Community Q&A: May 22nd

Welcome, ark hunters! You’ve asked, we’re answering. We’re back with another action packed Defiance Developer Q&A! Make sure to keep an eye out for the next question collection thread on our official forums next week!

Source: http://www.trionworlds.com/defiance/en/2015/05/22/defiance-developer-qa-may-22/

1. Will Season 3 show crossover content be tied into expeditions?

   Season 3 content consists of the expeditions, we are planning to release the next expedition about a month after the Season 3 premiere of the show.

2. When are Diablo Station, the Quarry Seiges, and Incursions going to be fixed? I especially miss the Diablo Afflicted ones.

   We have a fix that we are in the process of testing and we hope to get this out to PTS soon.

3. What are the best ways to use Silicon Shards and will there be more uses in the future?

   Currently the main purpose of Silicon Shard Vendor is to fill out a newly aquired rig (without having to pull all of your existing chips out of your current rig). We are looking into ways of expanding the usage of Silicon Shards in the future.
   
   Once you’ve outfitted your rig with everything you want, shards continue to fill a role since you need all new chips on any new rig you get. Our expectation is that players will use different rigs in different circumstances, just like weapon loadouts, and we’ll be introducing more rigs in the future.

4. When can we expect results from the synergy feedback thread?

   We are looking into ideas about what players are interested in for future Synergies in events boxes.

5. Could the revive icon be updated to a timer?

   The current space in the HUD is a bit tight and we are considering using that space for other (possible) things in the future. For now the revive icon will remain as is, but good feedback!

6. What is the state of gear balancing at this point?

   Balance is an ongoing consideration. We continue to evaluate and make changes as deemed necessary.

7. What's the scoop on Community Pursuits, and possible Community synergies?

   We added a “Community” section in the Pursuits to allow for events such as Extra Life and possibly Holiday Events to be recognized in game, this may expand into real life events such as future conventions. Keep an eye out!

8. What steps are being taken by the team to prevent cheating in Defiance?

   As with any game we are constantly looking into addressing cheating and exploits. We cannot reveal exactly what we are doing to monitor these activities, but we are making progress towards tracking actions that warrant permanent account bans.

9. Any chance the continue expedition popup window on the hud is going to be moved? It blocks the place where you would see who is in your group. This has caused a couple times of people who left group accidentally to not be entered into Alcatraz with the rest of the group because no one could see they had dropped out.

   We’ll see what we can do to alleviate this, the HUD is pretty crowded with spots reserved for specific UI elements.