XDefiant players should be well aware of the game's ongoing hit registration issues, and I count myself among them. These issues should soon be a thing of the past, however, as XDefiant's executive producer reassures fans that the developer is working on a fix.
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On May 27, Reddit user Demoth started a discussion about how certain characters are much harder to hit than others, highlighting a critical hitbox issue. De Rosa is one such character, but commenters have noted that other Cleaners have a similar issue. Shooting up close and still not getting many hits on Cleaner characters is confusing and frustrating, so it's no surprise that players want to be heard.
That's exactly what happened on May 24, when the XDefiant Updates X account shared a post about a "petition" to fix hit registration. The post shows a player using the excellent ACR, attempting to hit an enemy player while fighting with XDefiant's less-than-stellar hitboxes. XDefiant's Executive Producer, Mark Rubin, responded the same day to let fans know that "we're working on it." However, at the time of writing, there's no word on when the fix will go live.
You don't need a petition. 🤣 We're working on it.