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XDefiant Season 1’s mountain of issues continues to pile up, this time with bot lobbies becoming a major issue. Although bots aren’t at all new in the FPS genre, primarily since they’re often used to fill up lobbies lacking players, it becomes a problem when an entire team is composed of them. Because not only does it affect the game’s enjoyability, but it also ruins the experience for those looking to test their skills against real people.
Unfortunately, that’s precisely what’s happening in Ubisoft’s shooter, with some players on Reddit sharing images of opposing squads made up of these mindless machines. Based on Reddit user Remarkable_Pea9313’s post, these bot lobbies are used to boost player levels quickly (hence the bot’s name, ZeusBoostBot). User Zupiii posted a similar image with the same set of bots making up an enemy team they faced.
A handful of other players shared similar experiences, and surprisingly enough, one Redditor admitted to being the culprit under one post. User Ambitious_Composer49 said they were leveling these bot accounts up as advertisements “to make money off people for bot lobbies.” They later revealed in a separate thread that they’re “the host that’s putting all the zeusboost bots in [matches],” which predictably didn’t go down well with a couple of frustrated players.
Luckily, with the player admitting to being the source of these bots, the dev team may have an easier time eliminating them from the game. But with bot lobbies now becoming rampant, XDefiant Season 1 faces an uphill battle to get back into the community’s good graces, especially with spider bots, hit reg, and ranked mode issues continuing to be a problem.
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XDefiant
- Release Date: May 21 2024
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s): First-Person Shooter, Multiplayer, Shooter
