So, what happens once I finish the story?

[Arsenic_Touch]

Speaking of clans, is there any actual clan content? I have noticed that this game has poor social functions, and I imagine that all use I could make of a clan would be just to chat about nonsense, because everything seems to be doable without clan cooperation.

There is no in game content that actually requires a clan, however if your clan officers/leaders are resourceful enough there are ways to make things fun and content filled.

When the sieges were in game (plague sieges) my clan organized well enough to hit level 24, almost hit 25 but there was a spawn spot where the infected would trickle in one at a time. So it ended up that the game couldn't keep up with our clan. This was the closest to raid content at the time that you could get into with this game because to get to that high of a level, it required quite a bit of coordination, especially with non clan members that would run around and start the events early or lure mobs away from their spawn points and our AOE strikes.

We have clan races(some races can get screwed up because of the phasing system will teleport people out), relay events, entire shadow wars with nothing but clan members on each side, pvp matches with nothing but clan mates on each side (team speak gets kind of loud, heh)

Our officers indominable, sidref and scsessions came up with some unique events to do during shadow wars such as demolition derby (entire clan will queue into a shadow war and as your team is split, line up on the side of a valley and ride our quads into each other until they explode, then it's time to out run the other quads, last man standing wins, (usually ends up with 5 people on team chasing down 1 lone guy) (gets really funny when someone manages to snag a cerberus and bring it in, damn thing is crazy)

Another event we call shark attack where after the teams are split, one side lines up over a body of water while the other one is up high shooting them with sniper rifles and assault rifles. The objective being to get through the shots and get to the one spot designated as the safe zone.

And another called dodge ball where we line up on each side armed with nothing but detonators and grenades and just start lobbing them across the valley at each other, once you're out of ammo you have to drop down into the valley to melee it out and the last man or or men on one side standing wins.

We've also gathered all available clan members into a single phase of san quentin to do nothing but melee a hulker and since enemies health scales based on the amount of players involved, 30 players vs a hulker while meleeing is a funny sight.

We're always coming up with things like this to make the current content much more enjoyable. Without the clan I would've stopped playing a long time ago because the game really is lacking in end game sustainable content. Of course this is for the PC side, I'm sure there are some clans on the console versions with similar sets ups. (Yeah, sorry for the long post)

[Maeloda]

New here too OP, but it sounds like once you've done all story/missions, it's all about (for PvE):
-pursuits
-grinding repeatable stuff for RNG upgrades
-max EGO level

Other than that, do whatever temporary content/events that come up (like the Episode Missions, things like the recent Plague event), and wait for DLC.

Defiance really seems like a game that you either play casually and pop in when there's new things (like a shooter version of The Secret World), or you hardcore grind and grind and grind. The latter only being fun if you have a social structure in the game and a good clan . Up to the player.

Over time, I expect more 'raid like' very hard content, perhaps in the first 2-3 DLCs.

[Slivovidze]

...(Yeah, sorry for the long post)

Well, I will need a clan.

Thanks everyone for input!

[Assasino]

Yeah i have pretty much grinding through doing the same thing over again
just to try and get more Legendary weapons i guess. Not a heck of a lot to do once the story or updates are complete. Usually pop in when there is updates or want to trade items with someone

[Aeothena]

There is no in game content that actually requires a clan, however if your clan officers/leaders are resourceful enough there are ways to make things fun and content filled

There are a few "trade with clan members, have 15 clan members join you at major arkfall at the same time" things. But other than that, it’s pretty your own thing if you want to. You're forced into small groups of 4 when making co-op maps. More fun to do with a friend in group chat prior to entering the co-op map.

There are 104 things to accomplish for season 1. It will be no surprise if they release Another 104 to the next season. In between there will be new tasks as the DLC drops. So, you're going to make EGO 5k eventually just doing these as it requires you to use all the vehicles and weapons. A small section aims for PVP... (Echolon contracts and reputation task)

Note:
Why do I get the feeling this thread is made from an OLD player "complaining though a made up question"?

[Slivovidze]

Why do I get the feeling this thread is made from an OLD player "complaining though a made up question"?

Nope, I'm really a new guy, this is just my first MMOFPS and I got kinda worried that as there is no progression, the content could quickly dry out. I am not a FPS veteran, I even consider myself pretty bad at shooting things (that's why shotgun is my weapon of choice, the spread kinda makes sure that I will hit something) but I somehow manage to flow through this game without big problems, which made me wonder if there is any challenging endgame content. Since I am far from being a completionist, I do not give a damn about goals, pursuits or avhievements and I do not like repeating the stories, I fear that my worries will become true by the end of next week.

I made this thread in a hope of response like "yeah, when you reach EGO 2500 and join a clan, there are hardcore 16-men raids open, but beware, they are really hard and require lots of cooperation in your team"

Hopefully these will come in DLC's

BTW, about the series, is it like any other series? Season ends by July (which happened) and another one begins in autumn? I have found out about Defiance only recently and watched whole season in one week, so I don't really know when this one began. And how does the series stand, popularity wise? Aren't there threats of it being cancelled, like some other awesome series did? (hello, Firefly)

[squidgod2000]

So, what is the fuel for you, high level players, besides trying to finish goals?

Lack of other options (until FFXIV:ARR launches).

[Arsenic_Touch]

BTW, about the series, is it like any other series? Season ends by July (which happened) and another one begins in autumn? I have found out about Defiance only recently and watched whole season in one week, so I don't really know when this one began. And how does the series stand, popularity wise? Aren't there threats of it being cancelled, like some other awesome series did? (hello, Firefly)

Season 2 will be out June 2014. It started April 15th, 13 days after the game went live on the 2nd.
The ratings are good, the reviews are mediocre to good.