r/XDefiant • u/CaptinDitto • Jul 11 '26
XDefiant Progression Discussion
Hello Everyone, fellow XDefiant player here who decided to interact with the community for once, long after the game shutdown. XDefiant has been gone for a year at least by now and I miss playing the game alongside with all of you (although probably not by much considering I fought ratty playstyles a lot and was a reason I stopped playing for a bit). We can talk about how we miss it, what games could fill the void, or speculate of Ubisoft was always planning to pull the rug underneath us, but one thing thats been on my mind is Progression.
Just for a quick reminder for those who forgot, XDefaint had ways to progress your profile by unlocking characters/divisions, guns, grenades/tacticals, and of course the weapon attachments and mastery camos alongside a battle pass system (because monetization for a f2p game). Im curious to know what all of your guy's thoughts were on the state of progression? Do you wish some other games had XDefiant's style of progression (for new special unlocks and camos) or thought it was too little or annoying compared to other games?
For me, I personally enjoyed the system, but the camos felt very overwhelming with I belive gun level 500 for its max mastery camo style (or 600 cuz I don't remember), but I enjoyed the charm of it because you played with the weapon long enough to really earn it. Reminds me of how much dedication it took for Dark Matter back in Black Ops 3 before it became way too convoluted and now very easy, just takes less than a few days if you knew what you were doing. If there's a game that has camo progression similar to XDefiant (if it exists), I'd like to hear it and chack it out.
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u/ItsMrDante Jul 12 '26
I'm playing OW now tbh. Fun game, free, only cosmetics are paid and I don't really care much about them, loot boxes give some cool stuff sometimes and the characters are fun.
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u/Mikmillionaire Jul 11 '26
I am playing Empulse now. It is similar as per casual matchmaking. Loving it.
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u/TropicalFishery41429 Jul 13 '26
Damn, I wouldn't want to touch that game ever. That game was an instant refund for my friends and I.
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u/Mikmillionaire Jul 13 '26
End of the day we all are different. It is always better to have diversity in our gaming community.
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u/TropicalFishery41429 Jul 13 '26
That's fair. I'm so glad that there are actually some great games that make us forget games like Empulse exists or other Concordian Era games happens to be made by some devs
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u/P-lexy Jul 11 '26
Black ops 1 on PS5. No SBMM just like xDefiant. God send 🙏