[Defiance] Let's shoot/kill some bugs

Maddoc

I have a feeling Trion is probably fudging the preorder numbers a bit at this point to raise that reward bar.

Fine with me, though.

EDIT: Okay yeah definitely, now we're at 44% to reward 2.

Arthil

Do it Trion, do it and I'll pre-order in a second.

Antithesis

Wait, what is "Discount off the Season Pass"? I clicked on it and it just took me to Rift's page on the store.

Kyanilis

Antithesis wrote: »

Wait, what is "Discount off the Season Pass"? I clicked on it and it just took me to Rift's page on the store.

Probably in reference to this: http://www.defiance.com/en/dlc/pc/?CAS_REDIR=true

Not sure how I feel about an already planned 5 DLC packs.

Arthil

Well they said the 'DLC' wouldn't be major things, and the usage of that term was more because of the consolelol bullshit.

Antithesis

Hold on. I just entered a hundred and twenty codes in a row. I'm going to preorder this, aren't I?

EriktheVikingGamer

Antithesis wrote: »

Hold on. I just entered a hundred and twenty codes in a row. I'm going to preorder this, aren't I?

Well, if you've already put all that work in for it you might as well really...

Retaba

Join us in the gun frenzy.

Darkewolfe

So, I'm still resolutely not pre-ordering.

Despite having watched the promo show (which I thought was terrible, but I'm picky).

And despite entering the 120 promo codes.

But I'm definitely not pre-ordering.

But for people who are, which pre-order bonuses are best? I see everyone seems to have lots of different ones.

Kyanilis

Arthil wrote: »

Well they said the 'DLC' wouldn't be major things, and the usage of that term was more because of the consolelol bullshit.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/08/trion-offering-a-defiance-season-pass-with-dlc-new-species-and/ seems to think that there'll be another playable race included in this DLC. Seems fairly major. But I suppose we'll see what they actually do with it and if $10 ($8 if you get the pass) per DLC is worth it.

darkmayo

goddamn it..
fighting the desire to preorder as well.. I dont need another game to play.. I am not playing planetside 2 right now despite dropping bucks for the fun on that... fuck fuck fuck..

ringswraith

Can you enter in these codes without having participated in the beta and/or preordering?

And what deals are there for preordering?

kaid

Kyanilis wrote: »

Antithesis wrote: »

Wait, what is "Discount off the Season Pass"? I clicked on it and it just took me to Rift's page on the store.

Probably in reference to this: http://www.defiance.com/en/dlc/pc/?CAS_REDIR=true

Not sure how I feel about an already planned 5 DLC packs.

It is a pretty reasonable way to monetize something without having to go to a subscription model. That way if you don't want the DLC don't buy it or download it.

Basil

ringswraith wrote: »

Can you enter in these codes without having participated in the beta and/or preordering?

And what deals are there for preordering?

http://orcz.com/Defiance:_Arkfall_Codes
http://defiance.com/en/my-ego/

The codes give some nice rewards and some dumb rewards, but inventory slots are inventory slots. I entered 120 just because I wanted the ammo scavenger perk early.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/ca/en/pc/games/mmos/defiance/

GMG is offering 20% off with the code there on the right, which is pretty keen.

Echo

The "race as DLC" thing annoys me, because what with your race being entirely cosmetic there's no need to reroll, and I really want to know which race it is so I can decide what I think looks coolest to play.

Echo

...reward 2 is now at 79%. 8->

Kyanilis

Anyone still on the fence (and me who is now glad that I'm waiting until tomorrow to preorder): GMG25-S0FSG-R7Z0B

25% off instead of 20%

You know, since an extra 5% might push some people over the edge for some reason.

ringswraith

Kyanilis wrote: »

Anyone still on the fence (and me who is now glad that I'm waiting until tomorrow to preorder): GMG25-S0FSG-R7Z0B

25% off instead of 20%

You know, since an extra 5% might push some people over the edge for some reason.

Is this for a physical copy or a download? (Just curious as I can't see the site from work.)

Kyanilis

Download only. I assume Steam key specifically just like everything else seems to be

Oh also, this is for Greenmangaming in case anyone was confused.

Decoy

Echo wrote: »

The "race as DLC" thing annoys me, because what with your race being entirely cosmetic there's no need to reroll, and I really want to know which race it is so I can decide what I think looks coolest to play.

This multiplied by one billion. I don't think they are being knowingly malice, I just wish they would let us know to avoid confusion and potentially the time it takes to reroll/catch up.

I also haven't heard any official statements on if any preorder XP bonuses sum together or if the largest one is the only one taken into account. It would be nice if they added together, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Also, reading the official PC forums yesterday it appears theres no word on an preload. Although, I assume like most MMOs these days, the beta client can just be updated to the release client come Day 0.

Darkewolfe

Apparently the client I installed off steam for beta was the release client, and I had to uninstall it then reinstall the beta client to try it.

So I guess there's a release client floating around maybe?

Echo

If they do something like give a free change to the DLC race I won't have any complaints about it.

vegeta_666

Tier 2 is at 97%!

I'd say with Tier 3 they might fudge things a bit if necessary. It comes with a discount off the Season Pass and getting that to everyone who's pre-ordered would probably mean quite a few sales of it.

Echo

Yeah, that's what I mean when I wonder if any of these tier reward preorder things have ever failed. 8->

Retaba

Also, having the preorders not reach that number is a bit of bad ... I forgot the word where people pay attention to stuff. So it actually reaching to full is good for them.

Publicity! That was it.

vegeta_666

Echo wrote: »

Yeah, that's what I mean when I wonder if any of these tier reward preorder things have ever failed. 8->

Yeah... I haven't heard of a single one failing to make all three Tiers yet.

I don't mind though! Tier 3's rewards are rad.

Maddoc

Think I'm gonna finally take the dive and preorder tonight after work.

I kind of want to do the deluxe edition, but that's a big jump in price for what seems like not a ton of stuff.

Arthil

Kyanilis wrote: »

Arthil wrote: »

Well they said the 'DLC' wouldn't be major things, and the usage of that term was more because of the consolelol bullshit.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/08/trion-offering-a-defiance-season-pass-with-dlc-new-species-and/ seems to think that there'll be another playable race included in this DLC. Seems fairly major. But I suppose we'll see what they actually do with it and if $10 ($8 if you get the pass) per DLC is worth it.

New race seems to just be cosmetic, really.

Edit: Also, also! Gonna pre-order on Steam now. I can't pass up the chance to snag Storm Legion for free, cause I KNOW when I want my WoW itch I can just go back to Rift and it'll embrace me like a loving foster parent.

darkmayo

i'll preorder this tomorrow. just did the 120 codes.. damn you all.

Avynte

I preordered as well. Trion impressed me with Rift and the mix of Borderlands/Saints Row style gameplay should be worth the admission fee at least.

Retaba

Hooray!

Echo

Reward 2 hit, 10% into reward 3!

Arthil

Either they are fudging the numbers, or people are getting REALLY interested.

vegeta_666

I don't mind the former but I actually hope it's the latter, at least a bit. A nice healthy starting population for this game would be great.

Echo

+2% in 30 minutes. Yeah.

Retaba

Well, the numbers did start going up after the open beta...

I am gonna guess a little bit of both.

Decoy

Meh... More people to play with plus more rewards. Win/Win to me.

I wasn't around for Rift's launch, so I'm not schooled up on how well Trion handled that game's opening. I'm still debating taking off work though... which has burned me in the past. Ha.

Handgimp

Decoy wrote: »

Meh... More people to play with plus more rewards. Win/Win to me.

I wasn't around for Rift's launch, so I'm not schooled up on how well Trion handled that game's opening. I'm still debating taking off work though... which has burned me in the past. Ha.

As I recall, Rift's launch was super smooth.

vegeta_666

I never played Rift either (though now I might for a bit as I'll get it on Steam with Defiance) but at least post-launch it seems Rift was supported and had a lot of content added to it. Trion seems to run MMOs well.

CorriganX

The launch was really smooth. It wasn't perfect, I think I had a screenshot where there were problems and my ping jumped to 35,000, but it never really crashed, it was pretty stable aside from very spread out problems. They did a real good job, and I really enjoyed their constant updating, so I'm a huge fan of Trion.