Shadow War = Fail

[Vinticus]

You get a big purple circle on your map that what few players there are all go to and....nothing happens.
Here is some more fail:
1) Arkfalls look like generic leftover Rift crap. There are no cool looking Arkfalls with good loot as shown in the first 15 minutes of the first episode of the Defiance TV show.

2) Loot Sucks...you go to these Arkfall sites that are the basis of the game and the TV series, and after shooting up either Hellbugs or some other generic looking leftover RIFT crap, you get junk loot. Oh sometimes you see cool looking robots at an Arkfall site, but the Arkfall still looks like leftover RIFT crap and just a blob. Frankly, RIFT;s rifts look better than this games Arkfalls. And the loot still sucks.

3) Reputation is broke...I have killed the crap out of everything since release and I only have 50 rep for some stupid corp and still cant buy anything good.

4) Hosed main quest - if there is a way to get the quest "Bullet for a Badman" finished let me know what weapons you used, what EGO load out etc...everything...please let me know what you used etc.

5) Weapon MODS do not work....if there is a way to actually MOD a weapon, Dr Sheldon Cooper has not revealed its secret yet.

6) During the day U.S. Eastern time between 9am and 5PM the game is dead, hardly any players and hardly any Arkfalls...not that it matters cuz Arkfalls suck.

7) No Socialization...the CHAT design sucks...end of story.

8) Contracts are broke...for example, you can kill as many mutants as you want around Mount Tam and you still wont get more than 50 rep there. So much for buying 3 items from a Rep vendor there....to finish a contract line item.

9) All the buildings are generic cookie cooker objects with nothing interesting in them to interact with. Its just eye candy..no wait ..its not even that.

10) Weapon stats are hosed and the color coding for rarity as well.

In conclusion this game is not fun and is designed poorly.

[Aspect]

Hmm, here I thought I'd been having a good time the last few days.

That's it, you convinced me! I quit!

[Roflmaowtf]

Nothing happens? You do know you have to queue for it, right? ..

[Bronah]

1) Arkfalls look like generic leftover Rift crap. There are no cool looking Arkfalls with good loot as shown in the first 15 minutes of the first episode of the Defiance TV show.

I have gotten upgrades from Arkfalls. Purple grenades and so on. It has been ok for me so far.

2) Loot Sucks...you go to these Arkfall sites that are the basis of the game and the TV series, and after shooting up either Hellbugs or some other generic looking leftover RIFT crap, you get junk loot. Oh sometimes you see cool looking robots at an Arkfall site, but the Arkfall still looks like leftover RIFT crap and just a blob. Frankly, RIFT;s rifts look better than this games Arkfalls. And the loot still sucks.

> See 1. I like the looks of the Major Arkfalls. The large monsters are pretty cool. Kind of reminds me a bit of the Volan event from rift. The currency from arkfalls is more useful I think though considering you buy the loot chests with them. I have had some good luck with the chests you buy.

3) Reputation is broke...I have killed the crap out of everything since release and I only have 50 rep for some stupid corp and still cant buy anything good.

> Cant comment on this as I haven't done rep related things yet.

4) Hosed main quest - if there is a way to get the quest "Bullet for a Badman" finished let me know what weapons you used, what EGO load out etc...everything...please let me know what you used etc.

> Haven't done this so no comment.

5) Weapon MODS do not work....if there is a way to actually MOD a weapon, Dr Sheldon Cooper has not revealed its secret yet.

> Unequip gun, then attach mods. I have been able to mod some guns and not others though. Explaining why I can't attach a mod to a gun that the mod is designed for would be nice. That is kind of annoying.

6) During the day U.S. Eastern time between 9am and 5PM the game is dead, hardly any players and hardly any Arkfalls...not that it matters cuz Arkfalls suck.

> People work, we must fill the game with bots so it seems populated during times that people work.

7) No Socialization...the CHAT design sucks...end of story.

> I agree with this. The chat interface is horrible. The whole UI is so frustrating in this regard that I just use mumble with mates. This part feels like a console port, a lot like the UI for DCUO when it came out. Clan chat seems to work intermittently as well which is annoying. The help system should go into the social functions a lot more. How do I whisper someone for example?

8) Contracts are broke...for example, you can kill as many mutants as you want around Mount Tam and you still wont get more than 50 rep there. So much for buying 3 items from a Rep vendor there....

> No comment, haven't done this.

9) All the building are generic cookie cooker objects with nothing interesting in them to interact with. Its just eye candy..no wait ..its not even that.

> The game looks ok to me vOv

10) Weapon stats are hosed and the color coding for rarity as well.

> This doesn't make sense. The numbers show the EGO level required to use item. I haven't had a purple of the equiv EGO level ever be worse than a white.

In conclusion this game is not fun and is designed poorly.

> You should have finished with "In my opinion this game is not fun and designed poorly"

[Hperf]

A) This is a troll, don't feed the troll
B) This is not a troll, this guy deserves the gold medal for making me laugh so hard on the shadow wars "pseudo-bug"

[Harsk]

You jave to actually join the Shadow War to participate. Not just walk into the "purple circle"...

[Rullingsen]

I somwhat agree with the OP. I can't see myselfe doing much more shadow wars. It's what, 7 days since launch and i am seriously bored of the shadow wars. It was fun the first 10-15 times or so. I have no idea what comes in the next expantions/dlc's, but i hope for the love of god there will be different types of "shadow wars" and side quests that brings more exitment in to the game.

There is a lack of complexity in Defiance. All the way from weapons, xp, levling your ego, fighting mobs, completing quests and the economy. In my opinion it all seem so "simple" and it feels like certent things have been thrown in there just to add more of something.

I think it's unfair when someone says "have you completed this and that and maxed out this and that yet?", shouldnt it atleast be somewhat of a fun experience doing so? I kinda knew things would be repetetive, but seriously, if you have done 3-4 side qusts you have done them all and in the end all the quests loose the fun factor because it is way to repetative and most quests are even identical.
Even tho there will be more content, there should be enough content to keep the game interesting untill new stuff comes around.

I really want to love this game, but something is wrong when a player is already bored and really see no point of playing after 7 days even tho there will be more content later on. I just hope the next xpack/dlc's have something else then what we are experiencing now

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and so am i. I just don't find the game that fun at this point, and that is really annoying after only 7 days.


Oh btw.. I saw a Hulk the other day, that was awesome and my heart actually reacted a little bit (huge, ugly guy). Give us more surprises!

[tinytina]

6) During the day U.S. Eastern time between 9am and 5PM the game is dead, hardly any players and hardly any Arkfalls...not that it matters cuz Arkfalls suck.

Lol, people have jobs, school and lives. Why does it seem that only the no-lifers who play 12+ hours a day complain about this game?

[Kurze]

Nothing happens? You do know you have to queue for it, right? ..

I think he really is that rtarded

I mean, check this...

5) Weapon MODS do not work....if there is a way to actually MOD a weapon, Dr Sheldon Cooper has not revealed its secret yet.

definetly mentally challenged

[ShadowViper]

1) Arkfalls look like generic leftover Rift crap. There are no cool looking Arkfalls with good loot as shown in the first 15 minutes of the first episode of the Defiance TV show.

You obviously haven't gotten far in the game yet, cause there are some cool looking / difficult arkfalls in game.

2) Loot Sucks...you go to these Arkfall sites that are the basis of the game and the TV series, and after shooting up either Hellbugs or some other generic looking leftover RIFT crap, you get junk loot. Oh sometimes you see cool looking robots at an Arkfall site, but the Arkfall still looks like leftover RIFT crap and just a blob. Frankly, RIFT;s rifts look better than this games Arkfalls. And the loot still sucks.

You can get epics and legendary items from doing the MAJOR Arkfalls (not Minors). Plus you can turn your salvage in for lock boxes for extra loot.

3) Reputation is broke...I have killed the crap out of everything since release and I only have 50 rep for some stupid corp and still cant buy anything good.

Reputation is not broke, you only get the Rep from doing the Daily or Weekly. Once it is done, you will not get more rep until it resets. And from the sounds of it you have only completed one daily.

4) Hosed main quest - if there is a way to get the quest "Bullet for a Badman" finished let me know what weapons you used, what EGO load out etc...everything...please let me know what you used etc.

Yeah - there is a way to complete it, shoot the smelters in their back where the packs are, then kill Jackleg Joe when his shields are down. Fairly easy if you listen to the verbal queues EGO gives you.

5) Weapon MODS do not work....if there is a way to actually MOD a weapon, Dr Sheldon Cooper has not revealed its secret yet.

Weapon Mods work just fine. Open your salvage matrix, select the item, attach mods, done.

6) During the day U.S. Eastern time between 9am and 5PM the game is dead, hardly any players and hardly any Arkfalls...not that it matters cuz Arkfalls suck.

As was said, people have jobs and work.

7) No Socialization...the CHAT design sucks...end of story.

If you want to socialize, join a Clan / Guild. If you don't wanna socialize, don't. Pretty simple solution there.

8) Contracts are broke...for example, you can kill as many mutants as you want around Mount Tam and you still wont get more than 50 rep there. So much for buying 3 items from a Rep vendor there....to finish a contract line item.

The only ones that are remotely broke at the moment are when you have to do capture and hold Echelon dailies and weeklies, since capture and hold has been removed currently. Other than that, like I said, once you complete a daily or weekly, you won't get rep until they reset and you do them again. Killing mobs won't give you rep unless you are doing the contract. The rep grind isn't like other games (i.e. WoW), where killing mobs will give rep.

9) All the buildings are generic cookie cooker objects with nothing interesting in them to interact with. Its just eye candy..no wait ..its not even that.

Some buildings have items in them for pursuits. And since when has "eye candy" been a bad thing?

10) Weapon stats are hosed and the color coding for rarity as well.

Not "hosed", the rarity will determine the different synergies the items have when you max out XP or Mod the weapon itself. Which can make certain items better than other based on your play style, perks, and EGO Powers you have equipped and are using with the weapons.