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    Game Trial or Buddy keys?

    I have a few friends that would like to try out Defiance before they commit to buying it for PC, is there any game trials or buddy keys in the works, or too soon before Trion starts that whole market?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pale View Post
    I have a few friends that would like to try out Defiance before they commit to buying it for PC, is there any game trials or buddy keys in the works, or too soon before Trion starts that whole market?
    I don't think they'll do that, since it's not subscription based, and even in a 24 hour trial you could whip through the main story mode if you. If you have friends on the fence, greenmangaming.com often has 25-30% off coupons, they could pick it up for ~40$
    Your Challenger won't drive? You're probably in the passenger seat.
    Can't sell/delete an item? Check all of your loadouts, it's likely still equipped.
    Auction house? Why? It'll just render bits purchased lock boxes pointless, and weapons are mostly equal anyway.
    Gear/enemy progression? No thanks, it'll only render 90% of the content trivial when you reach the highest zone.

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    Thanks Ironhands,

    I’ll let him know but I think the big thing he wants to test out is the latency he will get playing on the US servers from Italy, since he’s going to want to play with all of us from the TSW Cabal that are playing Defiance on the side lol.

    So if anyone knows if the connection from Italy to the US Defiance servers is playable that would help me get him off the fence :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pale View Post
    I have a few friends that would like to try out Defiance before they commit to buying it for PC, is there any game trials or buddy keys in the works, or too soon before Trion starts that whole market?
    Give it a couple more weeks. The game will be 20 bucks and if they still don't buy it, then they are cheap.

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    maybe have them watch Defiance gameplay videos on youtube and stuff

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    Quote Originally Posted by Defy View Post
    maybe have them watch Defiance gameplay videos on youtube and stuff
    They have seen the game play and since a few of us from TSW are playing, he knows what to expect, and would like to try it but all of us live in the US and he lives in Italy, so he is going to want to play on the US servers which I think is the main concern that the latency isn’t so bad that it will makes the game unplayable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pale View Post
    Thanks Ironhands,

    I’ll let him know but I think the big thing he wants to test out is the latency he will get playing on the US servers from Italy, since he’s going to want to play with all of us from the TSW Cabal that are playing Defiance on the side lol.

    So if anyone knows if the connection from Italy to the US Defiance servers is playable that would help me get him off the fence :P
    I can't say for sure about from Italy, but I play on both US and EU servers (PC) from Denmark. I'm VERY close to Amsterdam and a long way from Dallas but in PvE I don't notice the extra lag to the US. I haven't tried PvP on the US servers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MacDeath View Post
    I can't say for sure about from Italy, but I play on both US and EU servers (PC) from Denmark. I'm VERY close to Amsterdam and a long way from Dallas but in PvE I don't notice the extra lag to the US. I haven't tried PvP on the US servers.
    Thanks MacDeath I'll pass that along then maybe he won't pester me about a buddy pass nomore lol

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    24hour trial keys would be cool but I haven't seen anything suggesting they will do that yet. You could always invite them over to your house and let them mess around on your account, ya know make a new character and try it out for a bit? If distance between you and your friends is an issue you could always just let em log on your account but I dont suggest that unless you absolutely trust em and know them very well and even then its still iffy but your choice

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    Quote Originally Posted by Castiel Krios View Post
    You could always invite them over to your house and let them mess around on your account, ya know make a new character and try it out for a bit?
    Quote Originally Posted by Pale View Post
    but all of us live in the US and he lives in Italy
    probably not an option :P sharing the account info would be a solution, if it weren't expressly forbidden
    Your Challenger won't drive? You're probably in the passenger seat.
    Can't sell/delete an item? Check all of your loadouts, it's likely still equipped.
    Auction house? Why? It'll just render bits purchased lock boxes pointless, and weapons are mostly equal anyway.
    Gear/enemy progression? No thanks, it'll only render 90% of the content trivial when you reach the highest zone.

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