Patch 2.0 - The NSFW Patch

Patch 2.0 The NSFW Patch (Now Safe for Wallets) full patch notes are now available which introduces Free to Play. Highlights include:

• Free-To-Play: PC
• New and Updated Boosts Available
• New Loadout, Quickswap
• Auto-Salvage
• New Salvage Matrix Feature: Upgrade Rarity
• DLC Owner Rewards
• Game Update

Source: Defiance Forums

Features

 

FREE-TO-PLAY: PC

No tricks. No traps. Join scores of new players and wield powerful, customizable, and unique weapons that upgrade as you gain experience in the game that defines MASSIVE CO-OP. Play through and experience the original Bay Area storyline in preparation for new Season 2 crossover content that expands the Defiance universe...

Learn more at our Free-to-Play page: http://www.defiance.com/en/game/overview/free-to-play/

Note: While this update will contain game content for both PS3™ and Xbox 360®, they will not be going Free-to-Play at the same time as PC. For that, we are targeting July 15.

NEW AND UPDATED BOOSTS AVAILABLE!

• Paradise Patron is now available for purchase on the Bit Store, which adds a variety of boosts! 
  
  • Store Discount:
    • 10% discount at the in-game store!
  • Bonus Loot:
    • New Arkforge currencies in Daily/Weekly login bonuses.
  • XP Boost:
    • 20% boost to XP gain.
  • Skill Boost:
    • 20% boost to Skill gain.
  • Reputation Boost:
    • 20% boost to Reputation gain.
  • Scrip Boost:
    • 20% boost to Scrip gain.
  • Salvage Boost:
    • 20% boost to Salvage gain.
  • Score Boost:
    • 10% boost to Score gain.
  • Daily Boosts:
    • Daily login bonus now contains a random two-hour Personal Boost!
  • Weekly Boosts:
    • Weekly login bonus now contains a random two-hour Personal+ Boost!
• Paradise Patron Daily Supplies:
  
  • 1 random Personal Boost
  • 10 Arkforge
• Paradise Patron Weekly Supplies
  • 1 random Personal+ Boost
  • 50 Arkforge
• Score Boosts that add a 10% boost to Score are now available for purchase on the Bit Store! 
• Personal Boosts have been revamped to be significantly better than they used to be! They now grant the following bonuses:
  
  • XP Boost:
    • 30% boost to XP gain.
  • Skill Boost:
    • 30% boost to Skill gain.
  • Reputation Boost:
    • 30% boost to Reputation gain.
  • Scrip Boost:
    • 30% boost to Scrip gain.
  • Salvage Boost:
    • 30% boost to Salvage gain.
  • Score Boost:
    • 15% boost to Score gain.
• You can now purchase Personal+ Boosts on the Bit Store, a new type of boost that stacks with Personal boosts! They give the following bonuses to your ark hunter:
  
  • XP Boost: 50% boost to XP gain.
  • Skill Boost: 50% boost to Skill gain.
  • Reputation Boost: 50% boost to Reputation gain.
  • Scrip Boost: 50% boost to Scrip gain.
  • Salvage Boost: 50% boost to Salvage gain.
  • Score Boost: 25% boost to Score gain.
• Every type of boost has a Personal, Personal+, Group, Clan, and Patron variation: and they all stack together in an additive manner! If you, your groupmates, and your clan all activate the respective boosts: you get the benefit of them all.
• All boosts now last for 2 hours of gameplay time, except clan boosts, which will remain at 24 hours of real time. 

NEW LOADOUT, QUICKSWAP

• Players may now hold the swap weapon button to change between loadouts on the fly!
• A sixth loadout slot is now available for purchase on the Bit Store.
• You can now unequip items from your loadout.
  
  • An unarmed ark hunter will have the use of the worst gun ever. For serious.
• The loadout window will now accurately show which weapon mods are equipped, instead of displaying mods from weird, phantom guns. 

AUTO-SALVAGE 

• Weapons, Shields, Grenades, Spikes, Stims and Mods no longer accumulate in the Claim Items section for an infinite amount of time.
• After being in the Claim Items section for 7 days, any of the above items are now automatically salvaged.
• The countdown timer begins when the items are acquired. If any of the above items are acquired while offline, they will begin the countdown the next time you log in.
• The salvage gained is added to the next character you log in with.

NEW SALVAGE MATRIX FEATURE: UPGRADE RARITY

Ark hunters may use arkforge to increase the rarity of their weapons and shields! On weapons this will add the necessary rarity bonus rolls and add increase the overall damage. For shields, this will increase the capacity and increase the armor plates if the shield reaches the appropriate tier.

DLC OWNER REWARDS 

• Players will now receive an extra lockbox in their daily and weekly login rewards for *EVERY* DLC that they own. 
• These lockboxes, named [DLC] Daily/Weekly Supplies so that you know what you're getting from which DLC, will contain 1 of 4 items.
• Daily Supplies:
  
  • 1 Arkforge
  • 1 Ark Keycodes
  • 100 Scrip
  • 100 Salvage
• Weekly Supplies:
  
  • 5 Arkforge
  • 5 Ark Keycodes
  • 500 Scrip
  • 500 Salvage

Game Update

 

GENERAL FIXES

• Fixed an issue causing clan key bonuses to not apply.
• Fix some inconsistent calculations regarding inventory size. If your inventory was full, some of your items might now be in the claimables window. 
• Weapons should now more reliably reload while in zoom.
• Fixed a bug that caused grenades to disappear when trading with higher EGO rating players.
• While in the tutorial, your primary weapon will not be locked if you don’t have a secondary weapon equipped.
• Fixed an issue causing players to not be added to score-- and therefore causing them to miss out on rewards-- while moving or teleporting away from a phase to some other event, such as an arkfall. 
• Arena: Berk Academy: Fixed a bug causing this arena to show 0 score and no rewards in the end screen, even though the rewards were given appropriately.
• Co-Op Map: Explosions 101: Dekuso will now go through all his stages when dealt massive damage. 

SCORES AND REWARDS

• Score can now be acquired by breaking through an enemy’s armor plates!
• Roadside emergencies that are not part of any larger event now give increased rewards based on each player’s score. 
• Implemented some server optimization for when lots of players are in the same scored activity, which should now be a bit faster.

OPEN WORLD EVENTS

• Sieges now progress when all the encounters are defeated instead of requiring specific point values.
• Conflict Site: Hellbug Horror: The Happy Pow Farms conflict site will now complete even if you kill the monarch quickly. 
• Conflict Site: Dark Matter Disguise: 
  
  • Should be much more completable. If the disguised guys take their time, don’t worry – you will still be able to complete it.
  • This site will no longer get stuck at the last objective. 
  • You now have to clear out the enemies and unlock the door before the third soldier will join you.
• Conflict Site: Major Miner Rescue: This site no longer spawns enemies endlessly even after completion.

UI AND SETTINGS

• Fixed a UI issue causing the Score Total to display on the screen after logging off. 
• Fixed the Score Total text overlapping the mission offer popup.

MOBS

• Armor Plate values have been adjusted for all enemies to better differentiate between enemy groups. 
  
  • Scrappers and other robots now have very high values of armor plates. 
  • Raiders have far fewer armor plates.
  • 99ers have armor that is more fragile.
• Additionally, Armor Plates do not scale so drastically with enemy tier. 
  
  • Bio and Rad were too necessary for all high-tier builds, and that was contributing to their dominance against enemy groups that were not intended to require armor damage. 
• Fixed a bug with the Monolith’s Hard Points getting out of sync on the client after scaling up from new players appearing. 

WEAPONS AND SHIELDS

• All shields without resistances have had their stats moved up a tier. 
• Extra Life Shields have had their stats adjusted, they should now have roughly 20% more capacity than their non-extra life counterparts, but otherwise have identical stats.
• Rare bio grenades no longer have a stronger snare than all other bio grenade tiers.
• The Chimera Horn has been changed to a cluster rocket, and should now do more damage as a result.

COMPETITIVE MULTIPLAYER

• Competitive multiplayer damage reduction is now capped so that no combination of perks, shields, stims, or anything else can reduce incoming damage by more than 95%. PvE damage reduction is unchanged.

MISSIONS AND EPISODES

SEASON 2: EPISODE 1

• Sibling Duties:
  • The cut scene after the Parrabas Farm hellbug murderin’ will now properly show for everyone.
  • Note: It will begin for the first person to get out of the cutscene, and everyone else will drop in as they finish watching it.

SEASON 2: EPISODE 2

• Hide and Seek:
  • EGO should be a little more focused on the mission at hand instead of the dock workers.
  • Now you should only hear Stahma and Varus going back and forth ONE TIME.
  • Fixed some text during the travel voice over.
  • Text on the used objects should be a bit more descriptive.
• Hidden in Plain Sight:
  • Quest giver and first objective are in a more suitable location.
  • Bandits should no longer sucker punch you during a cut scene.
    • Henchman have been informed that armor is a requirement, not an option.
    • Combat music should go away after finishing the mission.
• A Milk Run:
  • Fixed a discrepancy between the voiceover and text.