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Well, maybe a third of 24 hours. That's close enough, right? At 7:05 PM Pacific tonight, the final episode of Across the Badlands will air, after the show's season finale.
Joining Greg tonight will be Trick, one of the game's narrative designers. You may recognise him from the Friday livestreams! :)
Please try to stick to one question per post, or be okay with only one of those questions being answered. I'll pick a handful, and we'll get the answers from the powers that be.
~ Morgana
Can we have more dance moves?
Will charge swords count as melee damage or weapon damage?
c/o dude26212
Love that this is the first comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by thefndodge
Is there anyone looking into re-spawning with half your life/shield gone in PvP? I am pretty sure it depends on if you have a DoT type effect on you when you die.
Aside from the first DLC, what are, if any, the short term plans for the game in terms of content additions?
Will we continue to get little content updates every two weeks? Will there be more data recorders to get? Or will there be nothing until the first DLC and nothing after until we get DLC 2?
If you don't like that question.
Being a "transmedia" IP, will we see Defiance on other platforms be it mobile apps, novels/comics, more webisodes etc.
What enemies will be facing in the new type of arkfall being developed. (the one that's similar the arkfall from the show that Arkhunter alluded to)
c/o Era
With charge swords getting a mod that let you change the color of the blade will other weapons get a similar mod slot to add paint jobs or other decoration to existing weapons. (Like pretty pink bows on a detonator or a Wolfhound painted black.)
Hello there !
What will be Raptor's vehicle type ? A Roller ? A Cerberus ? A brand new one ?
Thanks in advance :)
Will across the badlands be returning with season 2?
Will we get new story missions to tide us over between seasons 1 and 2 of the show (as part of DLC) or will that wait for season 2 of the show/game to begin next year?
Indirectly beat myself to it, lol. Thanks for the assist though I ended up getting my shtako out of the way last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by dbcameron
So yeah, Scrapper, Hellbug, Mutant, E-Rep, Volge, Infected, 99er, Raider, or is it the new Dark Matter Siege also in development? Or something new?
The new Dark Matter major revolves around fighting a monolith, not sure it's the same as this new interior exploration type they've mentioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Era
I'll throw up another one.
What lore can you reveal about the diggers used by some enemies? Are they minecraft? Did they ever threaten Defiance before the shield was up? How do they maneuver underground? Will we ever get diggers? Do they launch from an underground base or from above ground points? That sort of shtako.
Edit: Make that two.
Did you count Elite Archers for the Archer Challenge Hour?
Any plans to rework the salvage matrix so that the cost of adding mod slots on higher EGO weapons is more reasonable?
I'd still say the preemptive post was a good idea even if no one bit. Maybe next time we'll get more activity on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Era
As for a question are you working on major arkfalls for the factions in game that don't have them yet, mutants and 99ers?
What new game content can we expect between season one and two of the TV show?
Are there still 5 DLCs planned between now and June 2014?
Do the hosts use Wolfhounds on the crystals' weak points?
During Time Trials it can be very frustrating to have an emergency of even worse an arkfall spawn in the middle of your trial. Are there any plans to make it so that players participating in a time trial enter their own phase similar to how players do with other events such as hotshots.
Where as the next season of AtB shall be from the Trion Castithan bath,
shall OverloadUT get an attendant or only Dahanese?
I don't know what the point of this is so what its the last one. It will be like every other episode of atb they wont answer anything important.
So get something unimportant you are curious about answered. And last time they answered something important about the Raptor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wraieth
No. They've realized that burst SAWs do more damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Era
Will Defiance be brought to next-gen consoles like the Xbox One and PlayStation 4?
What will the source of fluff non-answers to fluff questions be until AtB returns?
The very same question I asked last week... and the very same question I'll ask again this week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Remag Div
"Will Defiance be brought to next-gen consoles like the Xbox One and PS4?"
I often see people cheating in PVP, will the game get/have any anti-cheating protection?
I never seen any report saying that trion banned players for cheating.
when is dlc releasing?
extra: we want chickenman in season finale
If you could specify what example of cheating you "often" see, it might make it a bit easier to respond. For instance, there are a few things that appear to be cheating that have normal game play explanations.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarknessEyes PT
With the Season 1 of the show ending will the game get a Second season of content between the off air time and return of the show? If not what can we expect from Defaince to keep us in?
If you want factual, non-marketing bs answers to semi-hard questions, watch the Friday livestreams. Tough to get your question in through the spam, but you do get some decent info.Quote:
Originally Posted by ralisti
AtB always seemed like a post-show commercial for the game. The obvious problem, of course, is that the only people who watch it are those of us who play already.
Been PvPing for a week and haven't see any cheating. Only thing that might come close is a couple people running around without heads, but that could just be a glitch or visual bug.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maitreakow
Any work being done to change the cost of Ark Salvage use? i.e.. Adding mod slots, resetting weapon experience, etc. VS. the amount of salvage received from destroying weapons. This cost seems way too disproportionate...
Example: at EGO rating 3000, adding first mod slot to a weapon can cost about 25,000 salvage, the next slot can cost 150,000 salvage... Destroying weapons only give 250 salvage for whites, 500 for greens, 750 for blues and 1000 for purples.
Continuously breaking down weapons, as currently designed, is a tedious process, and takes the "FUN" factor out of the game.
If an enemy gets killed by a Weapon's Nano effect, does that count toward the weapons kills and XP?
Are there plans to create additional uses for ark salvage in the next DLC? If not, what new changes are coming with the salvage matrix?
Auto aimingQuote:
Originally Posted by Maitreakow
Yes it exists on PC, i recently seen a good proof of it.
I was in ground floor of a building, my team mate was cloaked and jumping non stop in 1st floor balcony.
Enemy came and one shot me with a VOT Nano Fragger.
(My team mate didnt fire and was still cloaked).
I gained access to my killer view and i saw him perfectly aiming at my cloaked/jumping team mate that was in 1st floor balcony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKR20tnyOQg
Shotgun with abusive range:
One critical hit kill with a shotgun at 50+ meters and trough walls, no i wasn't inside a Cerebrus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4_-LInC4yw
Instant shield regeneration
I cloaked and started following an enemy.
When i got close enough i started shooting him in the back.
He keeps running from me without shooting (so it was not siphon procs) and hes hp/shields was always coming down and up.
Unkillable:
Yesterday saw for first time (my team also confirmed it) an unkillable player in shadow wars.
Not sure if thats a bug or a hack but it happens.
Over 20 shotgun shots at close range and no damage shows up and he doesn't lose hp/shield, but he could hit you.
It was not a decoy, decoys don't spawn bikes and ride them.
are there any plans for elemental volge?
A few questions, only one needed to be answered to satisfy me.
Will there be if any, elemental charged weapons in the new DLC?
New co-op maps set for higher EGO ratings that have more difficult enemies?
Will there be a faster way to select you load out that doesn't require you to go into another screen while in mid battle?
Since the TV version is revolving more around "the Artifact". Will the game start doing so in between seasons?
With Von Bach alive and changed, I assume from the artifact he had will we see it again or is the one in San Fran forever lost?
Think they touched on both of these during the Friday livestream. IIRC, hard-mode co-ops are planned but not in the works and they're undecided on speeding up loadout swaps any more than they already are, since it essentially makes your choice of weapons meaningless and removes situaltional choices from the game (you could essentially have 10 different weapons/weapon types equipped at any given time).Quote:
Originally Posted by NinjaofSmoke
Win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Morgana
Anyway...
Is the Castithan DLC + update still on track for releasing before the end of July? It's slightly worrisome that we're a week into July and there's still been no news on that.
Or my other question:
With the end of Season 1, will there still be episodic/temporary content coming into the game every 2 weeks or will development start to focus more on pumping out major content patches + the DLC packs since there's no need to keep up with the TV show 'til Season 2?