Developer Q&A: June 15

Kiwibird has posted the latest Q&A on the Defiance Forums.

Welcome, ark hunters! You’ve asked, we’re answering. We’re back with another action packed Defiance Developer Q&A! If you haven't had a chance to yet, make sure you add your questions to this week's Q&A collection thread.

Source: http://forums.defiance.com/showthread.php?217552-Defiance-Developer-Q-amp-A-June-15 

 

Have the rewards for expeditions been examined?

As discussed during our most recent livestream, we’re going to have Rashere make a pass at adding some additional loot at higher levels.

Has there been a discussion regarding Shield chips on the Cyber Rigs? The bug damage on infectors, Hatchling grenades, and the last synergy on Saturnalina are also concerning players.

As mentioned, we have a list of some issues regarding effects. We will patch those up once we confirm that the fixes do not impact other areas.

Will the Summer Solstice be a three week event like the last few?

We are aiming at a 2 week event, but we still haven't locked down the exact dates. We should soon announce more specific times for our Summer event.

What happened to Rashere?

Rashere is alive and well, though you may see less of him in a community role.

Any plans to revisit the EGO payout for Season 3 Expedition Pursuits?

We are adding new Pursuits for the Dark Matter Expedition, and a few more will come down the line in the future.

Can we have a toggle option for the HUD where we can turn things off such as incursions? There's a lot of stuff on the screen that I just don't want or need to see and it spoils my enjoyment of the game.

It may be good quality of life to have the legend also toggle the minimap in the HUD. We’ll check to see if that is a quick change and if this is a highly desired change, we will look into this further. We may hold a poll to determine this.

What are you planning or implementing for player retention? Any update on Warmaster?

We have a new Expedition coming out soon, the Summer event, along with the other holiday events are also lined up. We’re scoping out the next few content update patches right now. As for the Warmaster, we are continuing to investigate.

Did y’all remove players from the scoreboards for contract sites and coops?

We did not, but we have a fix that we are testing for this issue that we hope to implement as soon as we can.

Can VBI expedition contracts be removed? VBI expedition contracts are hindering my ability to buy Gunslinger crates.

Expedition contracts will remain on VBI, though we may do some tweaking on them so you won’t have to kill a specific boss in the future. We have also added additional contracts to the Patron Pass.

Every time anyone teleports to Silicon Valley, they crash. There are no shadow wars, no challenges, and we are continuing to have trouble with incursions and conflicts. What is the team planning for this area?

There is a certain path in Silicon Valley near Port Bruno between the parking structures that we are looking at. A few of us would like to make a pass at Silicon Valley with the content additions mentioned above.