XDefiant players slam \u201cunplayable\u201d Season 1 update as one ability wreaks havoc UbisoftXDefiant Season 1 is now live and although the accompanying update and supposedly nerfed the frustrating Spiderbot ability, many are now labeling the game \u201cunplayable\u201d as things have only got worse. While a range of new content topped the bill for XDefiant Season 1, a rather hefty patch complemented the update. Throughout the July 2 patch notes, Ubisoft detailed multiple nerfs to the controversial Spiderbot ability. One on hand, its cooldown was nearly doubled, while on the other, the pesky piece of equipment no longer targets a player that\u2019s just been hugged by another Spiderbot. However, not mentioned in the patch notes is the fact Spiderbots can no longer be manually shot off your face. Previously, looking down and firing your weapon would damage the robot, removing it as quickly as possible. With that counter no longer possible, many are bashing the game\u2019s Season 1 update, claiming XDefiant is now \u201cunplayable\u201d due to the DeadSec faction ability. When the Spiderbot ability is deployed, you have three main ways of dealing with it. First is to simply shoot it on the ground, if you\u2019re fast to react. Second is to hack the ability, if you\u2019re also playing as a DeadSec character with the Hijack ability. Last is to time a perfect melee strike, swatting the bug out of the sky as it leaps towards you. Should you fail those three options, the Spiderbot latches onto your face, covering your screen, and leaving you defenseless for a few seconds. As you can imagine, it\u2019s had the community riled up since the Pre-Season kicked off, and now, the situation is at its boiling point. \u201cSpiderbot needs a hotfix ASAP,\u201d one player on Reddit demanded. \u201cIt\u2019s actually unplayable. You literally can\u2019t counter it anymore. The game is unplayable like this when everyone chooses Spiderbot.\u201d \u201cLiterally broke the game,\u201d another player agreed. \u201cI\u2019m staring at the bottom side of a spider more than I am shooting at anyone.\u201d Another thread on the game\u2019s subreddit echoed the sentiment, denouncing the recent surge in DeadSec players following the Season 1 update, all looking to abuse the Spiderbot ability while it\u2019s this powerful. \u201cIt\u2019s such an insanely unskilled passive that leads to a guaranteed kill nearly every time,\u201d they complained. \u201cThe rework doesn\u2019t actually matter when there are three Spiderbots on the map.\u201d Making matters worse is the fact XDefiant doesn\u2019t have any limitations on characters. In theory, you could have a full team of DeadSec characters all running the Spiderbot ability. The constant spam and lack of counters are leaving the XDefiant community more than frustrated. Developers are yet to address the spike in complaints, though with many calling for an immediate hotfix, it might not be long until we hear more. We\u2019ll be sure to keep you updated here with all the latest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
XDefiant players slam \u201cunplayable\u201d Season 1 update as one ability wreaks havoc UbisoftXDefiant Season 1 is now live and although the accompanying update and supposedly nerfed the frustrating Spiderbot ability, many are now labeling the game \u201cunplayable\u201d as things have only got worse. While a range of new content topped the bill for XDefiant Season […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}