Server Downtime: April 6th 8:10pm PT - Xbox, PS3 & PC NA

Ha ha ha T-minus 10 min

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Originally Posted by Stashride

Remember the time when you could actually login and play Defiance? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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Mom Corp. also remembers.

Yeah people you need to calm down. NO GAME is ever perfect at first. remember that it takes alot to make and MMO and they will have the kinks worked out it just tales time. IN one week from now there will be no server problems

Damn, gotta go to work in < 1 hour... guess I got to cut some sleep tonight when I get back to fill in the lost time for the downtime. Damn this game for being too much fun!

Pew pew Arkfalls, I'll be back soon enough...

Sucks the people who apparently haven't been able to play a single minuet since launch. Ive had no issues and actually needed the break, given I was in game for like 10 hours straight without an issue.

I love the QQ posts though, I feed off them. Keep the text tears rollin!

whats the point of beta testing if even the chat system is broken on launch?

If no one complained what are we to do? bow to the million $$ companies and just deal with broken products? If you bought a new car and 2 days later it died and you were told you have to wait a few days to get it back... would you not be mad? If everyone just rolls over and takes the BS we will never get a solid game. To many game companies are pushed into releasing a mostly finished game and rely on patching MMO or not.

ppl do need to calm the **** down it is only a game lol... but seriously WTF when is a company going to release a game that doesn't need to be patched the very day it's launched? How long did it take to make this game?

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Originally Posted by MikeSheilds

It's launch week of an MMO. Severs are always going up and down for awhile. Bunch of console noobs aren't used to it.

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hmm whats a sever?

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Originally Posted by Tibbz

Awesome game. People need to stop complaining. When you make an MMO with no problems then you have the right to complain.

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Wtf? are you serious? when you pay 60-150 dollars for a game that you can barely play for not being able to login, and then getting kicked out once you can finally connect, then you have every mother ****ing right to complain, dumb ***.

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Originally Posted by Athyrio

No one is saying perfect...

However, in order of superb launch...

RIFT
Dark Age of Camelot
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Ok so only two which have had superb launches in the last 15 years...

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You forgot City of Heroes. It holds the record for Flawless launch.

You kids need to just mellow out, man. EVERY MMO has issues with login servers after release - due not to a lack of preparedness on their part, but to the way things work. This isn't Call of Duty; you spoiled, under-evolved neanderthals playing on consoles need to process that heavily and realize that MMOs are high-maintenance. Server go down. It sometimes rains. Do us all a favor; build a bridge and get the **** over it.

Thanks for the notice Sledge! :)

All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Rofls in bed? Another glorious day in the forum! A day in the Defiance forum is like a day on the farm. Every troll a banquet! Every QQ thread a fortune! Every repeated thread a parade! I LOVE the forum!

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Originally Posted by Vagabond

Wtf? are you serious? when you pay 60-150 dollars for a game that you can barely play for not being able to login, and then getting kicked out once you can finally connect, then you have ever mother ****ing right to complain, dumb ***.

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**** just got real

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Originally Posted by Athyrio

No one is saying perfect...

However, in order of superb launch...

RIFT
Dark Age of Camelot
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Ok so only two which have had superb launches in the last 15 years...

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I gotta throw Guild Wars 2 into that list.

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Originally Posted by Playt99

Thanks for the update Hammer! Please don't pay attention to all the whining hordes.

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You just had to call him Hammer , didn't you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8WYh8uz3pQ

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Originally Posted by Iniquus

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! Newly released games and software should be FLAWLESS! There is NO reason all issues shouldn't be addressed in beta testing, ESPECIALLY server load and accounting for differences in vast numbers of different hardware configurations and internet connections! I WANT A REFUND! It MUST be in cash, in unmarked, non-sequential bills, delivered on a fully fueled helicopter which will take me to an undisclosed location. The pilot's location with then be communicated after I am a safe distance away.
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if you go back and read the other complaining posts I wonder if they were being sarcastic too

Dude, it's SATURDAY night! Probably the biggest play-time of all. WHY WOULD YOU BRING IT DOWN for patching? Whatever the problem was, it could probably have waited. This isn't an Ecommerce solution people, this is a game. Saturday night is the BIG DAY.

Emergency. Maintenance probly means some ones duping items or cloning accounts

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Originally Posted by Karasu_No_Yami

Learn how to read... It says on the first post how long servers will be down for but, i my opinion waiting double the time posted is far more effective then waiting what is said, cause the possibility of maintaince taking longer then predicted is still there so instead if they say 30 minutes come back an hour later, if they say an hour, 2 hours later, ETC

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We know what "double" means.

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Originally Posted by Jax Bane

People have a right to complain because they pay for the product, and expect it to work. Played mmo's since day one of mmo's, This game is good, they are trying to do a lot of great things. Some dont understand how they can release the game with all the issues which should have been addressed long befor the game was released.

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one thing that alot of people fail to understand with the release of MMOs in general is that the sheer scale of the player base brings to light problems/bugs/issues that aren't always apparent during beta weekends and other closed testing situations. there are also release deadlines to take into account, especially with the upcoming show premiere and since they wanted to do a coordinated release on all platforms 2 weeks before the show premiered there are going to be a few issues with the game as more and more people log in and require processing power from the servers. many of those complaining simply need to step away from their console/computer for awhile and find something else to do, living internally and on the net too much often makes small downtimes and upsets seem far more intense/important than they are. so, chill people, the game will be back up and issues will be worked out it's not the end of the world.

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Originally Posted by MikeSheilds

It's launch week of an MMO. Severs are always going up and down for awhile. Bunch of console noobs aren't used to it.

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What I have found funniest the last few days, is how some of you PC snobs actually think you're cool or something, or better than others somehow, because you're oh so familiar with MMO failures. I mean, I can almost see you now going into a popular bar/club on a Friday night: "Hey baby, you know you want me. You know you wanna get with me. I'm MMO king don'tcha know? Yeah baby, that's right. I'm dreammmmmy"... rofl

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Originally Posted by jocan2003

Glad to see server being maintained at 3am

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It's not 3 AM where they are. Trion is based in California hence them using Pacific Time as their standard. The nature of MMO's and server based games is that they employ people to work 24/7 for the most part for these issues. It's not like they are doing us all a favour, it's all budgeted for.

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer70

We will have downtime for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC at 8:10pm PT due to emergency maintenance. Thank you for your patience.

Server Downtime:
Date: April 6th, 2013
Time: 8:10pm
Downtime: 30 minutes

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Here's an idea, how about you guys fix the chat system so we can actually SEE when the server is going to go down rather than having us find out in the middle of a mission by it just dropping our connection. Here's another thought, stop fixing just one thing at a time and dropping the server several times a day, how about fixing multiple issues and then drop the server down once a day. -.-

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Originally Posted by Vagabond

Wtf? are you serious? when you pay 60-150 dollars for a game that you can barely play for not being able to login, and then getting kicked out once you can finally connect, then you have every mother ****ing right to complain, dumb ***.

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Did you read the ToS? You actually don't have a right to complain.

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Originally Posted by IAMREALITY

Sorry, but that sentiment is just asinine.

It's like saying to someone who buys a new car, just to have it break down three times a day every day, that when they can make a car that doesn't break down that then they have a right to complain. See? Sounds moronic don't it.

We have a right to complain, period. Every day there are multiple 30 minute interruptions. It's ridiculous already. If the game wasn't ready for prime time then it shouldn't have been released until it was. It's as simple as that.

Some of us only have so much time we can allocate to play. We don't want it all eaten up by constant server updates and patches. So yes, we have a right to complain and a right to be frustrated. It's completely rational to be frustrated at this game so far. Doesn't mean that ultimately it won't become completely stable and we won't grow to love it for much time to come. Just that right now, as it stands, the experience has been a frustrating one more than worthy of complaint.

I mean, so you're not frustrated. Yay for you. Here's a scooby snack for ya. But that opinion is your own, and the only one violating rights is you thinking you have the right to ascribe your feelings onto everyone else, as if they're wrong simply for not standing on you side. Pretty narrow minded thinking there...

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Here's what I think he was getting at: Name ONE MMO that has launched ever...without any bugs or patches the first week. I don't think you can. I've been at a lot of MMO lauches, starting with EQ back in 1998. I would rank Defiance as slightly above average in the launch "roughness". WoW was practically unplayable the first week after launch, and don't even get me started on SWG....

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Originally Posted by ANGRY DUDE

It's an mmo. it happens. It's been out for for 4 days and runs smoother & faster than DC Universe.I played that trash for 2 years.LOL r.i.p. Voltage Dude

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lol so did I, R.I.P MechroFox

I agree Guild Wars 2 had little to no hiccups aside from the Black Lion Trading Company being down for a bit. Also yeah I also played Rift and it wasn't to bad at all honestly.

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Originally Posted by MikeSheilds

Lets hope for some rollbacks

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I cringed a bit when I read 'emergency' in the OP. Last time, my character was rolled back but in this particular case, I haven't been on for the last couple of hours (5 or so) so I'm hoping if it does happen, I'm good/unaffected.

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Originally Posted by Valethar

8:25pm and server is still up O.o

Edit: LOL 2 minutes later I get kicked. I think they found me. :)

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rofl SMITE the non-believer! *server boot*

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Originally Posted by StealthKK

Dude, it's SATURDAY night! Probably the biggest play-time of all. WHY WOULD YOU BRING IT DOWN for patching? Whatever the problem was, it could probably have waited. This isn't an Ecommerce solution people, this is a game. Saturday night is the BIG DAY.

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Emergency patch because people can't log in and are getting DCed...ya, they totally should have waited.

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Originally Posted by IAMREALITY

What I have found funniest the last few days, is how some of you PC snobs actually think you're cool or something, or better than others somehow, because you're oh so familiar with MMO failures. I mean, I can almost see you now going into a popular bar/club on a Friday night: "Hey baby, you know you want me. You know you wanna get with me. I'm MMO king don'tcha know? Yeah baby, that's right. I'm dreammmmmy"... rofl

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best part of that post is you used "rofl"

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Originally Posted by IAMREALITY

What I have found funniest the last few days, is how some of you PC snobs actually think you're cool or something, or better than others somehow, because you're oh so familiar with MMO failures. I mean, I can almost see you now going into a popular bar/club on a Friday night: "Hey baby, you know you want me. You know you wanna get with me. I'm MMO king don'tcha know? Yeah baby, that's right. I'm dreammmmmy"... rofl

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Oh sorry, how many MMOs are on consoles?

Why would I waste my Friday night at a bar when I could be playing video games?

got the timed out error for the 1st time after toon gliching and getting stuck in crouch and not interacting with anythang logged hoping to fix it offcourse it didnt that was 1 and half hours ago

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Originally Posted by Vagabond

Wtf? are you serious? when you pay 60-150 dollars for a game that you can barely play for not being able to login, and then getting kicked out once you can finally connect, then you have every mother ****ing right to complain, dumb ***.

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DUDE PULL THE STICK OUT YOUR A** MAN. Wow you need to POP A MIDOL AND CHANGE YOUR ******. Do you know how to keep a server running with a milli. People front to.play it ....... No ... Didnt think so ...

Hey, I came here for an argument not to listen to people complain!

But all kidding aside, thanks for keeping us in the loop. :D

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Originally Posted by bigbill666

Emergency maintenance?
What does that mean?

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iT MEAN A DAMN EMERGENCY.. SERIOUSLY...

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Originally Posted by Tibbz

Awesome game. People need to stop complaining. When you make an MMO with no problems then you have the right to complain.

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Agree, they are starting from scratch... Nice job from Dev so far, they are usualy on balls to solve all the lil probs :)
Pll need to ****

PS: for all the ppl that QQ about Boost lost and Money spent on Bits on Time duration i have to tell ya something XD:
im not against the thing to buy Bits to spend Ingame, im prob so soon or later, AFTER they fixed the game lol u should have wait LOL
New game = bugs
Bugs = server maintenance
if u buy Boost on a timer, i'll just laught at u. just wait a week or two, server will be more stable :)

Pew pew nice

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Originally Posted by Jax Bane

People have a right to complain because they pay for the product, and expect it to work. Played mmo's since day one of mmo's, This game is good, they are trying to do a lot of great things. Some dont understand how they can release the game with all the issues which should have been addressed long befor the game was released.

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thats easy, a mmo is changing,, and some bugs that were not there when they designed it, show up when different systems connect, sometimes stuff just freaks the hell out

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Originally Posted by WNxNewt

Spoiled little hooligan, we do not need you to play the game anyways.

When you launch an MMO across three platforms on a project this big you come back and tell us how easy it was.

Hope you saved your receipt.


WNxNewt

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Don't mind him. If he wants to leave then let him. Means less lag for us players who are sticking with this fantastic game.