Crestfallen. Devastated. Gutted.

I had been saving the Episode mission until I was done with all the other missions. I went to play it yesterday because it said to play it before the episode aired. Sadly the Xbox Live service was acting up and I couldn't get on Defiance. No matter, I figured I'd play tonight. They know it won't air in GB until Tuesday so the mission should still be there for tonight.

How wrong I was. I get home from work, I hop on the Xbox ready to play the Episode Mission... and I get a big Red flash of 'Mission Failed' across my screen. What mission? I wasn't playing a mission. Turns out the Episode mission is now no longer available to me because the show aired in America today. How utterly fair in every way that is to GB.

I've been playing and loving Defiance since launch, but this is a real kick in the vitals. And there will even be pursuits and achievements for completing all the episode missions I have no doubt, so I'm equally screwed there. To add salt to the wound the mission 'Cut Em Down to Size' keeps freezing and taking my Xbox live connection with it every time I boot up the game.

Sad day for this Defiance fan. :(

Hate to say it but that's a risk you take delaying this long.

Though, as someone who played it, I can say that you didn't miss much.

Hasn't aired yet, it's only 5:04PM EST.

Ouch. Honestly, it's a hard lesson, but as we've been repeatedly told to play before 4/15, it was a big risk to take. Hopefully you'll be able to play after the first season is done. It's a fun few missions, but I don't think it's essential to the experience. It's fun to play alongside Nolan and Irisa and see inside the Crater, but that's the biggest draw.

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Originally Posted by alred

Hasn't aired yet, it's only 5:04PM EST.

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I got the mission failed pop up n I did them all lol all I have left is side quests done it all up till were Nolan gives u his assult riffle and leaves

All I got was a couple outfits I'll never wear and a purple AR that was worse than all the other guns I already had.

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Originally Posted by Dirt Nap

All I got was a couple outfits I'll never wear and a purple AR that was worse than all the other guns I already had.

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The reason the first Episode Mission is so close to the start is that it's intended to be played very early in the game. So, it's not surprise the gun wasn't that great. I didn't even get it because it froze at the final cut scene. LOL. It was more fun just playing through with the characters. Sometimes it's about the journey, not the stuff. :)

I was gonna wait until later to play them too. School has been really busy for me lately and I haven't been playing many games at all, and it never even crossed my mind for a second that it would completely go away on the day the show aired. I know they said it would be a good idea to do them before the show aired, but I figured that was because of the story, not because they'd completely disappear. That's just not something I'm used to at all in MMOs..

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Originally Posted by jonwes

The reason the first Episode Mission is so close to the start is that it's intended to be played very early in the game. So, it's not surprise the gun wasn't that great. I didn't even get it because it froze at the final cut scene. LOL. It was more fun just playing through with the characters. Sometimes it's about the journey, not the stuff. :)

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Yeah, the best part, for me at least, was coming away from it feeling like the main characters from the show are kind of ****s.

hey I still use the Purple AR.. I'm waiting for a nano-clip and/or a better AR to drop for me