XDefiant Players “Already Hate” Increased Weapon Mastery Requirements

XDefiant's June 18 patch increased the requirements to unlock all weapon mastery skins – and players already hate it.

Before update Y1S0.4, you could unlock mastery camouflages (Bronze, Silver and Gold skins) in XDefiant after reaching weapon levels 50, 75 and 100. Now this requirement has increased to levels 100, 150 and 200, which significantly increases the time it takes to unlock them.

This change from Ubisoft counteracts the other update included in the patch, which consists of faster weapon upgrades.

One player pointed out in the XDefiant subreddit that Gold mastery now requires 600,000 XP instead of 350,000, which is a whopping 71.4% increase. This change affected players who were only a few levels away from unlocking a Gold skin. “Me with the AK at level 94 :'),” said one player with a heavy heart.

Some players are happy that attachments are now easier to unlock, but one thinks, “They're past gold.” They should have put gold at 150, then obsidian or some other new camo at 200.”

A player in this post X finds this change “bizarre” and asks Ubisoft why these increases are not proportional. “Other than playing time, there is no challenge. This is more of a reward for participation than for mastery. I guess it’s good, but I just don’t find this mastery system fun to work on,” said the same player.

Another chimed in: “They need to add more camos that we can unlock on the path to bronze/silver/gold. »

“It's almost like they're artificially inflating the grind due to the lack of variety of parts to give a sense of progress,” said another.

Mark Rubin, executive producer of XDefiant, posted an explanation shortly after patch Y1S0.4 went live. He acknowledged the changes “may upset some people,” but they will continue to evaluate their decisions in the coming days.

He said: “This whole system is being remade to be more engaging for everyone. It will be a few seasons before we see this, but we will now look at the feedback to improve our future implementation. »

This means that if the majority of players find unlocking mastery skins exhausting, they might change the requirements along the way, but only time will tell if and how that happens.