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Following a wave of community complaints, XDefiant executive producer Mark Rubin has confirmed when players can expect the sniper nerf patch to arrive. According to their recent X/Twitter post, the game’s dev team will be launching the update the , barring any unforeseen setbacks. Improvements to the game’s hit reg issues and ‘bunny-hopping’ will also be included in the same patch.
Unfortunately, Ubisoft hasn’t stated what changes they plan on introducing to the sniper. Most players are hoping that it’s given a significant flinch and movement penalty to make it less effective at close range or after being fired upon first. Of course, this is mere speculation, but this seems to be the ideal solution that would make it more balanced without completely nerfing it to the ground.
However, Rubin also added in their that “all of these are subject to change, depending on how the patch does in [testing].” This means it could end up being delayed if the team finds another issue before it gets deployed. Fortunately, this news should at least satisfy most of the player base who have been calling for changes to the sniper since launch.
We have a patch that was made day 1 or so that is currently scheduled for early next week but the patch with BH and Sniper changes plus some hitreg changes is currently schdeduled for the week after. But all.
