Practice Zone is a map available in XDefiant. It allows players to test their skills, abilities, and equipment. The map has three zones: the Assault Course, Abilities & Ultras, and Firing Range.
Assault Course
The Assault Course is a timed firing range trial area to test movement and weapon accuracy. The Assault Course is accessed to the left of the spawn room, down a green corridor. The Assault Course time trial can be started by standing underneath the large, inflatable, blue awning labelled with the word "START". There are a total of 18 targets through the course to complete. Every missed target will incur an additional 3 second penalty. It is possible to shoot the targets without being in a time trial, wherein the shot target will reset after 3 seconds.
- The first section of the course, modelled after The Crew franchise, has one target on the left behind a stack of tires, and one target on the right behind a sports car. There is a climbable barricade to finish this section.
- The second section of the course, modelled after Tom Clancy's The Division, has one target on the left behind a sign for the CERA, and two targets on the right behind a penetrable wooden barrier in front of a Christmas tree. There is a barricade to slide under to finish this section.
- The third section of the course, modelled after Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, has two targets behind a barricade to throw a grenade into, another climbable barricade, and two targets on the left in the vault area. There is a climbable ladder to finish this section.
- The fourth section of the course, a corner room with Rabbids paraphernalia, has one left target on a couch, and one right target next to the Rabbids statue.
- The fifth section of the course, a parkour room modelled after Far Cry 5 and Far Cry 6, has one target on the bottom left amongst a tire wall, and two targets in the further end of the room behind a barricade for a grenade throw. There is a ladder present to climb up should the player fall. There is a barricade to slide under to finish this section.
- The sixth and final section of the course, modelled after Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, has one target underneath an Echelon statue, a second target amongst a pile of equipment to the right, and two targets on the wall down a ramp to finish the course.
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Patch Notes
- XP Boosters will no longer count down when you're killing time in the Practice Zone.
- Previously, players with pings greater than 150ms were kept waiting an un-fun amount of time in matchmaking. We've improved the matchmaking parameters so their ping is assessed more frequently, which should greatly reduce matchmaking wait times. Also, players of any ping quality can now instantly jump into the Practice Zone, where they can take out their ping frustrations in a healthy and constructive way.
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