What does this game need??

[PseudoCool]

I'd be happy with an in-game mail system myself.

Crafting wouldn't be a bad idea, something more than "go find this mod and slap it into your weapon" type crafting.

The major hub is a GREAT idea.

Frankly, these are three things that EVERY MMO has out there, and they make for a much funner, more immersive, more diverse, and more gamer friendly environment.

[Synther]

HD texture pack for PC? lol

Just more content and features that it's sorely missing.

Some form of housing, expanded guild features, a "hub" where people can gather to trade and what socialize.
Expanded map, like a lot more expanded map, maybe even new areas completely like Vegas, Canada or the Storm Divide. Which would then need an updated map system to allow you to see what events are happening where, since I would assume new zones are completely different instances.

etc etc.

The Crater should have had a door leading to an internal area with bartender vendors, music, and social hub type items from the beginning. Maybe even have members from the various factions that give out daily/weekly contracts. There's really never been an excuse for why this was missing from the game.

Crafting is something else that this game desperately needs. Perhaps not complete weapons, but the ability to craft mods at least would be nice. I would go so far as to say that they should add in the same kind of modification to vehicles that you have with weapons. And why not modify shields too?

The map needs to be expanded desperately. The paltry bit that we're getting with Season 2 just isn't nearly enough. Season 2 should have been nearly the size of the original land mass. Instead, they've focused on giving us "fixes" to things that we never wanted "fixed," while not fixing others and giving us DLCs that consisted of gladiatorial arenas rather than any real content. That is rather disappointing, overall.

[AlexzanderThor]

I think that they need to refund all season pass/DLC owners any money they paid for them, and ADD NEW CONTENT!!!

But unfortunately, the Company has proven time and time again that they don't care about the game or it's players.

[N3gativeCr33p]

I think that they need to refund all season pass/DLC owners any money they paid for them, and ADD NEW CONTENT!!!

Add content to an already cracked/crumbling foundation? Kind of sounds counter productive to me.

[JEMINAI]

Add content to an already cracked/crumbling foundation? Kind of sounds counter productive to me.

next defiance crisis... the bay area sinks into the ocean under the weight of the jammed in content. what will you do to save defiance??? log off and lighten the load!

[rydda]

The hulkers at kenn farm to stay

[adrokier]

I need a view on my Weapons where I can view which Mod + Synergy are installed to my weapons...U can use the retrieve mod function to see which mods are installed but I dnt see which synergy the installed Mods hav.

Generally: PS3 EU System
I luv the Game, Servers are okay in the last days, we need to send Bug reports when Server is getting to much lag but seems that Trion takes care and fix the Problems from time to time ... so I really dnt think that it is so bad as some us are thinking.. I really have a lot of fun in game, I start my PS3 every 1,5hours and I m fine...I do reinstall the Patch Data once a week and I m fine, I post some Bug Reports in PS3 Section when the lag is getting too much and Trion seems to fix. I contact Support and they help..the only thing I miss is the Mod thing I cnt see which synergy is installed to my weapons, exactly which Mod has not the correct synergy.

[Warhorse500]

What do you all think Defiance needs?

Please note, I know it requires:
more patches that benefit the game, not hinder

Actually...one of the biggest problems with this game is excessive patches. I think there's a bunch of them that need to be removed. As I see it, what Trion is doing---to use a graphic metaphor---is continually slapping band-aids on a sucking chest wound. I would be entirely open to the idea of the devs taking a pause in their plans for patching the very life out of this game, re-examining the code, and surgically removing some of the "patch-on-a-patch" fixes that they keep hastily putting in there. The guidelines for this should be---should be---:

---Does the patch contribute to the structural integrity of the game? (Open glitches like this double-damned BMG PvP thing that's been plaguing us for a couple of months now should be closed off, but not at the expense of the rest of the game crashing.)

---What kind of 2nd/3rd order effects would be incurred by removing these lines of code? Can they be mitigated? If so, how? If not, then what else would we need to cut away--or, for that matter, add in---in order to fix the problem code?

---Would we need to take the game completely off-line to do it? If so, then we need to sell the player base on that idea. I realize there are gamers out there that literally do nothing all day long but sit on the computer and play---and would be completely lost and adrift if they didn't get their "Defiance" fix. I'm not one of them. I've got a job, a wife, and a kid that all have demands on my time...and "Defiance" gets to take the low priority against all of those. That's why you don't see me in game that often.

I digress. I, for one, would be open to going without the game for a day (even two) if it meant that I could come back to significantly improved gameplay. I think there's probably a few others around here that would be willing to tolerate a few days off as well. Trion, don't be afraid to do it---as long as you can properly articulate your reasoning for doing so.

something done about lockbreaking.

I don't do nearly as many WarMonkey runs as the rest of you, so I haven't fallen victim to this as much. That said...on the few that I HAVE done, I've been witness to this sort of *****holery, so I understand and agree completely.

But forgetting those actual probs, what do you think the game needs to make it better?

I feel it needs a central hub, where you can get together in a bar(heck, the one from the show would be awesome)to plan missions together, have a stable mic chat system, see the weapons and mods displayed in a shop.

Would love to see an armor crafting system-mix of Bound by Flame and Monster Hunter- where you can customize your armor, change it's color, appearance.

Someway to make the game world feel like it's alive, instead of mostly being a wasteland, maybe by including safe zone towns, where you can see people just living their lives.

Let's say you clear an area of mutants, maybe you'll see improvements, like people start to place a camp there, then shacks, small buildings etc, which you need to check on to protect, otherwise it gets destroyed.

Lastly....music, the chap in Defiance tv show has a radio station playing "old" earth records, would be great to get a bit of music whilst driving.

Like the central hub idea...The Crater could get a couple of extra lines of code. I know what I said earlier, but in this case I think it would be worth it. This could also be the spot to give ourselves a kind of ersatz "hotel", like the inns/safe zones in WoW, where we could crash and get rested XP.

We sort of get the safe zones now, but only at Iron Demon and The Crater. I think some geographic expansion is in order---and we may yet get it, if the RUMINT I've been hearing is true.

Love, love, LOVE the idea of "Raider Radio" for the mainland part of the game. I also think it would enhance the creepy factor of old San Fran even further by having the signal audibly "die out" on you as you drive across the shattered Golden Gate...like residual EMP.

I've shot my bolt...anybody else?

[Burned In Effigy]

I would love to see a bounty hunting minigame like in far cry 3. Hunt down a DM boss or a Hulker

[Maida]

I would like to see BMG type guns that provided perks to other group members.
Speed boost, increase nano rates, increase crit rates type things.
It would give another dynamic to game play and add a real detention of teamwork to the game.
That is the biggest part of RPGs that is missing from the game (along with actually getting to interact with NPCs)