Defiance Has Not Launched Worldwide!

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Originally Posted by Calysto

That sucks mate, that's a pretty bad business practice for them to do that. Reminds me of a certain other gaming company who is currently the "Most Hated Company in America", and I hope that Trion Worlds doesn't want to end up being that terrible. Hope they fix it for you quick.

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wasnt entirely sure who you were referencing. I'm assuming EA?

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Originally Posted by bleuzarro

wasnt entirely sure who you were referencing. I'm assuming EA?

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I guess it has to be either them or whoever made WarZ.

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Originally Posted by Calysto

That sucks mate, that's a pretty bad business practice for them to do that. Reminds me of a certain other gaming company who is currently the "Most Hated Company in America", and I hope that Trion Worlds doesn't want to end up being that terrible. Hope they fix it for you quick.

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Hammerpoint Interactive? No one in yours and mine lifetime could take that away from them its just no possible to be that evil.

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Originally Posted by ironhands

This has nothing to do with Trion really. Many aren't able to connect from the UAE, it is likely the internet censoring/filtering the government forces. I'm sure Trion doesn't restrict access based on IP location.

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Yeah this guy is right.

I sympathize with you, mate, but you should blame your government and its stupid censoring laws.

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Originally Posted by Alcohol Fueled Brewtality

Yeah this guy is right.

I sympathize with you, mate, but you should blame your government and its stupid censoring laws.

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Just not out loud, or on the internet.

I really appreciate the responses and the light some of you have shed on this issue.

It's very peculiar that Defiance specifically would be blocked by the local gov't. The reason I suspect it is the several other examples of games that are officially banned but will work online if you manage to get your hands on them e.g. God of War Ascension, Spec Ops The Line, Max Payne 3, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, all banned but online features and multiplayer are still fully accessible.

I'm submitting an inquiry with my ISP to try to get to the bottom of this. I sincerely hope Trion Worlds are doing something from their end as well.

God-willing, I'll get the matter sorted and we can all play together soon!

It's not that they've blocked it specifically, but either that:

1) it hasn't been classified, if they are actively blocking it

2) it's using a port that they haven't opened up at all on their system because nobody uses it (the most likely answer)

@Xessive hey bro any news yet ?

Etisalat (my ISP) hasn't responded at all, sadly.

However: Awesome news, everyone!

After the massive patch yesterday (11 April 2013) the game now connects!

Today morning I was able to finally get in and play without a VPN and it ran beautifully!

I am ecstatic and really psyched to finally play relatively normally :)

Btw, keep an eye on your e-mail inbox, word is there will be a gift going out from Trion to try to make amends for the sub-par launch.

Many thanks go out to Trion for their efforts on making the game and getting it up and running for us; and a special thank you to all of you highly supportive community members. This is a great community and I look forward to seeing you in-game!

Glad you got it all sorted!