I finally tried the Co-Op maps and loved them.

[Tyger]

Apart from doing the main story line, the co-op maps are about the best thing in this game.
If they expand on this, more maps, bigger groups and different difficulties it will be even better.

Yes Plz!!!

[Arrielle Shaw]

Just please tell your party if you're looking to do a pursuit, or get the data recorders. Time again I've had people that just seemed like they were wandering around aimlessly when they were searching for recorders I could've shown them and saved half the time.
That and this afternoon a group was trying to get the Hellbug Matron pursuit for killing it in 3 minutes on Angel Island, by the end though they were all just standing around outside the point... they were changing weapons apparently, but didn't alert me until I waited a minute.

I ran it with people this morning who were less than 1k EGO, while I'm at 2409, and we killed it in less than a minute. They nerfed the fight significantly.

Apart from doing the main story line, the co-op maps are about the best thing in this game.
If they expand on this, more maps, bigger groups and different difficulties it will be even better.

It's difficult for me to pick a favorite coop map. Each one is particularly well designed, though I'm a little annoyed by how much they nerfed the Matron on Angel Island. It was fairly difficult before, but now it's not even challenging.

[Sino]

I have been playing Defiance since launch, and back in late April I tried the Explosions 101 map. I'm a little embarassed to admit I was a little intimidated by the fast pace everybody was playing at. It felt like there were members of the group and I was the noob struggling to keep up. So I ignored them after that. Until I saw someone wearing the outfit from the Scrapworks Map, and being an outfit junkie I had to have it. So I tried Scrapworks and had a lot of fun sacking it. Now that I have tried all of them I find myself hoping they will release more, they are a blast to play.

I live in coops mostly. I do quite literally, dozens per day. I've been with groups that blast thru, groups that are completing pursuits, groups of new players, groups of mixed players, etc... I think I've seen a majority of the "types" of groups that could possibly run through an "instance".

With that being said, I personally don't mind what loadout folks are using. We all have a reason for using what we're using. It makes it unique (at least a little) when someone is using a tactic I haven't seen before which keep things interesting for me and is why I can keep doing coops. Lately, I've seen folks leave a group just because there is someone with a high EGO rating. I'm not sure why that is as whether EGO 100 or 3000, the only "major" difference (and I say that lightly) is the amount of perks the person has active.

Enjoy the ride, find your recorders, explore the map, drive a Cerberus, shoot from a turret, climb a ladder, whatever makes you happy. The team will adjust, garunteed. Whatever you do, enjoy yourself!

[Arrielle Shaw]

I live in coops mostly. I do quite literally, dozens per day. I've been with groups that blast thru, groups that are completing pursuits, groups of new players, groups of mixed players, etc... I think I've seen a majority of the "types" of groups that could possibly run through an "instance".

With that being said, I personally don't mind what loadout folks are using. We all have a reason for using what we're using. It makes it unique (at least a little) when someone is using a tactic I haven't seen before which keep things interesting for me and is why I can keep doing coops. Lately, I've seen folks leave a group just because there is someone with a high EGO rating. I'm not sure why that is as whether EGO 100 or 3000, the only "major" difference (and I say that lightly) is the amount of perks the person has active.

Enjoy the ride, find your recorders, explore the map, drive a Cerberus, shoot from a turret, climb a ladder, whatever makes you happy. The team will adjust, garunteed. Whatever you do, enjoy yourself!

If you've run across me in a co-op map recently, I just waylay mobs. I used to take a lot of care in proceeding through one, but I've pretty much set up a full aggression loadout that tears things up as long as I don't get knocked back or stuck in geometry.