In this stream OverloadUT is joined by Trick Dempsey and they play on the NA PC servers.

Friday December 21, 2013 the Defiance Dev team streamed a play and Q&A session on the Trion Worlds Twitch channel .

Questions

Why is the Votan semi auto sniper only available on the crappy Soleptor store?

We are totally fixing that in a way that should make you happy since it would make that store be considerably better.

Critical chance on the TACC Assault Rifle changed?

They have not changed, due to the popularity of the assault rifles they have been used as a normalising ingredient as part of the weapon balance. So the TACC Assault Rifle is unchanged apart from a rounding error with a point of damage.

Disconnect issues at major arkfalls

We have been investigating this, it isn't PS3 specific but it does happy more often there.

XBOX Patcher

We have also been looking at this.

Grenade launchers that explode on impact does not have increased damage?

All grenade launchers should have, if they have not I can find out.

Why can't I hold more than 4 ark batteries?



Because that is the limit they can carry, we don't want people stockpiling them, we want people to use them.

Clan Progression, do Arenas count as Challenges?



They count as challenges.

Warmaster strategies



People have come up with the same strategies that we thought would dominate it. But it did bring up how the charge sniper rifles are super effective firing from the hip with no recoil. A typo is making them very effective. This will be fixed.

Suprised of the call for no reviving and to extract. This works only when everyone is on the same page.

Clan progression, why doesn't shadow wars count as more?



It is experience earned inside of the map that counts. Clan experience is just experience.

Post tutorial crash

Shouldn't be an issue any more

Are you adding new perks or filling in the 4 blank slots?



We are adding new perks, maybe not in the blank slots but maybe in the corners since it makes your early power choices more significant.

Will there be emotes?

There are emotes.Will we be adding other ones, hard to say we are working on other things at the moment.

Siege Updates



Yes we are fixing the surge bolter, and we are working on a major scoring update to encourage people to co-operate in sieges. Reviving people will be worth points.

New tips for friends

We cleaned up the newbie zones, I prefer having a lockbox or two items before doing some of the main difficult missions. However you can go as a group.

Hold E to switch grenades not working sometimes

It is supposed to, but there is a bug which stops it working some times.

Why are grenades not auto loot?

Because if I have only used a single grenade out of a stack of 5, and I don't want to pick up a stack of 5 grenades accidently when I could instead throw my remaining 4 and then pick up the stack of 5.

Will you ever make EGO progression worth it?

Yes. The fact that your number goes up and none of your other numbers go up is a problem.

PC UI

There have been a few, there are a few more particularly when it comes to chat. Some oddities when you have to double click on menus that doesnt make sense, and backing out of a selection on the salvage matrix actually takes you out of the salvage matrix.

As well as a setting that lets you see more players and more players at detail.

Favorite Comparison



You can compare one unequipped weapon to another if you have it favorited.

End game content

We are adding some.

Weapon re-mastery

Remastering weapons is an interesting issue, because as soon as power rating actually matters, weapon skill doesn't need to be gated on a distinction on the weapons themselves.

We are looking at whether that function which takes 20 minutes should in fact cause you to re-roll your mastery and let you continue to earn weapon skill.

Either we are going to change what it does, or shorten the time.

Can we get a fast scroll button?

I've been wondering the same thing.

When will you be able to sit on chairs in Defiance?

Never. We could make them a vehicle with 0 speed...

Volge Siege pyro grenade reward



Tier 4 lockbox from a Volge Siege should reward you with 3 items, 1 is a grenade.

Can't pick up spikes or stims when your inventory is full



Yes, your inventory is full.

Tier 4 mod boxes

Currently only in store, until we take them off as special. There is a plan to add them a vendor in the future.

I want to get into the crater bar

I do too.

What is the difference in rarity in spikes and stims?

They make them much more effective. The ego recharge gives you a full reset.

Scoring System

What bothers me is that rewards aren't based on damage and so showing up first does not mean you get the best reward, so that is why we need to unifying the scoring so that contribution is actually visible.

Warmaster loot

4 keycodes and 3 pieces of gear, 2 dlc exclusive pieces of gear including one that can roll epic or legendary.

Scavenger sniper rifle

It's coming, I think with our next DLC will be a new shop update.

Player arrows



We won't be disabling them, but we may add a disable HUD button.

Hi-res texture update in future PC versions

Yes, you already have them for the cutscenes, needs work to make them load properly.

Loot Balance

I am doing a push for loot balance right now.

Warmaster hanging glitch

We have seen this happen when people have blocked his path and he cannot get to the wall.

Achievement Trophy



At the moment it only gives credit to people who do the killing blow, but it should give to everyone inside the instance / bottom room or has contribution to that encounter. Yes we are fixing that in fact I fixed it this morning.

Why don't grenades automatically refill grenades from the claim items list



We do not want people to have an unlimited supply of grenades without ever having to exit combat, if you go to the claim item window you can grab them in the middle of a fight but you will be blinded and vulnerable.

Clan Queuing

We are looking on doing a clan queing system for pvp and instances. We are looking at the best way of pulling that off with doing the least complicated UI possible.

Oculus Rift

We aren't going to do any work to make the Oculus Rift headset work.

Death Marches

Our team is a big fan of death marches and we definitely think they should be a part of the game.

Video

The Defiance portion starts at 1:42:00



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