Whats with all the daily server updates? Hows about some indication of progress?

[Holy Bahamut3]

I do suspect a ninja Nerf, but not necessarily with snipers.

[Bentu]

If they fix that bug where the fourth battery doesn't get accounted for I feel it's well worth the server down time. Racing to a clear major impact site only to have a bugged out arkbreak is horrible.

I've placed 3 spikes that haven't worked so far.

[Monkerlotus]

12/19/13 - NA/EU Server Update (PC, PS3, 360) @ 10AM PST / 6PM GMT



Whats with all the server updates?


I wouldn't mind so much if you gave us some clue that they're beneficial, or that you're making some kind of progress.
Are they actually working and fulfilling the patch notes expectations, or are you throwing darts and just mentioning something hoping some random verbiage mollifies us?

Sorry, I'm just growing weary of other stuff ceasing to work after a random server patch. Now my preparedness is handing empty/unloaded weapons back to me again.
Is it coincidence? I dunno, but I can't begin to document the whole game every 24 hours to see what got broken (again) since the last time.

For all we know you're just unplugging the servers and going to brunch, or having daily office-wide rubberband fights.


It's starting to look like your pants are falling down and you're walking around the office with one foot firmly wedged in a wastepaper basket.

I'd love to hear from the devs on whats up, there updates hit during my small window of play time and make me a sad panda.

[duction]

the patcher screen in game says:

defiance 1.205: Addressed a case where summon major arkfals can get stuck in battery placement stage.

[crasher]

the patcher screen in game says:

defiance 1.205: Addressed a case where summon major arkfals can get stuck in battery placement stage.

Well, the ammo cache bug isn't fixed, yet.

I just logged in, had 21/29 Semi-Auto sniper rounds. Hit the cache at Muir, swapped to my Extra Lifesteal Machine Gun and had 192/308 rounds.

So...
** Aside from the capitalization (and missing 'l') while duc' entered the info:

Release Date: 12/19/2013 @ 10 AM PST / 6 PM GMT

• Major Arkfalls should no longer get stuck in the Battery Placement Stage.

I'd say it was written by 2 different people, or the same person was in the middle of a helluva hackey-sack run when they had to get the patcher notes typed in....

** No, this post has no game breaking point to it, but the thread is nonetheless relevant. **

[Mike Chone]

Crasher, if you're talking about the 'in the middle of the night' maintenance downtimes -- it has been like this since Defiance started. They do this for a few mins every night. They're not too long (usually 5 mins at max).

[crasher]

Crasher, if you're talking about the 'in the middle of the night' maintenance downtimes -- it has been like this since Defiance started. They do this for a few mins every night. They're not too long (usually 5 mins at max).

Nah.
Those are basically to boot the campers so they don't sit online for weeks at a time while the 'owners' go on vacation.
I play around those, no sweat.
These are bigger:
[paraphrased]

"We are bringing down the NA and EU servers for a server update at 10 AM PST / 6 PM GMT on Thursday 12/19/13.

The estimated duration is *** 1.5 hours *** for all servers."

These change stuff.
The 'patch notes' are a little sketchy, and DEFI patches frequently break stuff. They are known to break stuff that was recently fixed.

Every time they patch something we have to figure out what The Dev Fingers touched, and see what they inadvertently broke this time.

It's that whole 'Unintended Consequences' thing

[Bonehead]

The progress is progressing within the established progression parameters.
That is all.