Used to be you could get drunk with your buddies and enjoy a fps for 6 hours. Now we need pots of coffee and we gotta make call outs as if we're defending our country just to save face and after 4 matches we gotta sleep

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

lmaoooo like we're defending our country! I just don't wanna play 4 ppl in a discord while I'm listening to a youtube video and waiting on an uber with no headset on

@FDx8500

14 күн бұрын

try out tf2. or the new bf, join a custom server, nice people a really chill experience. private servers are the solution to everything.

@neetea2

14 күн бұрын

It isnt 2008 anymore 🤷🏽‍♂️

@kungfukenny1540

13 күн бұрын

😂

@melvinware6955

13 күн бұрын

lol - too accurate man. Thanks for the laugh!

Honestly man, this is the realest, most down to earth take I've heard on this game yet. Especially the idea of just playing till you start to get mad, and just stopping. I've had that problem where I just keep getting pub stomped by sweats, and just want to win ONE game. Big mistake. Then I lose my shit after a 5-8 game losing streak, put myself in a bad mood, and feel embarrassed that I let the game get to me that much.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

it's like gambling and wanting that 1 last try "its gonna happen next time just 1 more go" it's not worth being mad 20 mins after u log off over some virtual competition prob against 4 ppl in a party together, ppl downplay the value of callouts and coordination and will say skill issue while they never play solo etc...

@zonzore

14 күн бұрын

I play only TDM and have fun getting stomped and stomping others. It's just crazy fun. I love to bunny hop and shoot like an idiot

@FDx8500

14 күн бұрын

one of the few games i never got mad about losing or anything is TF2. that game is just perfect multiplayer experience, modern games should copy what they have done with that game. and people still plays it today.

@STELLARMIGHTY

13 күн бұрын

@@evilmuska you sound like my inner thoughts on day 3 of Xdefiant lol

@Sabanno

10 күн бұрын

I think its time for Xdefiant to implement hardcore modes, so everyone get a chance to deal with the fastpace play style. I have a problem ro stay locked one on one, i always seem to miss a lot while engaged. And your right a lot of sweats lately, i come online for an hour or two and leave again.

This game is no where near casual

@RaySparkz

13 күн бұрын

Not anymore

@WoodzyM9

13 күн бұрын

It was the first 2-3 weeks

@UnholyKaizen

12 күн бұрын

It's decently casual

@sp3cialed1

9 күн бұрын

They claim they don't have sbmm but they definitely have team balancing on high

@UnholyKaizen

9 күн бұрын

@@sp3cialed1 people are just better

Full auto m16s are the craziest thing I’ve run into.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

thats insane I hope to never see this lol smh

@Chesterreckless

13 күн бұрын

I thought it was just weird netcode when I'd see that, I was suspicious, but couldn't prove it

@cashmar8760

12 күн бұрын

witnessed earlier in a lobby it is TERRIFYING

@JackDearlove-gy5ot

9 күн бұрын

Got absolutely slapped by them

I honestly get suspicious that people are stacked if there's multiple really high levels on the same team. Like if there's 2 or 3+ people on a team that are all above lvl 100, I'm gonna assume they're a stack. I usually stick out games, but I'm just gonna start leaving when people are sweating that hard because it's not worth the stress

@dartlinfps

15 күн бұрын

I literally play the game sometimes just killing time while waiting on something and I will have a KZread video playing and I'm in the game without a headset on and I don't really care to play against four people trying their absolute hardest lol, it also doesn't help I'm in the process of getting AC fixed and it feels HORRIBLE in my PC room right now (90° GA weather with a pc just feels bad lol, it's not to the extreme to where it's making my PC run crazy hot but the room can easily get 110 degrees F if i have the pc on a few hrs

@br8y693

14 күн бұрын

It's most likely a ranked team getting in pubs for a warm-up. Usually if I get on with the guys I play with in ranked we will do a warm-up game in pubs. Maybe two or three games

@angrycheetos2112

14 күн бұрын

Why you stressed lmao It's a game win or lose your playing for enjoyment😁 If your only having fun when your winning you might wanna work on yourself...

@justinoliveira3063

14 күн бұрын

@@angrycheetos2112 I mean, different strokes for different folks. I don’t typically find enjoyment from getting absolutely dunked on by people playing like they’re trying to go pro. Therefore, I just leave the game and go find a different lobby where I can sit back and play a normal match. There’s no right or wrong way to play the game, I just get to choose which experience I want to have. That’s the great think about XDefiant

@angrycheetos2112

14 күн бұрын

@@justinoliveira3063 yeah forsure. Just a thought. Those games where your being destroyed instead of abandoning your team you could use it as practice. Learn what the "Sweats" are doing and how they playin. Could help idk 👍

This is the reason why I finally quit playing PVP. Honestly, going back to single player FPS games or fighting games is a breath of fresh air.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I've been enjoying arpg games a lot lately

@Willardbeans00

11 күн бұрын

I even went back to playing Watchdogs 1 this week 🤷🏿‍♂️

This isn't just xdefiant anymore. Everyone wants to be a pro player nowadays. That's why I prefer playing single-player games or co-op games now. Multiplayer games are a sweatfest sbmm or not.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

very true, I think gaming has just grown so much

This is every game now Battlefield is the only multiplayer game that's still casual

The attitude on subReddit also reflects this. I’ve started to play the game for fun now. Honestly, TDM is a boon for this game and it’s the only mode worth playing

There is a certain irony about saying their are only sweats left while the background game play has you running around in Echelon with an MP7 slide cancelling everywhere. You've got several variables you're not considering here. Everyone was new at launch so casual players will always do worse than player who can across from other games with similar mechanics like COD. You've got a lot unlocking weapons and learning maps so initially at least there is a skill gap but several weeks in that has now been closed. I'm about as casual as they get and I've been going against players who ran several betas I didn't as it wasn't available on the last gen console. I upgraded for this game so I came into it fresh not know shit about it. I actually took the time to unlock all the weapons and do the challenges. When compare to those that knew the maps going in and only unlocked the meta they've had an advantage for weeks. That isn't the case now though because I'm not hopping corners with no attachment crap anymore so you might lose to me where it was a win at one point. I think what will sink this game is the netcoding issues. Doesn't matter you're skill level feeling a gunfight is out of your control is a problem. Fight it often enough you will walk away from the game. I'm really enjoying it but they need to get a handle on it.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I have to play good in the gameplay or my words hold no meaning to these teenagers... the netcode REALLY hurt the playerbase and alot of casuals even left bc of that despite most casuals on cod not noticing desync etc (it was just way more extreme over here I think)

@antheman5156

14 күн бұрын

@@onlyonemag7606 you ever heard of the saying? “Can’t beat em, join em” yeah if everyone is crimson cdl players then you have to pull out a mp7 to compete

@onlyonemag7606

14 күн бұрын

​@@antheman5156 I've heard the saying but how does it apply here? Look at the background footage and fast forward to the scoreboard at 6:47. They are destroying the enemy team, 4 of which are single digit scores without any hill time. Then I look at him running a broken meta playing for kills with minimal OBJ time complaining about how the game is nothing but sweats. I'd counter that with no just look at the game play you used while point out he might be part of the issue being meta reliant.

@KlngVJames

12 күн бұрын

@@onlyonemag7606yea but hes a decent player but hes not a great player, nor is he a beast. I do agree with you that he is someone who needs to be on the hill more if he wants to better his playstyle and increase his W/L ratio. Your talking about someone who didnt even strafe not one time in the video. Which is why is whole team is stacked cause the SBMM knows he is decent and that how they pair people up. They knew the qX prince guy top fragging on the other team is the best player in the lobby which is why he has no help. No disrespect to him but you get the point. Yes he is using the mp7 and it is meta but this game is so balanced that in pubs you can run anything and demolish people. Its about the user and not just the guns by themselves. As i said in my comment, people really worry about the wrong things and devs will listen to wrong people just to make all their games worse overall.

As a solo this game cab be absolutely brutal man

@kuula6734

11 күн бұрын

After the TDM was introduced, I've played only that. Got tired of fighting against the odds alone on objectives.

The game got so sweaty I’m not even feeling it no more

Thanks for putting out the video, appreciate mate, you point on just playing a couple of games when lobbies are sweaty rather spending hrs trying to get it sorted never works as we get more tired and keep playing like a mad man, it gets worse.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

the rage queue is real lol it's like a gambling thing where you have to hit the slot machine 1 more time lol at least on xd it is random compared to call of duty being more manipulated

I wouldn't say all games are sweaty, however because of the current game matchmaking there will always be 1 or 2 actual good players to balance the rest of the average/below average players in the team. That alone can make you feel like the whole team is sweating

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

this is true, plus playing parties makes it feel sweatier, ppl downplay the value of callouts and coordination

Time of day and which days you play have a huge effect I’ve noticed. I actually uninstalled Sunday night because it felt just like cod eomm with how I was getting wrecked. Redownloaded Monday because I’m weak and it’s been pretty solid all week, I was just out of practice from not playing for a few weeks lmao.

Yeah I most definitely uninstalled this game and haven't looked back it's obvious that majority of the time you'll only encounter sweats in parties together each gun fight it's me vs 2-3 players when I spot 1

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

the ppl who hate this video are in parties together so they don't know what it is like or they play solo once in a blue moon so they have a bias...just like I have a biased opinion as somebody who only plays by myself... ppl understate how powerful teammates using microphones is lol if I went into every lobby saying "mic check mic check" ppl would most def tell me to shutup if I tried to encourage randoms to use mics

Awesome video bro ! , now I’m a pretty high rank im level 160 / 2.0k/d and I feel after season 1 dropped this game became insanely sweaty! , now I usually play in stacks as playing solo makes me mad because my team are always garbage or not giving a Damn about the objectives.

This was inevitable😂. How did yall NOT see this coming?

That's just how gaming is nowadays, there's casuals yes but a lot of gamers in this day and age are either people sweating TTVs with soulless expressions on their faces or just people taking pubs too seriously. Not hating on them trying to win but it just seems like everyone wants to be a pub stomper or streamer now unlike in the early 2000's where that archetype of player was rare to come by. Regardless of SBMM being in the game or not, it'll still be sweaty because of the genre and audience the game advertises to. Which is the Call of Duty fanbase and arena shooter fans from all over, like- not trying to call people out or anything but a lot of people who complain about people sweating are the same individuals who use intel suit, ACRs, and Mp7s. I've seen multiple times in lobbies where I'm just chilling with my brain off sniping and some echelon using something tame like a mp5 switches to an mp7 or ACR out of retaliation. Going back to the first point, just how pvp gaming is nowadays. The lobby balancing is all about skill rating anyway, so if your rating is above 3k then fully expect to carry noobs and go against sweats. Although, what keeps me playing the game is the variety of lobbies I get. The only ones I back out on is Echelon HQ because that map sucks imo.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I think it being more mainstream has increased this plus u r right, avg kid in china wants to be an astronaut, avg kid in usa wants to be a social media influencer lol

The first decendant is where I’ve found myself lately

Yes, I noticed it also. I keep getting into top tier esports athlete games lol.

@dartlinfps

15 күн бұрын

it's like 4 ppl in discord calls making callouts and stuff lol you can just tell when they're playing together it's too coordinated to be a coincidence

It's refreshing to see a fellow long time FPS player not following the whole YT "game". I'm really enjoying your commentaries! 🤜🤛

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

thank you

Nice video thx. Im casual PS5 EU player, typically 2 hours most evenings, going ofr camos (slowly). Playing only console. I agree stacks is a problem (it should me clearly marked in lobby if stacks are playing). When team balancing you will end up with the short stick if you are above average. Pair that with sometimes sub par hit detect and it can be frustrating. Thats why I play manly TDM. Stacks are fewer and I can “mind my own business”, holding my own. Honestly I like the game overall, its fresh air after 5 years of absurd COD sbmm, and it will be better overtime.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

the amount of ppl saying skill issue that are ironically the players in parties is funny

It’s all about those head shots!!!

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

100% I think i need to be more adaptable when Im against squads too I prob need to slow my pace down and stay closer to teammates

I'm having 2 problems with this game 1- the time it takes to join a game it's killing me 2- that dam delta error i get frequently kills the fun for me if anyone knows a fix for ps5 pls

Yeah, for me it happened like day after season. I was doing very well before and now I barely hold 1kd in matches. I dont know if they lost like 80% of playerbase instantly or if its something else, tied to frozen stats and team balancing for example. Seasons usualy bring people back, not lose them. But this one is the most broken one Ive ever seen in videogames. 0 problems in preseason and now game is crashing(even after patch and DX12 off), CPU overheating if DX12 is turned on (ryzen 7800x3d 81temps is crazy), abilities bugging (sometimes its not used, sometimes it greys out), spiderbot is even more annoying, my netcode/hitreg is worse than ever before - and I never had noticable issues except few deaths behind corner, profile stats are frozen in time from patch day and I am suspicious that it influences team balancing because it got worse too. They either broke the game so much that everybody quit after S1 or they broke something in matchmaker too.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I think they lost a lot of players to the netcode etc the parties on enemy teams is what irritates me the most

Good stuff

I am a casual almost always bottom of the leader board but I still love the game because no sbmm so at least I can really tell if I am having a good game or playing well . No more top of the leader board one match then bottom the next like on cod .

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I love the game too, I only really get annoyed when I can tell the enemy team is partied up

You’ve earned a sub man…👍🏼

@dartlinfps

11 күн бұрын

Thank you! Appreciate that

I don't see this issue. All of my lobbies seem pretty random still. I think a lot of people are surprised and caught off guard about the actual skill gap once sbmm is not there to keep them in a safe bubble.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

my only issue is playing vs parties who seem too coordinated, meanwhile my teammates are vaping in the back of the map

@neetea2

14 күн бұрын

Most of yall saying this arent that good smh lmao

@softaco3088

14 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps yeah the playing vs parties is tough sometimes.

@softaco3088

14 күн бұрын

Good enough to not notice the sbmm bubble. ;)

Everything you said is facts brother man..play the game don't let the game play you.

Maybe its cause I live in the south but I only run into sweats in TDM or hotshot

Great video the landscape of this game has changed really quick from season 0 to season 1 but I love the mp7 class you got what attachments do you use for this hun on the video

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I use no stock, quickdraw grip, chrome lined barrel (it basically makes you beat ARs at midrange), and muzzle booster...rapid fire barrel or heavy barrel are also good but I feel like chrome lined makes the mp7 range OP

Yup im a casual and im gone. Bad netcode and bad hit reg drove me away. First impressions count

@angrycheetos2112

14 күн бұрын

Okay 😂

@chowell1451

13 күн бұрын

😂

@OzkanArac

13 күн бұрын

Some are saying we need to wait for 3 years for this game to get where it should be. I'm saying these people don't understand the industry. No one is going to wait for 3 years and no developer can stay afloat for three years without earning some money. The game has to deliver now, as well.

@Digger-Nick

13 күн бұрын

Yeah these issues make the game seem "sweatier" than it is.

@0xmoo

13 күн бұрын

@@OzkanArac yup and when you factor in it's ubisoft + a game in the most saturated genre ever that has seen dozens of fps games flop because they're sp generic, you come to the conclusion where this game is headed lmao

I went on vacation for 2 weeks and came back excited to play the new update. But, I just could not compete with all the sweats. I couldnt get my skill back with the game because it was hard to get a positive kd with all the sweats. I have now quit the game and moved on to the finals

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I haven't tried the finals yet it looks fun I might have to give it a try sometime those booster things that launch you into the air look really fun lol

@HenryReid-vs4qm

13 күн бұрын

@dartlinfps It's really fun and decently casual. It's refreshing compared to xdefiant.

I realized how “protected” I was in COD goddamn. You made some good points to just not take it seriously anymore and try to have fun as it is. I admit I pretty much rage quit like a week prior. I may pick it up again though.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

there's always improvements to make, some matches are unwinnable due to teams etc but it IS RANDOM so at least we know we are not getting manipulated like in cod where you actually get punished for playing better which is worse than just coincidentally running into a stacked team or some better players every now and then

100% agree with this video. I play solo and it's not as fun anymore. I've been playing a few matches of XD and then moving to MW3.

That's been my issue my whole team camping or sniping and I'm on obj alone. Getting jumped by the other team. I told them to play TDM and what one said it's easier to get kills when people are running for obj and I camp the route smfh

I’m a xdefiant casual and it’s about worming up

I agree man, i deleted it a month ago. For a casual gamer.. it just got me frustated. Have fun sweats!!!👋

I UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM💯BUT I AM THE SWEAT STILL PLAYING THIS GAME😭😭IT SUCKS GOING AGAINST A TEAM THATS CLEARLY A 4-5 STACK I JUST WISH I HAD SOME FRIENDS TO PLAY WITH💯

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I'm still sweatin too lol, I only use the meta stuff if the others are but usually just chill and level weapons, I just hate getting jumped by a full team its like a reminder that I have no friends LOL

I'm a casual, I'm not going anywhere, I'm loving this game

@dartlinfps

12 күн бұрын

Same!

When I started to play, was 7/10 were casual lobbies, 3 really sweats. Month later, 6/10. Currently since ranked season 1 = 3/10, 3 casual games 7 very sweat lobbies. So I just embrace the lobby, but if there is squad and toxic assholes, I just leave.

games without sbmm: high chance of running into sweats games with sbmm: higher chance of running into sweats that is why i stick to sp and co-op, cause sweats get punished in co-op games which is very satisfying (watching them struggle in cod zombies is the funniest thing)

@dartlinfps

2 күн бұрын

you're right I think sbmm is worse because it ruins your connection, yesterday I was literally playing wz with a friend and after 2 wins we were in a lobby with somebody speaking farsi and I asked where they were playing from and they said Iran...sbmm results in having ppl all over the world in your lobby, I didn't ask if he was using a vpn, but I would think he would vpn to europe and not americas servers (activision is cheap and has servers for all americas bunched together not just NA) I like zombies it's a chill mode to play but def can get intense esp if you don't have pack a punch etc, I didn't really like the wz zombies thing as much as normal zombies but it was a nice break from normal multiplayer and was cool you could exfil with weapons to unlock them on mw3

I’ve been around fps games since bo1 and to be honest you just have to adapt and play for fun but play to get better at the same time in order to keep up with the “new causal level” because to be honest casual players eventually will get better and better and you have to evolve with them or you’re going to be below average

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

very good point, I think the adapting part is the hardest because sometimes you just want to push forward constantly and sometimes you HAVE to slow down

Its not that the game has no SBMM, its that it has high TTK + strong movement (air sfrafing). These games will always be sweaty its an awful combo.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I think these exacerbate the netcode issue

@Hybred

13 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps they do, for sure. But high mobility and high TTK increase the competitiveness of a game. You need to choose one, having both is a nightmare. People cant say they want a causal game then ask for it to be optimized likes its competitive

sniper, mp7, spider, firebomb this is the game

@dartlinfps

9 күн бұрын

firebomb isn't too bad but BOY does it piss you off when you have them beat and they just beat you with a single button press lol

@slof69

9 күн бұрын

i think its more of a m/k issue since cleaners are more used for dps thresholds with headshots n stuff

It’s the one-shotting glitchers which are the main problem

Nvr had this issue i come against some duo players that play togheter sometimes i die some times i get them both i dont think every match is sweaty i see allot of people just camping since tdm came out

@dartlinfps

11 күн бұрын

I had a match last night against 4 lvl 130+ and they were all sniping and didn't miss, and it was like when I would try to engage one of them I would get shot in the back by another one of them because they were all making callouts and stuff, I was able to beat them 1 match where I went like 50-34 and then next match I went 34/32 or something while my whole team was double negative and drastically worse randoms than the previous match... I wanted to beat them two matches in a row but with the second group of people that I was paired with it was pretty much impossible to cap the obj

Had me dying from the start of vid about that vector guy bro lmaoo

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

lol I didn't know the vector was an acr dude was BEAMING

I like this game but I get absolutely murdered every lobby lol

in my lobby everyone gets the same kills and deaths every lobby i play to

As much as a i want to enjoy xdefiant, the netcode and hero abilities killed it for me

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I can understand that

Bro....Im good at these games but now I can't deal. I'm Struggling to get like 15 kills and these sweaty cheaters are getting pretty much 40 & 5 each game. The cancer needs to be cut out.

playing this game is the worst experience 😂

1000% facts

@dartlinfps

15 күн бұрын

I hate jumping into a tdm and there's a clear 4 stack running around every corner together while I'm using a lvl 10 weapon (i started just leaving those matches) i don't have working ac in my house rn and its 90 degrees in GA LOL...can't be sweating on top of sweating when I have 8000$ to come up with for a new ac system

Honestly haven’t had much of a problem finding casual players. I still run into plenty of them, whether they are on my team or the enemy team.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I find them I just constantly find them on my team while enemy team is 4 ppl in a party all lvl 150+

yea i agree with casuals leaving .. im a older gamer i tried the game and it wasnt like old cod at all ... i dont have the time to get good against kids that play all day .. but i do think call of duty sbmm is too much .. why cant they go back to the sbmm from older cod games .. those were fun

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

this has the lobby balancing like old cods but I think whats happening alot here is matching against full parties or parties of 3 or more which are coordinated and make matches way tougher...the amount of ppl in my comments showing their age with ego comments like "get good" etc is kind of funny they saw the thumbnail and went right to the comments without listening I am certain

@yokaidigital3033

14 күн бұрын

@@rua893 I’m older too in my mid 40s and thought when it came out maybe I would like it for my shooter needs. I only wanted to play a few casual games each day but it’s so sweaty that I have no fun at all. I ended up downloading Borderlands games for my shooting feel.

@neetea2

14 күн бұрын

Its cause people learned the game long ago

@Digger-Nick

13 күн бұрын

You don't need Sbmm, the game just has horrible networking and the time to kill allows bunny hopping to exploit it further. If people died in 3 shots like call of duty people wouldn't be complaining as much because the issues would be much less noticeable.

@thelonesomedrifter5884

13 күн бұрын

​@@Digger-Nick Facts plus XDefiant just feels worse to play than Cod

The casuals really just want to play against worse players than them so they can be the sweats.

It’s about adapting to your surroundings and not about running and gunning

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I want to run and gun on tdm...sorry

I agree.

A Very True & Honest Account Of The Current State Of #XDefiant On Both #Console And #PC As Of Friday July 12th 2024

Bro out of 10 players you encounter like 4 of them have cronuz and the rest of them are sweats

Here you have my like. I thought I was crazy but at least somebody saying what I feel since a few days ago, every match is full of stinky armpit people (tryhards) in headglitches, or jumping around, even people with not very high level. Before I was able to kill a lot and do not get kill too much, now it's rare the match where I make more than 50kills without die 20 or 30 times. Not to mention when you are playing solo, and in thw other team they are playing in party, them you know that you have two choices, or leave, or get smashed by them. I also encounter lot of cheaters, yesterday I found one named Killy1x this dude was killing everybody with mp7 and any distance, it was in Occupy and the map Pueblito, at the end he finished the game with 105-20...very normal. I went to check out his stats and he has the (very normal) average of 50 kills/match.

@SAKEWCW

14 күн бұрын

By the way, I also play in US East servers, maybe we have played in the same game at some point.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I think I may have seen your name in game if its similar to on here, you can tell ppl are in parties by the way they play def and also depending on how your team is playing, there's nothing you can do about it but leave or just accept that you're going to lose regardless of how well you play...Surprisingly I have yet to get spawn trapped by a full squad but the feeling of wanting to win and constantly running into 3 or 4 guns every corner you hit can get annoying...ppl somehow take this as me sucking at the game and not wanting challenge...that's like saying just because floyd mayweather is a good boxer he should box 1v3 instead of having a fair fight

The "problem" is that people want to relax in a PvP game. Take Tekken for example: 1v1, me and you, better player wins. The same can be applied to FPS games: Team vs Team, better team wins. People seems to never think about that and PRETEND to join a PvP game and relax. Players want to win, and will do everything in order to do so. The argument "back in the day" doesn't make sense because i can assure you on Unreal Tournament there were no free wins (and it had no sbmm because of the server system), and i remember CoD was sweaty even back than but probably most people didn't care much to speak about it.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

true, I guess there really isn't any chilling in pvp unless u maybe are brainlessly grinding weapon lvls without headset on or something in which case I guess there's no point in caring about results

Pretty much everything you said is correct

💯💯💯💯

The problem is that long-term business plans cannot be based solely on sweaty players. Casual players will quickly get tired of being humiliated every game by K/D 20+ maniacs. Why would anyone buy a season pass or skins for a game they have no chance of success in?

@dartlinfps

10 күн бұрын

I have noticed as time has gone on within the game that I wind up playing against more and more players that are in parties of three or more and I have no problem playing against people of equal are better skill but playing against three or four players of equal or better skill while the rest of my team is dramatically worse than the other team isn't fun... I would not mind waiting an extra minute if it meant that I only got matched against people who were in parties of two or less People who say that the player base has not decreased since launch are simply in denial, the queue time taking longer is evidence

newsflash, shooting games are competitive and ur gonna get shot

@dartlinfps

13 сағат бұрын

Wow, you get a nobel prize!

I'm just wanting a server with good connection.

@dartlinfps

9 күн бұрын

amen to that lol

IDK man, I kind of disagree, yes there'll be games when my team gets absolutely demolished and enemies are sweating their nuts off but there are an equal amount of games where the enemies are not good, I'm not very good at the game and yesterday I got 50 kills in a team deathmatch game and trust me, that was not because of my own skill level, that was because the enemies I was facing off against were kinda ass. I imagine most sweats are either playing the ranked mode right now or will switch to it after the gets finalized and the bugs are ironed out.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

To be honest with you I think this was just how I was feeling on that particular day and I'm glad that it's actually random rather than being manipulated

100% True.

Everyone's an Mp7 or Sniper Kangaroo now its 🗑

For me it’s the opposite I can go 45-6 with 2,000 objective score on domination and still lose. This happens on the regular. The game wants me to carry 5 bots going 5-36 with barely any objective score.

@dartlinfps

12 күн бұрын

This is my experience when I'm trying it seems like the rest of the team is in the wrong game mode

I mean I started playing today and I have to get to lvl 40 to play ranked. You gotta grind a bit to get there. So only people that play a bit and are pretty good are gonna continue to play

@dartlinfps

8 күн бұрын

true, I think this, as much as it can be annoying, is good to keep cheaters at bay and out of ranked (temporarily)

This is all facts

I hadn’t noticed

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I think I am just constantly being paired against parties, the title/thumb etc is hyperbole but I feel like it is sweatier than at the start (my main issue is 4 players on enemy team that play like conjoined twins it gives me flashbacks to warzone lol)

I saw my first cheater a week ago. He would prefire me around every corner and wasn't running Echelon. I ended up going Phantom riot shield and melee bashed him to death a few times. But it is a bad sign seeing a cheater like that out in the open. Cheaters are like roaches. For every one you see there are ten more you don't see.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I saw one the other day who was FLYING through the air their character was jumping 50 feet in the air and 1 shotting everybody, also ran into a bot lobby the other AM that had a full enemy team named "boostbot1 - 6" somebody on my team had paid to boost weapon xp and I happened to get into that lobby by chance due to the time of day

@ZombieRommel

13 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps Yiiiiiikes!

Maybe it depends on the gamemode? I play unranked domination and there are PLENTY of casuals, otherwise I would not get this many MVPs. I am no sweat, but I am definitely above average.

@dartlinfps

11 күн бұрын

I think in zone control there's a lot of ppl going for kill records and playing in 3+ man parties...sometimes you dont notice bc theyre not having a standout performance, but other lobbies you can just tell when there's four level 130+ on the enemy team and every time you're engaging with one the other three are holding some type of sight line to quickly take you out if you're able to get one of them

I turned it off after the new season.

SBMM coming soon stay tuned!

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

lol it better be in its' own playlist

I stopped playing after I got my M60 titanium prism. For me it felt more like work then just a fun shooter

@dartlinfps

8 күн бұрын

I think this brings the question of is the grind the game or is the game after the camo grind the game, I remember ppl saying stuff like "i got mastery camo now I can finally play the game" lol imo after there's no progression system left for you all you have is to sweat and try to break personal records or just play for the sake of killing time or a quick shooter game fix

@TheSoggynacho

8 күн бұрын

@dartlinfps I don't mind the grind, it's more of the issues with the game.

And this is exactly why SBMM is in almost every other game. Casuals realise they can’t compete with the sweats and give up. That doesn’t happen in other games because they’re protected by the algorithm to play people in their level. Not saying it’s right or wrong - but that’s why other games will succeed for years while increasing and retaining their player base while xDefiant might struggle in the long run.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I think they could have multiple playlists and have one called casual that gives lobbies based off recent performance or something (I don't have an issue with sweating, I just hate going against stacks constantly who are clearly using comms etc)

i feel like we live ina era where everyone wants to be great but then never get seen or do anything more bout it like uploading n stuff, as far for the cas. experience this the closest thing will ever get at least for my lobbies depending on the time of day and game mode it can either be really easy and i can play obj with no probs or really really bad- and i gotta like become SCUMP himself in order to win 😂

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I have a problem where I will know the enemy team is partied up and all playing obj and I go "ill show them" and I try super hard to win where my random teammates don't care and then I set myself up to get irritated...sometimes I get the party on my team as a solo and we stomp so I guess it comes around and goes around

@scriptxyoufurry

14 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps that is completely understandable i too struggle with that as well, especially as. a person who doesnt really have friends to ever play with and always been a solo player for as long as i remember it can be adhesively frustrating to continue solo queuing at a time and wanting to win your teammates dont play the OBJ

Nah honestly the sweats are mainly in Ranked

I'm a casual and i love the sweats. I only play 3-5 matches at a time.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I started doing the same, currently no AC in my house and its 90 degrees the pc makes the room too hot lol

@zonzore

12 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps lmao damn!!!

it's all on the developers honestly, they feel ok with many things solely because they will have solid base of players for the next 2/3 years. this game is sweaty because it gives NOTHING to do but to sweat. we all want prisma camos because is the only shit you can do basically so you gotta stick to kills. many many games start solving this by the minute but since it's ubisoft and they feel alright by having a second tier competitive mp like r6/for honor they don't do nothing. shit even splitgate had unlockables with weekly challenges and party modes, this stale will not kill the game but def will not compete in numbers with cod on december. there's always a solution to everything, like even fortnite solved the sweat thing by adding zero build. granted, it came years into the game but also the problem became a problem years later. rotational weapons and map, missions, unlockables, new gamemodes every month (like the finals do, even tho it's death it's not because of content) etc, and people will not reach the skill plateau so soon. but nah, they just gonna give the bare minimum even tho they have all year one content basically done. "BUT THE GAME IS NEW THE ENGINE IS NOT READY YOU GOTTA RIDE MARKS RUBINS DICK BRO TRUST ME" ARE WE REALLY GONNA HAVE PATIENCE WITH FUCKING UBISOFT AND A CODLIKE GAME? THEY HAVE THE CASH AND THE NUMBERS TO KNOW THEY CAN THROW AWAY CASH WITH THE PROJECT, GET 100+ WORKERS THERE BY THE MINUTE AND DO GOOD SHIT. like come on they could just hire a 3rd party studio to solve netcoding but nah they have time lets just give nothing to our playerbase.

@dartlinfps

9 күн бұрын

thats actually a REALLY good point about the game basically being able sweating that's all there is to do

Honestly, I have not experienced a casual lobby at all, even from day one. It’s all sweat all the time. Maybe it’s my region, or server that i get connected to, but that has been my experience. However, I have more good games than bad, and still overall enjoy the game. I play solo as well, If I get into a lobby up against a party and they are just destroying my team right off the rip, i just leave. Not gonna deal with it.

streamers are the reason of why everyone playing fps wants to be a pro instead of playing casual just to have fun.

@dartlinfps

11 күн бұрын

I also heard in 2025 or 26 esports is going to start being in the Olympics so the motivations are different, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the people that I play against are literally kids who play everyday together to build synergy as a team... Sometimes the level of coordination is wild while I'm sitting here listening to KZread videos off my phone without a headset on just making the mistake of trying to chill and level weapons

Least people go for objective fairly in this game like Hotshot even we losing game end up like 109vs125./110vs125. This happens all the time but its fun everyone go for the objective Compare that to COD Kill Confirmed people just sit there doing nothing but camo challenges😅

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I love games when my team all wants to win and is trying to get the objective or at least clear around it (sometimes they don't care and are on the opposite side of the map as if they're going for longshots) I guess it being random sometimes you will have a good time and other times it will be rough

@od13166

13 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps you wont get in COD like killconfirmed where only me getting dog tags

It’s a team balancing issue cause solos are all on one team against stacks

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I agree, I'm also starting to notice that my particular internet service does not work very well with this game because there's latency variation and I pay 120$ a month for Xfinity I think their copper wiring is outdated I'm either going to switch or downgrade my service because it won't make a difference except for when I'm downloading new games

@bobbybeez858

13 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps yeah I’m switching to fiber this week I’ll let ya know how it feels I’m getting 500 rn and it feels really bad

Says the guy with a Titanium Prisma skin…

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I pull it out when the other team is 3 deep in a discord call with scuf controllers in hand... and ALSO using mp7s

@sesnhodges756

13 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps fair enough

The game is done for it’s nothing but sweats and that won’t last long nor be a good look for longevity. I played earlier and I was just over it and got off. Between the sweats and cheaters I just can’t get with it

@dartlinfps

15 күн бұрын

it's honestly annoying and it will kill the game if not remedied, you got ppl saying "skill issue" here and there the problem is even if they're as good as they think they r eventually they'll have nobody to play against, I just saw a video of a ranked game amongst the "best players" and dude was using an exploit for infinite nades at the start of a round, what a joke, I wouldn't put it past that same person cheating and even consider doing an exploit like that to be cheating tbh...

@christiandeville17

15 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps yes and I hate that about this community they think they know more than the devs but again the devs letting them lead which is causing the game to be a shit show. Activision maybe shitty at times but at least they have a BACKBONE. Mark is letting these gamers ruin his game. XDefiant needs SBMM to an extent

@mrlogic1017

15 күн бұрын

Don’t think the game is done for quite yet, I’d give them a chance to make some fixes and most importantly get the net code to a good state. Having said that, totally agree that it’s been rough particularly since season 1 launch. I’ve stopped playing and will come back to it in a couple months, when hopefully things will get sorted out, cause between the dying behind walls, spider bots, sniper rifles randomly shooting with a delay after I pull the trigger, pumping full mags into certain players and them not dying, as well as many other little issues. It’s just more frustrating than fun to play at the moment.

scary how closely this correlates to Activision's reasoning for what would happen with no sbmm

@OzkanArac

13 күн бұрын

Activision is doing this same thing for 2 decades now. They know what the community wants and it is simply not what the vocal minority cries about. They're making billions every year and unless Ubisoft somehow got turned off by money, they'll follow suit. Ubisoft, if XDefiant gets big enough, would learn the same things Activision already learnt and will do the same things to maximize the money coming in. No SBMM is a nice hook, for veteran players. But it does nothing but chase away the casual. I think Ubisoft would do all the same things once they learn where the money is.

@Digger-Nick

13 күн бұрын

How? Nobody has ever wanted or asked for Sbmm. There is no reason to rig the matchmaking outside of ranked mode. The only time there should be any algorithm working in pubs is when you queue up with friends, you should be matched with other people queued up together as well. The networking and bunnhopping exploit is why this game feels so bad

@Digger-Nick

13 күн бұрын

​@@OzkanAracActivision is literally belittling you and treating you like a toddler with a bottomless wallet and you're praising them for it ... I've seen it all now

@OzkanArac

13 күн бұрын

@@Digger-Nick Who says I'm praising them? All I say is that I understand why they do it. I know what's going on, that's it. I'm not happy with it either.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I just want to play other solos lol it's not gonna happen most likely but one can wish

Not sweats hackers actually also the game is almost dead

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

Ive only seen a few cheaters but I think its more common on ranked

@jasonadersonwedion9874

14 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps I’m not saying just wall hacks or people shooting through walls but the common ones with Cronus that just increase the aim assist levels and removes recoil

@softaco3088

14 күн бұрын

The game is far from dead. Where is your data to back up this claim?

@jayt5346

13 күн бұрын

@@softaco3088i know right what tf is this kid talking about

It’s very hard to fully enjoy this game from where I live in the Caribbean with high 80-165ms pings. At time it spikes to 200. When that happens which is everyday…I can only fight through 2 or 3 games for the longest. Until there are servers close to us which could give us a way better ping and way less latency would be nice but that ain’t gonna happen.

@dartlinfps

12 күн бұрын

just had to do a ton of troubleshooting and I can CONFIRM this game is ROUGH when you have connection issues, you would think them using google cloud services that google would have servers all around the world but as much as they try to act like a company that is "For the people" google is ALL ABOUT THE MONEY...thats why they sell people's data lol

@rufascar9512

12 күн бұрын

@@dartlinfps very rough but I still try to fight through my connection issues nonetheless.

Very good perspective and advise. The most annoying part of the game for me is the sniping.I feel like nearly all snipers are sweats or cheating. The millisecond you expose yourself it's game over. Either that or sniping is too OP in this game.

@dartlinfps

13 күн бұрын

I think with the hitreg higher damage per bullet guns dominate esp 1 shot weapons, marksman rifles and the m16 are insanely strong and so is the ak because if there is packet burst mid gunfight, sometimes you get super bullets which basically does the damage that was supposed to be dealt over time all at once (if you ever felt like you got sniped by an ak this is why, it can feel that way even without headshots)

Yeah it's really bad now. The sweats know just where to hide now to avoid being hit. Also casuals will only stay if they feel good about the game. Getting shot around corners and hit reg being an issue will drive away all casuals.

Solos won't que with large parties. I'm a solo PS5 player with cross play off and lobbies have been suspiciously easy the last week or so. As for cheaters, not sure, I've only ever reported 5 players and when its super obvious I make it into YT short and throw in on my channel. I do block quite a few people instead of reporting them. That's the 100% guaranteed way to never have to see them again...and not run the risk of reporting someone when they're just that slilled.

@dartlinfps

14 күн бұрын

I think it's probably less sweaty on ps or xbox crossplay off, pc players on controller tend to be the more diehard players, but it really does vary, sometimes you play the 4 stack, sometimes they're on your time, sometimes they're good, sometimes they're just friends chillin in a party