Server Downtime: April 6th 8:10pm PT - Xbox, PS3 & PC NA

[Polyphontes]

Saturday Night Live is on. Go kill a few minutes, drink a few beers, and refill your quest-tanks... Mmmmm, Lime-a-Rita!

~Poly

[sarious]

No I don't think that is it. Most of them are Americans and expect everyone to bow down for them and make life perfet because their life is far from it... Oh wait I'm American too o.o?

I hate the idiocy here in America too, and I'm sure part of the people QQing are like this.

[Zamerain]

This is not a MMORPG... This is a MMO, or a persistent world shooter.

You wouldn't know what a ''persistent'' world shooter is.

[Bob duWarted]

Me too. No problems at all thanks to the epic PC under my desk.

PS: all you kids out there please keep whining, it's really funny.

Literally ZERO hiccups or issues connecting. Every day since "Pre-launch" April 1st. I almost feel bad for those having trouble. *Pats the PC* good boy. Mentioning that makes me wonder if it isn't a platform issue then. Hmm, this should start people complaining and raging I'm sure.

[Noahsmokeshack]

Remember the time when you could actually login and play Defiance? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

That deserves a meme

[The Architect]

Lol just got back home, can't wait to get back on and play!

[IAMREALITY]

one thing that alot of people fail to understand with the release of MMOs in general is that the sheer scale of the player base brings to light problems/bugs/issues that aren't always apparent during beta weekends and other closed testing situations. there are also release deadlines to take into account, especially with the upcoming show premiere and since they wanted to do a coordinated release on all platforms 2 weeks before the show premiered there are going to be a few issues with the game as more and more people log in and require processing power from the servers. many of those complaining simply need to step away from their console/computer for awhile and find something else to do, living internally and on the net too much often makes small downtimes and upsets seem far more intense/important than they are. so, chill people, the game will be back up and issues will be worked out it's not the end of the world.

All this talk of how MMO's always have these problems, they can't be foreseen, blah blah blah. Well then how bout this: In the commercials, on the packaging, say the release date is April 15th; coinciding with the tv launch, but for two weeks we can play the game early for live beta testing if we want. All of a sudden, what is now a source of much frustration and complaint, instead turns into a period of privilege, where we shouldn't have been able to play this awesome game yet but have a chance to dabble with it ahead of the official launch date. We'd be eager to participate in the testing, give feedback, help improve the game. All it takes is being upfront, honest, and accepting of the reality on the company's part that it won't be perfect at launch. Well market it that way. Call it a preplay beta period. Problem solved. I mean really, how friggin hard would that be? It's all about perception. When you overhype and overmarket a game like this, and it fails multiple times a day every day since launch, then you deserve the negative remarks. It's that simple.

[Kaylee Frye]

man i love this game. hopefully this patch will fix my Fortitude perk. HP not increasing. oh well.

[Playt99]

Nice video that should bring a smile to the angry mob?

[Space_Monky]

why do they not lock these threads?