Friday Dev Livestream (January 31)

Friday January 31, 2013 the Defiance Dev team streamed a play and Q&A session on the Trion Worlds Twitch channel.

In this stream OverloadUT and dahanese show off DLC 3 on the Alpha Test Server and answer some prepared questions.

Questions

Clan management, highlight an allied clan

We don't have a concept for clan alliances or have plans for that in the future. So it is something that is added to a suggestions list. It is something that isn't high on the radar or the on list of priorities of things to do.

HD Textures

Open engineering task, we are working on it.

BDNA Volge and EGO Connection Research

It's a big thing in the lore, the question is a little unclear. However there is an issue with the contract not working and it's going to be removed.

Chat System Fixes

We have some overhauls for the chat on the alpha server right now, the community helped us fix some bugs from that and we are still collecting feedback for it.

Can mod vendors names to be adjusted to reflect the specialities they sell? e.g. Mods (Pistols)

They could be, we should put that on the task list. (It's on the task list)

Can we have favorited items moved to the bottom of the inventory list?

With 7th legion they won't re-sort immediately on favoriting. You have to leave the menu and return for it to apply.

Can we have a photo mode to go to first person with no HUD

Probably won't make the priority list.

Favorite items sorted by rarity and weapon type?

They are sorted by the same system as the rest of the inventory. There aren't plans right now to make that happen.

Loot table for weapon drops

That fix comes with 7th legion, not only does the Wolfhound drop more frequently but so do the weapons which deal considerably less damage than the others.

Alternate ways to gain Echelon reputation

Echelon is a PvP faction, we may add another way to get it in the future but there aren't any plans presently.

When will the Cerberus pursuit be fixed?

There is not an ETA for that yet, it is on the radar but we don't have a date.

What do you get for purchasing the DLC?

There are new weapons and shield types that you can only equip if you own the DLC.

You get a title and a couple of things up front, but the main thing you get is access to all that new gear. Which are pretty mechanically distinct and interesting.

Season two pursuit amounts

Not sure of the exact number, won't promise until we've done the development of it.

Can you remove the player cap for starting a PvP match?

In 7th legion we have greatly reduced that cap, removing it completely would be silly as being in a PvP match alone wouldn't be satisfying.

Can we have an ammo box at Diablo Lighthouse?

Probably. Until it's in the game not going to say yes, but it's a good idea.

Crash on max breakdown, vehicles randomly dissapearing

We are aware about these. We did find a rogue vehicle removal instance but it doesn't count for all of the instances.

Not being able to pick up loot, sieges locking up

After testing it doesn't seem to be the issue locking up the sieges, we've added a new scale testing system to help us isolate the issue.

PS3 connection issues

It's a broad thing, it's being constantly worked on.

Will you ever add more enemies to co-op levels?

Yes.

Will you buff up their health?

Yes.

Will you allow all levels to be playable with 1-3 players

No, not all the maps will be available solo.

Episode missions icons coming back

Episode missions are replayable, and they can be replayed an hour after their most recent completion. You should just hide the icons if you need to.

Will mods and weapons from the new vendor boxes be non tradeable like other faction vendors?

Gear from the faction boxes will not be tradable.

Will they have fixed rolls like other vendors?

Vendor boxes have weapons with random rolls.

EGO Rating on weapons, not being able to trade with lower ego rating?

Not anytime soon.

Weather system

It's probably not on the horizon.

DLC 3 release date

You will hear about the release date on Monday.

Future of PvP

We don't have anything in detail to say about that.

Pursuits problems will co-op instances get fixed?

There are people completing all sorts of pursuits, some people are having problems so it's not perfect. The stability of co-op instances has been talked about. Some of the work is reducing unexpected disconnects and some has gone into fixing unstable event scripting like the boss room of commandeer cronkhite which is fixed and the hulker room in explosions 101 which is partially fixed.

Video

The Defiance portion starts at 1:40:00

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