5 of the Biggest Changes Coming to XDefiant’s Ranked Mode

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XDefiant's Ranked Mode launched with the rest of Season 1 on July 2. Ranked is a huge priority for the XDefiant development team, and they've been listening to community feedback to implement updates to make it the competitive experience players have been asking for. In the latest episode of XDebrief, Pat "Aches" Price, system designer for XDefiant, spoke about bug fixes that have already been resolved, what updates are coming in tomorrow's 1.3 patch, and what changes are on the horizon. Here are the five biggest takeaways:

Capture the Flag

A new mode has entered the chat! Capture the Flag is coming to Ranked mode with the 1.3 patch tomorrow, albeit with a twist. In Unranked Capture the Flag matches, the first team to earn four captures wins. Ranked Capture the Flag will function similarly to other arena modes: Teams will play two five-minute halves, switching sides of the map halfway through. The team with the most flag captures at the end of the match wins.

Match Cancellation Event

Playing 4v4 in Ranked Mode is tough, and the pace of gameplay changes even more if you don't have a full party to begin with. To prevent matches from starting when fewer than eight players are in the lobby, the development team created the Match Cancellation event. Essentially, the game will monitor the number of players once the lobby is created, all the way until the game clock starts. During that time, if a player leaves the match for any reason, the match will be cancelled, and all players will be sent back to the Ranked menu. The player who left the match will receive a penalty for quitting, and everyone who stayed will not.

Faction Skill Restrictions

Starting later in Season 1, faction skill restrictions are coming to Ranked. All