XDefiant Patch Potentially Makes Attachments Useless and It’ll Change the Meta Again

Ubisoft’s XDefiant is one of the most well-known multiplayer games released recently. The game has captivated players with its blend of tactical team-based mechanics and customizable loadouts that allow them the freedom to play however they want to.

However, after a few changes to the meta weapons and attachment, players have found that attachment provides almost no additional benefit, leaving many of them questioning the impact on the game’s meta.

Players Want XDefiant to Address the Meta Changes

In any First-Person Shooter, if the game allows attachment customization, these modifications always lead to some kind of benefit. However, in XDefiant players have noticed that after new patch which was aimed to address various balance issues, ruined some of the fun parts of the game, attachments.

Players have reported that attachments such as barrels offer no measurable improvements in the range or the recoil control. The community is very shocked as before some of the barrels could reduce recoil by a great amount but this patch has made them useless. Players feel that their loadouts need to be changed again as certain attachments are useless now.

Reddit User, xevedaw413456, shared the kill time with and without the barrel attachment and the results were shocking to them. After seeing the graph, players are now discussing what will be the new meta attachments or different methods to use the weapons.

This might rile people up, but no barrel attachments gives advantage, Strafe is the meta 🫡
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Players are discussing the potential of various attachments.

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Players are asking what’s the point of attachment anymore.

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Some players are sharing their loadout and asking if this is still good or not, now that these changes have been made.

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After seeing the results from the graph, players feel that these changes were not thoroughly tested as this will lead to a significant change in gameplay and meta. Players are now looking to avoid the barrels altogether, in favour of other attachments.

Players Looking to Adapt to the New Meta

Ubisoft has been fairly transparent with the XDefiant‘s playerbase so players are looking forward to the official response of the developers. However, as the timeline for these fixes is not certain, players have to shift with the new meta in the game.

With the recent updates to the game, one thing is clear: the game’s meta doesn’t remain stable for long so players will need to adapt quickly as well. This is a good thing but making a specific attachment lose all of its usefulness is something Ubisoft needs to look into.

In the end, players need to keep an eye on the developers for any further updates and be prepared for the evolving meta of XDefiant.

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