Any specific reason Trion left out features like mail and auction / trading house?

[Technodude]

Since it is still a MMO even though with TPS / shooter attached to it. Did i miss some announcement regarding these features and why they decided to leave the two most basic features of MMOS out of the game?

[HansKisaragi]

It would not work with the lore? thats my only thought. rift left out banks etc for launch.

[Roflmaowtf]

Just because every other MMO does it doesn't mean it HAS to be included, when will people understand that. It would be nice to have further down the line but right now I'm not really bothered.

[Technodude]

It would not work with the lore? thats my only thought. rift left out banks etc for launch.

Hmm so people in defiance don't trade or mail each other? is that really because of lore? population of defiance has no storage or bank facility either to stash their stuff?

[TripMyWire]

Not everyone plays games to be an auction house tycoon

[Technodude]

First page and the silly replies have already started....

[Roflmaowtf]

First page and the silly replies have already started....

Just because they're not what you want to hear, doesn't make them silly.

[Thunderclap]

Since it is still a MMO even though with TPS / shooter attached to it. Did i miss some announcement regarding these features and why they decided to leave the two most basic features of MMOS out of the game?

LockBoxes are the trading house. Mail? blame Microsoft and Sony. If this has been built for a PC and then kludged for the consoles these things would be here.
I don't blame Triton because they were trying a new idea. They wanted everyone involved. As usually spread too thin and its all a mess.

[Samurai UK]

Personally I'd love at least a bank/stash to squirrel away all the mods I don't necessarily want right now, but may do if a relevant weapon drops.

I'd also love an auction house but I'm not sure if the loot system is balanced around players being able to share so readily. As in the game would need a @@@t ton of unique loot or the auction house will be just filled with the same stuff over and over and may even hurt public opinion.

But for the record - I'd love to see both implemented in the future, but it's not a deal breaker for me personally.

[Thunderclap]

Well, sadly your storage is you. As for banks well they are in Scott, Antarctica. The old gurad ones are still in Manhattan though if you can get to them.