Why XDefiant DESTROYS Call of Duty

When i switched back to cod after playing this game i was SHOCKED by how sweaty it was

COD pushed their core player base away by catering their games to low skilled players. XDefiant is a breath of fresh air and I really hope it can flourish.

also people sometimes forgot about SBMM that you cannot play with your friend if your friend "below average", me and my one friend skill is above average, we understood this situation and we never forced other friend to play cod otherwise they experience will be ruined. especially after they spend $70 dollar. and now this week, we finally playing xdefiant as 6player team, we lose together, we work as a team, we win together. And the most important we have fun !!! something that we would never got on cod. our "below average" skill's friend also excited to play xdefiant, and im surprised how well they grow up their skill on fps. Because they are getting better SBMM problem is real !

It's actually engagement optimized match making. The algorithm monitors more numbers than just skills. It KILLS any sense of progression. Because no matter what, you'll always have the exact same experience. A few hand hurting matches followed by a boring kindergarten match. All the wins and losses feel artificial.

I think the slightly longer ttk is also more appealing to the evening chill crowd. 1v1 engagements can be turned around and won - where CoD just rewards whoever hits their target first. I appreciate this subtle but crucial difference in an FPS shooter.

i love the fact that you protect the side that make good changes even though you don't like their game, 💙

xdefiant was trying to be unpredictable for when it launches, as they already knew call of duty would reveal BO6 and ruin the hype all BO games were revealed in august, but this one came out on 23rd may 2 days after xd

“A micro transaction store disguised as a video game.” 🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯

CoD has been an “algorithm you’re allowed to experience” for quite some time now. Very succinct description imo

The fact that Enders labels EOMM as a money glitch is the most accurate and hilarious statement I’ve ever seen.

both of your takes are to the point . Input base match making is a life savior against the legal aimbot.

I just want challenges for camo grind, and faster weapon leveling.

I liked cold war for what it was, but SBMM killed it. XDefiant really brings me back to the good old days, where being trash means nothing, u can still have fun.

Something a lot of people don’t discuss about SBMM is that if you’re always protected from playing against better players, then u never improve at the game, I remember I used to go negative all the time when I first started playing cod when I was 12 years old, but I slowly started learning from other players and now I have like a 1.8-2.0 KD, if I played in protected brackets, I would never be able to have that KD now because I’d just be going up against kids my age that are also new to online gaming, sometimes competition is good, it makes us all better.

Also for new players xdefiant has that welcome playlist for those people that want that "safe feeling" as it has sbmm for low level players

I'm actually enjoying this game way more than what I thought I would. I've been hyped about the no SBMM in casual lobbies, but the game itself hadn't pulled me in yet. After playing about 10 hours after release, I was pleasantly surprised. The higher TTK is much better. You can actually turn on people in this game and melt them if they hit you first but have overall bad aim. The aim assist being tuned down is also nice in adding a good skill gap between players. I'm finding myself being satisfied after winning a close gun fight purely because my aim was just better than my opponent. Of course you are going to have sweaty lobbies from time to time, but it's nice being able to have an amazing game and then not be punished for it in the next lobby. And many of the games I play I find myself just being able to play casually and not having to be glued 12 inches away from the monitor. It overall just feels like it used to when I played COD back in the early days. I also enjoy that in the majority of the lobbies I've played in so far people seem to play the objective so much more than in MW3. Overall the game is easily overachieving the expectations that I had for it going into it. I think if they work on the net code problems and the hit detection problems that many players are running into, this game will be able to thrive for a long time. Is it going to be the "COD Killer"? No, because the only thing that will kill COD will be COD itself. But, it is a breath of fresh air in the FPS genre and it's looking like it will have a bright future as long as they continue to listen to the community and continue to make updates based on the ongoing feedback.

Enders you give a really good take on xdefiant the first video you made on it felt spot on

Cm901 w/ stalker was really like that back in the day . Sleeper gun 😂

Call of Duty just started a free trial for MW 3 and I sense that it is because of XDefiant.

You are so right on all of this. It's insane to me that people even defend stuff like SBMM or Rotational aim assist when it has been destroying the FPS genre for YEARS now. I hope other devs take notes from XDefiant but i doubt Call of duty ever will sadly.