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Bought this last night, only played an hour so far but it doesn't seem very MMO-ish.

Are there any hubs, like cities or camps, where people idle and look for groups or stuff?
 
DodgeeRascal said:
Bought this last night, only played an hour so far but it doesn't seem very MMO-ish.

Are there any hubs, like cities or camps, where people idle and look for groups or stuff?
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Right now not really, as the VOIP options turned off also turn off the chat, you will probably find that 99% of people can't see chat. I have it off because it's crap quality and listeneing to the infinite number of numpties who have no idea they have their mic on in co-ops or pvp is insane, the quality is bad and I use TS with friends.

It has the worst social system in any online game I have ever played in my entire life, it doesn't even try to promote this. I honestly give this game a few months/until after the first season airs.

I'll have to compile a huge list of issues with it, some personal opinions of course.


Eames said:
Do side missions before the main missions.

Side missions are a small ! on the radar main missions are a big ! on the radar.

That will make life easier for you when you go to do the main missions.

Prioritise doing arkfalls, these appear as a red icon on the hud, looks a bit like a steering wheel.
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I disagree, the time vs reward on arkfalls are bad, it can take up to 20minutes getting a 6k(?) xp rewards + mobs, a lot of which are high HP elites with very little reward.
You'd be better farming that hotshot minigun repeatable quest for 2k xp every 2minutes, you don't have to travel, you don't have to wait for spawn. But it's boring, but so are arks falls after they all seem to take 15-20 minutes.

Doing side missions shouldn't help for main quests necessarily; I've still yet to replace my starter LMG (except I need to use a different one to level LMG skill) as the best weapon because even epics/legendaries have that rare chance to have really bad stats or fire modes. Weapons don't really get that much better from 0 - 500 rating so far, it's tiny stuff like nano chance (fire/electric etc), maybe .1% more crit or 20 more ammo in the mag or less bloom/recoil. Not sure what'll be like at rating 1000-2000 :X
 
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Yeah I'm not sure I would prioritise arkfalls either, they are decent but not worth going to every single one of them.
 
Mark1989 said:
Nooooooooooooo was about to play and there is a patch! :(

Found this whilst googling what Arkfall codes were http://www.mmorpg.com/blogs/DefianceGuru/042013/24816_Defiance-Arkfall-Codes-And-Rewards gives codes for all the freebies? Not played game so no idea how useful they are
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They are worth adding, you get some reasonable freebies. Mostly just skill increases but also some handy things like extra inventory space. You can see all the rewards here. Also the +1 Scavenger is nice, as if you start with Cloak I think that would immediately within 1 point from getting Overcharge as well.
 
flibby said:
They are worth adding, you get some reasonable freebies. Mostly just skill increases but also some handy things like extra inventory space. You can see all the rewards here. Also the +1 Scavenger is nice, as if you start with Cloak I think that would immediately within 1 point from getting Overcharge as well.
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Am i right in assuming ill choose a class when i play? Or as its a war type bug hunt thing ill just be like every one else a Soldier

I have done first 10 codes i will enter the rest shortly
 
yeah theres 4 class choices, i forget the names but i chose survivalist which is a sniper class.

it doesnt mean i'm useless with anything but a sniper rifle though, i use an assault rifle effectively with no problems.
 
there are no classes. the choices when you create your character are only for your starting weapon and outfit that's all.
 
Just did first 2 missions (Main story) so right at start though im assuming it saves server side as i just quit cause full of cold so eyes are sore and i couldn't find an option for saving :s
 
ChrisJSY said:
Right now not really, as the VOIP options turned off also turn off the chat, you will probably find that 99% of people can't see chat. I have it off because it's crap quality and listeneing to the infinite number of numpties who have no idea they have their mic on in co-ops or pvp is insane, the quality is bad and I use TS with friends.

It has the worst social system in any online game I have ever played in my entire life, it doesn't even try to promote this. I honestly give this game a few months/until after the first season airs.

I'll have to compile a huge list of issues with it, some personal opinions of course.




I disagree, the time vs reward on arkfalls are bad, it can take up to 20minutes getting a 6k(?) xp rewards + mobs, a lot of which are high HP elites with very little reward.
You'd be better farming that hotshot minigun repeatable quest for 2k xp every 2minutes, you don't have to travel, you don't have to wait for spawn. But it's boring, but so are arks falls after they all seem to take 15-20 minutes.

Doing side missions shouldn't help for main quests necessarily; I've still yet to replace my starter LMG (except I need to use a different one to level LMG skill) as the best weapon because even epics/legendaries have that rare chance to have really bad stats or fire modes. Weapons don't really get that much better from 0 - 500 rating so far, it's tiny stuff like nano chance (fire/electric etc), maybe .1% more crit or 20 more ammo in the mag or less bloom/recoil. Not sure what'll be like at rating 1000-2000 :X
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I disagree, it's fun, you they are fun, you know what that is FUN, its where you enjoy what you are doing rather than just rushing through as quick as you can.

go have fun, enjoy doing jumps in your cars even if you dont earn anything etc etc. Go have fun no point rushing through the main mission only, probably takes 25-30 hours and then thats it. Smell the roases as you walk through teh country side you may be surprised.
 
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