Really really makes me glad I didn't buy this game.
This game, like so many others lately, is all hype.
RIFT was terrible, so I didn't expect much from this either, but other games I had high hopes for failed sharply.
This games graphics are dated beyond belief, for being so hyped up - they could have done a little better. Online only? Seriously? The more you try to force this - the more issues you get with connection, the more latency everyone gets. Shouldn't you learn this by now having RIFT's failure to reflect upon, or the hundreds of other games that did this very same thing - only to have day 1 issues?
Why do you refuse to take the time to do something right, prepare for the mass player base, and prevent these issues from the start?
This lack of forethought shows me all I need to know about "Defiance - the video game" - Stay Away.
It won't be long before the servers are ravaged by hackers and exploitation and the game play is ruined for everyone anyway, forcing a massive change that will never get the right attention to save the game's skin.
The "shot at limelight" having your character mentioned or in the TV show itself will be enough for some players to mod their systems, outright cheating through game play, or use alternate means of "Dbaggery" to advance themselves and keep newer players in the dust. This is not the kind of game play you should support, this is not the kind of game people should desire.