My only question/concern.

[Cobra Crusher]

for real? because im on xbox and play all the time over 6 hours, did an 8 hour shift on expeditions the other day. its probably everyones different storage, modem , internet speed etc. all these factors play a major roll in connection. a clan mate of mine has over 300mbs and he always sees the enemies first before anyone else. mbs helps

I have only lagged out once since the last server update patch. You seem to lag out more if your in a group or you have alot of clanmates logging in.

[MagnusRune Daltus]

240gb drive and last I checked I had about 190gb free space. And my copy is fully digital.

that might be it, i remember GTA-V had problems on xbox360 i you got the digital version, the single hard drive couldnt keep up. so it had lower draw distances and specs patched in. but if yo had the disc, it would install the whole disc, and then run off the disc and the hard drive at the same time.

i recon defiance suffers from the same problem. in fact now i think about it, a clan mate on xbox had the digital version only, and always complained about lagging out, then he got a disc copy for the loot the ultimate gives, havent heard him complain as much since.

so try a disc copy... if you are in the UK/EU i actually have a PS3 copy doing nothing....

[Mister Derpenhowser]

Needs to be said, the ps3 you bought is the last gen version. The one with the cheapest crappiest components. Sony did the same thing with ps1 & ps2. Ps3 slim is the top dog for reliability, had mine 4yrs and its never broke down.

As for critting out, I wont take trions side because I dont think it should happen as much as it does but there are a few things to consider

1. This is an mmo
2. Its on a severely dated console with crappy ram

That said the game was built for multi platform & like you said has been out two years. Anyways, reloading often is key. Once an hour, or after going in and out of instances a few times. Its a good habit to get into, at least you'll be deciding when to reload most of the time.