Ubisoft San Francisco is making some gameplay and progression changes after taking in feedback from players for XDefiant.

According to executive producer Mark Rubin, the team will double the speed at which players level up, which currently takes 3000 experience points. It will be changed to only require 1500 experience points. However, the levels that players need to unlock mastery skins will stay the same. This means that the grind for Gold status will be 14% faster than it was before, and unlocking weapon attachments will be even faster. The change is coming soon, but there is no date yet.

Rubin explained that XDefiant's main grind was its Weapon Mastery system. As it was the only grind the game had, the studio was afraid that players would max out the grind too fast and it would make unlocking skins feel less rewarding.