XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes (October 8, 2024): Gameplay changes, weapon and factions updates, and more

The XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes are out now. With this update, the developers are looking to make much-needed changes to the FPS title. Ubisoft has made multiple gameplay updates that make the game feel smoother. Furthermore, weapons like the AK-47, the M4A1, and the M7911 are getting updates.

This article will cover every change that is arriving in the Ubisoft shooter with the Y1S2.2 patch.

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XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes: All changes coming on October 8, 2024

Highlights of XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes (Image via Ubisoft)

Here are all the changes in the XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes that will arrive in the game on October 9, 2024:

Gameplay updates in XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes

• Daily Challenges can now directly level up the Battle Pass, earning up to an entire BP tier if players complete hard challenges.
• Players now receive notifications for destroying specific enemy abilities (such as Spiderbots, Scrap Turrets, Mag Barriers, etc.).
• Previously, players could negate the sway penalty for spamming the Crouch button if they held their breath (in the game, not IRL) while aiming down the sight. But now, fixed!
• Mantling ledges was inconsistently successful when the Auto-Grab Ledge option was enabled in settings. Now you can mantle with confidence.
• When transitioning from sprinting to shooting, weapons now shoot only if the player is holding the Fire button at the end of the transition. Before, tapping the Fire button while sprinting caused the weapon to shoot at the end of the sprint-shoot transition, giving the impression that the weapon was firing willy-nilly.

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Faction updates in XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes

Highwaymen

• The Highwaymen's Scrap Turret doesn't track and shoot enemies from behind the cover that is taller than the turret anymore.

GS-Kommando

• GS-Kommando's Flash Shield now flash-blinds enemies hunkered behind the Mag Barrier or AEGIS shield. As well it should; those things provide damage protection, not eye protection.

DedSec

• Spiderbots were not making any new fans with their uncanny and unintended tendency to meld into stairs and slopes while skittering across graded surfaces, which also granted them immunity from Hijacking. All of that stuff has been fixed.

Phantoms

The Phantoms' finer performance points have been tweaked for faction balance:

• Their movement speed has been reduced by 5 percent.
• The time it takes for their health to begin regenerating has increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds (1 second longer than the regeneration delay of all other factions).
• Their health-heightening Hardened trait has been reduced from 120 hit points to 115 hit points.

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Game Modes updates in XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes

• Bomb! - Players who joined a Bomb! match in progress was spawning on the map in a disorienting paralyzed state instead of chilling out in spectator mode until the start of the next round. We fixed that.
• Updated the Welcome Playlist to ease players into Season 2, with new lists of suggested maps, modes, and an updated player maximum level of 40.

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Ranked updates in XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes

• Minor tuning of the Rank Point formula to speed progression through the Silver, Ruby, and Diamond ranks.
• Players no longer see the incorrect selection for their next map when voting for "Random Map and Mode" in Ranked play.

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Weapon updates in XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes

XDefiant Season 2 gameplay (Image via Ubisoft)

• AK-47 - Adjusted recoil of the AK-47 equipped with the Holographic Sight to keep the reticule closer to the center screen.
• M1911 - The Ranked "R" symbol has been reapplied to the Flying Tiger M1911 pistol skin.
• Recalibrated the Holographic and Reflex optics for accuracy.
• The Pyroclastic Weapon Mastery skin paint job for the M4A1 no longer covers special magazines such as the Extended Mag, which is consistent with how cosmetic skins cover non-standard magazines on other weapons.
• Graphical fixes, various.

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Device updates in XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes

• Fixed a delay in deploying the proximity mine if players tapped the button instead of holding it (both actions should deploy the prox mine with equal rapidity).

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Netcode updates in XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes

• Reduced by half the timespan in which two adversaries can score their final shots, which should reduce the instances of kill trades (when two players die simultaneously).

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Audio updates in XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes

• Fixed the "Grenade Multikill" VO line that's supposed to play when you kill multiple enemies with a single explosive device. As Cleaners' announcer Joe Ferro always says, "Great boom for the buck, pal!"
• Text to Speech now works for the Quick Chat commands.
• Audio fixes, various.

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Miscellaneous updates in XDefiant Y1S2.2 patch notes

• The loading screen was getting stuck at around 40 percent for an unreasonably long time after exiting a match, but now it keeps on keeping on.
• Weapons that reached level 500 during a match displayed level 501 in the match-summary screen, which was both incorrect and also infuriating for round-number fans.
• Eliminated a delay in loading the map environment when joining a match in progress.
• Improved the interface for switching perspectives and following the action when you're spectating post-death.
• Restored unlock-requirement descriptions that were missing from some weapons on the Major Challenge tab.
• Crash fixes, various.

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