is defiance dead in the water for eu

[Deunan]

....and even that platforms should be joined....

Not a good idea. It's bad enough that PC players were unnnecessarily hamstrung by having the client cap RAM usage for rendering graphics to a fraction of what even the most basic non-gaming PC's on the market have because it was uniformly coded to accomodate the limitations of gaming consoles. I'm hoping that they'll fix this for the PC version because it's disappointing to see almost every player render as the same male human in a survivalist outfit and to realize that's how your avatar looks in their game too.

The NA PC server has a decent if not massive player population. You have to realize that a lot of the present players only paid 10 bucks for the game and have never had to pay any subscription fee. A lot of us came on board knowing the game has lots of problems but on the PC the game is stable and relatively lag free. I've only had one server related crash (unfortunately occuring when we were very close to finishing the Monolith at the major Dark Matter Arkfall) since I started playing the game.

[Bentu]

Sorry to say I haven't played Defiance for over 2 weeks now not saying I'd be missed lol but I really enjoy this game but the scope issue and vehicle bug I've got are just making it a chore to play.

[Sanguinesun]

"Dead in the water"

The water dried up a long while back. Just a dry, barren desert remains.

Dessicated in the desert feels more apt. :P

[Lillith Valerian]

I always thought that regions should be joined across platforms, and even that platforms should be joined.

That's not a good idea. Controllers can't respond the way a mouse can. Developers once tested cross-platform performances, and PC vs console players was deemed 'beyond a slaughter'.

And I'm speaking as a console player, not another tiresome PC elitist.

[Burn_Withme]

I havnt played since the US only contest "play the game be on the show" killed it for me!

[Ridilen]

This game is so dead that I have an old 386 SX25 they could use as a server. Probably would be better.

[Sanguinesun]

This game is so dead that I have an old 386 SX25 they could use as a server. Probably would be better.

Hehe I like it. This game is so dead jokes for the thread would be awesome.

[VicousBlood]

You also have to keep in mind Defiance server channel designation is awful. It may put you in a channel that is well populated or a channel that is not very populated. And it is random, you may log out and immediately log back in just to find you are in a different channel. And these channels are not synched (if you ever wondered why, as an example, you immediately logged out then back in, when an arkfall or siege started and upon logging back in it was gone, it's because you got sent to another channel upon logging back in). It does not assign players to less populated channels when other channels are full, it just sends you to a random channel. I would suggest keeping an eye on the most active players you see and befriending them. This way you can ask amongst your friends if their server channel is populated and then move to the channel they are in.

Until consoles start to begin being able to use K/M as fully functioning and viable gaming input devices. I do not support true cross platforming. I played the original Shadowrun, which was the first true cross platform (XBOX360 & PC)game. It failed horribly with so many console accusations of PC players hacking. One of the reasons microsoft does not support this either http://www.rahulsood.com/2010/07/con...gainst-pc.html. Allowing this change is not only up to Trion but it requires agreement of the console makers as well. Bridging the regional gap or creating an optional global server for each platform I could agree with.

I stopped playing consoles since the PS2 and even with the PS3, 360 and the newer consoles coming out I still feel MMO's of any type are still a foreign/alien idea to most consolers, which may be the reason console populations are low (if they are, this is just an assumption as I have not seen any numbers posted), I could be wrong, that is just more of a personal opinion.


Example video of switching CHANNELS, NOT SERVER REGION in Defiance:
Please note they do not have to be in your group to have them switch to your server channel, but they must be on your friends list.

[Azubaz]

is defiance dead in the water?

Does a bear **** in the woods? Har Har...

[VicousBlood]

Does a bear **** in the woods? Har Har...

Not necessarily, bears have a simple digestive system and food does not stay in them long. They don't "hold it in" so they pretty much poop everywhere. Some people have even reported in neighborhoods that have bear problems, bears pooping while giving chase to something or someone. LOL