It’s been four years since the original Defiance launched on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, alongside a tie in science fiction TV show on SyFy. Since then, the game has continued to entertain players in the background, but developer Trion Worlds now wants to do more with the IP- which begins with the announcement, as reported by DualShockers, that Defiance will be coming to PS4 and Xbox One.

The shift to PS4 and Xbox One will mark 1080p resolutions and higher framerates; additionally, the game will be massively changed in the transition to the new generation of hardware, including changes made in response to fan feedback.

As of right now, it is unclear if players on the Xbox 360 and PS3 will get the newer experience that is coming to the PS4 and Xbox One- that said, if you are a fan of the property, you will definitely appreciate what Trion Worlds has been working on, as well as their admirable commitment to continuity.

Trion Worlds has been on fire lately with updates. First its free to play fantasy MMO Rift received the Nightmare Tide expansion and now online shooter Defiance has received the Aftermath update following the conclusion of season 2 for the TV series. Check out the trailer above.

The Aftermath will add a bunch of new story missions along with some new enemy types and other goodies to justify your time. Defiance went free to play earlier this year for all platforms so now’s as good a time as ever to get in on the third person shooting.

Defiance is set in the future on Earth and focuses on Ark Hunters who scavenge treasure and technology from alien ships. You’ll have to deal with the Votanis Collective, a race of aliens also inhabiting Earth in a shaky truce. What are your thoughts on the new Aftermath update? Let us know in the comments below.

Director of communications at Trion Worlds Europe Jonathan Goddard stated that, “As part of its recent company realignment, Trion’s European publishing office based in Guildford, UK, will be closing down. European localised versions of Trion’s live and upcoming games will not be affected as all regional game development and support continues from Redwood City, CA.”

Along with Defiance, Rift and titles like ArcheAge and End of Nations which are still in development, it seems Redwood City is now the hub for all Trion-based activity. Despite lay-offs earlier this year, the studio appointed a new CEO with Scott Hartsman. However, following his appointment, the San Diego branch of the developer was closed. Stay tuned for more on Trion’s future.

“We can confirm that the San Diego studio will be closing. The day to day operations of Defiance will be moved to our Redwood City studio where it can be managed alongside Rift and our other in development titles including ArcheAge and End of Nations.

“As part of this transition, we are working hard to ensure that a number of great people will be making the move from San Diego to the Bay Area and continue their work at Trion.”

This is hardly surprising considering that Trion Worlds recently laid off several employees earlier this year, many of them working on Trion’s other free to play title RIFT. The closure of the San Diego branch happened on the same that former CCO and executive producer for RIFT Scott Hartsman was appointed to the post of CEO.

he developer behind the recently released free-to-play MMO Action-RPG Defiance has been hit with layoffs. Trion Worlds are responsible for their successful previous MMORPG that was released back in 2011 Rift. They have recently announced that Rift is going free-to-play on June 12th and will still continue to create fresh content for the players. Meanwhile, Defiance has been receiving mixed reviews. While the game has significant potential, it also has a fair share of issues that need to be addressed. You can take a look at our Defiance review right here for yourself if you’re interested.

Here is the full statement from Trion Worlds regarding the layoffs:

“To best position Trion in a rapidly changing industry, we have reorganized our teams and are expanding our free to play offering. With Defiance, we delivered a great game that more than one million gamers registered to play and continue to enjoy. As we progress from launch to ongoing development of the game, we are adjusting our staffing levels to deliver new content and improved features. RIFT, and our other titles in development, were unaffected by these changes. We are very much looking forward to the free to play release of RIFT and are excited by the other new titles currently in development.”

IGN has also reported that the company has laid off about 80% of their staff. However, a studio representative has stated that those numbers are “exaggerated”.

Trion Worlds delivered one of my favorite MMORPGs which was Rift, and it would be sad to see them go. Hopefully, things are not as severe as they seem to be and only time will indicate what will happen in the future.

Lets us know what you think about this situation in the comments below.

Check back on GamingBolt for future updates as this story develops.

It’s made by Trion Worlds as a tie in with the Syfy series Defiance. The game was released on April 2nd, 2013.

Namco Bandai distributed the game on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. [reference]

“We’re delighted to be working with Namco Bandai, a great company with a proven track record in bringing big games successfully to the market thanks to their great distribution network and excellent relationship with retailers,” said Keri Taylor, Director of Sales, Trion Worlds.

The game combines the intense action of a console third-person shooter, with the persistence, scale, and customization of an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online game), while its TV counterpart exudes the scope, story, and drama of a classic sci-fi epic.

After enjoying acceptable sales, the game saw a fairly rapid decline in players, because of this the games business model was changed and Defiance went free to play on June 4th 2014.

• 1. Development
• 2. Gameplay
• 3. Season Pass
• 4. Characters
• 5. Media

Development

Trion Worlds has announced that online gaming veteran Nathan Richardsson, who’s experience spans titles like EVE Online, World of Darkness and Dust 514, has joined the company as Vice President of Development and Executive Producer for their upcoming multi-platform MMO third person shooter. [reference]

Defiance is being developed in conjunction with the sci-fi TV series set to premier on SyFy.

As Richardsson states, “Trion is an incredibly dynamic company and is already leading a revolution in the online gaming space. Defiance is the future of entertainment, and the collaboration between Trion and Syfy means you have two powerhouses blazing a trail that will fundamentally change the way both gamers and viewers consume entertainment. It’s amazingly ambitious and exactly the kind of immense challenge that I’ve been looking for.”

His responsibilities entail collaborating between the Trion development team and SyFy, guiding the overall creative direction of the game through launch. With more than a decade of experience, he’ll be sure to lead Defiance on the right path.

We also interview Nathan and you can read that here. [reference]

He revealed that Borderlands was definitely an inspiration for the game.

“Borderlands and other open world games are definitely inspirations, it gives a lot of freedom and enables us to seamlessly go through very different types of gameplay, ranging from the single-player experience, into competitive multiplayer, like our Shadow Wars to the massive co-op boss battles like the Ark Falls,” he told us.

The game will take 10 GB on the Xbox 360. [reference]

Gameplay

“Character progression is very free-form, there are no classes, you define those yourself from various abilities you gain over time. You then essentially create various builds you switch between while playing. Character customization is part of this progression as well, where we’re closer to a shooter than an RPG but leveraging that we’re an online game so we’re constantly expanding the possibilities,” Richardson told us.

“Looking at weapon customization first, we have about 14 types that span over traditional bullet weapons and explosive weapons to the more alien infectors and BMGs. Each of these can then individually be modified with up to 4 different weapon mods to better suit your play style.

“These are then be combined with your own loadouts or “classes” mentioned earlier, where you have a combination of active and passive abilities which are grouped under what we call, your “EGO”. You gather EGO points through various means which allows you to expand upon these abilities, allowing you more breadth of loadouts you can switch between while playing. It’s that marrying of player skill, player abilities and customization in an open world, where everything you gain, is applicable and usable both against NPCs as well as other players.”

Season Pass

The Season Pass grants players access to the first 5 DLC Packs which are in the pipeline. The Pass is available for  $39.99, 20% lesser than buying each DLC pack individually. [reference]

There will be new playable alien species, new weapons and vehicles, missions, and rewards, plus two bonus items, an exclusive digital Hellbug combat cap and a Lock Box.

Characters

• Karl Von Bach – CEO of Von Bach Industries, the man who hired you to come to the Bay Area
• Varus Soleptor – A Liberata, one of the Votan species, he is a business owner and a very rich person
• Torc Mok – A Sensoth, one of the Votan species, former soldier
• Rosa Rodriguez – A genius inventor who operates Top-Notch Toolworks
• Cass Ducar – An Irathient and an ark hunter
• Eren Niden – A Indogene, one of the Votan species, bio-technician who works with Rosa
• Jon Cooper – The local “Lawkeeper” and former military soldiers
• Joshua Nolan – War veteran and ex-grifter
• Irisa Nyira – An Irathient girl who was rescued by Nolan

Media

Here are some Defiance screenshots [reference]

This wiki was last updated on 2nd, January, 2015. 

efiance is finally here, the long-awaited Sci-Fi Action Third Person Action MMRORPG from Trion Worlds. It is one of the first MMOs to be ever released on the same day on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 alongside the PC version.

Defiance tries to justify itself with fresh ideas, interesting game mechanics, different character progression, micro-transactions and being more story driven than most previous MMO games. So how do all these new ideas blend together and what kind of experience do they create?

Visual Style and Sound:

Defiance is a new action third-person MMORPG so the presentation must be particularly good in order to be impressed by the overall feel of the universe. Majority of MMO games are centered around elves, dwarves and humans. However, Defiance is a Sci-Fi MMO, so this makes things a bit more intriguing already.

There are not that many Sci-Fi MMOs that are that popular with the exception of Star Wars: The Old Republic, although everyone knows Star Wars, so there is actually no new universe there. Trion Worlds did an excellent job with their dark-fantasy MMO Rift. It had a beautiful unique art-style and looked gorgeous on high-end PCs. So it’s highly exciting to see them go the Sci-Fi route this time around and what they can do.

Defiance in my opinion has a remarkably unique look and feel to it. It’s not a drop-dead gorgeous game, but when it’s running on full settings at maximum frame-rate without hitches, it looks beautiful and believable. Defiance has a significant world to explore and there will be more to come as  the game continues to evolve and gets free content patches. Overall I am happy with the graphics quality of the game. It looks crisp and clean and good enough for today’s MMO standards.

The voice acting and the narrative story is also a delightful touch, characters are interesting, but some of them can be a bit annoying. The sound of bullets and laser can probably use a bit more work, but it didn’t bother me that much during gameplay.

The music in the game is kind of interesting, its a mix of techno and a bit of dub-step and it also continually loops almost every time you enter into a fight. It clearly adds a good immersion to the combat but sometimes can get a bit over-played.

Enemies in the World:

Throughout my experience in Defiance, I ventured through grassy and hilly areas, military bases and even small towns that you have to save from the horrific Hellbugs and Raiders gang members.

The enemy variety so far seems lacking, majority of the time I was just encountering the same mutants for the beginning portion of the game that lasted a good three to four hours. The mutants are the first type of enemies you will come across in the world of Defiance. Mutants are also divided into different classes such as melee mutants, rifleman, heavy large mutants with machine-guns and grenade launchers and of course shotgun officers.

As you continue playing the game, you will eventually encounter the Hellbugs. Hellbugs are also broken up into different enemy divisions such as the small ones that try to jump on you and bite you, bigger ones that hit you in the face with their pincers, flying bugs that shoot-out dangerously but are easier to kill and the monstrous ones that are extremely large and require multiple people to take down.

Raiders are typical humanoid gang-members that threaten innocent people and of course raid towns and military bases. Raiders are basically the street gangsters and robbers of Defiance in a nutshell.

Overall Presentation:

I think Defiance has a well-defined universe that has a beautiful future ahead of it when it comes to the world itself. The developers have crafted an interesting visual style, an interesting story and believable characters. I personally can’t wait to see what they will add to the table as the game’s story-line progresses and content patches are released.

The game now is almost a month old, and its still a baby, I cannot even imagine what will happen to the game in the next year or two. I remembered when Rift came out and how it didn’t have a lot of content at the time. Now, however, it’s a completely different beast and just has so much more now than it ever did. I have faith in Trion World, and we will see what will happen as the game lives on.

The Leveling System:

The game’s leveling is based off the Ego that you earn every-time you level up. The higher your ego is, the more points you can spend to upgrade your character’s abilities through the Ego Grid. The Grid has 4 main powers that you can spec into at the beginning of the game.

The four powers are Blur, Invisibility, Decoy and Charge and each one is unique and has its own set of advantages. For example, when the player activates the Blur ability he/she can move a lot quicker to get closer to an enemy to get a quick melee hit in or a shotgun shot in the face. The player may also use it to get away from a gun-fight or escape from a dangerous situation when the health is low, and the shield is down.

The Decoy power lets players send out a dummy of themselves to distract an enemy and trick them into shooting the fake target to either kill them or get away from the fight. Overcharge ability allows players to overcharge their gun for a major hit. This ability is more useful for players who want to be more offensive with their weapons and use offense as the best defense in every situation. Then the Invisibility power will let players go invisible and sneak up on other players during PvP or combat, or escape from a near-death situation.

As you play the game and level up, you will start gaining more Ego points that will allow you to branch off from your main power into smaller skills that act as perks that you can later equip for bonuses. I picked Blur as my main power and Blur branches of into passive skills that include some sort of survival bonuses or damage boosts after killing an enemy with a melee attacks.

At the beginning, it doesn’t make a lot of difference, but as you go through the game and things start to get tougher that’s where the choices you make will undoubtedly start to matter between life and death during combat. Is this a good system? To be honest, I don’t truly know, but I like it and I think it’s fun, different and something that will require a lot of experimentation. MMOs are tricky in that regard, and it usually takes a particularly long time to see if this kind of stuff can certainly work for the game or not in the long run, so its hard to judge right now.

Progression:

Progressing in Defiance is lacking. MMOs are usually addicting because of character and gear progression, however, I didn’t feel that with Defiance. The loot in the game is strange while there are many different type of guns to collect there is no actual gear to wear. You will not be looking for helmets, gloves, pants or any sort of clothing whatsoever, all of clothing that you get is cosmetic gear that you can earn from achieving different goals in the game through the Pursuit system.

Guns are the only type of loot that the game has while that kind of makes sense for third-person shooting action game, it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever for an MMO genre because MMOs were and still are always about finding that new piece of loot that makes your character +1 better. This makes the game feel as if it’s a single-player experience with new guns to collect that are not that much different. The more you use the gun the more experience points it will earn and eventually it will start leveling up. It’s an interesting system, but then that kind of breaks the point of finding new guns.

Why would anyone try to find new guns if they can just level up the one they have? Sad part is I had the same gun for a long time since the start of the game, and when I got a new one it didn’t feel much different, and it wasn’t that much useful either.

The Pursuit system in Defiance is nice and addicting. There are a ton of goals to achieve, that range from main questing, challenges, exploring all areas and so on. Completing these goals will actually reward players with cosmetic things like imposing looking outfits or new vehicles that they can drive in the world.

Traversing the world in Defiance is fun. The vehicles range from different type of ATVs and cars that can either be bought through vendors for a lot of scrap (scrap is the money currency in Defiance) or unlocked through Pursuits. It won’t be that long before you get your first vehicle. In the world of Defiance, the distances between missions are usually long and require a lot of traveling.

Overall, I would say that Defiance has half of the progression correct and the other half incorrect. The Pursuit system is a good design for rewarding the elite players with plenty of cosmetic stuff and virtual achievements. However, the progression in terms of actual loot is not well-designed and feels boring.

Questing and Combat:

If you have played any other MMO games then questing in Defiance will be no different for the most part. The game is divided into different types of quests such as the story-line quests, side-quests and challenges. The story-line quests are the most fun and the best that the game has to offer. They are full of in-game cinematics, dialogue and voice acting, however, the best part is that they’re fun and not super repetitive, unlike the game’s side-quests.

The side-quests consist of telling players to go to a specific location, repair a generator and fight off enemies. The main issue with that is that those quests repeat way too much and instead of repairing a generator you may have to turn on three switches instead, which in reality are exactly same thing and nothing different.

After completing over 25 side-quests, I lost interest; instead I just started to focus on the story or the challenge missions that are more fun. Challenge missions are repeatable, and they can range from killing a ton of enemies within a certain amount of time to score a bronze, silver or gold medal to all the way to racing through checkpoints in your awesome ATV.

The game also has something called Arkfalls. There are major and minor Arkfalls in the game as you go through phases you eventually face a boss that require a lot of players to take down. Players come in from different parts of the map to kill the monstrous Hellbug or fight off a mutant invasion. Doing this together is a lot of fun, especially with friends or people you may know. Seeing random players join the party is also interesting, because it makes the world feel alive and that you’re not the only one involved in the game.

The combat in Defiance is real-time and feels great for the most part. Its designed well enough to feel like a fast paced action game, and it gives a good break from the old-fashioned MMO combat.

However, the combat is not without its issues due to the horrible A.I in the game. The A.I. in the game is so dumb that most of the time the enemies either stand still to get shot or don’t even move away from grenades when they’re right next to them. It’s hard to die in Defiance, because of how silly the A.I. is, however, when there is a pack of enemies it’s very easy to get overwhelmed and killed.

The death system in Defiance is too forgiving in my opinion. The first time your health reaches zero, you have a chance to do self-recovery and get back up into the action right away. Meanwhile, if you die again, you will res-pawn instantly not too far from where you originally got killed. Its also possible for another player to revive you if you do not wish to re-spawn.

The only penalty that players get from dying is a loss of scrap and that’s it. This death system basically destroys the entire challenge in the game. I personally do not like this system, and I think the game needs to tweak the penalty after they die.

Co-op Play:

In Defiance players can participate in special cooperative missions which are essentially the same thing as a dungeon from other MMO games. As you and your buddies level up by playing the game at a natural pace, you will eventually start unlocking co-operative missions. Once you have unlocked these missions, you may queue up for whichever mission you want to do.

One of the missions I did was called ‘Liberate the Lost’. In this mission, me and three other players were tasked with cleaning out some sort of military building full of mutants. The pace felt decent, and the combat was challenging, (expect when the A.I acted dumb) once we have reached the end of the mission we were tasked with killing a boss. The boss surprisingly was hard to kill, and it took us a few tries before we managed to take him down.

The cooperative missions are fun to do, and they’re well designed. I recommend you participate in them, especially if you have buddies that you enjoy gaming with.

PVP System:

PvP in Defiance is quite fun. The game provides battleground-like matches where players participate in team death-match battles. There were two different playable maps, Waterfront and Observatory. Waterfront is 6 versus 6; meanwhile Observatory is a bigger map and supports up to 16 players in 8 versus 8. The PvP combat itself feel great, its fast-paced, hit detection works fine, lag was none-existent, and it felt as if you were playing an online third-person competitive multiplayer title.

Defiance PvP also offers something called Shadow War. Shadow War is equivalent of Battlefield 3’s Conquest mode where players are pitted in large scale 64 versus 64 open-world battles for zone capture and land control. I think I had the most fun playing Shadow War because it makes the game feel much more open and immersive as opposed to your standard battlegrounds that are instanced.

For example, I spawned with a sniper rifle and went up a hill near a capture point and was guarding it against the opposing team from a distance. Its fascinating to get this level of freedom in an MMO game.

However, PvP is not without its issues due to some abilities being overpowered such as invisibility and guns that infest players with some sort of alien goo that spawns bugs after the player dies. I am not surprised that there are some balancing problems, this is a new game and PvP will always be changing and evolving. I personally think the PvP in its current state just needs a few balancing tweaks, and it will be better, but its acceptable as of now.

Conclusion:

Trion World has definitely put a lot of thought and effort into designing this brand new Sci-Fi MMO, and I personally think the game has a lot of potential. MMO games are really hard to judge, especially when they first launch due to the amount of bugs, server issues and lack of content. However, Trion World had proved before that they can do a highly good job when it comes to improving games and they did that with their first MMO game called Rift.

I think Defiance has a vast future ahead of it, all it needs is time and feedback for a year or so and this game will be a lot better than it is today. Thanks to the game’s attractive art-style, fun story-line quests, addicting Pursuit/Achievement system, and Ego Points leveling system makes the game unique and lets it stand out from other MMOs.

This game was reviewed on the PC.

Trion Worlds’ Nathan Richardsson stated that, “We’re incredibly proud that after five years of development, we are bringing this ambitious project to life. The game launch is just the beginning of a truly unique entertainment experience.” This experience has since been described as “transmedia”.

The developer has also released a range of stats detailing the activity of its players: So far, 500 million hellbugs have been killed, with 1 million Arkfalls – chunks of alien ships – battled across and a total of 50 million miles have been driven across.

Defiance ties in with SyFy’s TV series of the same name. It is an off-shoot that is meant to run parallel to the show. Releasing on April 2nd for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, it debuted strongly on Steam with multiple pre-orders before its release.

Titled “Sharks in Winter Solstice” – which we guess refers to the aquatic predators swimming on the coldest day in Winter? – the patch includes bug fixes, improved client stability and balancing changes.

Defiance is a massively multiplayer online shooter set in the futuristic Bay Area and focusing on Ark Hunters, who work partly as mercenaries and partly as artifact hunters. Alien technology is around to discovered and wars are available to be fought with large quests and PVP combat available. The game is meant to tie in with the SyFy TV show of the same name that recently aired.

Defiance is an MMO that was released by Trion Worlds for the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360. Being an MMO, there are bound to be a lot of secrets and unlockables. We have the complete guide for you to unlock those. So let’s get started.

1. Guide to Gun Modification:

Guns are an important part of Defiance or for that matter any video game. Defiance is a game that throws a lot of weapons at you and the only way to be successful in the game is to mod the guns. The guide below will help you do just that (via Reddit):

In order to get started, you should have atleast 100 Ego Rating.  It is required to unlock the Salvage Matrix, with the help of which you can unlock mod slots for a particular gun.

Now lets take a look at the Salvage Matrix.

Now the first thing you have to is break down the weapon so that it gives you ark salvage.

In order:

• White – 250
• Green – 500
• Blue – 750
• Purple – 1000
• Orange – 1250

Let’s assume you have to mod your FRC  Magnum. This is what it looks like when it is not modded:

This is how the modding screen looks like when you have decided to put on some attachments (mods).

You can clearly see that the mod stats and the barrel lit up, which means it’s time to load up the Salvage Matrix. Now before you go ahead, make sure your weapon is un-equipped. You can’t mod a weapon which is currently equipped by a player.

Now you have options to remove or retrieve the mods. Removing the mods destroys all mods that are attached to the weapon. Recovering the mods destroys the weapon, but you get the mods back.

Remember there is a price attached to using mods.You won’t lose anything by simply attaching a mod but it will cost you ark salvage and time. You can check out the screen below which shows that you will lose salvage and time, should you decide to remove the mod.

The amount you will loose depends onthe  EGO rating. The lower it is, the lower the cost. The higher it is, the higher the cost.

You can find the complete list of Modifications over here.

Additionally, you can unlock new mods by completing side quests, hotshots, arkfalls and rampages.

They are also available from some vendors on sale such as Iron Demon Ranch and Headlands Transport.

You can also get them from the faction vendors of Toolworks, VBI and Echelon. They have a random mod from a synergy set for sale.

Synergy are a set of  bonuses that  can be on weapons and mods, and the more of synergies you have of the set on a weapon, the more bonuses from the set appear. This is where the fun actually lies.

 2. Synergy Locations:

You can find them at secret vendors, Toolworks, VBI, and Soleptor. Below is the complete list:

Toolworks:

• Hard Boiled
• Prepared
• Random Prepared Mod

Von Bach Industries:

• EGO Precision
• Nano Mastery
• Random Precision Mod

Soleptor:

• Nano Executioner
• Scavenger
• Random Scavenger Mod

Paradise Territory:

• Sawbones

Echelon:

• Wrecker

Secret Vendor 1:

• Machinest
• Outlaw

Secret Vendor 2:

• Veteran
• Survivalist

Secret Vendor 3:

• Rolling Thunder
• Brutal

3. Guide to find Hidden Vendors in Defiance:

This video guide from Youtube user Arkfalls shows how you can trigger Hidden Vendors in Defiance.

4. Defiance Data Recorder Locations:

Using the videos below you can find Data Recorder’s locations in Defiance. This video guide is from Youtube user Arkfalls (via arkfalls).

Defiance – Hidden Data Recorder

Defiance Data Recorders – Marin

Defiance Data Recorders – Sausalito

Defiance Data Recorders – San Francisco

Defiance Data Recorders – Mount Tam

Defiance Data Recorders – Madera

5. Arkfall Codes:

The developers have offered a chance for the players to unlock special perks and packages using the Arkfall codes. You can find some of the recent ones below (via orcz.com). In order to redeem your code, you have to go here.

April 7, 2013: WEYA24
April 7, 2013: VS4UME
April 7, 2013: UXAD6W
April 7, 2013: PMBFQ3
April 7, 2013: RREIHH
April 7, 2013: XYQ5LK
April 7, 2013: PB8Q61
April 7, 2013: HCWBEY
April 7, 2013: YG8EFG
April 4, 2013: HKSBC2
March 31, 2013: VSMYJY
March 31, 2013: ZHRLWH
March 31, 2013: JCKRYQ
March 31, 2013: AGZYHC
March 31, 2013: AQXJPT
March 31, 2013: UUZZKH
March 31, 2013: WHJNDP
March 31, 2013: YTRTAW
March 31, 2013: HYAELZ
March 31, 2013: VEWMZY
March 31, 2013: PGFGNT
March 31, 2013: PLNCAF
March 31, 2013: KQGDVS
March 31, 2013: RWLGKU
March 31, 2013: CUWPMX
March 31, 2013: EBCVQN
March 31, 2013: AQCKUE
March 31, 2013: 2SCpqW
March 28, 2013: U6Q9O7

6. Fastest Way to get Keycodes (from here):

• It’s not Arkfalls or running through Co-Op Missions. it’s the following random events.
• Recicide – Kill the Monarch
• Skitterlings! – Kill the hellbugs
• Hellbug vs Mutant EMC – Start the generator/ secure the area
• Feeding Frenzy – Kill the Hellbugs
• Crystal Clear – Secure the area
• No Good Deed – Clear out the Hellbug nest
• Hellbug Nest – Clear out the Hellbugs
• Turf war – Assist E-Rep
• Crystal Cargo – Defeat the 99ers
• Wandering Hulker – Kill the Hulker
• Hellbug Extermination – Assist with killing the hellbugs
• Pest Control – Help Echelon Mercs clear the Hellbug nest (Caution: A Monarch is the final enemy)
• A Matter Of Time – Rescue Echelon Soldiers From Dark Matter

8. Complete list of Synergy (from here):

Synergy: Assassin
[1]: +2% Crit Mult
[2]: +4% Crit Mult
[3]: +5% DMG on next shot after critical kill (Expires after 10 sec)
[4]: +10% DMG on next shot after critical kill (Expires after 10 sec)

Synergy: Brutal 
[1] +5% Melee DMG
[2] +10% Melee DMG
[3] +5% Reload on Melee Kill
[4] +10% Reload on Melee Kill

Synergy: Cannoneer 
[1] +3% Fire Rate
[2] +6% Fire Rate
[3] +10% nano-effect chance for 2 sec after full reload
[4] +20% nano-effect chance for 2 sec after full reload

Synergy: EGO Precision 
VBI Mod Cache / Shondu’s Consulate (fast travel)
[1] +10% Accuracy
[2] +20% Accuracy
[3] +3% active EGO ability duration on critical kill
[4] +6% active EGO ability duration on critical kill

Synergy: Hard-Boiled
[2] +2% refresh self-revive on a kill

Synergy: Machinist 
[2] Take 5% less damage while reloading

Synergy: Nano-Executioner 
[2] +5% nano-effect chance on a kill

Synergy: Nano-Mastery 
[2] +5% nano-effect chance on a critical hit

Synergy: Outlaw
[2] +5% damage from last shot in clip

Synergy: Prepared 
Top-Notch Toolworks Mod Cache / Top-Notch Toolworks (fast travel)
[1] 1% ammo regen/10 sec
[2] 2% ammo regen/10 sec
[3] +5% DMG on next shot after melee kill (expires after 10 sec)
[4] +10% DMG on next shot after melee kill (expires after 10 sec)

Synergy: Quartermaster 
[1] +5% Reload
[2] +10% Reload
[3] +50% Reload on self-revive
[4] +100% Reload on self-revive

Synergy: Rolling Thunder 
[1] +5% Mag
[2] +10% Mag
[3] +10% Hip Accuracy
[4] +20% Hip Accuracy

Synergy: Run-n-Gun 
[1] +5% Movement Accuracy
[2] +10% Movement Accuracy
[3] +10% Accuracy and -10% Recoil at low health
[4] +20% Accuracy and -20% Recoil at low health

Synergy: Sawbones 
[2] Fully reload weapons after reviving another player

Synergy: Scavenger 
Soleptor Enterprises Mod Cache / The Crater (fast travel)
[1] +1% item drop chance
[2] +2% item drop chance
[3] +10% nano-effect chance against out-of-combat targets
[4] +20% nano-effect chance against out-of-combat targets

Synergy: Survivalist 
[2] +2% damage to targets with full health and shields

Synergy: Veteran
[2] +10% rate-of-fire after a full reload

Synergy: Wrecker
[2] +10% DMG to vehicles

Note: This guide will be updated as we have more information.