Defiance: new blend of MMO

Word on the street is that if you pre-ordered from Steam or another service that's already given you a CD key that you can play right now.

Elycion wrote:

Word on the street is that if you pre-ordered from Steam or another service that's already given you a CD key that you can play right now.

that's interesting because i have no such email or see a way to get the key

Yes, it looks like you can play now.

Anyone with Steam know how to get in? I dont have a key from them that i can tell and when i try to log in with the client outside of Steam it says i'm not entitled to play.

ranalin wrote:

Anyone with Steam know how to get in? I dont have a key from them that i can tell and when i try to log in with the client outside of Steam it says i'm not entitled to play.

You have to download client from Trion. If you go to your Defiance game in Steam - look to the right and you will see CD Key. You'll need to register that if you havent already. I was able to login and play, but my items werent available or I couldnt figure out how to get to the store.

I will be on the PS3, hopefully some other goojers will also pick this up on that console.

SpyNavy wrote:
ranalin wrote:

Anyone with Steam know how to get in? I dont have a key from them that i can tell and when i try to log in with the client outside of Steam it says i'm not entitled to play.

You have to download client from Trion. If you go to your Defiance game in Steam - look to the right and you will see CD Key. You'll need to register that if you havent already. I was able to login and play, but my items werent available or I couldnt figure out how to get to the store.

Thanks! Didnt realize they just moved the cd key option. Used to see it by right clicking on the game.

Well, I just started updating the client, and it looks like I have a download time of about 1 day and around 5 hours. I think I'll go get some ice cream...

LiquidMantis wrote:

C'mon. One of you geeks hasn't scripted this yet?

There is a script on the Steam Forums. Someone went and posted the code for it. Looks clean; no malware alert etc. It worked for me up until about 100 codes, when I got an error. I entered the final 20 codes by hand.

blast, won't let me download the client yet! how are you fiends getting into it already?

MaverickDago wrote:

blast, won't let me download the client yet! how are you fiends getting into it already?

If from Steam read SpyNavy's post above.

Download speeds are super slow though. Which is funny because during alpha and beta this had some of the fastest download speeds i have seen from a mmo. This almost compares to downloading from KR at the rate it's going.

My first post, guys this is your fault :
First, you've got me interested.
Now, I'm installing the client on PS3, while copypasting some Arkfall codes in my Ark Hunter profile like an Ark madman, 116 more to go.
I even went as far as harassing a french communication agency to get a press dvd (with the 2hrs pilot on it) to see what the fuss is all about.
Gee!!
...
Glad to be a part of GWJ!

Peha wrote:

My first post, guys this is your fault :
First, you've got me interested.
Now, I'm installing the client on PS3, while copypasting some Arkfall codes in my Ark Hunter profile like an Ark madman, 116 more to go.
I even went as far as harassing a french communication agency to get a press dvd (with the 2hrs pilot on it) to see what the fuss is all about.
Gee!!
...
Glad to be a part of GWJ!

Welcome! Want me to add you on PSN?

So whats the word on stability from the ones taht got in last night?

I loaded into the tutorial instantly. Once done, I had to re-try loading into the initial zone a dozen times to connect. Once in the game I had no problems for the hour I played. I had a hard time getting into a pvp match though!

To add friends do you need their ingame name or the account name they have you put in? Friend me up I'm Petriefied:Cryxs

The game locked up for me once (PC) and I had to restart. Other than that, no problems for the few hours I was on.

I'm Propagandalf in game.

Playing the PC version I had no problems with stability. Game was down at 0930PST, but I dont know for how long. A few things I had to go to the interwebs for - modding of weapons and some other odds and ends. The game is fun with some UI issues, but otherwise pretty solid.

Ya the UI being made for consoles and PC makes it a bit cludgey when on the PC side of things.

Things went pretty well for me last night on PS3, was not able to collect my preorder bonus items and such last night though.

Nekroman wrote:

Things went pretty well for me last night on PS3, was not able to collect my preorder bonus items and such last night though.

Just got an email from them stating they should be available. Not sure if this is everyone or PC only.

I saw people last night with the "VBI Operative" title driving around in the Dodge challenger from preorders and I still have nothing.

I got mine on PC, you have to load up the store and near the bottom is the option to claim items. It appears that you can only claim the item once, so a second character would not be able to get them.

Not quite sure how we link friends to each accounts. But I'm andondn under steam and I think under Trion account as well.

Petriefied wrote:

I got mine on PC, you have to load up the store and near the bottom is the option to claim items. It appears that you can only claim the item once, so a second character would not be able to get them.

I just tested this and it's per account not per character.

The Lockboxes only unlock once per character so only do those when you want to claim something random...but all other items can be claimed for every character made.

Poop, finally get a chance to login and it seems servers are down. Anyone that was in game get a message as to how long?

Cobble wrote:

Poop, finally get a chance to login and it seems servers are down. Anyone that was in game get a message as to how long?

On twitter they said 30 min.

Bleh, servers went down right when I was on the last leg of a mission.

Either I really suck, or this game is kind of hard. The enemies can really swarm on you. I find myself doing a lot of retreating and running around escaping the hoards. I think I need a better weapon because I can unload on beasties and they don't drop. What weapon type are you guys finding works best?

I haven't even tried PVP yet, but the one co-op mission I did was decent.

in as Ranalin

Man, my bonus weapons I got seem super duper weak. I have a Hydra Heavy weapon that barely does any damage, even on direct hits. The description says it manually separates but cant figure out how to do it. My sniper rifle was best stats wise for like 15 minutes until I completed a quest that gave me a sniper rifle with near double the damage :/

Petriefied wrote:

I got mine on PC, you have to load up the store and near the bottom is the option to claim items. It appears that you can only claim the item once, so a second character would not be able to get them.

That's inaccurate. You can only claim the tiered items once. Everything else is per character.