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The social aspect in SWTOR was average at best, this game on the other hand you would be fooled into thinking it was a single player game. I bought this game on the premise that it was advertised as a shooter mmo like I'm sure a lot did.
I suggest you fix the deplorable social aspect in this game or be prepared for a lot of refunds as the product is not what it's advertised as. Shame on you trion.
The social aspect needs work... but only with regards to two things: UI and options.
You can talk to people, you can form clans, etc.... But the user interface for these things is TERRIBLE.
Further... where's the auction house? Trading in this game is based on things external to the game, i.e. forums. Hello? Trion? This isn't 1998.
Social aspect is being fixed.
http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...chat-confirmed.
To be fair, I've yet to see confirmation from Trion. The social problems run deeper than just a chatbox, anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taaltos
Star a thread asking everyone who saw the Live Feed. Was towards the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schwa
*sigh*
I was miffed I almost missed it, because I wanted to make sure to get some sort of answer from them, and I did.
Also, i wanted to win that Logitech mouse. :(
They said this was a shooter first and an MMO second.
Well, we got the shooter, can we have the MMO now?
Crafting (There is none what-so-ever and believe it or not, crafting is big on bringing together a community)
AH system (Above statement. These were not just things thrown into an MMO because people wanted to trade.)
Chat (If this is missing, gg.)
Party functions (Group waypoints, marking...)
Holy Trinity (Not saying I want it here, but it forced people to work together. There was no means of compensating for the lack of it.)
Lack of Death Penalty (Incentive to revive allies drops to 0 knowing they will just revive a few feet away with a very small poke at their scrip count.)
There are many more reasons as to why there is a lack of MMO in this game, why everyone seems to want to ignore everyone else..
I mean just look at instancing! Half the time 1 or 2 are rushing the thing while another might be hunting the recorders and that last person is trying to actually enjoy the place!
Added a link to their Live Stream video and time stamps addressing the possible Map Content AND the Chat Box fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schwa
also remember its an MMOTPS not an MMORPG
Which isn't a problem just with Defiance, it's endemic to the MMO genre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foxhop
They can only take it so far by the limitation of other platforms. Take a look at other cross-platform games and they are very very similar on terms of UI/chat. Not to say they couldn't improve ... a lot. Reminds me of DCUO's UI in its infancy. As long as Defiance is tethered via cross-platforms it will have very little progress on those issues.
Even if they were to say "screw consoles sideways" and started on a fully fleshed out UI ... it would take http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/123...-forever-o.gif
If you're expecting UI like STO, LOTRO, Rift, SWTOR and other recent online games anytime soon, you're in for a hurting.