Let's be honest. Who is close to quitting?

[6Strummer]

what is wrong with people? is no one happy with anything anymore? games been out a week...show hasnt even aired yet ffs

Gamers in general have become more and more prone to whine, I've noticed. I love the game and will not be quitting anytime soon. The only other Season Pass I ever bought was the one for Walking Dead, but I'll be buying the one for Defiance soon. I especially have to laugh at the people who aren't happy with the kind of game it is. Shooter first, MMO second. For months in advance, Trion was very clear that's what it was, but now people are complaining that's it's not MMO enough. FFS is right.

[Darkeus]

Lol, *sigh*

People, were you not paying attention to how this game was marketed? The tie-in with the show is important and what will help drive the game and vice versa.

It is a long term thing and I am here to see what happens. Let us be fair, the game has its issues. But these games evolve and so therefore I am patient enough to allow that to happen.

[6Strummer]

And dont even get me started on the state of the forums, the activity here has just dwindled after launch.

I know I haven't been looking or posting here as much, but it's because I'm in the game.

[Paajx]

wish they would fix the voice chat system (ps3). seems like I get kicked out of it whenever I do a co-op with a friend and we can't hear each other anymore. I also, for some strange reason, get deployed into some co-ops out of the team at times.

[MrRotten]

I'll chime in on this too...

I agree with those, I think this game is ground breaking for a console, unlike anything I've ever played on a console.

I'm having great fun, this game brings out the ADHD or something in me...

I love traveling down the road to do a Mission, getting sidetracked by a road block side mission/rescue mission, doing a mini game, randomly killing groups of bad things, then getting to the ARK for rewards and glory. LOL

I think for starters, this game has alot going for it, as others mentioned, I see great potential here. I've never played a game from TRION before, but it appears as though they do seem to really invest into their products. No game is perfect upon release, especially MMO type games. Expect glitches and kinks in the first few weeks. They'll get all that fixed, then the episode will air, and I think more interesting thing will come.

So those considering quitting, stick it out for a few more weeks atleast till the show airs and we see what happens.

What we will know by the time the show airs:
1. How much of the issues have the worked out?
2. More about the LORE?
3. Patch Releases or Expansions to the game once the first episode airs?
4. Compensation? The DEV Blog mentioned that he feels bad for all the issues and he's working on ideas for some sort of compensation.
5. Among other things....

So why not?

You paid $60 for the game, why not give it a few more weeks? The value of the game won't change much by then if at all.

If you're one of those people who just complains and quits everything, then by all means, quit. If you listen to reason and are open minded and have some kind of patience for life, then a few weeks won't hurt.

They have a very interesting product here, it has flaws, but I appreciate a DEV team that is brutally honest about the flaws and outlines what we can expect for the future and patches.

Games that come out, that have all the kinks and flaws, and DEVs aren't interesting in patching them, that's a game you want to run from.

I'm encouraged for the Product, and I'm encouraged by the DEV team, they sound very sincere about their product.

My 2 cents worth...
MrRotten

[Thiatsii]

I'll admit that I thought quite a bit about forsaking Defiance during the 5 plus hours the server was down the other night. But, I held my breath and said to myself, "It's a new launch across multiple platforms... and that development was probably rushed by the SyFy guys." Thankfully, I've found the Xbox server to have been up most of the time since. Biggest gripe... Trion needs to post information immediately to both the game feed and the forum stating anything remotely resembling an acknowledgement that, "Houston, we have a problem." Even a simple "I DFK when the server will be back up," would work just as well.

Yes, there are some rather annoying factors... such as Arkfalls are damn near all the same. Either that, or something needs to be done about those mutant artillery pods that are terribly overpowered because of their massive health and range... Seriously though, if Trion cleans up the forums so that its clear and concise, and perhaps releases a video tutorial or two about how things are actually supposed to work, (maybe even state what the archetypal idea is for something compared to what actually made it into the game, would allow us players to offer not only valuable, but constructive feedback as well) then this game will go far, and spread by word of mouth very fast indeed.

Yes, this handles like an FPS. Personally, I find Defiance a more enjoyable experience because it's not "Head-to-Head" battles only. If you want that, stick with COD--or play the death matches here. I came from Mass Effect multiplayer where it was co-op against AI only. Here, in Defiance, I can solo the world or help my clan-mates with their quests. Teamwork and friendships are built upon here. All my friends from Mass Effect that have come to Defiance absolutely love how the game plays.

I did not like WoW because the dungeons were all the same mechanics... a tank has 30 enemy surrounding him while massive effects rain down to the point a passerby who glanced at the screen wouldn't be able to make sense of the chaos. Fantasy to me has to have some semblance to reality... a way that your mind can reasonably fathom the transition, "Ohh, now that COULD be possible." So far, Defiance has delivered the blend I was looking for.

[Chaotichorizon]

Quit? Maybe not, but my plans on buying bits and playing extensively are disappearing fast. While some of the bugs, lag, server downtime are expected, the lack of anything resembling a solid social framework in an MMO of any flavor is inexcusable. If this game has been in development for 5 years, you figure someone would have pointed out the fact that it wouldn't fly, least of all with PC players. And while most of the items in the store are cosmetic, they are ridiculously overpriced, not paying $8 for a clothes skin. I don't mind paying money (hell, I spend more than the monthly sub amount on the f2p dcuo), I won't pay idiotic prices. In beta they were 1/3 of what they are now. I'm hoping they iron out these issues, among others, and I'll give them time to do it, but at some point I will loose interest if they don't, and they will have lost someone who would be happy to spend money with them, if it was worth it.

[MrRotten]

Biggest gripe... Trion needs to post information immediately to both the game feed and the forum stating anything remotely resembling an acknowledgement that, "Houston, we have a problem." Even a simple "I DFK when the server will be back up," would work just as well.

I agree, have you gotten a chance to read the DEV blog though?

I was pretty discouraged till I read that, they were brutally honest about the issues, and were very very convincing that they are working on them.

In fact I felt so confident of this that I really get the feeling they're working their tails off and that is probably why they haven't taken the time to post official Patch Notes or info on the forums in better detail yet.

They quite simply might not have gotten around to it yet... There's quite of few issues beneath the surface, and even a lot of issues out in the open, they're releasing Patches like twice a day, maybe more... I consider this more of Hot Fixes. When you're updating that much, posting a Patch Note for each of those is pretty daunting.

My guess, we're going to get a massive Patch/Issue Fix list soon, probably around the time we get the official BIG Patch within the next few weeks, that will probably clear up most of the big issues and polish up the game.

I'm encouraged, hopefully I'm not being a fool... I've never played a TRION product before, but those of my friends that have; they have convinced me that TRION is committed to their communities and their products going off their experience from other Trion Products.

Crossing my fingers,
MrRotten

[loops73]

Wow,people quitting already? I think this game has quite a bit of content for being vanilla. I have played a lot of other mmo's that didn't have this much to do at the start. I think it's the younger generation,who only know games like WoW and forget it took them 10 years to get that much content.

[Drandorion]

Gamers in general have become more and more prone to whine, I've noticed. I love the game and will not be quitting anytime soon. The only other Season Pass I ever bought was the one for Walking Dead, but I'll be buying the one for Defiance soon. I especially have to laugh at the people who aren't happy with the kind of game it is. Shooter first, MMO second. For months in advance, Trion was very clear that's what it was, but now people are complaining that's it's not MMO enough. FFS is right.

Funnily enough I too only ever bought season passes for the walking dead and defiance. Great minds.

Other than server stability issues the only thing terribly wrong with the game atm is the chat system; Chat box needs to be more usable and voice chat needs a complete overhaul, I can't ever understand what anyone is saying just tons of unrecognizable sounds. A more pc friendly UI wouldn't hurt but at least what's there is functional if a little clunky.

Ultimately this game is Buy TO Play so if anyone feels like taking a break from the game there's no penalties for doing so.