Defiance 2050 Guide

Quick Menu

The Quick Menu is accessed by pressing Xbox Controller D-Pad Right and appears as overlay in the bottom right of the screen. The menu will always include Matchmaking, Find Player, Defiance Store, Emotes and Callouts. The other menu selections are conditional.

Quick Menu

Here is an example of the overlay in-world.

In-world Quick Menu

Matchmaking

Matchmaking is the quick way into options otherwise accessible from the Matchmaking Screen available from the Radial Menu.

Competitive Multiplayer’s only option is Quick Match which will place you in the queue.

Competitive Maps

Selecting Shadow War this will immediately place you in the queue.

Shadow War

Co-operative Map’s only option is Quick Match which will place you in the queue.

Co-operative Maps

Arena Quick Match will supposedly pl;ace you into an active Gunslinger Arena though usually it launches one at random for you to solo. The unlocked Arenas can be entered by name from here without going to their start location.

Arenas

Nearby

If there are other players in the vicinity this option will be available.

Even if only a single other player is Nearby you’ll get this menu.

Single

If there are multiple Naerby players they will be listed up to a point.

Multiple

Selecting a player from the Nearby list will show a context menu.

Menu

Choosing Inspect here or anywhere it is an option will show this modal dialog.

Inspect

Find Player

This is a shortcut to the Social Find Player Screen.

If you enter a name you’ll either get no match or be taken to the results screen of the Social Find Player Screen.

Input

Defiance Store

Choosing this will take you to the Defiance Store Screen of the Radial Menu.

Defiance Store

Emotes

Emotes are animations, many accompanied by random voice clips, that your character will play when selected. Most play once and return you to action though some will loop until you move such as Dance.

Emotes

Callouts

Callouts are quick voice clips.

Callouts

Friends

If you have any Friends online they will be listed here.

Friends

Choosing a Friend from the list will display a context menu.

Menu

Clan

If you are in a Clan and at least one other Member is online you’ll see this option.

Clan

Choosing a Clan Member will display a context menu.

Menu

Group

If you are in a Group you will see this option.

If you are Group Leader you’ll see these option.

Leader

As Group Leader choosing a Group Member will display a context menu.

Leader Menu

If you are a Group Member you’ll see these options.

Member

As a Group Member choosing one of the other players will display a context menu.

Member Menu