XDefiant patch notes Y1S1.2 (July 17, 2024): Gameplay updates, weapon changes, and more

A new set of XDefiant patch notes is finally here, bringing several gameplay updates, bug fixes, weapon changes, and more to the game. Players will see notable weapon buffs, particularly for assault and sniper rifles, as well as changes in reloading speeds, weapon swapping, and deploying devices. The Y1S1.2 update will roll out in-game on July 17, 2024.

For more information about the new XDefiant patch notes, keep reading.

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XDefiant patch notes: All changes in Y1S1.2 update

The new XDefiant patch notes features changes to factions, gameplay, maps, game modes, and more.

Here's the full list of updates in the game:

Gameplay

• Fixed a delay in reloading, swapping weapons, or deploying devices caused by players rapidly tapping the Fire and Ability buttons.
• Players who took advantage of a speed hack will now find themselves locked in place, which is the opposite of what they were going for.

Factions

• After coming to an agreement with pharmaceutical company GSK, the Team Rainbow faction will hereafter be known as GS-Kommando. Feel free to continue calling them Grenzschutzkommando as a handy time saver.
• Fixed an issue where DedSec's Spiderbots were ignoring victims previously targeted by the deploying player. Now they'll spiderhug faces new and old with equal enthusiasm.
• Players can once again shoot DedSec Spiderbots off their own faces. Not sure why; everybody loves Spiderbots.
• Tuned the functionality of Echelon's Intel Suit. Now it pulses every four seconds instead of every three. Enemies remain highlighted for 1 second instead of 2.7 seconds, so everybody pay attention.
• Some abilities such as Firebomb, the Digital Ghillie Suit, and BioVida Boost weren't always activating or occasionally stopped working. That's fixed.

Maps

• Fixed a weird issue letting players exit a Times Square spawn zone early by jumping off a picture frame.

Game Modes

• Updated the Playlist screen to show all the available game modes.
• Added menu text clarifying that the Bronze rank unlocks at the first victory.
• Fixed an issue that was displaying the little padlock icon on Ranked Rewards despite players earning them fair and square.

Audio

• Graphical and audio fixes, various.

Miscellaneous

• Corrected the Killscreen HP value (from one to zero) of players who killed other players post-mortem (via a well-placed proximity mine, incendiary rounds, or similarly persistent offensive strategies).
• Previously, players with pings greater than 150ms were kept waiting an un-fun amount of time in matchmaking. We've improved the matchmaking parameters so their ping is assessed more frequently, which should greatly reduce matchmaking wait times. Also, players of any ping quality can now instantly jump into the Practice Zone, where they can take out their ping frustrations in a healthy and constructive way.
• Crash fixes, various.

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