I completely agree with you on this. If the game had came out at around 20 dollars then I probably would have purchased it. Trion is hoping to make money from micro transactions/dlc anyway so why have such a high cost of entry? They should have done a DC Universe type of setup. There is still time for them to do that, but they wont because they want to be like Blizzard.TBH I think its set at the wrong price point. I got it super cheap at $5 bucks (industry connections). I do enjoy playing the game but its more Borderlands 2.5 or something then an MMO and I don't feel the need to burn through it in a week. I have not purchased any of the dlc because of course its not out and its expensive. I think at a lower entry fee they would have gained more customers.
Haven't played the game yet. Watched the show, liked the first one but the second episode was meh. Already too predictable. So much Politically Correct ANGST, so tired of it. The show might get better though, so I'll keep checking it out. And it does make me curious about the game.I'm waiting to see what happens to the MMO when Syfy shit cans the crappy show.
I have no clue how the US servers are, but here in europe the game is crammed right now. Considering the spread of EGO levels Ive seen tonight in the instances, its also has quite a lot of both old and new players /shrug.I think this game may break the record for collapse of an MMO title. Between the hacks and the lack of content the place is a complete wasteland. Suits the atmosphere of the genre but not the concept of a multiplayer game. You'd be excused for thinking that you are just on a poorly chosen server but then realize that there is only one server...
Not having much in the way of loot progression was okay when the game was at least a fun distraction to blow shit up. Trying to solo an arkfall while getting perma snared only to have someone walk up and one shot it after you've been whittling away for a few minutes just takes all the wind out of your sails.
It's a pure Western show, wrapped in CGI and makeup. For the first ep., substitute "Fallen Ark" with "Broken Diligence", "Terrasphere" with "Crate of Dynamite", "Volge" with "Apaches", and so on, and you have a perfect match. The second ep. is almost pure western, but the Mafia match breaks down already (the "italians" get an infusion of Apache... well, they're supposed to come from the same place after all). And, of course, you get the modern infusion of conspiracy... can't have a '10s show without an overarching conspiracy.Watched the show, liked the first one but the second episode was meh.
I see it much more as "Eureka with aliens".It's a pure Western show, wrapped in CGI and makeup. For the first ep., substitute "Fallen Ark" with "Broken Diligence", "Terrasphere" with "Crate of Dynamite", "Volge" with "Apaches", and so on, and you have a perfect match. The second ep. is almost pure western, but the Mafia match breaks down already (the "italians" get an infusion of Apache... well, they're supposed to come from the same place after all). And, of course, you get the modern infusion of conspiracy... can't have a '10s show without an overarching conspiracy.
Regarding the game, I've got zero wish to check it. I hate FPS, and it's mostly one, so no.
Tbh with the cash shop and dlc, I 100% expected the game to be F2P. I thought the F2P was part of the draw. I just recently found out about the box price... there's no way I'm interested anymore. :/ The show was bad enough.They should of just went full cash shop with no box fee. Regular DLC at a reasonable cost. The game isn't good enough to justify a box price IMO. I experienced most of what was available during beta in one weekend. Regardless as a MMO, this is a terrible game.
The show is pretty bad as well. This game doesn't have enough in it to stand on its own should the show fail, which is very likely.
I don't know what Trion was thinking but Defiance was poorly done from start to finish. Launch strategy, game, pretty much everything.
Its all client side. I turned on a generic speed hack and was destroying everything instantly.No one playing anymore? hah
Fairly sure I saw some blatant hacking tonight, guy was running around to arkfalls and killing them in 5-10 seconds, then longer but still way too fast when they grew. Tried to screenshot the scoreboard where this guy blew everyone else away, but of course you can't do that in full screen. Oh well, I should be in borderless windowed fullscreen anyways right? Oh yeah, they don't have that. What fucking year is this anyways?
(been reading gun damage is stored client side or something, but they can't be that dumb can they?)
How could that possibly go wrong?Its all client side. I turned on a generic speed hack and was destroying everything instantly.
instant gun reload etc