Ranked Play will be added at a future date.
Ubisoft has revealed that XDefiant will not have skill-based matchmaking in its casual play mode.
Instead, the game will have different matchmaking factors depending on each playlist.
The development team states that having SBMM makes matches repetitive and stressful.
For those who do want a competitive experience, Ranked Play will be added in a future season.
The mode is segmented by rank levels and will only matchmake players within a rank range.
When it comes to balancing teams, they are balanced based on players' skill rating.
However, teams are still shuffled between them.
XDefiant launches on May 21for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S as a free-to-play game.
Ubisoft also recently canceledThe Division Heartlandin order to put more resources into XDefiant and Rainbow Six.
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