comes out it will be dead dead. i'm playing it now because of 2 reasons, no other shooters are fun to me right now and its free, sometimes i have a decent time, a lot of the time i am annoyed at the whole thing

[@stitchyrichie]

U sound fun at parties they only need to fix netcode…

[@a2daj83]

@@stitchyrichie I am genuinely confused about what my party habits have to do with xdefiant. If you think wall hacks/invis, annoying shields, 1 shot fire bombs, spider drones and op health regen are fine all with no counter then I am happy for you

[@vuvvince]

@@a2daj83lmao get good. Skill issue

[@Xtreme-cg8ss]

If you don’t like abilities cod is still a thing, go spend $70 and have fun

[@a2daj83]

@@Xtreme-cg8ss as i mentioned, i dont want to play cod. i know the abilities arent going anywhere but they need a balance pass, most of them have no counter, which is bad game design

[@tbkitts]

I think it’ll be one of those games that comes back a few times. It’s in its first prime rn but will die down for a bit then get popular again like a year from now when they have a lot more content and changes

[@AngrybirdOG1004]

This must be the most negative person streaming ever.. 2+ years complaining about 2042 and now already here.. pfftt.. hates the games, the viewers and the players yet streams every day lol

[@flamesword300]

I will play Xdefiant as long as it’s around. I like the maps,the time to kill, and its pacing. I will not deny the games genericness or its issues. I’m hoping that in the near future they limit how many of one faction a team can run though. I think they need to limit it to 2X per faction for each team. On Saturday I was playing a game of domination and everyone on the other team and most of my own team was running the Echelon and spamming the scan ability. Only me running the libertad faction and one team mate running the cleaners weren’t using the Echelon. I think the Echelon’s scan needs to be nerfed as well. Either its range,duration,,cool down,or something else so it can’t be spammed as often. I think that and the limitations I want to see would go a long way.

[@ScreenWarrior]

Since its for free, how they make money? With cosmetics? Could one tell me?

[@Jtw2]

Yes cosmetics, the battle pass, those $60 bundles in the shop etc. They are doing the same thing that Fortnite Warzone etc do to earn money.

[@ScreenWarrior]

@@Jtw2 Thank you! Here Im out, wont buy a BP nor a $60 bundle! No XDefiant for me.

[@SpiritumTimoris]

Once Ubisoft runs out of IPs, that may be the end of the game. However, if they can make the abilities good and unique enough, then it has longevity, especially with Ubisoft fans

[@FanciePanda]

I think another issue is there is no reward for leveling. Like I’m grinding the same the attachments for guns which doesn’t excite me. I would like rewards for doing challenges and account leveling.

[@algatronalgirdas]

I still play it. I like the game. Best way to check desync is to pick double barrel or T50 sniper. I killed so many people behind the walls with T50 I don't even understand how is happened.

[@pierreollivier1]

I don't think the game is going to die, there is a lot going on for it, the maps are really good compared to COD, the aesthetic is quite refreshing although pretty generic I'd agree, the abilities feel balanced, like I don't have a complaint after 30h of gameplay, without SBMM, the games are varied and fun, and it's rewarding to be good, they already have 1 year of content ready, the performance are quite good, the only thing is the netcode, but even tho it can be rough sometimes, I don't find it so frustrating that I want to stop playing the game. Honestly I don't think we need to worry when it's only been two weeks. Yes when black ops will launch it will take some players from Xdefiant, but I'm confident that within a month or two, when the novelty will wear off most people will be tired enough of every craps in BO6 and will go back to other game, like Xdefiant. Honestly I'm kinda shock to see so much complaint about Xdefiant, the game is not incredible that's for sure, but I've seen way more coping when call of duty launches terrible game, full of bugs, not even finished, glittchy, same old maps and weapons recycled for the 40th time, with changed mechanics in the exact opposite direction that the community asked, more SBMM, more completly OP guns and skins in the shop that are "bugged" when in reality they make them OP just to increase their sales. For once we have an actual finished game, at launch, everything works, maybe you could argue it's lacking a better netcode and a Ranked mode, but if COD launched with only those issues I wouldn't be complaining at all. The devs are communicating openly about their game, their is a clear roadmap of what to expect, I mean everyone should just be thankful right now.

[@EkillOrRyan]

this game will have waves of popularity. like destiny 1, destiny 2, destiny free to play era, they all had communities. But yall thimk anything that isnt call of duty is dead. Your dumb if you think money isnt going to be made on this game

[@chubbs948]

Don’t waste your time man literally every cod fan will be at your neck because they can’t handle that another shooter is fun and better than cod

[@Beta_Extraz24]

A point you kinda missed out on, if the upcoming black ops game somehow flops, people might go back to xdefiant and carry on playing it rather than black ops 6. It’s just a theory cuz right now we don’t know if this next cod game will be good or bad; basically this can go two ways.

[@jo3yepicness]

I’ve enjoyed this game a lot. The big issues need to be fixed. And I do worry about how Ubisoft will handle future content and ranked. Right now the mastery camos are just about the only thing to keep you playing and it’s 100 levels each.

[@sugarc1rcles]

I don't think Ranked will save this game, I feel like most people that take FPS games seriously enough to wanna try playing them competitively, especially for money, will look at this and decide that it's not worth it, the game is just too unbalanced. If they address this, then maybe it will, but right now, I just don't see a serious competitive scene coming up around this.

[@shusakudake]

pls tell me what is unbalanced in the game for competitve

[@sugarc1rcles]

@@shusakudake most of the abilities.

[@shusakudake]

@@sugarc1rcles so you say they are all unbalanced so in some way they are balanced bc they are all unbalanced guess you just wanted a game without abilitys thats all what you rly wanted to say

[@sugarc1rcles]

@@shusakudake yes because i think that's more in line with what people who were told this is a "CoD competitor" were expecting, I feel. Nobody is told that and thinks that a combination of Overwatch abilities with CoD gunplay mechanics is that good of an idea.

[@shusakudake]

@@sugarc1rcles i think its very nice for competitve play the timing and usage of your ability and how it impact the win is pretty much high skill most people just use it for a dumb kill thats not usefull

[@jmo7185]

They can’t have a ranked mode before the netcode is in a better state, so it’s probably for the best

[@earth2death]

I think how economic strain begins to grow playing games will be an after thought let alone buy any cosmetic. Game will soon be a bigger luxury than it should be.

[@ValkyrianWyverian]

I already stopped playing given how long it takes to boot the game up, the abundance of loading screens, and most importantly the very questionable balance. Not in the mood to deal with snipers and the echelon faction 24/7.

[@darkestpointofficial]

Let’s wait and see what happens after preseason first haha

[@bergdk237]

Ranked is not that important to me, it is refreshing enough to have a shooter with no sbmm, the reason Xdefiant is not doing it for me at the moment, is the dying behind walls, the mediocre netcode, being able to spam bunny jumps and doing crazy redirections mid air, taking for ever to load into the game ect.! Until they have fixed or at least tweak these things, Xdefiant is on hold for me!

[@ChainedGraboid]

A little contradictory to say “How can they launch a game without ranked?” To then turn around and point out net code issues lol. You just answered your own question

[@kingvelasquez1579]

This is my only main complaint as well for this game. It frustrates me when I am point blank and my bullets don't register. Now that aside I do love this game for its originality 😕

[@TheDoats]

XD had 8 million people download it in just 2 weeks. Its the pre season for a reason. With all the retired CoD pros hoping on I am 100% positive there will be a pro level competitive scene. Most of the SBMM kids dont even know who the big CoD pros are like scump and nadeshot.

[@thekotabear3262]

I have around 30 hours in the game. I feel like ive seen and played all it has to offer. The no flinching when hit while sniping and the constant wallhack skill is annoying. Also fuck the cleaners and the burn damage. It needs a major change

[@ScythexArmy]

To be fair, as much as I play the game, I'm not actively trying to watch it. Just get news on it.

[@Corvoattano13]

Personally, I am really enjoying the game to the point where I haven’t even touched call of duty and I haven’t been a big FPS guy in a while, but this game has been hooked

[@mikethedwarf9913]

Saying COD is massive is a little generous when they add the number of players from all their games to make it seem like "WOW BEST GAME EVER" it feels grimy and a bad look for COD. Especially for me who played all the way back in the Modern Warfare days in elementary school with friends. I think if xDefiant Plays their hand well they will bottom out the next COD in sales and force Activision to look at themselves and hopefully make changes that will actually help the game instead of their wallets.

[@magic666z]

i played cod multiplayer only, no rank, no warzone and im not the only one

[@kidchoas2008]

Man here we go 🥱😒

[@lukeludwig1055]

Playing against snipers sucks. The desync just makes it even worse. Ubisoft had no faith in this game, why should the players?

[@SpeedsterGT7913]

Translated by Google: Here I have a few words to say: The problem with this type of game is that it is already a very overexploited, burnt and very saturated genre. It is not worth playing this type of game to invest 1000 hours because in the first few hours you will end up overwhelmed by the complexity of the game modes, complexity of the maps, map rotation, skills, responsibility in teamwork, etc.

[@VaneWalker]

Some of these abilities are killstreaks on cooldown timers. I would prefer if they were actual killstreaks and reduce the rate that they appear. Aside from that, very fundamental issues with the mouse input and hit reg make this game a tough sell. I can see the game I want it to be, but I don't' see the possibility.

[@one_eyed_odin]

Usually free games tend to die faster than others imo plus Ubisoft let's face it they'll kill it in time just like EA is doing to bf.

[@jasonmcnally9781]

This game actually has a skill gap. Its a great game. Low skill players who dont care to improve will give up quickly. And 6v6 mp alone will only keep so many players interested. Hopefully the comp scene will keep it relevant long enough for it to grow because the foundation of a really great game is there.

[@elijahmahone9358]

So huge thing I noticed you said it only has 3 things going for it and of those 3 things they are very likely 3 of the top 5 things you need for a good fbs shooter. Kind of crapped on your own point.

[@fofizz]

Bro this game is more balanced on launch than every cod

[@mrd7374]

I played it this pass weekend. It’s boring asf. To top it off. Every try hard is quick scoping. I rushed into a room. Shot a guy with half a magazine with an assault rifle. He turned around and 1 shot me. I wasn’t even 4 feet away. That killed my whole mood.

[@fofizz]

Clearly you are just based cuz theres no sbmm

[@KC80SiX]

Game is out for a week and already people say it will die. Chill the f out everybody. I am an OW player and this game has been “dying” since the GOATS meta. yet still it’s here. And will probably be here for a long time too. For 2 years there were no updates for it and people kept playing. Because it was still fun. The only people complaining were streamers because they didn’t have content to showcase, but kept playing anyway. As long as the game remains as fun as it is, it won’t die. Once corpo greed kicks in and makes it a grind fest, then it will die. For now though, it’s just an old school fun game.

[@chubbs948]

The reasons games end up getting trashed so bad is literally only because streaming became such a big thing, if we didn’t have streamers constantly giving opinions on games I can guarantee that the video game industry would be in a much better place right now than it has been in forever

[@inyahead]

yeah I haven't really saw anything that urges me to play the game. I haven't enjoyed a Ubisoft game in quite some time, they used to make games with soul.

[@stitchyrichie]

This game is fun if u are OG cod player u will like this end off

[@xxPhoenixX-sg9tr]

Yes it’s gonna be dead and stale by the time black ops 6 drops or by the new year

[@liquidsnake.7008]

Yeah of course it is going to die, it has absolutely nothing on mw3! And it looks and feels like a 360 game! Blops 6 is around the corner and will have much more content day 1 than This crap

[@allpraisewebb1142]

It's so annoying how impatient people are the damn game only been out a week! They expect everything all at once like wtf smh

[@Eclairy2]

Not everyone games to sweat..

[@harpastanman8952]

Honestly my friend and I are already burnt out. (Mostly with all the dieing while I'm already in a different room but apparently I got 1 shot by a sniper like 4 seconds ago.)😒 I've got about 20 hours in the game. And all the map layouts memorized already. It's a small game.

[@libertariancat4514]

A game with a good base, but the poor execution and inability to fix core problems makes this game just an interactive waiting room for BO6

[@SlevinKevin]

Lol, no one cares about ranked. Why do I subscribe to this guy? Just constant negativity.

[@lumbruhjack8888]

In my opinion xdefiants multiplayer is hands down more fun than cods right now. Ranked does need to be added soon though. I think the end of preseason is too late. It needs to be soon.

[@mire2official]

Bro there is wallbanging in the game Ive done it so many times. Its only certian Materials. Thing like The slide on Nuddle are plastic bullets will go threw it.

[@TClark89]

A truly real take. IDK what's wrong with XD fan boys when you say you die behind walls they till be like it's a skill issue like nothing is wrong with this game. There is so much wrong it's a mid game and ppl get mad about that to. I'm sure ppl are in the comments crying and throwing a fit cause what you said well your right and speaking truths

[@stangman2006]

Yes it needs some work still but as 6v6 fps fan I’m having so much fun playing it.

[@ParkesyBeams]

I have vote 24 hours played and I really loved the game now. Not so much. I can't stand dying around a corner 5 to 10 times a game. Depending on how I'm doing, seems like almost Every death is one where I was around a corner. I'm very good at peaking corners and Call of Duty. And Apex legends.

[@grimmacemack76]

I honestly doubt casuals, new players and younger players stick around after getting stomped by sweat lords for a few weeks 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Triiplesiix]

I think it’s the opposite. I think the non sbmm casual regular 6v6 is this games bread and butter and is what is going to give it its longevity. Theres no other game right now that you can get the same from. Call of duty games are all sweaty unless you want to play an olddddd one. I think this game will do good, if not great. A map a month…regular updates and support, weapons and skins constantly being added. Mastery camps to grind.

[@jasoncoladonato1034]

I personally haven’t seen anyone say it. So I’ll be the one. Did people actually think a Ubisoft FPS game would be good and/or be the “COD killer?”😂

[@deeecim2044]

desync simulator, one hit death simulator, cancer abilities simulator. potentially could be fun to play a bit but amount of bs in the game is outstanding

[@ShadowDashh]

Yes the game is trash the cope from Xdefiant players is insane

[@nunya8412]

you can answer all of these questions by just looking back at ghost recon: phantoms or dirty bomb or any of the other countless f2p great arena shooters from the past. after the initial hype this game will settle down to a 4k diehard playerbase and then the execs will cut the funding to the game. happens every time.

[@LeonBarnes85]

I get what ur saying but this is a play test ....im sorry ur not following up but new content is coming out n yes operators is gonna get nerf ...even the option to chose operators will be shorten as in u can only use two

[@LeonBarnes85]

Team death match ...new camo grinds .....new operators some many contents in the works do a little more research u seem like Ur not even reading X

[@LeonBarnes85]

Take call of duty mentality out of Ur head this not a yearly release

[@tasidar3]

I played it for a couple hours. Really couldn't get into it. I can understand why some people do like it but for me I am not a fan of hero shooters and on top of that the hero mechanics are just plain annoying.

[@wizzzer1337]

Has anyone been incentivized to put money on the game? I for one, feel like the store is incredibly underwhelming, and that makes me feel like the game won't survive, it won't fulfill Ubisoft's greedy bottom line. This game might, believe it or not, find itself in an early grave. Remember- nobody owns modern live service games other than the publishers.

[@SHORTY-NI]

Bring back day one 2042, and id play that over Xdefiant. A free game that still isnt worth the cost

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

I do not believe so , many players have already got all the attachments to the weapons , so they move on to other games until any new maps come along and new weapons . So at the moment season 4 is on mw3 at the moment , it is all about challenges that is what rock peoples boat . The streamers need to make new content that is a different sort of play here as they need content to get the readies in from streaming so like your self and others will want to make content to get viewers .