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The jury remains out on XDefiant, as the Ubisoft shooter’s early days have seen it reach exciting highs and disappointing lows. This time, though, it seems the popular FPS has hit another snag after several players reported experiencing a game-breaking glitch that prevents them from actually playing through a match. Over on Reddit, shared a clip of them being unable to sprint, shoot, or use abilities in a match after respawning.
Naturally, once this happens, you’ll have no choice but to leave the game, preventing you from gaining the precious XP needed to level the . And unsurprisingly, player frustration has started to mount, especially after Ubisoft released the widely criticized . According to Mark Rubin, executive producer of XDefiant, on , this bug only occurs whenever players die while spamming the melee button.
Fortunately, Rubin also revealed that the team already has a fix, but they “need to figure out when [they] can release it.” Though the team has yet to reveal when they’ll release the patch, you can likely expect it to arrive sooner rather than later. Yes, it happens if you die while spamming melee.
We have a fix but need to figure out when we can release it. In addition to the upcoming melee bug fix, Rubin also announced in a that they will soon release an XDefiant update containing progression changes. This announceme.