After 3 weeks of Defiance does anyone regret buying it?

My personal opinion is yes
I love the show and the potential this game carries but the hype syfy and Trion fed the community was very deceitful and far from the truth. The game just feels like a poor half baked mess that was used to promote the show. Im not sure whos fault it was to rush things but this game should definitely not have been released for at least another year. My opinion is syfy has rushed Trion into releasing this before it was ready and if the reviews are anything to go by, Trions reputation has took a major blow

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Originally Posted by Jonnina

My personal opinion is yes
I love the show and the potential this game carries but the hype syfy and Trion fed the community was very deceitful and far from the truth. The game just feels like a poor half baked mess that was used to promote the show. Im not sure whos fault it was to rush things but this game should definitely not have been released for at least another year. My opinion is syfy has rushed Trion into releasing this before it was ready and if the reviews are anything to go by, Trions reputation has took a major blow

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im alittle disappointed... but im committed to it now for the year at least with the season pass... so hopefully things will get better for everyone. time will tell.

The only content as of late to coexist with the show is clicking on lanterns and not being able to complete the pursuit....and butchering the game furthermore with the latest patch

One step forward, two steps back from Trion

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Originally Posted by Jonnina

My personal opinion is yes
I love the show and the potential this game carries but the hype syfy and Trion fed the community was very deceitful and far from the truth. The game just feels like a poor half baked mess that was used to promote the show. Im not sure whos fault it was to rush things but this game should definitely not have been released for at least another year. My opinion is syfy has rushed Trion into releasing this before it was ready and if the reviews are anything to go by, Trions reputation has took a major blow

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My biggest regret is telling all my friends to get this game. I thought this was going to be the next big game. I didn't realize at the time that this game was going to lack in content, and the dev were going to nerf the fun out of the game 2 weeks after the release! This game is not going to take off and will be a flop in the up and coming months if the devs dont get there **** together!

No, but I do regret buying the season pass.

I regret buying.

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Originally Posted by IGears

im alittle disappointed... but im committed to it now for the year at least with the season pass... so hopefully things will get better for everyone. time will tell.

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LOL, when the DLC hits all you are going to do is play for 2 days and you wont have any content left. If the main game take less than a week to complete the dlc has to be shorter!

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Originally Posted by Jonnina

The only content as of late to coexist with the show is clicking on lanterns and not being able to complete the pursuit....and butchering the game furthermore with the latest patch

One step forward, two steps back from Trion

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Just because you didn't notice the multiple references to things that happened in the game on the show doesn't mean they didn't happen. Do some research before saying uninformed things like that. Makes any future statement you make become suspect.

Nope. It's given me a game to play for the past couple of weeks so it's paid itself off game-time wise.

I could go into a log post about how i like the game have faith in trion and believe this game will get better with time, but that i also clearly see and recognize the problems it has now and how i'm frustrated with some of the decisions coming out of the trion offices right now, but instead i'll hit you with a nice run on sentence and then answer.

simple answer, no.

Honestly no I'm not I am having fun with my friends and just messing around. Would I like to see more, yes, but that will come I hope they bring things out soon because they will lose interest of the player base, BUT the nice thing is you bought the game... and you don't have to pay a subscription fee so it's like any other single player game you can come back to it whenever you want.

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Originally Posted by Schwa

No, but I do regret buying the season pass.

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AGREED!!!!!!!! I want my money back for the season pass! I bought it before I knew how little Content this game had to begin with!

Now I am telling my friends to not waste there money on this game!

I don't regret buying the game because I think I've already got my monies worth.

However, I do feel like the game could have been a lot better. It has all the ingredients to be something great, but at this moment in time Defiance has a long way to go to even be considered a game that I would recommend to friends, as I'm not sure everyone would agree that they got their monies worth.

I regret buying.....











a couple T4 lock boxes but not the game.

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Originally Posted by chefwhitey

My biggest regret is telling all my friends to get this game. I thought this was going to be the next big game. I didn't realize at the time that this game was going to lack in content, and the dev were going to nerf the fun out of the game 2 weeks after the release! This game is not going to take off and will be a flop in the up and coming months if the devs dont get there **** together!

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LOL by ruined the fun pretty sure mr. one dimensional means taking his ability to farm keycodes away. I never did that in the first place. I enjoy doing all aspects. pvp probably the most especially now that shadow wars are comin up more often.

No regrets. I've already got 70+ hours of play from a $60 dollar game. Which is a very good ratio compared to other recent games I've spent a similar amount on. Even if I never played another minute I got my money's worth.

Did not buy the season pass yet though. And no plans to do so until I see real information as to what they consider a DLC for it.

no I dont regret it

Yes! Thank god I didnt buy the DLC pass...

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Originally Posted by Barrik

LOL by ruined the fun pretty sure mr. one dimensional means taking his ability to farm keycodes away. I never did that in the first place. I enjoy doing all aspects. pvp probably the most especially now that shadow wars are comin up more often.

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I am talking about nerfing cars and weapons as well! These were the little things that made the game fun! But since I dont have any more content to play. All those little things add up fast. No point to play this game anymore until dlc release!

Thank god there are other great games to play right now! This game is boring the crap out of me with no new content and the lacking of!

And PvP isnt that good in this game compared to any title out there! Gears, Halo, Cod, Battlefield! Why would I play this crappy pvp over those!

Nope. Not at all.

Nah,i've got worst buys before and since it only cost me 43€,first MMO ever for xbox with no sub. fee,having fun with the roller making stunts all over Mt Tam - Marin,stop taking pursuits so serious just hanging around shooting **** ......

I was quite happy with my purchase until the patch broke more things than it fixed. Lost a lot of interest in playing this because I can't drive anymore without glitching my vehicle rank, and I can't do co-op or PvP without losing my clan boosts. They need to fix this ****, now.

I don't regret buying in the slightest.

I think it was worth my money, however I don't think COD: Black Ops 2 was worth my money.

At least this was different, a whole ton of lore to get into and the extra value of watching the show and being able to say "I GET THAT! I KNOW WHAT THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO!! ERMEGERD!!".

I'm a little upset by the lack of endgame content, normal dungeons ARE NOT endgame content. If you don't have Raids of some description then you don't have end game imo (don't f**king say ArkFalls or I'll slap you via TCP/IP).

The DLC I'm hoping will be substantial, Rift was a good example of a worthwhile DLC pack for Trion but I'm hesitant because Trion seem to have forgotten some major aspects of what made Rift good and solid at the start. (seriously where is the raid groups for Arkfalls...)

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Originally Posted by Sarin

I don't regret buying in the slightest.

I think it was worth my money, however I don't think COD: Black Ops 2 was worth my money.

At least this was different, a whole ton of lore to get into and the extra value of watching the show and being able to say "I GET THAT! I KNOW WHAT THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO!! ERMEGERD!!".

I'm a little upset by the lack of endgame content, normal dungeons ARE NOT endgame content. If you don't have Raids of some description then you don't have end game imo (don't f**king say ArkFalls or I'll slap you via TCP/IP).

The DLC I'm hoping will be substantial, Rift was a good example of a worthwhile DLC pack for Trion but I'm hesitant because Trion seem to have forgotten some major aspects of what made Rift good and solid at the start. (seriously where is the raid groups for Arkfalls...)

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Even if the instances were legitimately difficult, I wouldn't mind the "endgame" being limited to 4 players. The instances are by no definition difficult, though. None of them.

Considering how reliant this game is on voice, I'd actually prefer smaller endgame here-- seems more intimate, and yelling at a friend to snipe "that guy that has me pinned" has a unique appeal for the genre. Now? I just bmg the fool to death, since it doesn't matter what weapon I'm using or even if I'm applying tactics.

No regrets

Big time...

I regret little, but Im still hopping that the game gets better with time. 3 out of 4 friends that bought this game have already stopped playing and moved on.

Not even a little.

Not at all. Not just after 3 weeks live, but also a couple of months in alpha. Still having as much fun as I did back then. Is it the greatest game ever? Certainly not. It does have issues, some technical, some design based, and its not quite my ideal style of game. I would rate the game much better if it actually had more meaningful PvP. Not just instanced maps and Shadow Wars that have no impact on anything. Things like territory control and clan vs clan based competition that can actually change the game in some ways. Think kind of like Darkfall style control / politics but set in Defiance. Taking over & building up towns / bases, getting access to valuable resources, etc.

But aside from it lacking the meaningful PvP, its keeping me more entertained than 90% of MMOs to release in the past like 5 years. It's something that with a bit of work and dedication Trion's part and some needed improvements could turn into a really amazing game rather than just pretty good / good enough for now.

Partially. As time goes on my regret increases due to their mishandling of so many issues. Fortunately I did not and as it stands will not buy the DLC.

I'm willing to give the Devs some more time to rectify all the problems with the game, but I must say I'm glad I didn't buy the season pass.

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Originally Posted by Schwa

Even if the instances were legitimately difficult, I wouldn't mind the "endgame" being limited to 4 players. The instances are by no definition difficult, though. None of them.

Considering how reliant this game is on voice, I'd actually prefer smaller endgame here-- seems more intimate, and yelling at a friend to snipe "that guy that has me pinned" has a unique appeal for the genre. Now? I just bmg the fool to death, since it doesn't matter what weapon I'm using or even if I'm applying tactics.

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Don't forget this game was advertised as being "highly social" and the trailers featured near 100 players running at a world boss. There's no coordination because we can't have raid groups, we're reliant on that horribly bad VoIP which usually involved people with open mics yelling at their kids. Most people I know mute area chat for that exact reason.

Trion made it big with Rift, part of what they are good at is huge events and a big fleshed out endgame, this is simply not evident in Defiance which is incredibly dissapointing for me as someone who has put too many hours into Rift.

I'd just like to see some well thought out content, the dungeons are fairly boring, very little to them and the landscape isn't exactly eyecatching by any stretch. It's just... a time sink..

lol i love how everyone jumps ship, its bin 3 weeks and 1 tv episode in. how can you cry, you shouldn't have bin no-life-ing the game when it first came out, nor should have you expected that much interaction between show/game while it was the "pilot" episode.... does anyone not understand that the " pilot " was most likely filmed a year in advance before it was given a green light for a season.. how many times have we all seen that same episode over and over from E3 to PAX to every single event they went to show off the product / concept? really give it some time, so many QQ's over nothing.

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Originally Posted by Sarin

Don't forget this game was advertised as being "highly social" and the trailers featured near 100 players running at a world boss. There's no coordination because we can't have raid groups, we're reliant on that horribly bad VoIP which usually involved people with open mics yelling at their kids. Most people I know mute area chat for that exact reason.

Trion made it big with Rift, part of what they are good at is huge events and a big fleshed out endgame, this is simply not evident in Defiance which is incredibly dissapointing for me as someone who has put too many hours into Rift.

I'd just like to see some well thought out content, the dungeons are fairly boring, very little to them and the landscape isn't exactly eyecatching by any stretch. It's just... a time sink..

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I absolutely agree with you. Arguably an extremely difficult (which this game needs) 4-man instance could be more intimate and social in this type of game than a 10-man raid with one person talking.

I want us to plan out a mission, figure out who's doing the sniping, who's handling the explosives, and who's handling the front line. Then continue to call out when I need assistance, or when I notice something incoming. They might make things bigger with more players, but they wouldn't necessarily make them better.

If they don't want tanks/healers, that's fine-- they've got to provide the encounters that negate these tactics. While still being a ***** to complete, yet impossible to zerg as we see now.

The 4-man instance (expert level, I guess) I'm hoping for would be impossible to do without communication. Completely, utterly impossible. Clan or premade only.

Nope,no regrets.
I have friends I group up with (some who recently bought the game) and help them along...I've been playing since launch,and see no let up in sight.

Not even remotely close to regretting my purchase. If I regret anything, it's not getting the Ultimate Edition.

I don't regret buying it. I've had fun so far. I've had my moneys and times worth of it occupying my mind space, so I have no buyers remorse. I also knew that it would be a gamble to get in on this so early. Part of that was to see how it develops over time, so I'm along for the ride regardless. My hours online with this will drop off however.
There isn't much reason for me to care other than to not be frozen out of content on a bi-weekly basis. But the simple design of that aspect alone is more of a disincentive than anything else. I'm more inclined to tackle my massive backlog and to look forward to spending my time elsewhere with other games at this point because I manage my time, my games do not dictate that for me.
For however long this lasts, it'll be just enough fun to foster fond memories. Games like this historically don't last that long on console platforms. It's the hotness here, right now, but it'll be a dim light in every ones rear view sooner than most would like.
I had a fun time with games like M.A.G as well. No regrets. Maybe if this lasts long enough to make it through to the next console cycle, Defiance could be a frontrunner before the Bungie guys steal their lunch.

I do have one regret though. I think as much fun as Defiance is for those that dove in early, the fact that a lot of players would not recommend this to other gamers is a big tell on how far this can go in its current state. I'd love to play with my usual friends, but I'd never ask them to shell over cash.. hell, to even invest time into something that I'd have to constantly give caveats for.
Time will tell for Defiance I guess, but there really isn't much of that to be wasted.

I don't regret buying it. But at this stage, I doubt I will be investing in any DLCs and will probably take off about then, maybe to check back at a later date. I just don't feel Trion has handled this game very well, and until they get it all sorted out in the coming months, feel that the $50 I paid for the game is plenty.

I was really in the fence about this game because I knew next to nothing about it until a few days befor launch but a few of my Xbox Live friends talked me into buying it. I really wish I didn't, especially since it was between this or Dishonoured. After playing the game for a few days I decided to completely hold off on the season pass. I'll keep playing Defiance for the time being and I'll probably come back occasionally but I doubt the servers will have a third of the people on now by the time the season pass runs out. I'm even wondering if Defiance will even make it to the end of the season pass. But as long as its servers are running I'll always be around, even if it's for a few days every couple of months.

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Originally Posted by DamianThorn

Nope,no regrets.
I have friends I group up with (some who recently bought the game) and help them along...I've been playing since launch,and see no let up in sight.

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Same here. I've also put in just about 45 hours and have yet to complete the main missions or the side missions. Defiance is money well spent for me, I buy video games depending on the amount of hours I will get out of them and because of this I never buy single player games until they are around 30 bucks. I am expecting to complete the main missions and side missions around the 55-60 hour mark, and then after that there are countless hours to be spent in PvP, doing the Co-Op dungeons and the occasional Ark Fall. Oh and all the future content that will be added to Defiance just makes the purchase even better.