Just remember! It's Trion Worlds!

[Viryu]

Mass effect 3 was able to patch itself constantly since it's played on EA servers,
I remember that game got patch's like crazy but it only received like 3 xbox updates...
So there are are ways around the "update fee".

I've played ME3 multi for couple months, and how they did it was basically to just change numbers here and there, or add things using already existing models and textures. If there was something needed to be added or requiring physical change of files, than it could have been done only through patches and DLC.

True, but . . . I don't know if that will be the case. I have been paying attention to the devs during the streams and they talk about pushing content to their servers. Since we are playing on Trion servers they can modify and change anything on their servers whenever they want without paying M$ or Sony and it will effect us all. PSN & XBL are only used to facilitate the connection to the game servers.

This is my understanding of how MMOs work. Defiance would be the first that I will play so I am hardly an expert here.

I really do wish this was right and they could patch things at will with Sony's/Microsoft's permission. If not, they'd have to basically limit themselves to changing numerical values and whatnot you could have seen in ME's "balance changes." Server side, they could add files there to bypass patching, but they'd have to be constantly downloaded to our consoles into temp memory or whatever, slowing the game itself. I'm really skeptical, since ME3 being such a huge thing, Bioware still had to pay off Sony/MS, so what are the odds they'd change it for Trion's Defiance?

[ItISLupus]

btw Borderlands has started pushing hot fixes to the game. Not just through title updates.