They have an "Alpha" server that PC players can sign on to and test things. Unfortunately they have only updated it before the DLCs and not "patches" like this one.
Alpha test forum link ==> http://forums.defiance.com/forumdisp...ha-Test-Server
Also, they have rarely fixed anything that was bugged or needed tweeking after players found it on the Test server before rolling it out to live servers. This is unfortunately how patches go with Defiance. As soon as they are done coding, push it to live and see what breaks and try to fix it later.
It is unfortunate that Defiance is not developed they way that ALL OTHER SOFTWARE IS!! IE, testing is actually an important part of the development process.