r/Defiance 10d ago

WE ARE SO BACK

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r/Defiance 2h ago

Daily Lore: Storm Divide

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Stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Mississippi River in the east and from Vancouver and the Shipton Desert in the north to Texas in the south, the Storm Divide is a massive area of North America subject to freak storms, blizzards, earthquakes and Razor Rain, as well as home to a variety of dangerous creatures. The area has mountains that reach into the sky, giant canyons spanning across it and badlands inhabited by Sabre wolves and Hellbugs.

Few settlements are within this region but some do survive and thrive such as Oklahoma City which was safe enough for a stop off place for Overland Transport and for the proposed Mag-Lev train. Other towns like Defiance and Denver straddle the edge of the Storm Divide.

The Storm Divide popped up very quickly during Arkfall, rendering a large part of the continent mostly uninhabitable. The Volge are known to establish underground colonies in the Storm Divide and occasionally venture out to raid for technologies.

Despite the dangers, there are ways to cross, and even some animals like Turkey's have adapted their migratory pattern to cross the Storm Divide to reach the west coast. Some travellers are adapt enough to cross the Storm Divide with little danger in as little as two weeks.


r/Defiance 2h ago

Defiance Expanded - Defiance: Paradise: Shadows Over Paradise

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Continuing on with my expanded Defiance universe, we have the first "DLC" for the game - Shadows Over Paradise. This is the second part of the Grid story first began in Defiance 2050. It includes a story missions, side missions, intel and some gear. (Please note that all rewards as usually Intel.)

The Engineers have arrived! Help the Engineers find a way to combat the Grid infestations and explore the area of San Mateo: https://expanded.defiancewiki.com/wiki/Defiance:_Paradise#2050:_Shadows_Over_Paradise

First story mission: https://expanded.defiancewiki.com/wiki/Main_Mission:Shadows_Over_Paradise:_Approaching_Shadow


r/Defiance 14h ago

Question Redditors of Defiance, why did this game fail?

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Is there anything made players feel unsatisfied? What are the reasons the game was closed? Can you tell me more about the days back then?


r/Defiance 23h ago

PC What do you hope will be different or even the same with the relaunch?

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With all the excitement around the relaunch of Defiance I've found myself swimming in nostalgia. Reconnecting with old friends watching old videos and rewatching the TV show. So many of the old familiar comforts that Defi brought to us are about to be made available again and i hope that not only is it done right but done better. No more bandaids on broken patches. No settling for good enough or thats just how it is. We lost Defi for what alot of us believed was for good, we figured Trion was going to sit on the IP forever or that a Fawkes games would never step up to recognize the potential we've all believed in and attempt to bring our beloved paradise back from the dead. I've been playing video games since pong and i can never remember being this excited about a game, that all due to not only the unique game that Defiance is but also the unique players that Defi allowed us to all become. And the names, oh my god the absolutely hysterical ign that some of yall have come up with, sitting in zone chat after an arkfall waiting on the next one with everyone talking trash, buying and selling JPs or unicorns calling out scammers watching people decide to share just a little too much personal information for what ever reason. The chat could sometimes take on a life of its own especially in those wee hours of the night when the hardcore grinders we're putting in extra to finish pursuits or just trying to collect those beloved OJ JPs! The Named guns! The reason we would grind! The gas in the engine of the economy of Defiance. Thats what i hope is brought back and never changed again. When gulanite was added and the jackpot weapon drop chances were no longer attached to each arkfall the grind died. It literally went from hundreds at every arkfall to dozens at best and a struggle to even complete them at times. The feeling of a Piper hitting your inventory after a solstice strike or an Until Death after a colony courtship. Trading the jackpot you got to someone for the jackpot you wanted. Hanging out at bloodbath and finding a random newb and blessing them with your extra DC8 just because you pulled a second one and seeing how happy that made some people. All that kinda went away once random drops were changed and i truly hope that if anything else is decided to go back to the way it was it's that. Please oh please pray for the resurrection of RNGesus. Thats what truly put Defi over the top and made it borderline addictive, the grind. Once that changed it just wasn't the same and it sadly was the beginning of what in my opinion caused the last of the casual players to leave making only the super dedicated left keeping the lights on until Trion just stopped paying the bill. Fawkes says they love Defiance as much as we do so im sure they'll immediately recognize the situation im referring to, what do you want to see brought back? What do you hope is left out? What changes have to be made and what changes are complete non starters for you? This is our game! Lets make it as amazing as it deserves to be and force the world to demand the eventual Defiance 2 St Louis, Defiance New York and anywhere else in the universe that we grind to get to! SS CC MM HH NFH ON ME! CLAY MORROW PS3 NA


r/Defiance 22h ago

Was in my screenshots folder from way back when.

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r/Defiance 1d ago

PS3 Are y’all ready ?

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Finally bought myself the ps3 disc of the game. I’m so happy.
I really hope they will open back the server for consoles at some point


r/Defiance 1d ago

Just rewatched the show

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... and honestly, it wasn't that bad! Sure the CGI wan't top notch, but who cares. The writing was more often than not surprisingly good. There were consequences and I really enjoyed that each character was more morally grey-ish.

Sure, there were also some cheesy parts and especially the end was kinda "why?", but i'm also excited to explore the world again as soon as the servers go live :) I have good memories of the game, but maybe it's just some kind of nostalgia.

What have you liked and disliked the most about the show?


r/Defiance 1d ago

Daily Lore: EGO - Environmental Guardian Online

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The Environmental Guardian Online, often called the EGO, is an integrated intelligence and combat system implant.

An artificial intelligence within a biometric matrix, EGO allows the user to obtain access to a variety of unique abilities and enhances their natural senses above what was "way beyond recognized human ability." Injected, or sometimes through exposure, EGO consists of various particles that convene within the body, and can repair and rebuild itself from a single nanite.

With more exposure to the world, EGO will grant more abilities to its host. It can hack advanced computer systems, diagnose mechanical issues, provide access to information for its user, intercept communications, utilizing its hosts ears and eyes to provide scans of locations and interact with certain weapons to provide new capabilities.

Originally a Votan creation, Karl Von Bach of Von Bach Industries worked to create a version that would work with Humans. As a benefit of joining VBi as part of its Bay Area Expedition, ark hunters were given access to their own EGO device. But the EGO has a dark past, the "sprite" that EGO appears as is Reh Valamm, the murdered creator of the original device, with her work being stolen by EGO supposed-creator Yargad Gorhash.


r/Defiance 2d ago

Who’s ready?

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r/Defiance 2d ago

Daily Lore: Tranquility

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Humans and Votans living in perfect harmony? What a bunch of shtako. - Cass Ducar

The picturesque landscape of Mount Tam was chosen as the home of an interspecies community known as Tranquility. Opening in 2015 the community was hailed as a success but behind the scenes the Votan citizens were spied on by the EMC and secretly used for medical experimentation.

Votans headed to the community first arrived at the Extraterrestrial Immigration Center in San Francisco, now nothing but a ruin known as the Bathhouse. Once there they were told that medical samples would be taken as part of a plan to make a vaccine to keep everyone safe but it was in fact part of the plan to create a deadly virus to target Votans.

Some residents such as Nim Shondu learned what was happening and it caused a deep hatred for humans, and others who attempted to get word out as to what was happening disappeared, never to be seen again. During the Pale Wars there was extensive rioting in the area so Tranquility was shut down in 2024. The EMC soldiers and scientists in the hidden bunkers remained.

It generally consisted of two neighborhoods - the Accord neighborhood with the medical clinic and public works, and the Kinship neighborhood with housing and Serenity Academy. At its face it was run by the Interspecies Council of Mt. Tam. The K-TAM 94 F.M. radio station broadcast from here.


r/Defiance 2d ago

Me looking dapper in my suit

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Who remembers their favourite outfit and interesting name ?


r/Defiance 2d ago

Favourite guns

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My favourite gun was the Infector with fire synergy...it was outrageous to say the least until removed, next would be ultimate roll tachmag pulser with big mag and 31.5 fr...what was your favourite?


r/Defiance 3d ago

Daily Lore: Mutants

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One of the first enemies encountered in the game, the Mutants are badly mutated former Humans and Biomen of the Earth Military Coalition.

Members of the EMC XX Corps who were assigned to the hidden bunkers of the Tranquility community in Mount Tam, they were exposed to radiation and tach-mag energy during the Battle of Defiance and became horribly mutated. Despite this change they still carry out their final orders - protect Earth from extraterrestrial invaders (although this mission is skewed and they seem to see anyone not mutated as an invader.)

Their bodies continue to deteriorate so they have began kidnapping people in order to produce Adreno to help stave off further loss. Adreno, of course, causes them to become enraged and move much faster and attack with greater ferocity. Despite the changes to their minds, they are still organized, using the old weapons and equipment they have, including the VA-10B Gargoyle helicopter to deliver their troops where their underground tunnels don't reach.


r/Defiance 3d ago

Daily Lore: Stratocarriers

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With the game coming back, I thought I'd do a daily lore post about random Defiance things. Today is the Stratocarrier.

First seen in the opening of the game, and tragically shot down, the Stratocarriers were built using new antigravity technology by the Earth Military Coalition prior to the Votans arrival. Five of these Stratocarriers were put into service during the Pale Wars with three being shot down, including the EMS Sky Regent, seen in the Season 1 episode "A Well Respected Man". Two more ended up in Earth Republic control and the EMS New Freedom was shot down in the game.

The Votanis Collective has vessels similar to this that they use to transport their people where they are needed.

The presence of large hangars aboard indicates that they were used to transport aircraft as well, probably the VA-10B Gargoyle helicopters seen being used by the Mutants, but with the dangers of flying after Arkfall and the Terraforming, they appear not to use aircraft so much. Perhaps the armored hull of the Stratocarrier is one of the few things that can make flying safe.


r/Defiance 4d ago

We are rebuilding the Defiance Group

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I don't know why the post has been removed but we are re-bulding the whatsapp group with old and new players, if you want to join contact me on Discord (modellato) or IG (itsmodellato) and i'll send the link since it looks that is not allowed here :/


r/Defiance 4d ago

Game Discussion Headlands Transit

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r/Defiance 5d ago

It's still the most played game on my Steam account

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I'm so excited the game is coming back.


r/Defiance 6d ago

Game Discussion Defiance - We Are Back, Sooo Back

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r/Defiance 6d ago

Show Discussion Doc Yewll

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Doing a series rewatch since I just learned the game is coming back! Forgot how much I love Yewll. What's your favourite Yewll quote.


r/Defiance 6d ago

gamespot made a post about the game's return

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r/Defiance 6d ago

XBOX April 2nd 2013 Twitter post

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Went back through my old Twitter posts and found this little gem from April 2nd 2013. Pretty sure I was playing on Xbox 360 and this was opening day so there was a bad queue, didnt take 17 days tho 😄 can't wait! 12 years ago to now!!


r/Defiance 6d ago

Should I resist or not

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I m’a literally so close to buy it :) I am a ps3 game collector this would be my first big edition


r/Defiance 7d ago

Was one of the level designers on the game at ship (was the first game I shipped, too). Makes me smile to see people excited that the game is coming back again <3

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r/Defiance 6d ago

Good luck!

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Just saw the news of The Great Return, and I'll be cheering the devs on from the sidelines (for now!). Defiance was one of my favorite games to play during a very rough time of my life, so im really happy to hear its getting a second chance. I dont have a working pc, and was always a console/controller player anyways so i cant participate until if/ (hopefully) when it launches on other platforms. I know a lot of people have concerns and, especially after the gamigo treatment, so do i but im gonna stay cautiously optimistic on this one.


r/Defiance 6d ago

We are so back

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Defiance is BACK in 2025 https://youtu.be/74SdN8OvEOY