Raptr Q&A - Here's some questions and answers from the Defiance team.

Another confirmation: Do guilds have levels? No, but they will.

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Legnir
Couple of Questions for someone that is not playing the game and has not played yet, But interesting in it especially after the Show.

1. Is there going to be a Free Trial of the game 14 days or so, To try out before buying it. I mostly play MMO's and have been looking for a new one to play.

2. How big is Endgame PvE and how much and fast to you expect to expand it. Patch/DLC every month every 3 months or so.

3. Guild Support is the main Feature in mmo's (imo). Do Guilds have "levels" Perks, Guild Banks. Guild vs. guild PvP. If not are plans to add this or do some more stuff around that.

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Oveur
1. Could certainly happen but I wouldn't wait for it.

2. It's about this big (---------------------------------------------------------------------)
We have 5 DLCs planned before Season 2 goes out.

3. No but they will have.

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Originally Posted by Merrin Nightbringer

Yeah, I saw that- he gave out a game code a little over an hour ago, lol!

Trion, this is why we love you. Keep it up!

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He put out a game code? What's it give out, and why aren't you sharing? LOL

Pets? YES...later. Holiday Events? Yes.

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Jailbirdy
1) Any chance on pets or personal bots for our guys (or gals)?

2) Is there a time we could "game with the Stars of the show"? (Nat and Lance excluded- lol)

3) Have you guys licensed a CCG or miniatures game yet?

4) Will you have more Holiday themed events in game?

Thankx!

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Myll_Erik
1) Perhaps - this keeps coming up but nothing is confirmed.

2) Follow us on @Defiancegame we often get people on to play!

3) Nope

4) Indeed! More fun stuff coming down the road

Ovuer
1. Yes, but far out.

2. Yes, we had that in Beta, Grant played himself (Nolan). We'll see what happens.

3. Nope.

4. Yes!

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Originally Posted by PseudoCool

He put out a game code? What's it give out, and why aren't you sharing? LOL

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Digital Deluxe copy of the game. They gave out 10 yesterday during the Q&A

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Originally Posted by Taaltos

Digital Deluxe copy of the game. They gave out 10 yesterday during the Q&A

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Ya know.. yesterday I sat around all day doing nothing cuz of the weather.. I WISH I'd of known that the Q&A was going on. If there was a forum post, I missed it.. blech!

Post that code :P

But props for Taaltos for posting all these questions and answers.

Don't want to get too negative here, but it's a shame the game came out as soon as it did, I love playing it, but it does have that feeling of incomplete and despite the devs constantly patching things and making endless promises of the game improving as it ages.. You can tell this was rushed just to be out before the pilot episode aired on SyFy. Imagine if the retail product came out say in July or August, would it have been more polished? Less buggy? Able to fit in a couple more open beta tests by then? I would think so.

Great googly moogly!! Lots of stuff in the pipe. Clan Rivalry PVP? YES! EGO Customization? Well, now that you've pointed it out...Hmm.

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Primalwolf
1. Have you got any new ideas from these comments that you have not yet already considered?

2. Has there been any thought to open pvp areas? (It's easily conceivable that ark hunters would compete for ark tech out in the badlands for instance)
I'm not actually requesting it, but I know this was a question people were asking on forums.

3. What about hireable npc's? I'm sure there would be plenty of hunters for hire in a world like that.

4. Possible npc interaction, relationship building etc. I know this isn't a full fledged rpg, but it does help add a bit more depth to a story, especially one set mainly in a desolate wasteland.

5. What about Ego customisation? Gender, voice, personality. Surely you could encompass that ego feeds of the mentality of the ark hunter implanted with it?

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ennsta
1. Yeah, of course, getting the mutant from Face Off into the game for one.

2. I'm assuming you're referring to entire zones being open PVP since Shadow War is open world but opt-in. So yes, considered and but we'll probably going for the more opt-in route, like through Clan Rivalry.

3. No, not planned.

4. Yes, we intend to evolve NPCs as well :)

5. I actually hadn't thought about that. See #1 :)

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Originally Posted by PseudoCool

Ya know.. yesterday I sat around all day doing nothing cuz of the weather.. I WISH I'd of known that the Q&A was going on. If there was a forum post, I missed it.. blech!

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There was a forum post and I believe an email sent out and it was twitted. Twitted? Sure, why not.

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Oveur

2. It's about this big (---------------------------------------------------------------------)
We have 5 DLCs planned before Season 2 goes out.

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You know, this was originally 5 DLC's during season 1, now it's before season 2. If they havent started filming season 2 yet then you have at least 12 months before it can even think about being aired but I'd bet more.

Plausible Deniability?

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Starspeed
What are the odds that a second wave of arks will show up, expecting Earth to be fully terraformed and ready for settlement, and discover that it didn't happen?

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Myll_Erik
Thats an interesting idea - but we can't give away the story line!

Oveur
What about it all being groundhog day?

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NO real info here. Devs are people too. This thread made me laugh. xD

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LinkSmash
A horde of flesh-eating monsters rises from the core of the Earth, how do you defend yourself?


Papachi03
Grenades, an Assault Rifle and an infector usually sees me through!

GuardianofDragons
Pyro grenades, An Assault Rifle and my pretty little ground pounder! :)


Starkiller91
Grenades, SAW, Sniper and my orange challenger


Malyki
A lot of other people to get between me and them.


Iron_Fang
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE MARINES!


Oveur
Nothing like a bolter and chainsword.


Iron_Fang
@Oveur WE FIGHT FOR THE ALLFATHER!

Malyki
@Oveur Toys R Us has a Replica of a Chainsword. And a Gears of War Cainsword gun! I got one for my rugrat.


Merrin
With a shotgun, a flashbang, and a sadistic grin on my face.... :D


Ovuer
Find weapons. Group up. Spread the love. Hilarity ensues.


MochaRaf
Just remember keep it to groups of four please! I keed I keed :p


Myll_Erik
Can of Red Bull and a really big stick.

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Did no one ask what the new Species will be or did I miss it? I know it's irrelevant gameplay wise so most people prollie don't care, but I'm holding back on uber-grinding because I'm not sure I'll keep the current character.

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Originally Posted by Hexi

Did no one ask what the new Species will be or did I miss it? I know it's irrelevant gameplay wise so most people prollie don't care, but I'm holding back on uber-grinding because I'm not sure I'll keep the current character.

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I had the same though, although the character customization options MAY include the ability to switch species, which Myll has commented on before and is looking into making a reality.

Expectations.

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generatedname
Did the game turn out how you expected when first planning a video game that would be synced with a tv series?

Do you see this as a strategy that will be repeated with other shows?

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Myll_Erik
The game and show both turned out great and we really did work as one big team in making both of them!

It's not easy and takes a lot of time - but I could see it being done.

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generatedname
wow! so did you guys influence the show's writing at all?

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Oveur
@generatedname Yes, of course. But was it all like first planned? Not at all :)

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More what's your favorite <insert here> questions.

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Skitterin
What have been both your favorite parts of the TV show and the Game?

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Myll_Erik
Show = Learning about Nolan

Game = Exploring the world (especially on a quad)

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The answer to the second question intrigues me.

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FICHTER
Question directed to both of you, what was it like working on Defiance and also how often do you guys get stalked by fans in-game? =p haha

Also, someone stated from Trion that whichever race you are will somewhat affect what's going on later on in the game, is this still being planned?

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Myll_Erik
Stalked by fans? Meh - we like to play with our fans in-game!

Don't want to spoil anything for you!

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Good to know there's between season content.

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Vortexxp
I have to admit this game has taken me by surprise, pleasantly so. I know the tie in stuff from game to show will take time to develop. My question is with what regularity will we see new missions in game that correspond with recent tv episodes?

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Oveur
Around each episode but also between seasons.

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There's that staple Trion Worlds games as a service thing again.

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S1L3NTKiLLaH
I just want to know one thing, How come you guys are just so AMAZING. The product, the support, how do you guys do it so easily online while other companies cant spell customer support?

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Myll_Erik
We're trying to do everything possible for our fans. We view games as a service and we truly think/act of it like that. You are our fans and we want to keep you all happy as well as give you a great game.

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Wow, that was the most informative q&a to date, at least since release. Lost and lots of juice info. And yes, finally, great answers on the PC UI, finally!

Shotgun Shells, Damage and Balance

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Nixonia
First off, love the game. Been in since Alpha, and was more than happy to buy the game, and play quite a bit despite its random bugs sometimes. But I do have a few questions!

1: Will there be any large-scale battles that are not arkfalls? And second part, will there be any that involve the Volge? They seem deserving of many, many shotgun shells.

2: I found an orange LMG out of my Arkfall code lockbox when I VERY FIRST started the game. Like, out of tutorial. I am still using it. I can not find any reason at all why I should upgrade anything but mods. Is there some hidden stat thing behind this that I should know about, or is it "The gun does this much damage. Period." and I should hold onto it?

3: Will you be adding any more passive (or active) abilities to the EGO net? Or will that break balance?

4: I noticed in PVP that people love shotguns. A lot. A whole lot. Because I am one of them. This leads me to the same question as Firefall. Are you balancing the weapons for PVP, or for PVE? I dont want to run like a Castithan (lol tv show humor) because of a Miner 99er, and they can get pretty tough as it is.

5: Are reputation rewards being reworked? It seems like for rep points, its a heck of a lot more trouble than its worth right now.

6: (because I thought of it later) Will there be any stationary turret playstyles? Or any stationary turrets in large battles? I usually play a turret plunker / force multiplier, and I miss my turret.

Thats all for now. I'll post more if I think of any. Mainly, I want to destroy the Volge. They look capable of a good fight.

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ennsta
1. Many deserving shotgun shells will make their appearance, including in situtions which are not just arkfalls.

2. There are other factors than damage in guns. If you got a great one that fits your playstyle perfectly, sure but I'm pretty sure there are others out there you might like as well.

3. Yes.

4. We balance them for both.

5. We monitor and rework pretty much everything. Right now on rep it's too early to tell.

6. Yes, there might be. We look at a lot of different playstyles and game modes that we'd like to implement both in maps, instances and the open world so I find that pretty likely.

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Future Social hubs. Comm Devices? Dev run events.

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Highbinder
Okay I got three more questions then I am done with questions and I'll just listen, and if they been answered someone please point me to those answers.

1: Will we see any social hub area's for just goofing around in, while I like the open world feel of the bay, I feel like there are no places for my character to go, kick his feet up, and pound back a brew. While there is the crater, you can't go into it, which makes me sad. So any chance for a place to do that in the future.

2: Are we, the pc gamers, going to get the option to control where the voice over stuff comes out. As of right now, my head set is set as my default communications device for my pc, but when I play defiance and people talk in clan or group, it comes out my speakers not my head set. I'd like to be able to fix that.

3: Lastly, will we be seeing any dev run events? I know it's an odd question, but coming up with EQ and the older mmo's I remember gm's and devs poping in from time to time, taking over npcs, and making some interesting once in a life time things happen. While not a high need thing, I just felt with all the tie ins and everything this game has the chance for that kind of stuff to become not just old gamer stories, but something legendary.

and now I shut it as promised.

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Oveur
1. Not yet but they are on the roadmap and planned.

2. Not encountered this myself, lemme look into that :P

3. Yes. We had Grant Bowler playing himself the other day.

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Moar trucks!

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starkiller91
i was both an alpha and beta tester and although i like the challengers my favorite vehicle was the nomad truck, so far since the game launched i have only seen the trucks from the steam preorder, will the other truck colors make a return?

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myll_erik
most likely - yes :)

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Windowed issues.

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Loptr
Technical type question. I seem to have issues with the windowed version of the game - in effect, I have to alt tab anyway. Minor as it is, it's a 'quality of life' issue for me as I'm supremely lazy. Is that on the list of eventual 'to fix' items?

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Myll_Erik
It's on our list - but it's a lower priority fix than others.

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3. Yes. We had Grant Bowler playing himself the other day.

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Mom said he'd go blind if he did that.

Whisper fixes and sad answer to PROFANITY FILTER question.

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Malyki
Will there be a fix for whispers? Will we be able to whisper each other? Will there be an option to turn off Profanity Filter?

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ennsta
Yes, will of course get fixed.

Profanity filter, no.

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Am I mistaken or did they answer the KingOfHeartsGaming question about letting players pick their reward after an arkfall twice, and give a completely different answer the second time?

http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...l=1#post382650 - We have upcoming plans and events that you should definitely check out (smileyface)

http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...l=1#post382993 - Chances are that it'll stay the same.

Yes, they know Voice is...problematic. xD

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Sanguinesun
Asking again since both here, forums, twitter, Twitch etc it goes unanswered: When is the game getting Push to Talk?

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Myll_Erik
We're actively working on VOIP features as they are some -what problematic.

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Originally Posted by Shogo_Yahagi

Am I mistaken or did they answer the KingOfHeartsGaming question about letting players pick their reward after an arkfall twice, and give a completely different answer the second time?

http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...l=1#post382650 - We have upcoming plans and events that you should definitely check out (smileyface)

http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...l=1#post382993 - Chances are that it'll stay the same.

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I'm thinking, not sure. xD Maybe let slip something they didn't wanna let out yet? I'd have to scroll back and see which was answered first when I'm done sorting through this trainwreck thread. xD

So messy.

Bronies and Carebears.

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Malyki
Oh New Question. Again for Bronies, Carebears, and Other crime fighters! As the Game develops will there be an opportunity for different community events? Like a Halloween special or something? Something that brings all players together no matter if they PVP or RP.

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Myll_Erik
Absolutely!

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Bikes and Aircraft?

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Bigstack1980
Will there be any bikes or aircraft in the game, at a later point?

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Myll_Erik
Not currently - but we have some interesting ideas.

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Platform Specific?

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grunion
Do you have any plans for platform specific updates and changes?

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Myll_Erik
Nothing platform specific - we want to update and keep updating everyone!

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I need to see this episode.

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Merrin
During the Face Off show "Alien Apocalypse", Anthony created an amazing mutant mix for the Defiance challenge.

Any chance we'll see his creation brought to life in an upcoming season?

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Oveur
Hah, that's a great idea :)

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Moar vehicles!

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coasta1
will you add new vehicles?

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myll_erik
yes

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Down to earth self-criticism and dedication.

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Obvitsamy
Are you guys pleased with the reception the game has had so far? Everyone I that has had a chance to play it have enjoyed every second of it!

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Myll_Erik
We are happy to have people in-game, but we're not happy with the amount of technical issues. Our team is working a lot of extra hours to give our players a better experience.

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I say potato you say potahto? I say Guild Bank, you say Guild vault?

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Merrin
First off, great game, great show, and thanks to you both for being here to do this today.

I have a question regarding creation of a social hub, and storage features.

1.) Are there any definitive plans to add a social hub to the game?
2.) I saw Myll_Erik mention clan banks in one of his replies; are there any plans to add individual storage for items?

3.) Just because I'm shameless, and I haven't seen anyone ask yet... May I have a code please?? :P
Thanks again guys :)

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Myll_Erik
1 ) Nothing Confirmed

2) I didn't mention clan banks - only that we want to expand our clan system

3)Hmm - I'll post a code in 12 minutes. :)

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What if the show flops?

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Plum
What will happen to the game if the TV show turns out to be a complete flop?

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Oveur
Nothing happens, we aren't reliant on each other. However, the show is great so if anything, it's all very positive for everyone :)

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I'm thinking that since this question was easked early yesterday, and some of the conflicting answers, that someone told them they could start to divulge a little more info as the hours went by.

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MidnightMeteor
Not sure if this has been asked before or not.

Will there be a possibility of having pets and/or companions in the future?

By pets I love collecting them and keeping me company or even something like a dog as a perk or so. Really liked the companions in SWTOR and would be cool to see what Trion could do or expand upon. Could be like a mobile carrier or run to get you supplies like in most Arpgs'. Just some thoughts :)

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Myll_Erik
People keep asking about them...not sure to be honest.

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More big plans.

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Bigstack1980
Will there be any final boss battle, in any of the upcoming DLC, that requires more people, rather than just soloing it?

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Myll_Erik
Perhaps :) You'll have to wait and see though! We have some "BIG" plans coming down the pipe!

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Dang plenty of dissapointment - like " updates for all platforms not specific" (pc is not a console tbh - you cant have it all same).
way too many politician answers that promise nothing yet promise alot at the same time.
Many of the questions were quite one sided (like open pvp - tbh thats where they get wrong ideas - few people asking for it, ignorign what majority wants).

Races and Affinity

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s0uthpawswagger
I was wondering about the different races; as we can see in the tv show there are currently a variety of different races roaming around defiance. In the game, currently, we can only choose between two. I know we're going to have different characters in game that come along with the DLC but I guess my questions are these:
1. What will be the benefits of using these different characters? (I mean, I've placed alot of hard time into my character just to get him to 1,000 ego. Something has to entice me, right?)
2. Will there be character progression that comes along with these characters OR will these different character types maybe come with a different EGO selection than the two characters we have right now?

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Oveur
1. The gameplay effect of the different species is intentionally none, it might be changed, such as affinity for something but still minimal. This is part of being classless and not having levels, maintaining the balance.

2. Character progression always expands, we'll very likely theme these expansions to races, possibly including affinity as I mentioned above.

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