Contents

• What is PvP?
• How to join PvP Matches
• Teams
  
  • What is my team?
  • Can I switch teams?
• Scaling
• Game modes
  
  • Capture & Hold
    • How to capture points
    • Freight Yard
    • Military Academy
    • Shadow War
  • Deathmatch
    
    • Observatory
    • Waterfront
• PvP Pursuits
  
  • Attack Kills
  • Defend Kills
  • Rescue Kills
  • Avenger Kills
  • Destroy Vehicles
  • Assists
  • Turret Kills

What is PvP?

PvP is Player versus Player. You can test your skills against other players, not against NPCs.

Defiance offers two PvP game modes:

• Capture & Hold
• Deathmatch

How to join PvP Matches

There are different ways to join PvP matches.

Quick Menu

Open up the Quick Menu and select "Matchmaking". You can join any competitive map or Shadow War this way.

Matchmaking Menu

Open up the Matchmaking Menu (Standard key on PC is F7) to join a PvP match. Press Tab to join a Shadow War.

Matchmaking NPC

Talk to one of the various Matchmaking NPCs on fast travel points. Talking to them will bring up the Matchmaking Menu as seen above.

Teams

There are two teams fighting against each other.

Utah

If you're in team Utah, your armor and vehicle are orange.

 

Delaware

If you're in team Delaware, your armor and vehicle are green.

What's my team?

You will have noticed a score on top of the screen. A blue and a red bar. You are always in the team with the blue bar. The same is true for capture points in C&H matches.

Can I switch teams?

You cannot switch teams at will. The only possible way is to leave and rejoin matches. This doesn't guarantee that you will switch teams though.

Scaling

Low Ego Level players want to play PvP too. So they have a fighting chance, everyone will get boosted to the highest EGO in a match. Currently, the highest EGO possible is 5.900, with Alcatraz, it will be 6.000.

Keep in mind: Your weapons and shields should be as close to your ego as possible to get the most out of the boost!

You can see you are boosted when your EGO is written in yellow numbers.

Game Modes

Capture & Hold

There are two C&H Maps and Shadow War.

In C&H Maps, you have to capture Cap points and defend them against enemies. Those matches end when:

• One of both teams has 9.000 points
• 20 minutes are over. The team with more points wins.

You accumulate points by holding cap points as long as possible.

How do you capture points?

You have to stand close to capture points. First, you need neutralize them, then capture them for your team.

Some things to note:

• Capturing doesn't work when cloaked
• Capturing doesn't work when an enemy player is close to the capture point
• Capturing is faster with more people

Freight Yard

Players: Up to 16 vs 16

Each team starts at one end of the map. There are three Cap Points that can be captured and defended. Players of the enemy team cannot get into the Spawn Area.

Military Academy

Players: Up to 16 vs 16

Each team starts at one end of the map. There are three Cap Points that can be captured and defended. Players of the enemy team cannot get into the Spawn Area.

Shadow Wars

Players

Up to 64 vs. 64

Where

Open World, all over the map (excluding Silicon Valley), represented by a purple circle on the map

Note: You have to sign up to participate in Shadow Wars. You are not automatically participating when being in the area.

Capture Points

Starting at 1, determined by the amount of players participating

Spawn Points

Not protected or closed off from the enemy team. You can get killed close to the spawn or at the spawn

 

Deathmatch

As opposed to C&H, there are no capture points in Deathmatches. Your goal: Killing as many enemies as possible and try not to die.

Matches end when either:

• One team killed a specific number of enemies
• 15 Minutes are over

Observatory

Players

Up to 8 vs 8

Kills

One team has to accumulate 50 kills to win

Waterfront

Players

Up to 6 vs. 6

Kills

One team has to accumulate 25 kills to win

PvP Pursuits

There are a number of PvP Pursuits that require:

• Certain kills
• Amount of playtime
• Number of kills
• Number of assists
• And much more

Click here to see all PvP Pursuits

Some of the kills are not self-explanatory.

Attack Kills

Maps

• Freight Yard
• Military Academy

How

Kill an enemy player close to an enemy-owned cap point.

Defend Kills

Maps

• Freight Yard
• Military Academy

How

Kill an enemy player close to one of your cap points.

Rescue Kills

Maps

• Freight Yard
• Military Academy
• Observatory
• Waterfront
• Shadow War

How

Kill an enemy player attacking one of your team mates when his shield is down and his health is low.

Avenger Kills

Maps

• Freight Yard
• Military Academy
• Observatory
• Waterfront
• Shadow War

How

Kill an enemy player who killed one of your team mates shortly before.

Destroy Vehicles

Maps

• Freight Yard
• Military Academy
• Shadow War

How

Destroy a vehicle while an enemy player is sitting on it.

Assists

Maps

• Freight Yard
• Military Academy
• Observatory
• Waterfront
• Shadow War

How

Don't land the killshot on an enemy player but help killing him.

Turret Kills

Maps

• Freight Yard
• Military Academy
• Shadow War

How

Sit in the turret on the Cerberus and kill people.