8/02 Livestream Follow-up Questions for the Devs

[Ryu Soba JP]

I missed the livestream but I went back and watched it and I have some questions.

1. Co-op quick match- it was said why individual co-ops could not be selected from the quick menu. My question is could you please put markers on the world map to show where the specific co-ops can be found? After completing them as a side mission the marker gets removed from the map.

2. It was stated that cores drop from sieges and co-op maps but I’ve played several sieges and have done 3 co-ops and not a single core from doing them. Are you sure this is working right? It is my opinion that cores should also drop from Arkbreaks and arenas.

3. There was some talk about pvp. We are all aware of the issues being exploited in pvp. I look forward to those fixes. But my question is, why can I not use a quad vehicle in pvp? Played with some clanmates and during the first match they could spawn the quad. But I could not. When I looked at my loadout the vehicle slot had a lock on it. Is there some prerequisite I’m missing? Running from point to point isn’t fun.

4. Vehicle handling. I have the van from the previous game. When used it’s like driving on ice. Will this be fixed?

5. Mods. Some mods don’t seem to be working properly. Like reload for instance.

6. Rarnok was going to answer more questions from the forums but was sidetracked. But, could a list of questions that were pulled and not answered in stream be answered and posted on forums?

7. The Dark Matter Arkfall scaling seems inconsistent. Was fighting the monolith in San Fran with about 20+ other players and the trash mobs were super buffed and the monolith would shoot it’s fireball attack (sky attack) in rapid fire and we never completed it. But other times same amount of players this arkfall plays fine. Could this be looked into?

8. The electric effect from progenitor arkfalls. This stays on your character until you relog. Additionally, the explosion from the Dark Matter Monolith being killed knocks you in the air no matter where you are in the bubble. By the time you stand up the second explosion happens and you’re dead. Is it safe to assume this is being fixed?

9. Electric Archers - these are still doing one hit kills. The electric monarch actually hit me so hard the game crashed. Same bug that was in expeditions on PS3.

10. STABILITY- It was stated that you all felt that stability was in a good place. However, on PS4 there are still massive lag spikes server wide happening. Are you sure this is in a good place? These spikes ARE happening less but when they do happen it’s for 5+ minutes.

11. Ark chest- these chest have always given me a shield, grenade and/or a mod. Very rarely a weapon and almost always a blue. It was stated that the color on the chest represents the the type of gear that’s inside. It was my understanding gold chest represented legendary. But I’ve always only got blue rewards. Could someone please elaborate on this?

12. Salvage- it was stated that salvage was bugged and sometimes giving the highest payouts when dismantling. It was also previously stated that salvage payouts from events/conflicts were removed due to farming (Isn’t farming a major component for MMO’s?). With that said, will payouts from conflicts and such be added back?

13. Enhancement- I watched the SMG get enhanced on stream and I can confirm that going from 0-10 on a rank 15 blue weapon takes a lot more than 8 blue salvage. I’ve been having to pump 50+ blue salvage of the same type into a weapon to get it ranked up even part of that. Can this be looked at?

14. Will the bugged trophy for maxing out 4 classes be fixed? Had a clanmate complete the forth class on Thursday but the trophy never unlocked. *Side note: I’m still missing 25 trophies from Original Defiance DLC that was never paid out. Been reporting it since 2015 at least

15. Will the hotshot and rampages be fixed? Several of them are broken and it’s a bit unfair to have a broken minigame listed as a contract.

[Johnny Stranger]

Your question about electric effect from progenitor and hellion spawning on outside of monster were addressed in livestream.

[Hibanaa]

I missed the livestream but I went back and watched it and I have some questions.

1. Co-op quick match- it was said why individual co-ops could not be selected from the quick menu. My question is could you please put markers on the world map to show where the specific co-ops can be found? After completing them as a side mission the marker gets removed from the map.

2. It was stated that cores drop from sieges and co-op maps but I’ve played several sieges and have done 3 co-ops and not a single core from doing them. Are you sure this is working right? It is my opinion that cores should also drop from Arkbreaks and arenas.

3. There was some talk about pvp. We are all aware of the issues being exploited in pvp. I look forward to those fixes. But my question is, why can I not use a quad vehicle in pvp? Played with some clanmates and during the first match they could spawn the quad. But I could not. When I looked at my loadout the vehicle slot had a lock on it. Is there some prerequisite I’m missing? Running from point to point isn’t fun.

4. Vehicle handling. I have the van from the previous game. When used it’s like driving on ice. Will this be fixed?

5. Mods. Some mods don’t seem to be working properly. Like reload for instance.

6. Rarnok was going to answer more questions from the forums but was sidetracked. But, could a list of questions that were pulled and not answered in stream be answered and posted on forums?

7. The Dark Matter Arkfall scaling seems inconsistent. Was fighting the monolith in San Fran with about 20+ other players and the trash mobs were super buffed and the monolith would shoot it’s fireball attack (sky attack) in rapid fire and we never completed it. But other times same amount of players this arkfall plays fine. Could this be looked into?

8. The electric effect from progenitor arkfalls. This stays on your character until you relog. Additionally, the explosion from the Dark Matter Monolith being killed knocks you in the air no matter where you are in the bubble. By the time you stand up the second explosion happens and you’re dead. Is it safe to assume this is being fixed?

9. Electric Archers - these are still doing one hit kills. The electric monarch actually hit me so hard the game crashed. Same bug that was in expeditions on PS3.

10. STABILITY- It was stated that you all felt that stability was in a good place. However, on PS4 there are still massive lag spikes server wide happening. Are you sure this is in a good place? These spikes ARE happening less but when they do happen it’s for 5+ minutes.

11. Ark chest- these chest have always given me a shield, grenade and/or a mod. Very rarely a weapon and almost always a blue. It was stated that the color on the chest represents the the type of gear that’s inside. It was my understanding gold chest represented legendary. But I’ve always only got blue rewards. Could someone please elaborate on this?

12. Salvage- it was stated that salvage was bugged and sometimes giving the highest payouts when dismantling. It was also previously stated that salvage payouts from events/conflicts were removed due to farming (Isn’t farming a major component for MMO’s?). With that said, will payouts from conflicts and such be added back?

13. Enhancement- I watched the SMG get enhanced on stream and I can confirm that going from 0-10 on a rank 15 blue weapon takes a lot more than 8 blue salvage. I’ve been having to pump 50+ blue salvage of the same type into a weapon to get it ranked up even part of that. Can this be looked at?

14. Will the bugged trophy for maxing out 4 classes be fixed? Had a clanmate complete the forth class on Thursday but the trophy never unlocked. *Side note: I’m still missing 25 trophies from Original Defiance DLC that was never paid out. Been reporting it since 2015 at least

15. Will the hotshot and rampages be fixed? Several of them are broken and it’s a bit unfair to have a broken minigame listed as a contract.

Answere to 11, Gold chest are Coop Chest, which have a higher % of dropping better than ark chest. Something each of the 3 chest are tied to their owners Rep, in t3 coop chest You always get purples and higher.

[Hit the Deck]

8. ... Additionally, the explosion from the Dark Matter Monolith being killed knocks you in the air no matter where you are in the bubble. By the time you stand up the second explosion happens and you’re dead. Is it safe to assume this is being fixed?

Just stand behind an object (like a wall or an ark piece) to avoid the blast. You can also hop in/onto your vehicle to avoid being flown up into the air (but still take damage).

[SanCarioca]

I can help with some of these:

1. Co-op quick match- it was said why individual co-ops could not be selected from the quick menu. My question is could you please put markers on the world map to show where the specific co-ops can be found? After completing them as a side mission the marker gets removed from the map.

Good idea.

4. Vehicle handling. I have the van from the previous game. When used it’s like driving on ice. Will this be fixed?

Devs said they are looking into all of the vehicles. They aim to make driving and racing fun in the game.

6. Rarnok was going to answer more questions from the forums but was sidetracked. But, could a list of questions that were pulled and not answered in stream be answered and posted on forums?

Excellent idea and I really support that.

11. Ark chest- these chest have always given me a shield, grenade and/or a mod. Very rarely a weapon and almost always a blue. It was stated that the color on the chest represents the the type of gear that’s inside. It was my understanding gold chest represented legendary. But I’ve always only got blue rewards. Could someone please elaborate on this?

The 3 chests are tied to the factions they represent, and if you approach them on co-op, their name pops up. Gold Chests are from the Soleptor Faction, Blue are Top Notch and Red are VBI, the same colors that appeared on their respective vendors on OLDefiance. Each faction has a different roster of items, just look at their vendors first to know what to expect from each chest. There's no direct relation between the color of the chests and the color of rarities, you could get a legendary from a blue chest, no problem. That being said, the highest gear in the game is said to be awarded from higher tier co-op chests (pretty much how expeditions worked), but I never seen anyone confirming this.

14. Will the bugged trophy for maxing out 4 classes be fixed? Had a clanmate complete the forth class on Thursday but the trophy never unlocked. *Side note: I’m still missing 25 trophies from Original Defiance DLC that was never paid out. Been reporting it since 2015 at least

I know, Markeen, I know. You've been asking for these trophies ever since I entered the forums, and I hope one day you'll get them, I know how not getting trophies might be quite frustrating for some people. I'm holding out on some achievements in 2050 because I already read the same you're saying above, they're not unlocking trophies, so instead of having a bugged one, I'm waiting for a fix to come before I even attempt earning them. This strategy worked well for me on the Marin pursuit.

[Ryu Soba JP]

Thanks for the replies. In regards to the electric effect and hellbug ark. I heard a start of a sentence saying it was weird but then the conversation was switched back to pvp.

Thank you for explaining the chest at the end of co-op maps. I supposed I was misinformed. This also explains why the chest at the end of arkfalls don’t have a color. Now I have a new question but it’s regarding the nodes inside an arkbreak. The reward ones. I noticed if the same player opens all the reward nodes that only that person gets the loot. Is this intended?

And as for trophies... when the bug happened in the original defiance I reported it several times to Trion. CS directed me to contact Sony. Who then told me to contact Trion. In the end there was no resolve. I am extremely upset about it because 25 trophies are a lot and I paid real money for the content. These are all DLC related trophies. I think the issue is that I didn’t not buy the dlc from the in game store but instead from the Playstation store. But the bug lays within the coding for the dlc. All of the code transfers except the part that triggers the trophy when the prerequisite is met. This is most likely the same bug that is happening with the 4 class trophy not unlocking. .

[Johnny Stranger]

As far as I know , the chests in arkbreaks are all empty

[KevinVonBach]

As far as I know , the chests in arkbreaks are all empty

10/10 can confirm... and until that changes, I'm avoiding those like the plague.