Day 2 in the life of Defiance, little bit of humble, little bit of cautious

[Hazel]

I like that you can add a bit of humor or a bit of "Imnotgoingtosayabunchofstuffyoullonlygetifyouraco mputergenius". I really like that you can get the information out there in a way that's actually fun to read rather than boring causing us to be forced to scan only for details that pertain to use. Looking forward to stability in the (hopefully) near future. Keep up the hard work guys

[Irontroll]

I comprehend what he is saying just fine. And I found your response of "so like never" actually amusing. I just think his tone is condescending. Personal opinion.

[Number1Ahole]

Thanks for responding to your players and keeping it fun and professional. Great game so far, you guys rock. I hate other Devs that respond well after their fanbase is frustrated because all they care about is the incoming flow of cash.

[usrevenge2]

I tried to play shadow war many times on ps3 but there just wasn't anyone playing... can you please have like a pop up appear for players, or maybe have an "event" that says shadow war bonus XP/scip or something?

[JohnMcClane]

Cant explain in words how much i like this message OP

Dear people of the forum one bit of advice accept or refuse its both swell ,it means at least you did take the time to read this part

Never ever think written text is 100% the full representation as it lacks important factors of human communication.
Not everyone has Harvard English(i sure dont and yes it shows ) on his or her list and even then words without body expressions we are often misunderstood as those factors will be replaced with the way YOU feel.
Sad but if your angry , you will look for clues that show your anger is justified ,its just very human so its not against anyone nor in favor for others.
Its hard to stay focused , we try to be Joe cool but inside we all having emotions

People that read my messages know i can also have a temper from time to time special because i care .

To the fans i say please dear folks , dont snap when others snap from time to time ,Trion understands and sets all things into perspective ,they dont like it but that is the darkside of the coin and they know and accept it

Be part of the solution not the fuel for flame wars.

To the folks that doubt i would like to say give it time , World of Warcraft vanilla was in worse shape yet it did raise to become THE MMO that is still the biggest player on the market.

To the angry people i would say , vent get the crap out your system just dont be to harsh ,recap what you would like to change and give it as crystal clear feedback i am sure Trion can and will do something if they can make up the difference between rampaging emotions and diehard questions

Peace out and if you read this all , here is your cookie you did make it to the end of the wall of text

[Taaltos]

cant explain in words how much i like this message op

Dear people of the forum one bit of advice accept or refuse its both swell ,it means at least you did take the time to read this part

never ever think written text is 100% the full representation as it lacks important factors of human communication.
Not everyone has harvard english(i sure dont and yes it shows ) on his or her list and even then words without body expressions we are often misunderstood as those factors will be replaced with the way you feel.
Sad but if your angry , you will look for clues that show your anger is justified ,its just very human so its not against anyone nor in favor for others.
Its hard to stay focused , we try to be joe cool but inside we all having emotions

people that read my messages know i can also have a temper from time to time special because i care .

To the fans i say please dear folks , dont snap when others snap from time to time ,trion understands and sets all things into perspective ,they dont like it but that is the darkside of the coin and they know and accept it

to the folks that doubt i would like to say give it time , world of warcraft vanilla was in worse shape yet is did raise to become the mmo that is still the biggest player on the market.

To the angry people i would say , vent get the crap out your system just dont be to harsh ,recap what you would like to change and give it as crystal clear feedback i am sure trion can and will do something if they can make up the difference between rampaging emotions and diehard questions

peace out and if you read this all , here is your cookie you did make it to the end of the wall of text

*om nom nom*

[Rat2man]

Just his style of talking I feel to be disrespectful. It's more an issue of whats appropriate to the situation.

Just saying... after watching the NASCAR episode of Southpark... read his thing in the style that Cartman speaks... If you dont laugh then you need to lighten up... seriously... "Imm makin a left turn!"

/takes ****** off

[crypticbutton]

I comprehend what he is saying just fine. And I found your response of "so like never" actually amusing. I just think his tone is condescending. Personal opinion.

I find it great that he is able to take a rather boring thing and come at it with an interesting and funny approach to it. I honestly would rather read his funny and slightly sarcastic update to whats going on than just a list of bullet points with language and terms i don't understand like other MMO patch notes do. It just shows that he and the rest of the dev's are real people and are not spitting out some corporate manufactured lingo that they cannot stray from.

[Landshark]

So glad that the executive producers thinks that jokes are the appropriate response to massive bugs in the game. How about trying for some real sincerity in your responses so that your obvious disdain for customers of the game does not show. There is no way you would speak to your big boss that way, so why do you feel its appropriate to speak to customers that way?

All that aside, we applaud your efforts to fix lag/patch/crashing. But how about a real response about the massive issues facing the PC client specifically (and I would guess the xbox and ps3 versions too)? The fact that the game doesn't save keybindings, that quests just break randomly, that VOIP is a total mess, that the fact the game is a MMO without any usable tools to COMMUNICATE...

And for those of us who bought the game through Trion's website and don't have our preorder stuff, and cannot play the game even tho our boosts are ticking down, what plans does Trion have to recompense us for this?

I'll break my responses down by paragraph:

1) Jokes in the response-

It might be new to you, but the game industry works a lot different than most other major industries around the world. I've worked at Xbox Live at Microsoft for 2 years, at the heart of the game console industry. You should understand that game companies, including Trion, are run by gamers just like you and me. They have fun playing games, their customers have fun playing games.

Once you try and realize the 'behind the scenes' situation is not all suites and ties (in fact, I've never seen anyone at Microsoft's Xbox Live team wear a suite and tie, most wear pants/shorts/have a beer or three at their office during lunch, etc, etc), then you'll realize that they have to take their jobs with a tongue-in-cheek attitude. The game industry is about GAMES, which is entertainment, which is 'having fun'.

If the people making games aren't having fun making them, then how can you expect the games they make to be fun?

2) Response to the other game issues-
You'll notice he did address them, but in a general way. He stated the TOP issues they are working on, mainly focusing on stability (which IS the most important) and making a list following that. As he stated, just because he didn't mention it in his post does not mean the item is not on the list. Reality is they have more pressing issues to handle first, keybindings and voip are definitely not a higher priority then the game not working in the first place.

3) Missing pre-order bonuses-
He did respond to this question. I'd imagine that if you are 100% certain you are entered the code, but are still having problems then you should contact support for your specific issue.

[TheFallenRise]

No, I don't know the answer to that yet why some people need to do that and it's pretty damn weird. It shouldn't be bit more than half a gig.

I think he might mean installing the disc as well, I'm on xbox and we have to install the game and then patch it but it's only taking up 5.7GB so how is it possibly taking up 10gigs even on other platforms?