Hands on Massively article

[Kordesh]

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/03...defiance-demo/
Lots of it is more or less stuff that is already known. However, here's some stuff

At launch, there will be no guild system, corporation management, or global marketplace

Looks like they're going to go ahead and launch without social features to meet their launch date. Another early release. I can't comment on previous comments about this as they're under NDA, but presumably this should be open to discussion now that it has been made publicly available.

I also had opportunity to chat with Elizabeth Tobey, Trion's director of community relations, who told me about the studio's goal of creating and sustaining community buzz to keep Defiance viable long-term. Expect social media engagement and product placement from sponsoring companies (like Dodge cars and Axe deodorant).

Urg. Knowing Trion in the past, I don't doubt there will be oodles of social media crap with twitter and facebook, but I really hope that axe and dodge crap is going to be in the show and not floating around the game. The second I see someone talking about, referencing, or putting an axe can in my inventory, I'm going to lose it.

[Viciouz]

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But axe will attract all those sexy hell bugs

[Daymarr]

Good find bro!

Anyone notice there atlease one female character with white hair in a video/picture? xD

[Celke]

So there are no clan / guilds available at launch? :/

[Kordesh]

But axe will attract all those sexy hell bugs

Thank you for putting the image of one of those terrible "double pits" commercials ending in the guy getting pounced on by excited hellbugs from every angle. In retrospect, I might be ok with that kind of product placement...

So there are no clan / guilds available at launch? :/

Unless the article is misreporting it, that appears to be so. On the one hand, it gives people more time to get organized and get the stuff they need together to make their guilds when it is finally made available. On the other hand, it's not cool that a major cornerstone of the MMO experience is missing out of the gate. All told, they're probably being held to a strict deadline, and they couldn't squeeze it in. Personally, I think it should have been delayed the extra time. I just hope they don't try to advertise it as "free content" or expanded content in the future when it is added in.

[Aliyah]

No guild system... Like not even a basic group your friends together under a tag system?

[Escyos]

I think I will take what Trion has been saying over some random website, they are going to have a clan system.

We have seen some billboard in the live streams so maybe Dodge and Axe will show up on them, remnants of the old world.

[IGears]

Looks like they're going to go ahead and launch without social features to meet their launch date. Another early release. I can't comment on previous comments about this as they're under NDA, but presumably this should be open to discussion now that it has been made publicly available.

i didnt get that they are not gonna have social features at launch. you can still group and they dont have a number on the people in a clan.. Corporation management, global marketplace...sounds like they mean an Auction house or something.

[Kordesh]

I think I will take what Trion has been saying over some random website, they are going to have a clan system.

We have seen some billboard in the live streams so maybe Dodge and Axe will show up on them, remnants of the old world.

Massively isn't a random website, and that information was given to them from Trion during a demo event. So unless they've changed their position from whenever this event was, it's likely accurate.

i didnt get that they are not gonna have social features at launch. you can still group and they dont have a number on the people in a clan.. Corporation management, global marketplace...sounds like they mean an Auction house or something.

Guilds=Clans. So unless they mean a leveling/mission system regarding guilds, rather than the entire system itself, you won't have clans at launch. Not having grouping isn't so much a social feature, as a "your MMO isn't finished yet" feature. Global marketplace does appear to be an auction house, which honestly, I never use anyway in most games.

[mushinwolf]

Interesting, thanks for finding this