Syfy + Trion = Defiance MMO Action Shooter (PC 360 PS3)

[Ghambit]

Indeed, they've launched over 12hrs early (probably wise to spread load).  Nifty.  I'm ingame as "Ghambit"

[Ginaz]

How do you log in?  I don't have anything on my Steam account yet that even gives me the option to DL the game.

NM, I figured it out.  Patching now.

[kildorn]

Servers would appear to be up FWIW.

Ish. The character creation/tutorial isn't actually connected to the world map. The world server appears to still be quite down.

[Draegan]

I just played for a few hours. Those claimed rewards are pretty damn good as a starter. There is a 4x4 vehicle that you get as well that's a bit more stable than the starter one.

[Ginaz]

Servers would appear to be up FWIW.

Ish. The character creation/tutorial isn't actually connected to the world map. The world server appears to still be quite down.

Yes.  I did the tutorial mission and now I can't get past it.

[Bann]

how do you claim your rewards? I want my challenger, dammit!


*edit*

escape, click circle thing in bottom left corner, choose defiance store (bottom of radial) and then claim items (small box lower leftish).

[Ghambit]

Make sure you enter all 3 of your steam codes.

[Falconeer]

30 minutes to go in Europe.

[Evildrider]

Can't get the game to run at all.  Enter password, hit update, hit play, white window pops up and looks like it's getting ready to launch then just closes.

[Stormwaltz]

I was still trying to use the beta client, which it turns out doesn't work. ¬_¬

I'm in now, character Reyzel Faris. No idea how you friend - it never came up in beta.

Unless they've changed the default keymap, I advise rebinding ALT and Z so they don't lock up your UI for a menu. I died many MANY more times in beta because they stuck those in the middle of the movement keys than because they combat was too difficult.

[Mrbloodworth]

Incoming sadness.

[Hawkbit]

Someone update when it goes f2p or $20 for the box, please.  That's my pricepoint. 

[Riggswolfe]

Someone update when it goes f2p or $20 for the box, please.  That's my pricepoint. 

It launched f2p

[Malakili]

Someone update when it goes f2p or $20 for the box, please.  That's my pricepoint. 

It launched f2p

You have to buy the box.

[Threash]

Are the servers down? i logged out for a second and now its telling me the service is not available.

[Riggswolfe]

Someone update when it goes f2p or $20 for the box, please.  That's my pricepoint. 

It launched f2p

You have to buy the box.

True but you do for a lot of these games. f2p to me means no subscription fee.

[Signe]

Are the servers down? i logged out for a second and now its telling me the service is not available.

They are.

[Numtini]

Am I missing something or are hair styles completely random?

N/M found it.

[Falconeer]

Just a reminder: go to Settings and turn Damage Numbers on. It makes it so Bordelandsly more fun. Especially with shotguns.

[Ginaz]

Just a reminder: go to Settings and turn Damage Numbers on. It makes it so Bordelandsly more fun. Especially with shotguns.

It also gives a better idea on how much damage you are doing.

[Evildrider]

/sigh

Still can't get the game to even launch.. And can't get a refund cuz Steam.

[Ghambit]

Did they seriously not give an option to /tell someone?     So in order to have a convo you have to group.  Also, chat still goes offline when u disable voip.  And with voip enabled, there's no threshold adjustment, so you get to hear everything on someone's mic if they're not wearing phones.

Indeed, a console game through and through.  There's not even a mission log in the game, so you cant tell what you've done so far.  

/sigh

Still can't get the game to even launch.. And can't get a refund cuz Steam.

Servers are down for "maintenance."

[Pennilenko]

Everything that is wrong that people are noticing are things that the alpha forums have been screaming at them to change/fix/add for a really long time.


Edit: I sympathize with any buyers remorse, I wasn't going to buy this game, then my wife got all hyped out at the commercials and bought two copies for us to play together. She has already quit in frustration and it's not even past the first official day. $120 bucks completely wasted.

[Evildrider]

Servers are down for "maintenance."

I know they are down now.  My experience with the game so far is.  Open game, put in password, press login, update, hit play, all white window pops up, wait 3-4 seconds, and window closes.   This is as far as I've gotten since the game launched.

[Furiously]

Servers are down for "maintenance."

I know they are down now.  My experience with the game so far is.  Open game, put in password, press login, update, hit play, all white window pops up, wait 3-4 seconds, and window closes.   This is as far as I've gotten since the game launched.

Do you have a 100mhz monitor?

[Evildrider]

Negative I've got a 60hz.

[Evildrider]

Well new patch fixed me being able to log in at least. 

[Falconeer]

Edit: I sympathize with any buyers remorse, I wasn't going to buy this game, then my wife got all hyped out at the commercials and bought two copies for us to play together. She has already quit in frustration and it's not even past the first official day. $120 bucks completely wasted.

Didn't your wife decided to buy after trying the beta? Or did she spend 120$ based on advertising alone?  
Unless the game is simply not your cup of tea, there isn't much to quit in frustration about just after a few hours.

[Riggswolfe]

Did they seriously not give an option to /tell someone?     So in order to have a convo you have to group.  Also, chat still goes offline when u disable voip.  And with voip enabled, there's no threshold adjustment, so you get to hear everything on someone's mic if they're not wearing phones.

Indeed, a console game through and through.  There's not even a mission log in the game, so you cant tell what you've done so far.  

No tells is definitely a but my voice has been disabled from day one and my chat works just fine.

[Numtini]

I'm enjoying the game and it fits perfectly with my current lifestyle, but at the same time, it feels like a beta. Apparently there's still no loot from Arks, which kind of conflicts with the entire concept of Ark Hunting.

In the end, I'll get my $30 worth out of it and it'll probably lead me to resub to Rift, but I can understand people who aren't that excited about the game.

[Pennilenko]

Edit: I sympathize with any buyers remorse, I wasn't going to buy this game, then my wife got all hyped out at the commercials and bought two copies for us to play together. She has already quit in frustration and it's not even past the first official day. $120 bucks completely wasted.

Didn't your wife decided to buy after trying the beta? Or did she spend 120$ based on advertising alone?  
Unless the game is simply not your cup of tea, there isn't much to quit in frustration about just after a few hours.

She hadn't touched it at all before release, and apparently never paid attention to me bitching about it being buggy, short and high on console design. Also we played all day Monday (during server up times) and most of Tuesday. The reason why she doesn't want to play anymore is because every last drop of content is the same and she can't talk to people individually. Her words were that the commercial sold her a shooter MMO and she got a barely single player game. Her words, not mine. Also, running out of story and episode quests in less than a day might have pissed her off a bit too.

[Riggswolfe]

Edit: I sympathize with any buyers remorse, I wasn't going to buy this game, then my wife got all hyped out at the commercials and bought two copies for us to play together. She has already quit in frustration and it's not even past the first official day. $120 bucks completely wasted.

Didn't your wife decided to buy after trying the beta? Or did she spend 120$ based on advertising alone?  
Unless the game is simply not your cup of tea, there isn't much to quit in frustration about just after a few hours.

She hadn't touched it at all before release, and apparently never paid attention to me bitching about it being buggy, short and high on console design. Also we played all day Monday (during server up times) and most of Tuesday. The reason why she doesn't want to play anymore is because every last drop of content is the same and she can't talk to people individually. Her words were that the commercial sold her a shooter MMO and she got a barely single player game. Her words, not mine. Also, running out of story and episode quests in less than a day might have pissed her off a bit too.

Wow. Did you all ignore everything except story/episode quests or am I just slow? I just now got out of Mount Tam though admittedly I did everything possible there to get pursuits.

I think this game is lucky it has no sub as that is what will give it some time to grow. If it launched with a $15 sub it'd be dead in a month. I enjoy it for what it is and since I don't have a sub to pay I'm willing to be patient and give them time to fix/improve things. Some of their mistakes blow my mind since this isn't their first MMO. The chat system is the number one worst problem with the game.

I'd be curious to see how console players feel about the game versus PC players. I suspect having a headset and mic on XBOX may actually work well for this game.

[Pennilenko]

I think you might be slow. We did a good deal of the side quests, however, she kept playing while i was in class and 4 hours on both day i jammed story line missions to catch her.

There is no good way to spin the lack of content. Name one single mmo that you can finish the main storyline in less than 12 hours.

[Riggswolfe]

The map looks pretty big to me. Does the content stop somewhere early in the map? I didn't get started until yesterday at, oh, 1 or so. I picked up my copy at 10am then it took almost 3 hours to patch on their obnoxiously slow patch server. Seriously, they need to give that thing some bandwidth or something.

Well...hopefully the game will last for a bit and not die in a month or so like some of these do. I'm finding it fun right now but if I run out of things to do I might drift away. What 'level' did you get to when you finished the content?

[Falconeer]

you can finish the main storyline in less than 12 hours.

If that is the case, it is unexcusable. No way around it. Ridiculous and bordering fraud (I know it's not a fraud).