Highlights
- Ubisoft has confirmed that XDefiant won’t have skill-based matchmaking in casual playlists.
- Players can enjoy fast connection times in casual play, while ranked play will prioritize quality matches within specific rank ranges.
- XDefiant will offer different matchmaking systems for each playlist, ensuring a balance of challenge and enjoyment for all players.
Yesterday afternoon, a new blog post appeared on the XDefiant website, confirming that there would be no skill-based matchmaking within the game’s casual playlist. This has been a long-requested feature in the Call of Duty community and could get XDefiant off to a flying start when it releases later this month.
As noted by Ubisoft in the post, skill-based matchmaking is a hot topic in the first-person shooter genre. But the topic is probably the hottest it’s ever been in the Call of Duty community. Earlier this year, Activision gave players an insight into how the matchmaking process worked within Call of Duty games such as Modern Warfare III.
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The system is far more intricate and complex than most casual players think, but it hasn’t stopped fans from demanding that Activision outright remove it from Call of Duty games.
Players’ main complaint is that casual players should be able to jump into a casual playlist and face who they face, not have a system dictate what their skill level is and face them against equal opponents. If a player wanted to challenge themselves against opponents of equal skill sets, they’d join a ranked match, which is where skill-based matchmaking belongs.
Ubisoft appears to have heard the complaints of the Call of Duty and FPS communities and is saying no to skill-based matchmaking.
XDefiant Won’t Have Skill-Based Matchmaking In Casual Playlists
In a new blog post, Ubisoft confirmed that their will be no skill-based matchmaking in XDefiant’s casual playlists when it launches on May 21. “We believe that no SBMM is paramount to a fun and varied game experience in the long-term,” Ubisoft said. “Frankly, skill-based match making means every casual game is repetitive- constantly repeating matches that are just as stressful and matched as ranked. We believe casual playlist should be fun and no SBMM is the way to do that.”
As for how XDefiant’s matchmaking will actually work, Ubisoft says that each playlist will prioritize different factors when finding a match. This means each of XDefiant’s playlists will have a slightly different matchmaking system. You can check out the difference between the game’s casual and ranked playlists below:
- Casual Play
- matchmaking puts a priority on fast connection times. It will try to match latency and regions where possible.
- Ranked Play
- matchmaking prioritizes quality matches; it will wait longer for appropriate players. It is segmented by Rank levels and will only matchmake players within Rank range. It also employs latency and region preferences where possible. Ranked play will be added in a future season, so make sure to keep your skills sharp in Casual Play until then.
If you want to find out more about how XDefiant’s matchmaking will work, check out Ubisoft’s recent blog post over on their website.
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