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DC Universe Online |OT| The next legend is YOU!
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BattleMonkey
Member
d0c_zaius said:
What makes it bad to me I think is how close everyone is to each other. Unlike other games and because of travel powers, the two sides are pretty much on top of each other at the start.
I just noticed this today, but Wonder Woman has a lvl 17 quest that finishes up almost directly on top of the very first Circe Villain zone. Its less than a block away.BattleMonkey said:
I had pulled up my menu coming out of the portal to check my loot (extremely bad habit) and as soon as I dropped my menu, I found myself surrounded by a mob of level 4s.
BattleMonkey
Member
Also does the city or such expand anymore eventually as you play? The cities seem pretty small really especially cause of the travel powers. I know lot of content involves instances but was wondering if the initial Metropolis and Gotham expand.
kyo_daikun
Member
BattleMonkey said:
Nope, you can visit every part of it straight from the beginning (obviously not advisable tho if you run into high level enemies)
I personally think the cities are huge, they have lots of space to add new missions and such in so im pretty happy, plus they can always do expansions and make cities larger.
lastplayed said:
Oh sweet, thanks a lot for that link, been wanting to know who voices The Calculator all week.
kyo_daikun
Member
Ferny73 said:
Check how much it will cost to repair your gear, thats the death penalty, think it cost me nearly $400 the other day to repair my gear after fighting Black Canary and Green Arrow..
ChronicleX
Banned
LOL. I have reset my traits so much that the cost reset. It seems after 1100 cost it goes back down to 500, pretty handy.
Any interest in a PSN chat room for N.A. GAF? I can start one today if people are interested......
I'd also like to start a Killing Joke villain legion today. Add me to your in game friends list (Enchantress) and send me a tell (/t Enchantress) if you see me online so we can get the ball rolling.
I'm open to some legion name suggestions. All I got is Gruesome Assault Force : /
I'd also like to start a Killing Joke villain legion today. Add me to your in game friends list (Enchantress) and send me a tell (/t Enchantress) if you see me online so we can get the ball rolling.
I'm open to some legion name suggestions. All I got is Gruesome Assault Force : /
Daily server maintenance occurs at 4 A.M. PST and last about an hour.MadraptorMan said:Server is down...
How long do they usually stay down for?
AFAICT, Golden Soul grants a 10% bonus to critical healing while Red Soul buffs up the powers in the Summoning tree (there should be details listed in the power description).Foxix said:
I'm pretty interested in seeing how they work out some of the kinks, some of which they've alluded to as quoted in a post earlier. The base is really quality imo and the positive press and fan reactions combined with apparent sales success will hopefully translate into some real improvements.BattleMonkey said:
Started this game last night and had a blast. I'm a dual-wielding, acrobatic hero on Death & Glory named Tuvia if anyone wants to add me. Can't post a screenshot since I'm at work and i wasn't able to find the screenshot folder last night. Finished up the Scarecrow line and started on the Bane questline. Really enjoying the game.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
I'd jump into psn chat
ok so I bought some chest piece in the reactor? room where they sell the pvp characters. Is that good for pvp only? For Controller should I be stacking up on vital(the power refresh thing) and dominance to do dungeons? We got our ass kicked in the Ace Chemicals lvl 30 fight and somewhere else we went so I'm not really sure what I should be picking up. We kept trying it but I think I blew 5k in repairs haha
ok so I bought some chest piece in the reactor? room where they sell the pvp characters. Is that good for pvp only? For Controller should I be stacking up on vital(the power refresh thing) and dominance to do dungeons? We got our ass kicked in the Ace Chemicals lvl 30 fight and somewhere else we went so I'm not really sure what I should be picking up. We kept trying it but I think I blew 5k in repairs haha
malingenie
Member
FWIW:
I have a Hero in Countdown (PVE) = Malingenie lvl 21
I have a villain in The Killing Joke = Fatalie Lvl 6
I was soooo surprised at this game, it has been years since I played and thought about playing so much during the day!
I am loving the controller role, Mental with one and Gagets with the other. I love diffusing a sticky situation and contributing decent damage!
I have a Hero in Countdown (PVE) = Malingenie lvl 21
I have a villain in The Killing Joke = Fatalie Lvl 6
I was soooo surprised at this game, it has been years since I played and thought about playing so much during the day!
I am loving the controller role, Mental with one and Gagets with the other. I love diffusing a sticky situation and contributing decent damage!
ChronicleX
Banned
SpiderJerusalem said:
Stick with Area 51 on hard and farm that if you are pubbing, as that is easy. And yeah power regen / dominace is what you should be going for as a controller.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
ChronicleX said:
ah thanks, I'll try that tonight
edit: wait whats pubbing?
British Monsoon
Member
Raiden said:
Yeah, you can buy supersonic flight speed once you get to level 9.
I'm really enjoying playing the PC version on my TV with a 360 controller.
However, I am a bit nervous about how my PvP performance will be against people using M/KB. You can pretty much look in any direction instantly when using a mouse... and I can see this being a big problem when it comes down to targeting other players.
On a related note, how exactly does targeting work in this game? Is there a good method for targeting a specific mob when there are about six in front of you?
However, I am a bit nervous about how my PvP performance will be against people using M/KB. You can pretty much look in any direction instantly when using a mouse... and I can see this being a big problem when it comes down to targeting other players.
On a related note, how exactly does targeting work in this game? Is there a good method for targeting a specific mob when there are about six in front of you?
BattleMonkey
Member
So did the facebook profile thing to get the free loot and I get an email saying they are all out and will restock on codes soon lol
Do I have to keep my profile changed till I get my code?
Do I have to keep my profile changed till I get my code?
MisterAnderson
Member
ChronicleX said:
From what I understand, the respec cost resets every 24 hours. Just make sure to respec once every 24 hours and it will always only cost you 500.
oktarb
Member
This is about the Bane fight with Killer Croc. Open to advice but overall it was just plain annoying.
Initiate Game Agro.
So I'm fighting Bane with my Magic Healer (in DPS mode) and Killer Croc is fighting with me. I have some serious problems with this fight. Ironically on another character I had zero problems but I guess that's the breaks.
First, its BS that you essentially waste you time 90% of the fight because you can't really hurt Bane until gets to the last column. He regens after every other pillar until he gets to the last. 90% of the fight you're basically blowing smoke up his ass.
Second, if Killer Croc dies you lose, period. Even if you could live and beat Bane on your own, its game/fight over. So all this time Bane is regening, Killer Croc is getting stomped and doesn't regen.
Third and the kicker - I can't heal Croc. I'm a healer... and I can't heal. Fail.
So five times in a row I couldn't lay down enough damage to drop Bane before pathetic Croc gets dropped. try as i might Croc just takes too much damage. By the time I get to the last pillar Croc is down to 20% health. I lay down everything I have, combo's powers, spit, insults the whole ball of wax. Croc dies, start over.
First, its BS that you essentially waste you time 90% of the fight because you can't really hurt Bane until gets to the last column. He regens after every other pillar until he gets to the last. 90% of the fight you're basically blowing smoke up his ass.
Second, if Killer Croc dies you lose, period. Even if you could live and beat Bane on your own, its game/fight over. So all this time Bane is regening, Killer Croc is getting stomped and doesn't regen.
Third and the kicker - I can't heal Croc. I'm a healer... and I can't heal. Fail.
So five times in a row I couldn't lay down enough damage to drop Bane before pathetic Croc gets dropped. try as i might Croc just takes too much damage. By the time I get to the last pillar Croc is down to 20% health. I lay down everything I have, combo's powers, spit, insults the whole ball of wax. Croc dies, start over.
When using the controller you can use L1 or LB on 360 pad + Left/Right on the D Pad to change target. L1/LB + Up/Down on the D Pad will zoom in or out as well.FlyinJ said:
AoE heal spells will also work, but you don't get them till later on.hermit7 said:
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
Huh, no kidding. That's the one thing about this game that is driving me nuts; the complete and utter lack of documentation. All I can really do is to find out via trial and error, or hope that someone else has and posted it online.Killthee said:
Dr. Pangloss
Member
This game is very entertaining in the first 15 hours. The first thing I did was experiment with a variety of characters: mental/brawling (10), fire/blaster (9), ice/blaster (7), and nature/martial arts (6). The ones I found most enjoyable were the mental and nature powers. Mental just tears things apart. While nature provides healing and DoTs galore. Fire felt pretty weak compared to mental, which has some nice stuns along with the DPS, and ice is basically rooting people. Iconic powers, unlocked at 10, seem like a drag with a cast time.
All the weapons have basically the same combos with tap/hold on the mouse (I have the PC version). I was using this post on the dc forums to maximize my characters: http://forums.station.sony.com/dcuopc/posts/list.m?topic_id=9793
Of the movement powers my preference goes acrobatics > flight > speed. All three allow you to climb things vertically, but acrobatics just does it better because it sort of combines the other two. Flight is really easy with just tapping the space bar to go up. Speed can get discombobulating with running up buildings changing the camera angle. It also doesn't help that you can't run through NPCs. Though I did have fun jumping off buildings really fast and landing on the next one (felt like the Matrix). Acrobatics gave the feeling of better control of the character. You can also glide with it, which is a form of flying.
This game gave me a very casual vibe, but maybe it will have more hardcore things to do at max level. It does have all the MMO type elements: gear, rep/renown, and cash, but what does it get you. I guess I have just gotten tired of grinding for better incremental gear. I mean once you hit max level what is there to keep you going? I really liked the style tab that lets you customize your character from all the previous loot you have acquired.
It definitely feels like a console port on the PC. If I did not have a computer, then I would really enjoy it on the PS3. I sort of don't like the journal which has you go back and forth just to hit the complete button. Oh its also extremely easy to get lost in the main hubs (watchtower/hall of doom). If there wasn't a little arrow to show you around I do not know what I would do (probably be looking at the map half the time).
The game is very fun, but I don't see myself giving out 15$ a month to play it. I'll probably mess around with it and get max level on my nature character. Oh, getting exp is easy. You can do the main quests of your mentor, I liked Joker the most so far. Or you can do races where you have a time run through hoops. Or there is even PvP (haven't gotten to this yet). When you defeat various bosses it does give you a nice little cut scene that's like a comic book.
All in all, its a very nice game to loose yourself in for a month.
All the weapons have basically the same combos with tap/hold on the mouse (I have the PC version). I was using this post on the dc forums to maximize my characters: http://forums.station.sony.com/dcuopc/posts/list.m?topic_id=9793
Of the movement powers my preference goes acrobatics > flight > speed. All three allow you to climb things vertically, but acrobatics just does it better because it sort of combines the other two. Flight is really easy with just tapping the space bar to go up. Speed can get discombobulating with running up buildings changing the camera angle. It also doesn't help that you can't run through NPCs. Though I did have fun jumping off buildings really fast and landing on the next one (felt like the Matrix). Acrobatics gave the feeling of better control of the character. You can also glide with it, which is a form of flying.
This game gave me a very casual vibe, but maybe it will have more hardcore things to do at max level. It does have all the MMO type elements: gear, rep/renown, and cash, but what does it get you. I guess I have just gotten tired of grinding for better incremental gear. I mean once you hit max level what is there to keep you going? I really liked the style tab that lets you customize your character from all the previous loot you have acquired.
It definitely feels like a console port on the PC. If I did not have a computer, then I would really enjoy it on the PS3. I sort of don't like the journal which has you go back and forth just to hit the complete button. Oh its also extremely easy to get lost in the main hubs (watchtower/hall of doom). If there wasn't a little arrow to show you around I do not know what I would do (probably be looking at the map half the time).
The game is very fun, but I don't see myself giving out 15$ a month to play it. I'll probably mess around with it and get max level on my nature character. Oh, getting exp is easy. You can do the main quests of your mentor, I liked Joker the most so far. Or you can do races where you have a time run through hoops. Or there is even PvP (haven't gotten to this yet). When you defeat various bosses it does give you a nice little cut scene that's like a comic book.
Helping Cat Women defeat the Huntress gave me one with the Huntress's back story. Same with freeing Raven from the being possessed by Trigon. It was funny meeting the titans. Only having heard about their cartoon show. Also finding out Trigon was Raven's father was a nice twist that I didn't know.
ChronicleX
Banned
MisterAnderson said:
Was not the case with me, maybe its every week then. I did not respec 6x in 1 day, I know that much for certain.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
I think league names might work the same as character names in that you are only allowed 1 space and you cannot use any special characters, just letters and numbers.