Crestfallen. Devastated. Gutted.

[Daergar]

Sorry, pebkac. We were told repeatedly and in no uncertain terms to play those missions before the show aired. Nothing to get upset over.

[Draya Thalriss]

Sorry, pebkac. We were told repeatedly and in no uncertain terms to play those missions before the show aired. Nothing to get upset over.

Where and when did they say this? I've never seen any mention of it.

[IIFatalshockII]

Ouch. Honestly, it's a hard lesson, but as we've been repeatedly told to play before 4/15, it was a big risk to take. Hopefully you'll be able to play after the first season is done. It's a fun few missions, but I don't think it's essential to the experience. It's fun to play alongside Nolan and Irisa and see inside the Crater, but that's the biggest draw.

I would have played it yesterday, but the stupid Xbox outage screwed me over. I didn't realize just how much until now.

[Dixa]

I had been saving the Episode mission until I was done with all the other missions. I went to play it yesterday because it said to play it before the episode aired. Sadly the Xbox Live service was acting up and I couldn't get on Defiance. No matter, I figured I'd play tonight. They know it won't air in GB until Tuesday so the mission should still be there for tonight.

How wrong I was. I get home from work, I hop on the Xbox ready to play the Episode Mission... and I get a big Red flash of 'Mission Failed' across my screen. What mission? I wasn't playing a mission. Turns out the Episode mission is now no longer available to me because the show aired in America today. How utterly fair in every way that is to GB.

I've been playing and loving Defiance since launch, but this is a real kick in the vitals. And there will even be pursuits and achievements for completing all the episode missions I have no doubt, so I'm equally screwed there. To add salt to the wound the mission 'Cut Em Down to Size' keeps freezing and taking my Xbox live connection with it every time I boot up the game.

Sad day for this Defiance fan.

odd since the show doesnt air for another 4 hours in the states at the earliest

[IIFatalshockII]

Sorry, pebkac. We were told repeatedly and in no uncertain terms to play those missions before the show aired. Nothing to get upset over.

1. What the hell is a pebkac?
2. I never heard a specific date, I just knew before it aired. In the UK it airs tomorrow.
3. Show me where they repeatedly said this please.

[jonwes]

1. What the hell is a pebkac?
2. I never heard a specific date, I just knew before it aired. In the UK it airs tomorrow.
3. Show me where they repeatedly said this please.

It was on the log-in screen for quite a while. There's also been a ton of threads discussing the impending removal of the missions. I wouldn't blame anyone for missing it though. I'm sure you're not alone.

[Bori]

I played the Episode mission as soon as it became available and intend to keep doing so - leaving it to the last day probably not a sterling idea.

And a pebkac is:

Problem
Exists
Between
Keyboard
And
Chair

It's another way of saying "user error".

[Daergar]

1. What the hell is a pebkac?
2. I never heard a specific date, I just knew before it aired. In the UK it airs tomorrow.
3. Show me where they repeatedly said this please.

Problem exists between keyboard and chair?

Pretty sure everyone has seen the 15/4 date for quite a while now, and when it airs on Syfy in the US is obviously (or not I suppose) what to go by.

It was on the intro page for starters. Odd, though not surprising, if people failed to notice.

Don't get me wrong, sucks for those that did not complete the missions. The point is that it's hardly Trion's error that some, not necessarily OP, try to imply. As with so many things that are incorrect.

[Shismar]

I also received the mission failed message but I have long completed the prequel episode mission. Can anyone confirm it is even gone?

[IIFatalshockII]

Problem exists between keyboard and chair?

Pretty sure everyone has seen the 15/4 date for quite a while now, and when it airs on Syfy in the US is obviously (or not I suppose) what to go by.


It was on the intro page for starters. Odd, though not surprising, if people failed to notice.

Don't get me wrong, sucks for those that did not complete the missions. The point is that it's hardly Trion's error that some, not necessarily OP, try to imply. As with so many things that are incorrect.

Oh I would never consider it Trion's fault. I would have liked it if they had made one of their in game messages about it "Warning: Episode 1 Mission will not be available starting 15/4/13' or something like that. I'm sad that I missed out, but I'm not angry with anybody over it. One bit of luck was my Xbox not freezing long enough to complete the last Side mission. Now I'm hurting for Hellbugs for contracts. I swear, when you need to focus on something you are being swarmed by the little parasites, but when you actually need them they are nowhere to be seen. lol