Not a day on from XDefiant<\/em>‘s season one update, players are already demanding Ubisoft takes another pass at the DedSec Spiderbot ability, which seemingly hasn’t received the full nerfs the developers promised in the pre-update patch notes.<\/p>
The patch notes<\/a> for the July 1 update stated DedSec’s Spiderbot ability, which sees the player drop a spider that chases and stuns enemies, had its cooldown increased from 25 to 40 seconds. However, it appears the Spiderbot still has the same shorter cooldown. Coupled with a “bugfix” that now prevents latched enemies from destroying the Spiderbot while attached, it’s become a serious problem XDefiant<\/a><\/em> players want fixed pronto.<\/p>
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“You literally can’t counter it anymore, the game is actually unplayable like this when everyone chooses Spiderbot,” frustrated XDefiant<\/em> players declared in a July 2 Reddit thread<\/a>. One big issues fans flagged was that the Spiderbot can stun enemies for four seconds, block vision, slow you to a crawl, and deal significant damage. Previously, if you looked down to the ground while the Spiderbot attacked, you could shoot the bug off, but this is no longer possible. Outside shooting the Spiderbot as it crawls erratically on the ground, using EMP Grenades<\/a>, or the Hijack ability, you’re at the mercy of the Alien<\/em>-like “facehugger.”<\/p>
We’ll see whether the Spiderbot gets another look as XDefiant<\/em>‘s season one<\/a> rolls on.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
