re: Ubisoft's XDefiant (the COD Killer?): Open BETA June 21st

by doing the opposite of everything COD has done with Multiplayer in the last 5 years. That’s where I’d start.

- drastically cutting SBMM back
- providing Ranked & UnRanked playlist
- providing the ability to turn Crossplay On/Off
- tuning weapons/gadgets/killstreaks for multiplayer, not battle royale
- fixing bugs when they become prevalent
- providing fresh map content that isn’t just reskins from previous titles or shrunk down bastardized assets from Warzone.

just to name a few things. that the OG COD players have been asking for, for years. I know you don’t believe an Arena shooter can survive, but i think battle royale fatigue is coming sooner or later. especially when the product is as bad as Warzone 2.0

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This is the kind of game where I just don't think you can tell by gameplay footage alone how much longevity it will have.

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i never spoke to this games potential longevity. I merely said I hope it’s a true FPS 6v6 Arena shooter, whereas COD no longer is. Seeing how ALL of their development efforts go towards Warzone and DMZ. Everything else is an after thought for them.

Besides grinding for attachments and camos: what’s the point of the watered down COD 6v6 multiplayer?

gotcha

ditto. it’s a BETA and this Dev Team is trying something new. Something we’ve all asked for, a FPS for the community, built by the community’s feedback. that’s enough for me to get behind them and give it a fair shake.

got 4 games in on my lunch break. some server stability issues for 2 of the games, but the gameplay was quite enjoyable. ttk seemed good. the faction abilities didn’t feel OP. gunplay felt smooth, but not BF2042 recoilless lasers either. went positive every match and was starting to put up some multi-kills / streaks.

played their version of escort, domination, and hardpoint.

thanks, finch




eta will try to download tonight

touché

still not showing as available to download for me

It just says to add to my wishlist and wait for a notification. I wonder if it's because I signed up so late, but since it's supposed to be an open beta it's a bit peculiar.

ETA I'm on the ubisoft launcher on PC and it's calling it a closed beta...

Thanks. Found it and downloading now, but they really need to remove this from their store.

the AK slaps at short to medium range with this loadout:
Barrel: Rapid Fire
Front Rail: Pistol
Magazine: Quick Mag
Rear Grip: Quick Draw
Stock: Folded