Announcing Arktech Revolution, Defiance's Fifth DLC Pack

[Deunan]

If I'm reading this right, grenades are back to sharing common ammo. So, in DLC 5, they're charging us to fix a mechanic that we paid them to screw up in DLC2.

Apparently you're reading it wrong because the you get universal grenade, stim and spike charges for free. There is no purchase of Arktech Revolution required.

[Lillith Valerian]

Ok I have a list,

1. Increase EGO cap - tick
2. Add more perks - tick

Glaring omissions

1. Melee skill set - cross
2. Map expansion - cross
3. Announcement of new missions (getting beer, I mean anything thats new) - cross
4. Additional vehicles - cross
5. Add another VC playable race - cross
6. Weapon balance - cross (I'm not a fan of PVP but certainly would play it more if there was more balance, one shot kills with weapons detracts from the fun. There are no real shootouts, it's currently get the most OP weapon and one shot kill.)
7. The content currently seems to get packed along roads and in already occupied areas when as Arsenic mentioned there is so much unused space in the current map. Why is 7th Legion in the overpass? Was it too hard to create another area unique to this content.

How hard its it to click and drop an ammo box at the lighthouse?

As far as I'm concerned the current system of implementation is flawed. You seemingly ignore all player input. I'm thinking that you have map expansion but are going to use this as a hook for future season pass holders or some other underhanded trick (you like that reference)

The implementation of legendary mods (ho hum) whilst nice, still doesn't address the current issues with the mods that are out there presently. The current mod vendors still are yet to work properly, ie pistol mod vendor having just pistol mods on special etc.

The reward for being a season pass holder is extremely limited. IMO the original weapons of the game have been the best and everything else thus far lack any imagination eg designed by 7th Legion to reload faster, so you load it with reload rolls.

The topics of friction just seem to be pushed to one side and ignored constantly.

A question for you scape, if you can do me the courtesy of researching and providing a solid well rounded answer:

Throughout the year we have been told that the "lore" of the Defiance universe has been an impediment to implementing a number of requests, such as additional missions etc, how does the Gunslinger & 7th Legion (reviving an american civil war themed clothing, and bushido code following samurai) in any way fit into this idea of "lore"?

I indirectly criticized the game through off-hand humor and got infracted. When I called it out as an abuse of power, they demonstrated an even worse abuse of power by banning me.

This is a serious problem. I am a reasonably intelligent, articulate adult, who's spent a lot of time and money on this game and supported it vocally for months. But when patience wears thin, *real* criticism...not moronic TRYONS RIPD ME OFFS IL SUEZ type nonsense, but real, reasoned criticism seems to be shut down at the slightest excuse lately, with a self-sealing 'banned for discussing mod actions' policy. This effectively makes them immune to being held accountable by those who want answers. It's a disturbing community practise that, thanks to said 'policy', can never be discussed openly.

Everything you posted is well beyond my initial 'infracted' comment, so as one critical consumer to another, I thought I would give you fair warning. Even though in doing so, I've given them just cause to silence me again.

I can assure you that no action such as 'banning' me is necessary, Scapes. I'm an adult. If you can't tolerate my sincere humor or direct criticism, simply act like an adult and ask me to leave. I can assure you I would never post again.

[Seizan]

Looking forward to this DLC. Curious to see how crazy the market is going to get once Legendary Mods become available.

[Rokea]

YAY for paid patch #5, I cant wait for another reason to hate the fact that I purchased the Season pass and game from day one.

[Atticus Batman]

Looking forward to this DLC. Curious to see how crazy the market is going to get once Legendary Mods become available.

Most people think that, but there is a chance we will be able to spend rep to buy those mods seperately. That would give the Paid people something that only they can get, because single-bought items from rep vendors are non-tradable. The only rep vendor tradable items come from the mod boxes and the catches.

Yes it would piss people off, but I don't care. I am tired of only one or 2 crappy missions being all the paid people get. Think about it what have we gotten for our money?

1: An exclusive vehicle, the raptor....Oh wait anybody can buy one from the bits store.
2: A chargeblade.....Nope they're in lockboxes.
3: Stims/spikes...nope they're available to everyone
4: Gungslinger and 7th legion outfits.....Nope they're also available for bits.
5: Katanas.....Yep but they are just solid looking chargeblades
6: Arkbreaker weapons....yes those are paid only
7: 7th legion weapons....yes those are paid only
8: gunslinger weapons....yes those are paid only
9: Zwanze outfit...........yes I beleive those are paid only
10: Arenas.................yes those are paid only

But other than numbers 6 through 10, what else did we get for paying for dlc? And remember the arenas can be played by non-dlc owners if they join friends so not completely paid-dlc only. I am fine with non-paid being able to join paid in the arenas. But the Dlcs aren't really worth more than 3 dollars are they?

[DSW]

2: A chargeblade.....Nope in lockboxes.

actually, i got 2 or 3 of them from plain T4s. but they was blue and i already have orange from liro vendor.

[CRIXDA]

It is indeed DLC in the form of "down loadable content".
Yeah.
Sure.
Okay.
Now, is it what WE the players of Defiance feel as DLC that is worth and justifiable to spend our hard-earned money on?
I work my tail off for my money and I need value for it.
Batman just highlighted in his list of What we paid for vs. What was free and I am getting more and more pissy with the entire thing.
Open the map.
Give us some good stuff for our money here.

Leave Pink Apocalypse alone, she didn't mean any harm. Everyone here is becoming more and more cynical and angry.
I was a total Trionista long ago.
I thought that this was the best thing ever and that "The Company" could never do any wrong.
I didn't need another user to sucker punch me into the stark light of reality.....
Trion did a very effective job and completely disenfranchised me and many, many others as well in the process.
Sorry, that is just the way it is.

Give us value for what we paid for.
I worked for my money and paid it to you folks, now it is time for you to put in some work for it.

[Atticus Batman]

actually, i got 2 or 3 of them from plain T4s. but they was blue and i already have orange from liro vendor.

that is my point. T4s ARE lockboxes and anybody can buy and get a usable chargeblade from one. even without paid dlc. The chargeblades are the only paid dlc weapon that non-paid dlc users can use.

Guess not saying they're, confused you so I added that.

[N3gativeCr33p]

YAY for paid patch #5, I cant wait for another reason to hate the fact that I purchased the Season pass and game from day one.

I'm right there with you, kind sir or madam!

[wartitan]

It's called level gated content which is something they originally said they would not do because they wanted it to be one of the distinguishing features of the game. I guess they've given up on that model. It will probably alienate some players and result in some player attrition. Oh well.

The other thing about this is that many players have been asking for harder content because the current content is too easy with their current abilities so now their solution is to give us harder content but at the same time give us stronger abiliites? Greater damage, greater health, greater damage mitigation, if our capablities scale up with the content then I have to wonder how that's actually going to make the game any more difficult unless they make mob abilities scale up at an exponentially higher increment than our abilities.

I believe that the scaled up content of the mobs will be this "enhanced abilities" type enemy. I would hope that this means instead of the lame dark matter enforcers running around, we might have Captain Zor type abilities out of them and maybe for the DM Monitors, they would have abilities like Nim (although Zor and Nim are pretty close anyway). Could you imagine a DM Arkfall with a 100 Nims running around? I'd take that as a challenge