The MMO shooter Defiance introduced an auction house and then abolished it again.
Just 2 months ago, Trion Worlds introduced the “Exchange”, an auction house, in its sci-fi shooter Defiance. Now it is being completely removed from the game.
No stock market crash, but server crash – auction house caused server instability
Unlike the famous “Let’s never talk about it again” real-money auction house in Diablo 3, this change of heart has no gameplay reasons, but rather technical ones. The thing caused server instability, and despite all efforts, it could not be controlled. Various approaches were tried, it is said in a statement. But all of them failed. The causes are deeply rooted limitations in the software.
A lot of work and thought was invested in the concept. And it was believed that it would be good for all players – but the technical limitations were too severe. They only became apparent when the new feature ran under full load.
Trion Worlds currently has no plans to bring the auction house back to Defiance. For the future, it is first expected that the game will now run significantly more stable. So hooray.
How players will be compensated for expenses they had, such as buying “Patron Passes” to access the auction house… how all of this will be made right, you can read in this FAQ about the auction house in Defiance.
For more news, check out our page about the Free2Play MMO shooter Defiance. The game is available for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
