Silence? Theres was a daily blog release for the first four days about what they were doing - thats beyond what most game companies bother doing.
But back on topic - Im no where NEAR quitting - this game is going to get F***ING more and more awesome and Im here til my eyes bleed!
Or youre just not reading the right forums, threads or pages and dont realize that they are working to improve and get the servers stable, certifying the patch that has 8 pages of details, giving daily updates in the sticky thread, and dont have the time or manpower to address every single issue that comes up.
I'm having a blast with Defiance despite questionable design choices and my performance issues due the game being un-optimized for PC, etc...
Am I close to quitting? Hell no. Defiance is the funnest MMO I've played since... Actually, I've never had this much fun playing an MMO.
I am still having fun but I haven not finished the main questing, I only just crossed the bridge into san fran. I have been enjoying the co-op maps quite allot, harder difficulty would be nice, better rewards would be nice. Overall I will probably play till I run out of main missions then either do all the side missions I skipped or yeah quit and switch to another game.
It all depends on what new is added or the depth of PVP, once I run out of unique content, (grinds and repetitive content do not appeal to me which is why I quit wow).
I will also add: Diplomacy (in many forms), Politics (internal and external) Spying, Buying-Selling Information, Black Market quest/missions related etc etc, the list of things to do in any mmo is a long one if the devs have a bit of imagination.
Which seems to be a RARE thing these days, thanks to EA and their monopole of mediocrity, it seems that every company are now running on the same exact mold: Making money is priority #1
I do believe that the time has come for players around the world to admit:
We need something new in this industry!
And i do believe that it is gonna be - Going back to basics : Immersion, Imagination, Detailed Plots, Tons of Content, Innovative Gameplay, Intricate Storyline and the whole list of missions or quest type as well (see above) would be a good start.
BUT... Honestly these days, if making money has become the most important thing, then do NOT expect anything less than something ranged from mediocre to normal-fun, because it wont happen. Defiance is a shooter, so expect 90%+ of all missions to be shooting ones.
And it is perfectly normal for this kind of game.
As for the real MMORPGS well...
The glorious days of Indy devs doing mmorpg masterpieces are gone.
That is the main reason why i LOVE Steam's Greenlight, it gives gamers the chance to discover tons of amazing indy devs.
And also many great hidden game treasures.
Until then, the mmo genre needs to re-invent itself keeping the gamers in mind and what they love and enjoy the most. And not money and greed.
Then it'll be all fun again.
No time to ride the line!
I really love this game, but sometimes it gets hard or boring when your all alone. This is suppose to be a MMO but whenever I do a mission later on in the game there is no one even near the quest.
Its 5 days in, and you have a life time subscription, take a break maybe?
Telling someone how they can improve is 200% more helpful then telling someone that they need to improve.
Get a ps3 u will enjoy the game,
They have done a excellent job with fixes.
Xbox sucks!
Damage seems to scale down with more people... or the mobs get more health, not sure which but I have noticed very wacky things going on... I solo'd 3 minor arkfalls, and took out 2 arms of the scavenger major arkfall alone before anyone else show'd up... once they were there my shots just didn't pack the same punch.