Update - We're back! Thanks again, everyone.



Hey folks,

We're doing a quick restart of Defiance for all platforms in a few minutes. Downtime should be brief (about 15 minutes).

This restart should resolve the missing daily and weekly contracts.

Thanks for your patience.

Update - We're back! Thanks again, everyone.



Hey folks,

We're doing a quick restart of Defiance for all platforms in a few minutes. Downtime should be brief (about 15 minutes).

This restart should resolve the missing daily and weekly contracts.

Thanks for your patience.

Greetings Ark hunters!

We're bringing Defiance offline on Monday for an update. Downtime will start at 11:00 AM PST / 7:00 PM GMT on December 12, 2016.

This downtime should take about 2 hours, but we'll keep you updated if we come back before that, or need a bit more time.

Thanks!

Patch Notes

NEW EVENT

Solstice Strike is back! Fight the Volge in major and minor arkfalls. Get the new Hibernal Barrage synergy! The Abominable Warmaster also awaits Arkhunters at Major arkfall impact sites.

Finish the daily and weekly contracts to get your weekly reward. The reward will contain a guaranteed Legendary Hibernal weapon and an epic mod with the chance to be legendary (chance at a jackpot weapon).

A new pursuit has been added called "Cold White Silence". Complete this pursuit during the Solstice Strike event to receive a special jackpot reward: The jackpot "Rudolph" Auto Lobber and the titles "Jack Frost" and "Ice Queen".



NEW WEAPON BASES

4 New explosive weapon bases have been added for the Hibernal Barrage synergy:

Plasma Battery - LMG that fires plasma charges which explode on impact.
Plasma Bolter - Sniper Rifle that fires a high speed plasma charge which explodes on impact. Charging the weapon increases the damage dealt.
Plasma Blaster - Fires a high speed plasma charge which explodes on impact
Plasma Burst Rifle - Automatic assault rifle that fires 3 round bursts of plasma charges which explode on impact.

NEW SYNERGY

Hibernal Barrage
[1] Reduce the range at which explosives hit you by 25%
[2] -15% Reload
[3] +10% Damage
[4] On Full Reload or Explosive Kill, +45% Movespeed and 10% Life and Shield Steal for 5s (Cooldown: 10s)

Included weapon types: Plasma Battery, Plasma Bolter, Plasma Blaster, Plasma Burst Rifle, Big Boomer, CS-X Cluster Shot, Guided Launcher

Chance at one of 8 all new jackpots (one special charge blade):



ALL Hibernal manufactured weapons (dropping from both the event and lock boxes) will have an additional effect: +30% Full Damage Radius! This is in addition to all synergy and bonuses.

NEW VANITY BUNDLE

Frostbringer Pack:

• RM Renegade “Frostbringer” Van – Show your Solstice pride by rocking the Abominable Warmaster on the side of this brand new vehicle
  
• Legendary Naughty – A Snowman launching Daisy Cutter that spawns tracking snowballs
  
• Legendary Nice – A Gift bombarding Ground Pounder
  
• “Frostbringer” Title

WEAPON UPDATES

• CS-X Cluster Shot base damage increased by 25%

Greetings Ark hunters!

We're bringing Defiance offline on Monday for an update. Downtime will start at 11:00 AM PST / 7:00 PM GMT on December 12, 2016.

This downtime should take about 2 hours, but we'll keep you updated if we come back before that, or need a bit more time.

Thanks!

Patch Notes

NEW EVENT

Solstice Strike is back! Fight the Volge in major and minor arkfalls. Get the new Hibernal Barrage synergy! The Abominable Warmaster also awaits Arkhunters at Major arkfall impact sites.

Finish the daily and weekly contracts to get your weekly reward. The reward will contain a guaranteed Legendary Hibernal weapon and an epic mod with the chance to be legendary (chance at a jackpot weapon).

A new pursuit has been added called "Cold White Silence". Complete this pursuit during the Solstice Strike event to receive a special jackpot reward: The jackpot "Rudolph" Auto Lobber and the titles "Jack Frost" and "Ice Queen".



NEW WEAPON BASES

4 New explosive weapon bases have been added for the Hibernal Barrage synergy:

Plasma Battery - LMG that fires plasma charges which explode on impact.
Plasma Bolter - Sniper Rifle that fires a high speed plasma charge which explodes on impact. Charging the weapon increases the damage dealt.
Plasma Blaster - Fires a high speed plasma charge which explodes on impact
Plasma Burst Rifle - Automatic assault rifle that fires 3 round bursts of plasma charges which explode on impact.

NEW SYNERGY

Hibernal Barrage
[1] Reduce the range at which explosives hit you by 25%
[2] -15% Reload
[3] +10% Damage
[4] On Full Reload or Explosive Kill, +45% Movespeed and 10% Life and Shield Steal for 5s (Cooldown: 10s)

Included weapon types: Plasma Battery, Plasma Bolter, Plasma Blaster, Plasma Burst Rifle, Big Boomer, CS-X Cluster Shot, Guided Launcher

Chance at one of 8 all new jackpots (one special charge blade):



ALL Hibernal manufactured weapons (dropping from both the event and lock boxes) will have an additional effect: +30% Full Damage Radius! This is in addition to all synergy and bonuses.

NEW VANITY BUNDLE

Frostbringer Pack:

• RM Renegade “Frostbringer” Van – Show your Solstice pride by rocking the Abominable Warmaster on the side of this brand new vehicle
  
• Legendary Naughty – A Snowman launching Daisy Cutter that spawns tracking snowballs
  
• Legendary Nice – A Gift bombarding Ground Pounder
  
• “Frostbringer” Title

WEAPON UPDATES

• CS-X Cluster Shot base damage increased by 25%

Save 25% on the Ravenous Consumption Supply Crates from now until 11:59 AM PST (7:59 PM GMT) on Monday, December 12th!

Enemies defeated using Ravenous manufactured weapons drop a bonus consumable charge (Cooldown: 10s).

Synergy: Ravenous Consumption
[1] On grenade hit, +45% movement speed for 5s
[2] On stim use, -25% Damage Taken for 15s
[3] On spike use, +25% Damage and Rate of Fire for 15s
[4] On kill, chance to reset grenade, spike, stim, and EGO power cooldown (Cooldown: 30s)

Act today, these Supply Crates are gone Monday!

Save 25% on the Ravenous Consumption Supply Crates from now until 11:59 AM PST (7:59 PM GMT) on Monday, December 12th!

Enemies defeated using Ravenous manufactured weapons drop a bonus consumable charge (Cooldown: 10s).

Synergy: Ravenous Consumption
[1] On grenade hit, +45% movement speed for 5s
[2] On stim use, -25% Damage Taken for 15s
[3] On spike use, +25% Damage and Rate of Fire for 15s
[4] On kill, chance to reset grenade, spike, stim, and EGO power cooldown (Cooldown: 30s)

Act today, these Supply Crates are gone Monday!

New Frontier Harvest hotfix:

PREMIUM ELITE AND ELITE LOCKBOX JACKPOT

• Chaos, Order, Harmony, and Turmoil have been replaced for the Premium Elite and Elite lock boxes. “Oblivion” is the new SMG Bombardier jackpot weapon! Get yours from Premium Elite or Elite boxes today!

VENDOR JACKPOTS
All new vendor jackpots have been added to all vendors. The following vendors have had jackpots replaced in their boxes and added directly on the vendor:

• Von Bach Industries
  
• 7th Legion
  
• Thorn Liro
  
• Top-Notch Toolworks
  
• Soleptor Enterprises

New Frontier Harvest hotfix:

PREMIUM ELITE AND ELITE LOCKBOX JACKPOT

• Chaos, Order, Harmony, and Turmoil have been replaced for the Premium Elite and Elite lock boxes. “Oblivion” is the new SMG Bombardier jackpot weapon! Get yours from Premium Elite or Elite boxes today!

VENDOR JACKPOTS
All new vendor jackpots have been added to all vendors. The following vendors have had jackpots replaced in their boxes and added directly on the vendor:

• Von Bach Industries
  
• 7th Legion
  
• Thorn Liro
  
• Top-Notch Toolworks
  
• Soleptor Enterprises

Greetings Ark hunters!

We're bringing Defiance offline on Wednesday for maintenance and Windows updates (these updates are for the server hardware used for all version of the game).

Downtime will start at 10:00 AM PDT / 5:00 PM UTC on November 30, 2016.

This downtime should take about 2 hours, but we'll keep you updated if we come back before that, or need a bit more time.

Thanks!

Greetings Ark hunters!

We're bringing Defiance offline on Wednesday for maintenance and Windows updates (these updates are for the server hardware used for all version of the game).

Downtime will start at 10:00 AM PDT / 5:00 PM UTC on November 30, 2016.

This downtime should take about 2 hours, but we'll keep you updated if we come back before that, or need a bit more time.

Thanks!