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After the **** up with Amazon UK etc and the UE of Defiance I canceled my order and decided to buy the standard edition instead. Now that the game has launched the forums are full of people complaining about things not working and things going wrong.
I was going to buy the game today but due to all the problems I have decided not to bother. At least until everything is sorted. Might get it cheaper in a few weeks.
I'm kinda glad my UE was late now, gives it 10 days for problems to be sorted, and I still be all those goodies and the season pass for £63. Waiting may be the best option for now though, **** I know but nowt we can do
Day one launches are always a bit frenetic, especially with MMOs. My guess is the main teething problems will all be ironed out within 24 hours.
I might do the same thing. 10am till gamestop opens where I am so will be a while before I pick up my preorders.
Every mmo at launch usually has a few bugs, but as I browse thru the forums here this is starting to get real ugly & fast.
If I do cancel I'll prob just get the basic vanilla and save the 300 bucks.
I hope they get it all straightened out, the shop thread seems to also have some unhappy customers but /shrug
Man, I hope everyone of the other 6.97 billion people on earth who aren't getting Defiance don't come here and tell us they aren't buying the game like the op did. That'd make the forums rather messy.
I think you're in luck, they do a Non-Special Unedition for Non-purchasers. It's free, too! Comes with nothing at all, but the system requirements are great - doesn't even take up a single byte of your hard drive :)
I do hope you change your mind and come back later. It's an MMO though, first day issues are par for the course.
This is why I love gamefly you lose out on all the little extras from pre ordering ( actually you can still get them to) and the special edition items but you don't get stuck with something you don't like and if you order it then decide to keep it it's like 20+ off the game and you got a brand new copy of the game if you had it sitting in your que.
You want that special gamestop pre order weapon or what not just pre order the game pick it up copy the code off your receipt return the unopened game put in your pre order code on your rented copy and now you to have the pre order bonuses with out buying the game from them and saved 20$ on top of it.
or just keep it as a rental for a while till it drops to a price you want to pay.
Also if you get a EA game with a online code like BF3 when you keep the game they send you the code you always get everything that came with the game.
whats the point of this thread? To moan and cry?
I buy from Amazon so I never get to play things on time.
Their better to deal with then gamestop I cringe every time I see a game stop exclusive ultimate or collectors edition I usually have to take a big swig from the pepto bismal or eat a bunch of tums just to go into their store to deal with them you know their going to mess things up the question is how bad?Quote:
Originally Posted by Blastiel
Thats why amazon has the smile on the box because your happy with your product when it gets their.
Cool story.
I am gunna go grab my copy in a couple hours.
...yeah kinda has to get here though. Sad Face until then.
I wont be buying the game as I already finished it in Alpha, theres nothing to do after the main story.
Replay factor = Zero for me.
I'm looking forward to the show though.
There are two main problems with that logic. One game day releases for MMOs are always problematic at best, and two the only people on the forums are those who can't play hence the *****ing and whining. All of the people who aren't having problems are playing, and not on the forums... Think about it.
And thats exactly why i dont play too far in to the game in beta or alpha, so when it gets released i can play stuff and still enjoy itQuote:
Originally Posted by Whitenoise
Really? Must be just me then... both of my local GS have been pretty good to me so far... it might be just a sign of where you are and the quality (or lack as it may seem in your case) of the people they hire.Quote:
Originally Posted by zartanyen
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Originally Posted by Whitenoise
Never mind the fact that the Alpha and Betas were limited runs of the full game, right? But eh... to each their own I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snow
-tg
I got home from work yesterday around 6, and checked my patcher just to make sure everything was fine. 5 minutes later I was killing hellbugs. Any issues? A little lag for about 30 seconds about an hour later.
My pre-order bonuses were missing. Contacted Trion, they said I wasn't supposed to get any of them. Posted here. A senior GM saw the post, as did Sledge, and they corrected the issue on their end overnight. Logged in this morning to check, everything was set. No big loss.
Just be patient. There will always be bugs like this in a game that's not standalone. 89320498234 people logging on today, there's bound to be glitches here and there. They will be resolved, as always. They're doing their best, and I expect any issues will easily be corrected within the next couple of days.
That being said. Game still looks great, game plays great. Being able to login without issue 6 hours before the scheduled release time with NO gameplay issues was a major surprise. Very smooth launch from what I've seen directly.
Thank you for your valuable contribution.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darktide
first off of course you only see the few people posting problems on here, which anybody with common sense knows its day 1 and bugs on any game should be expected. you dont see more positive stuff because the other thousands of happy players are to busy playing!...Quote:
Originally Posted by Darktide
but all i can say is bye! dont let the door hit you in the ***** on the way out.
you cant seriously be that daft to judge a game after testing TWO PARTS of the game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Whitenoise
already finished it in alpha? dude... really? there's secondary quests to, and in case you didn't figure it out defiance is a MMO not a single player game. oh wait i forgot you don't want to bother.
i would almost bet on that with the tv show tie in....atleast every week after the show they update more content to the game to keep it up to date with the show
Spoiler alert, it looks like that's exactly what they're going to do. I'd almost expect... something weekly.Quote:
Originally Posted by kajun mulisha
what about the all the new content coming?Quote:
Originally Posted by Whitenoise
I'm not sure if the NDA for Alpha is still in effect so I wont go into too much detail. As for the new content, you'll get a new mission chain per tv show aired. The DLC expansions wont be for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by ironhands
As a previous poster mentioned side quests... did all those =)
I am grateful for the Alpha, saved me a few quid.
5 DLC a year should mean roughly every 2 moths, I can see waiting a bit as a viable option, but I wouldn't say just not buying it based on completing the Alpha content. Besides, it'll drop in price anyway on PC in a few months.
Well, just so you know, the people that are enjoying the game, are too busy playing to come coddle others.
Exactly, I'll keep an eye on the game for the future as I really did enjoy it although I found the entire game extremely easy solo.Quote:
Originally Posted by ironhands
Dont get me wrong it's a great game just not enough content to be classed as an MMO (yet).
depends on what you define "massively" as, whether it's the world, or number of people, but there's no question, the more content the better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whitenoise
I was only in the PS3 beta ... so the pc beta had all the regions open in the game? Everytime I went beyond the borders it killed me
PC beta was also limited, Alpha was entire game.Quote:
Originally Posted by SumMischief