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

[Nija]

Storm, it was about at this point that I switched to having a BMG in every single one of my loadouts. Look in your inventory or a supplier for a BMG that has equaly or roughly equal healing and damage stats. You'll use the right click to regen shields and health. Then find one of those ~1500 value shields with a bonus to something. I've got one with +25% health regen.

You just have to realize when you hear the right sound you should duck behind cover and regen some of your shield.

Are you in the guild? Can we group to help you through that part? I've literally never grouped so I don't know how the mechanics work.

[Riggswolfe]

The "final" boss isn't that bad at all. Also, if you make it to his 3rd phase you restart there should you die. It can be a bit rough if you have bad luck or don't move to hide from some of his hard hitting stuff on time but in general it's doable.

This was Jackleg Jack. I didn't get to the "final" boss. I did say that I suck at shooters. :)

Ahhh...Jackleg Jack. I cheesed that part out. To his left, your right if you're facing him is a little cubby hole behind a tank or some crates or something. If you go over there he can't hit you with his grenades. I basically went over there, popped out to kill some guys,then ducked back to keep him from dropping grenades on my head. When one of those smelter guys came out I'd shoot his tank, run out, hit Jackleg as many times as I could, then rinse and repeat.

That mission, along with some others, really requires you to be good at dodge rolling. I have it mapped to a button on my mouse and there are some fights where I am literally going 'dodge roll, shoot, dodge roll, shoot, dodge roll, shoot." Especially against things like black lungs and raider tankers.

[Phred]

there are some fights where I am literally going 'dodge roll, shoot, dodge roll, shoot, dodge roll, shoot." Especially against things like black lungs and raider tankers.

Ya I realized in the beta that dodge didn't have a cooldown mechanic for a reason. Though it was hard for me to deprogram my wait to dodge reflex from GW2 or Secret World.

[Ghambit]

Finally figured out how the hell crafting really works.  
a) if you have something loaded, even in an unused loadout, you cant sell/mod it
b) synergies work just like armor sets in WoW do.  The more you have, the more that may stack depending on synergy.  For instance, most epic faction pieces have 4 mod slots and 4 possible synergies to go with them.  Get all four and stack all of the stats.
c) some synergies are EGO based (so you have to have the perk) but most are based on themselves.  Some are even class-based, so yah... CLASSES do matter for endgame-ish play.  For instance, I just gave up my epic VOT pulser to my outlaw clanmate; which is decidedly melee oriented.  He gave me a machinist autoshot.
d) trigger effect % mods are for DOTs on weapons
e) all mods have tangible effects graphically and functionally.  so if u put a scope on an LMG, you will have a sniping LMG when u right-click (with too much recoil to be of use)  

Seems like the faction grind is an integral part of all of this; and they are ran as dailies.  I have yet to run any so not sure how many tickets you get per run, but an epic piece is usually 200 tix to buy + scrip.

I don't think C is correct. The synergies share names with some EGO perks and classes but they are purely mod based and have nothing to do with your class and/or any ego perks.

I've found some stuff at Toolworks that has "EGO precision" synergy.  Forgot what it says exactly, but I assume it stacks with the perk.

[Riggswolfe]

I've found some stuff at Toolworks that has "EGO precision" synergy.  Forgot what it says exactly, but I assume it stacks with the perk.

Nope. It just shares a name. Check the forums. People have tested this kind of thing and found that only two things activate the synergy bonuses: mods,and oddly, having two weapons with the same synergy in the same loadout.

On another note, they had a brief server restart today and now the pursuits are changed. The old ones are called Season One and six new pursuits have been added under a category called Episodes, and there are pursuits for episodes 1 and 2. Likely we'll have a week for Episode 1 pursuits and a week for Episode 2 pursuits.

[veredus]

It appears you can start completing them now and they use stuff already in game, so maybe they'll just leave them in game and keep adding every week or so.

[Falconeer]

So, what was the "Huge April 15th patch" about?

[Riggswolfe]

So, what was the "Huge April 15th patch" about?

It hasn't hit yet. They have the patch notes up on their forums. It's basically a massive bug fix patch.

[Fabricated]

Game is pretty fun but I don't see it having much sticking power unless they make with the content. I got a really nice assault rifle from an Episode Quest and a nice sniper rifle from a timed vendor, so I'm actually killing shit now. What sucks is that the assault rifle is fucking awesome in most every way and has all 4 mod slots, but I have literally no mods for assault rifles. I bought a Tier 3 lockbox since I had the keystones to do so and got...2 crappy lmgs, an SMG mod, and an orange quality SMG. Meh.

[kildorn]

You can buy shit mods for pretty much nothing from some random vendors (the one at iron demon ranch for example), they're sorted in an absolutely stupid manner.

[Ghambit]

Game is pretty fun but I don't see it having much sticking power unless they make with the content. I got a really nice assault rifle from an Episode Quest and a nice sniper rifle from a timed vendor, so I'm actually killing shit now. What sucks is that the assault rifle is fucking awesome in most every way and has all 4 mod slots, but I have literally no mods for assault rifles. I bought a Tier 3 lockbox since I had the keystones to do so and got...2 crappy lmgs, an SMG mod, and an orange quality SMG. Meh.

Yah, as kildorn says...  trash mods are 500 scrip for every weapon.  Just have to find the merchant.  There's one in particular that has them ALL.

[Signe]

Geez, there's gazillions of codes.  They're fucking everywhere.  I wonder if you can get them from the TV show too?  I didn't watch it yet, but I did record it.  I was merrily typing in my 87th code when I guess the servers went down again a few minutes ago and they don't accept them when the game's not up.  There are some ok rewards, such as mods and inventory space though.  Some of them are just shitey shite shite shite.  I'm holding out for a pony.

[Riggswolfe]

Geez, there's gazillions of codes.  They're fucking everywhere.  I wonder if you can get them from the TV show too?  I didn't watch it yet, but I did record it.  I was merrily typing in my 87th code when I guess the servers went down again a few minutes ago and they don't accept them when the game's not up.  There are some ok rewards, such as mods and inventory space though.  Some of them are just shitey shite shite shite.  I'm holding out for a pony.

The arkfall codes? There used to be a forum topic with all 120. I started the game with them in and it helped a bit.

[Signe]

Yes, I'm using one of those lists.  There seems to be more than 120 now, though.  Lots more.  That's why I was sort of wondering if you can get them from the show, too.

[Numtini]

I don't know bout anything else, but it's so worth cutting and pasting them to get the extra inventory slots.

[kildorn]

Yes, I'm using one of those lists.  There seems to be more than 120 now, though.  Lots more.  That's why I was sort of wondering if you can get them from the show, too.

There were always more, it's just that 120 is all you need for the bonuses. I think it was for people doing it the non-wiki way, in case you missed commerical #42 or forum posts.

[Signe]

I read that people were getting more shit if they added more than 120 codes.  Not sure I believe it because once you get to 120, it accepts the code and even says it adds a point, but the points stay at 120.  Maybe they'll do more later.  Not that it matters, the game is broken right now.  Possibly forever.  Who knows?  I may never get to seem my lootz. 

Every day is a day for something.  Today is Pessimism Day.

[Fabricated]

Link to the codes? I literally knew nothing about this code thing; I'm guessing it's like the SHIFT code thing with Borderlands 2?

[Ard]

http://orcz.com/Defiance:_Arkfall_Codes

[Fabricated]

Danke.

[Stormwaltz]

Every day is a day for something.

And every day is St. Bloodworth Day!

[Signe]

I don't know why you said that but I'll agree because I don't want to be the only one who doesn't understand.  Hi!

[Lantyssa]

Bloodworth has a tendency to repost things.  Occasionally things he posted himself.

So they took my birthday and named it in his honor. 

[Signe]

Aww... I'm sorry.  I'll try to be more careful with my posting.  The game is back up and I was only joking about it being broken forever.  I actually really like this game now.  I had good fun at some weird bug hive event killing a thingy and his thingy friends with a bunch of oddly dressed people.  Totally not expected.  And I got lootz!  If I ever see you in a game I'll give you some good lootz to make up for buggering up your birthday!

[Surlyboi]

Signe found an arkfall 

[Stormwaltz]

What? No, you didn't... I was reacting to "every day is a day."

This will teach me to try to make jokes immediately after donating blood. Everything is funny, but only to me. Ergh.

[Ghambit]

I hereby dub today St. Bloodworth day!

[Lantyssa]

If I ever see you in a game I'll give you some good lootz to make up for buggering up your birthday!

You didn't bugger up my birthday.  I'll still take the lootz though!

Hopefully there's a better chat filter than what Free Realms has in whatever game that is.  That was... comical.

[Signe]

Did everyone get the emails with the extra lootz?  Yesterday some thug ran me down with his ATV and I said "ouch" and it actually popped up in the chat line.  First time that's happened for me!  I think they're fixing stuff and that update was HUGE.  If they keep actually fixing the things people are bitching about, this game might end up so much better than I initially thought from reading this thread. 

And kudos for giving away your precious blood, Stormwaltz.    

Happy St. Bloodworth Day, everyone!

[satael]

I thought the fact that the mods change the weapons appearance was nice until I fully modded my orange pistol and it ended looking like this 

[kaid]

The "final" boss isn't that bad at all. Also, if you make it to his 3rd phase you restart there should you die. It can be a bit rough if you have bad luck or don't move to hide from some of his hard hitting stuff on time but in general it's doable.

This was Jackleg Jack. I didn't get to the "final" boss. I did say that I suck at shooters. :)

Ahhh...Jackleg Jack. I cheesed that part out. To his left, your right if you're facing him is a little cubby hole behind a tank or some crates or something. If you go over there he can't hit you with his grenades. I basically went over there, popped out to kill some guys,then ducked back to keep him from dropping grenades on my head. When one of those smelter guys came out I'd shoot his tank, run out, hit Jackleg as many times as I could, then rinse and repeat.

That mission, along with some others, really requires you to be good at dodge rolling. I have it mapped to a button on my mouse and there are some fights where I am literally going 'dodge roll, shoot, dodge roll, shoot, dodge roll, shoot." Especially against things like black lungs and raider tankers.

Hehe ya that is pretty much what I did also having a shotgun with flame effect makes setting the munchkins on fire super easy. Shoot once the guys are knocked down and on fire they get up and blow the shield.

I was not even trying to cheese the grenades hiding by those barrels just was getting minions into the crossfire between the chick who is always on the one side of the room and me. Pretty fun fight pack a shotgun and it is a LOT easier.

[Cheddar]

People still enjoying?  I feel the need to shoot stuff virtually!

[Outlawedprod]

ut oh
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/17/trion-hit-by-massive-layoffs

[Signe]

I wonder if this means what we got is all we get because it's really not enough.

[Ginaz]

Isn't it standard practice to shit can a lot of people after a game is released?  They don't need as many people to maintain a game as they do to develop it.  I hope thats the case here.