In XDefiant’s latest update, Ubisoft cracks down on jump spamming, adds ability restrictions to Ranked Mode, and punishes players for leaving Ranked Mode matches early.
Since launching at the start of XDdefiant Season 1 on July 2, reviews for Ranked Mode have not been positive. Players labeled the mode a“hilarious train wreck”because players were not punished for leaving early, and games started with unbalanced teams.
Ubisoft addressed those concerns in theJuly 31 updateby not starting matches without at least eight players. This latest update goes one step further by increasing the penalty for leaving matches and balances the playing field by making every teammate use a different ability.
Players have also raised concerned aboutrampant bunny hoppers, spam-jumping to dodge enemies. The development team responded by adding a harsher sway penalty for jumping too many times consecutively and reduced midair strafing and horizontal jumping speeds.
XDefiant Aug 28 update full patch notes
Here are the fullpatch notes.
Since humans first hopped, some among them thought they should not. Others consider jumping the most profound expression of skill. Both sorts will find something to argue about in this array of new jump-spamming mitigations.
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