

Aegis: Deploy a spherical plasma shield that moves with you and equips you with an electro shotgunĮach Faction has their own traits and abilities to make them stand out and be more viable in a team composition.Blitz Shield: Equip a tactical shield that lets you shield bash with melee.Mag Barrier: Deploy an electromagnetic barrier that blocks incoming enemy fire and grenades while letting you shoot through it.Phantoms: Origin - Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Phantoms.Medico Supremo: Your Medico backpack provides a large health and healing boost for a limited time.El Remedio: Throw a gas canister that heals friendlies until it’s destroyed or out of fuel.BioVida Boost: You regen health and boost the total amount of health for you and nearby enemies in a specific radius.Espiritu de Libertad: You slowly heal over time and heal nearby enemies over time as well.Sonar Goggles: Activates your sonar goggles to see through walls and allows you to deploy Sam Fischer’s 5.7 pistol to eliminate enemies.Intel Suit: Periodic sonar waves reveal where enemies are around you.Digital Ghillie Suit: Turn invisible when not shooting your weapon.Low Profile: Your character does not appear on the enemy’s minimap.Echelon: Origin - Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell.


Cleaners: Origin - Tom Clancy’s The Division.There were five Factions available in this closed beta and I detailed their abilities and class-specific traits below: They were merely inspirations.Įach Faction is really just like selecting a class with different Abilities and Ultras (ultimates). In speaking with Safy Saada, Creative Director, I was told that there’s no underlying story or reasoning for these characters being in XDefiant. There’s no story or narrative on why these agents from each Faction are in XDefiant. But loading into XDefiant now, there’s more structure to it.
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There was no real guidance on how to play the game or who the characters were. I couldn’t figure out what the game was trying to do or how the game was supposed to feel. In my opinion, XDefiant really didn’t have a sense of identity when the first closed test opened.
