Ubisoft expedited XDefiant’s weapon leveling course of by lowering the XP requirement. Nevertheless, to keep up participant engagement, the event crew made the weapon mastery unlock course of tougher, dividing gamers.

As a part of the June 18 XDefiant replace, Ubisoft lowered the XP wanted to degree up a major weapon from 3.500 to three,000 and a secondary weapon from 1,500 to 1,000. As a counterbalance, the Bronze camo degree was elevated from 50 to 100, Silver from 75 to 150, and Gold from 100 to 200.

Beforehand, XDefiant developer Patrick ‘ACHES’ Value defined that one kill equals 100 XP, which means it took round 35 kills per degree. Contemplating that there are 18 major weapons and all attachments aren’t unlocked till degree 43, that’s a steep endeavor for a participant of any ability degree. A number of double XP weekends have helped assist the trigger, but it surely wasn’t sufficient to fulfill a growingly pissed off participant base.

XDefiant govt producer Mark Rubin stepped in and admitted that gamers have been unlocking attachments slower than initially supposed, so this replace ought to make it simpler. But it surely’s the weapon mastery re-balancing that’s raised eyebrows. XDefiant content material creator NerosCinema argued that the replace is unnecessary as a result of whereas the it’s good you could unlock attachments for major weapons 14 % sooner, doubling the extent requirement for mastery camos is simply too harsh of a change.

In response to complaints, Rubin claimed, “Weapon Mastery however doesn’t have an effect on gameplay and is meant to be one thing particular that exhibits off your dedication to a weapon. And so the re-balance of ranges was in response to that.”

14 % will make a considerable distinction, and that shall be much more noticeable on double XP weekends transferring ahead. However asking gamers to succeed in degree 200 on each weapon as an alternative of 100 is a tall order and presumably too harsh of an ask. Gamers who’ve already unlocked all three mastery camos for a weapon received’t lose them, but it surely’s additionally not essentially honest that gamers who missed out now must work twice as arduous for the achievement.

One other problem is gamers solely get weapon XP from kills. In consequence, gamers don’t get rewarded for enjoying the target, which results in customers solely searching kills. Fortunately, this replace is retroactive, which means each participant can have larger weapon ranges than earlier than. But it surely’s clear that the system nonetheless wants work, and gamers aren’t absolutely glad.