Suggestions, fixes and bugs.

[Ezpikins]

Eight days after launch. I'm a player, customer and a former alpha tester for Defiance. I'm also a game developer and hold a degree in Game Art. (Creating 3D assets and characters for Film and Game use, mostly I use Zbrush) anyways, reason I mention myself is so I add a bit of credence to my claims on how to improve this endeavor or fix what ails it. It's all my opinion so with that said flaming me if you disagree is only YOUR opinion as well, and you know what they say about opinions right? Keep that in mind.

I just started to play with my USB Logitech Game Pad for PC on Defiance (I'm real new to game-pads, having used keyboards and joysticks mostly in the past) I have to say brilliance! Trion got a perfect match up to my game pad anyways. All the buttons work as they should and even show up on the game where they should and marked correctly. I love it. (Still can't use a game pad to save my life though) Nice job!

Chat still sucks. Voice is turned off in Defiance on my PC due to echos and weird stuff and Teamspeak is temporarily being used but I think I'll use Skype ultimately. Common Trion get voice chat fixed and working in Defiance it's out there in a million other games. Go look at them if you need to see how to do it right. Also make at least three lines of chat visible but the box transparent in Defiance that would at least make it possible to see some semblance of a chat program at work and make it worth having.

Loud-outs. You need to fix this once and for all. This is what's wrong. Need hot-key assignments for Load-outs, need loud-outs to remember individual configurations not revert to the original one every-time you log in, need loot to stop jumping in to loud-outs or need to make players more aware that a short "E" key hold when grabbing loot stores it and a longer "E" key hold puts it in the load-out currently active. Just too close, perhaps a different key assignment for loud-out replacement?

Add some way for players to change their appearance other than clothing back into the game. IE: If you put face paint on at character creation but decide later you think the character needs a change you would be able to do so. Hair color, Style of hair? Skin color? make-up? Casual clothes as well?

Fix the vehicle dynamics for the jeep, the sound is great now but the vehicle still behaves like its being led along on a string when driving. It needs dynamics, weight and realism in things like skidding into corners, donuts, bouncing on landing, rolls and flips and temporary damage effects if driven insanely, gear shifting sounds need syncing. Perhaps check all vehicles? Where motorcycles for us Harley lovers I'd like to see an old dresser or chopper in the game (they would likely be around after an event).

Role playing addons, Taverns with NPC customers actually talking, drinking, fighting, dancing, NPC tavern vendors, Ability to sit in a chair, emotes for eating and drinking, dancing, Guild/clan halls with guild abilities such as guild controls, messaging, storage?

Who makes the Tech? Mysterious gods supply finished products to the inhabitants of the planet? Crafting even a "light, low-cal version of "trades" or "crafting might be cool and a diversion from the repetitive? (ALWAYS KEEP PRICES UNDER GAME CONTROL, players DO NOT have the intelligence to create a realistic Eco on their own, everything eventually costs a MILLION of everything or more to buy which is stupid) IN an apocalypse or ancient times WHO in the heck has millions of anything?

I'll add more later I need to go play a bit now.

[Ezpikins]

I'm back. OK I'm now on my third toon. Two of them are over 500 EGO this ones around 250 or so. Reason I make so many toons right off the bat? I like to configure them differently, test skills and perks and see what weapon loud-outs work best. Also I role-play or like to IF I can find people to RP with. That's almost an impossibility in Defiance as it now stands. Chat is broke and f 'n terrible. Voice chat is like two soup cans attached by string. No public meeting areas other than vendor depots or Arkfalls. Disappointing attempt at building a customer community in order to promote the new show coming up. Hey remember actors are ROLEPLAYING the customers of the game should have that ability as well.

Loud-outs are unbelievable ! still broke? My GOD fix it. Looses my presets for each load-out in favor of the one I change it too on ALL toons. I want the ability to have seperate load-outs with my choices in each loud-out being remembered when I log-in each time. Getting old very quickly. I realize the server crashes are #1 concern but get the water boy working on this stuff OK?

Now that I understand how the "E" key works I am not so angry about it effecting my load-outs at looting time. I just didn't see it written anywhere on how to do this stuff, new people must be wondering the same thing ya think?

Patches and downtime, during peek North American hours really? hm. You guys need to put customer first, stay up till midnight and patch then. 12AM- 4AM is good.

This particular part of the post is about a particular mission so if you don't want it spoiled then STOP READING HERE. WARNING: At this point I will be discussing a mission, A MAIN MISSION. DO NOT READ IF YOU DON"T WANT IT SPOILED FOR YOU.
Mission: Defiance.
Take out NIM the Borg like brother of what's her name.

Holy crow guys do you want players stuck at this mission for the next 7 years or so while the show runs? I fought NIM for like an hour, no joke dodging him, running behind pillars and dying at least a dozen times until I got in my game groove. (A few screwdrivers helped too) He's ALMOST impossible to kill. He and I danced for an hour, I finally switched to a fully auto orange shotgun I have with 25 round mag and we danced. I'm not 15 anymore the fingers aren't totally seized up but aren't as nimble as they once were either but when he hit the dirt I was like, shooting off fire-works, toasting my incredible genius and my ability to rock and roll with a shotgun BUT then my mouth hit the desk in a HUGE thud! WTF? The %^&&*$ is still alive and I have to go another round with him. OMG! My hands already felt like I had done 10 rounds with Mohamed Ali and I was fatigued but OK ROUND TWO coming up. Again the battle went on for like 20 minutes, you have to dodge him? trust me he two hit sword kills ya and can one hit flame kill ya as well. SO DANCE. Duck, shoot, duck, dance some-more, around and around the pole we go who will die no one will know, until the brass stops dropping on the floor that is. Again, NIM lays at my feet, I AM the KING I pwned this joker TWICE. (Another quick screwdriver) WOOHOO..X^X NO tell me I'm seeing things? This **&^%%^ has just stood up a second time AND he wants to go a THIRD round??????? Oh man. My hands feel like they have just been run over by a truck. Another round? Aww man, 3 times? What is it with these Trion developers are they on crack? OK round three coming up, I did it twice right? third times the charm. Bell rings NIM goes into his "You will fail spiel one more time?" and we begin the dance of death, only this time the deaths on me I tried, I really did I hammered those keys so hard I think I almost snapped the keyboard in half to avoid NIM but too no avail the jack-wagon got me. Ah well two out of three ain't bad I think to myself. I'll try again, after a short break. OK let's go. What? wait! OMG! I am at the beginning again!!!! I have to do those first two (two hour) battles with NIM all over again?????? You gotta be kidding me??? Tell me it ain't so???? Yes, the developers think if you die at any point you should begin at the room instance entrance again, at the beginning of round one again. Nope can't do it my fingers need some time off the keyboard I'll just (Leave the instance) NOT (QUIT AND ABANDON) the mission and I can start outside NIM's room again, right? NOPE. I have to do the whole damn level over again now. FIX IT.