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DC Universe Online |OT| The next legend is YOU!
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Hawk269
Member
yencid said:
Gank or Ganking is when another human player (when in PVP mode or in a PVP Server) attacks of "Ganks" you. This is typical when high level characters of the opposing faction hang around where there are low level players of the other faction and they gank/attack them for the sure joy of it.
It can be frustrating when tyring to complete quests, but it can also be alot of fun to do and to defend against. We had alot of low levels being ganked by 2 level 30's and it took about 12-15 of us low level players to fight them off.
Hawk269
Member
yencid said:
I guess I could of worded my query a bit differently. What I am trying to get some thoughts are, compared to other MMO's, is getting to 30 as fast as many players have normal for this type of game? Main reason I ask is that I read alot of level 30's not having too much more to do and no incentive since they are at the cap. I guess, can we say that they made it too easy or too quickly to get to 30? Maybe it should of had more of a spread?
If you have a level 30 and you don't have much more to do in the game, what would be the incentive to pay $15 to play more? I mean other than making other characters and such. I do realize that they have content coming, but my original focus was in regards to it being too easy and/or too quickly to hit the max cap.
I think the problem in those cases is that those people don't know what they're supposed to do at level cap in an MMO (it doesn't seem as though DCUO does a great job of communicating that, however) - which is keep running the max level instances for better gear, then head into the raids for even better gear.
When you have that gear, hopefully they'll have added more instances than will get you even better gear.
From reading the official forums it seems like there's plenty to do at level 30.
When you have that gear, hopefully they'll have added more instances than will get you even better gear.
From reading the official forums it seems like there's plenty to do at level 30.
Animation-Imp
Member
I'm still trying to get in a Arkham Asylum legend level.
With Acid factory I was in in a couple of minutes.
But When I que for Assylum, I can play for hours without the instance popping up...
Sucks, but there are quite some bugs in this one.
Latest: When I switch character to create a new toon it won't log in after the creation, it just gets stuck. I have to quit and restart and then choose my new toon to start the tutorial...
Playing on the ps3 (eu) by the way.
With Acid factory I was in in a couple of minutes.
But When I que for Assylum, I can play for hours without the instance popping up...
Sucks, but there are quite some bugs in this one.
Latest: When I switch character to create a new toon it won't log in after the creation, it just gets stuck. I have to quit and restart and then choose my new toon to start the tutorial...
Playing on the ps3 (eu) by the way.
Sony outlines DC Universe improvements
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-24-sony-outlines-dc-universe-improvements
Just managed to beat Arkham Asylum 4 man with a group today, took like 2+ hours and a lot of fights are still really, really buggy.
Buggy, but really cool. I found it interesting that Arkham
. Music was really familiar as well.
Last fight was stupidly hard as well. But we managed it
.
Scarecrow reset once on us, failed to spawn during phase change
Buggy, but really cool. I found it interesting that Arkham
looks like the one in Arkham Asylum.
Last fight was stupidly hard as well. But we managed it
by splitting off Scarecrow from Ivy so we didn't fight both at the same time
Hawk269
Member
Well, I just tested the below to force some AA in this game and the following does work. (For Nvidia Users).
Heres how:
1.Download the NVIDIA Inspector Tool (ver.1.9.4.2) and make sure you got a recent Driver (was using 260.99) - There is a newer version, but this one still works as well. Just google Nvidia Inspector and it will come up.
1A. Once the program loads, you get a screen with stats about your card, temps, fan speed etc. Click on the Tool Icon next to the section that says "Driver Version" it is in the middle of the screen.
2.Once in the tool, in the upper left corner it will say "Profiles". Click the down arrow and a list of games will show.
2A. When the drop down menu appears, it will list a ton of games, first find the DC Universe one and "DELETE IT".
3.Once you Delete the DC Universe one, scroll back up and find the Bioshock profile and click on it.
4.Click on "Add Application to current Profile" icon, which is the 4th one from the refresh icon.
5.Browse into your DCU Directory and add the dcgame.exe (if you did not do 2A as above, it will give you an error stating that the profile is already in use. So make sure to delete it first as listed above).
6.Hit Apply Changes in top right corner. If you make more changes, hit "apply changes".
7. Under the Antialiasing you need to turn the line that says Antialiasing - Mode to "Override any application setting".
8. Under the Antialiasing - Mode is the Anitialiasing Settings. From the drop down choose what you want, such as 4x Multisampling. Hit Apply Changes.
At this point 4x Multisampling AA will be enabled ingame which runs smooth as silk on the GTX460 at max settings here. If you got a faster Card you could even try using Supersampling to smooth out jaggies on transparent Textures like Plants(transparent AA doesnt work with this profile).
Another tip: The Games VSync is set to 30.... which i dont feel as smooth, so disable VSync ingame and force it in the driver (or in the NVIDIA Inspector tool at the Bioshock Profile). This will give you a nice Vsync of 60Hz (or whatever your Monitor runs at).
9.Enjoy
Enusre that you delete the DC Universe profile as listed above in step 2a.
I have mine set to 8x and it looks so damn good. I am going to try to add some Supersampling to see how it looks and see if I get any FPS hit, but at 8x it is silky smooth.
There are other AA settings such as 16x and 32x that you can play with, but you may get a hit on the frame rate, and like above in the "ANOTHER TIP" section, turn off V-Sync in the Games Settings - Video Settings and force it through the Inpector Tool.
Heres how:
1.Download the NVIDIA Inspector Tool (ver.1.9.4.2) and make sure you got a recent Driver (was using 260.99) - There is a newer version, but this one still works as well. Just google Nvidia Inspector and it will come up.
1A. Once the program loads, you get a screen with stats about your card, temps, fan speed etc. Click on the Tool Icon next to the section that says "Driver Version" it is in the middle of the screen.
2.Once in the tool, in the upper left corner it will say "Profiles". Click the down arrow and a list of games will show.
2A. When the drop down menu appears, it will list a ton of games, first find the DC Universe one and "DELETE IT".
3.Once you Delete the DC Universe one, scroll back up and find the Bioshock profile and click on it.
4.Click on "Add Application to current Profile" icon, which is the 4th one from the refresh icon.
5.Browse into your DCU Directory and add the dcgame.exe (if you did not do 2A as above, it will give you an error stating that the profile is already in use. So make sure to delete it first as listed above).
6.Hit Apply Changes in top right corner. If you make more changes, hit "apply changes".
7. Under the Antialiasing you need to turn the line that says Antialiasing - Mode to "Override any application setting".
8. Under the Antialiasing - Mode is the Anitialiasing Settings. From the drop down choose what you want, such as 4x Multisampling. Hit Apply Changes.
At this point 4x Multisampling AA will be enabled ingame which runs smooth as silk on the GTX460 at max settings here. If you got a faster Card you could even try using Supersampling to smooth out jaggies on transparent Textures like Plants(transparent AA doesnt work with this profile).
Another tip: The Games VSync is set to 30.... which i dont feel as smooth, so disable VSync ingame and force it in the driver (or in the NVIDIA Inspector tool at the Bioshock Profile). This will give you a nice Vsync of 60Hz (or whatever your Monitor runs at).
9.Enjoy
Enusre that you delete the DC Universe profile as listed above in step 2a.
I have mine set to 8x and it looks so damn good. I am going to try to add some Supersampling to see how it looks and see if I get any FPS hit, but at 8x it is silky smooth.
There are other AA settings such as 16x and 32x that you can play with, but you may get a hit on the frame rate, and like above in the "ANOTHER TIP" section, turn off V-Sync in the Games Settings - Video Settings and force it through the Inpector Tool.
Loving this game so far (Lvl 22). First MMO since I quit WOW 3 years ago. Finally got a worthwhile drop in the vault after getting absolutely nothing for a week. I managed to score Joker's Jetpack which makes my mental controller acrobat fly. It has no stats on it so when I equip it, I loose any stats my back item was giving me... but it does have flames and smoke shoot out of the back when you fly so it's worth it.
Can't believe that psychic empowerment is still broken
Can't believe that psychic empowerment is still broken
ChronicleX
Banned
TheExodu5 said:
You dont get any renoun with any faction from world pvp or pvp at all. You get Influence per kill of someone within 5 levels of you and Influence + Soda if you do the kill 5 opposing players quest.
Nishastra said:
Thank you. I been looking for a skin vendor since I got into the game.
And now for some advice for anyone tanking out there. Stack the crap out of dominance. I been messing with tons of specs (resped'd like 20 times now) and Dominance stacking does not even compare to the alternatives. My Fire burns do so much damage I can stay in tank mode and still output a ton of dps. With enough power I can even just spamheal myself too, I think I am gonna try a hard mode run with me + 3 controllers =).
SmokinGunZ1981
Member
Does anyone know if there are going to be any trials for this? either PC or PS3 I don't mind which.
Really want to try it before I commit to a purchase.
Really want to try it before I commit to a purchase.
krypt0nian
Banned
DY_nasty said:
Odd that they took turns and didn't bum rush him.
krypt0nian
Banned
Tendo said:
Or 70's Kung-Fu flicks.
BattleMonkey
Member
Hawk269 said:
Yea I think it's largely because content is split between two different factions. I assume most players are going to want to make both a hero and villain which will extend the games life. Most games with different factions tend to only have a little exclusive content per side, while much of the big stuff is shared with everyone. In this game the content is largely unique to each side.
BattleMonkey
Member
ChronicleX said:
How does this work? I only see renown listed, but don't see influence anywhere listed.
kyo_daikun
Member
EekTheKat said:
Oh i've got a better one, the rest of my group was healing up so I thought I would be clever and try and pull mr freeze to the doorway...
The door sealed with none of us inside and we had to restart from scratch
Dr. Pangloss
Member
Somethings I have learned while playing the PC version.
1) Holding both mouse buttons works the same as the E button.
2) You can restart a race anytime with the / button.
3) Voice chat is pre enabled. I was doing some alerts and got a phone call. Needless to say I did not realize the others could hear me till after the alert.
4) Under settings you can change what your buttons do. Also you can change voice to push to talk.
1) Holding both mouse buttons works the same as the E button.
2) You can restart a race anytime with the / button.
3) Voice chat is pre enabled. I was doing some alerts and got a phone call. Needless to say I did not realize the others could hear me till after the alert.
4) Under settings you can change what your buttons do. Also you can change voice to push to talk.
One of my main beefs with this game is respec'ing a weapon. There needs to be a better way to buy a weapon more congruent to my level than pvp/influence. I'm not a huge pvp person and would rather quest, so if I change my weapon specialization, I'm left with the crappy, police station vendor base weapon until I can power through enough missions to get a new one. I'm doing a level 8 mission right now (I'm lvl 22) and my shitty dual axe combo is making it unbearable.
MrMephistoX
Member
Anyone interested in buying my PS3 copy for $35? I had a chance to try it on PC huge difference. PM if so I have excellent feedback on the buy sell trade thread.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
You're right. If you buy new, you get a free month BUT I'm thinking about it more. If I'm a separate user with a PSN ID, would the game recognize that and offer me a free month? Me and my friends had this discussion and thought the key was your link to the disc you have . I would like to see an answer to this.Killthee said:
Kind've bored of the game already. I'm only leve 24. Just can't push myself to level to 30 it seems.
The quests have just become so repetitive and boring. Alerts never pop up and are also boring. Legends PvP is stupid. Actual PvP BG's is not fun. World PvP is fun ... but annoying being ganked by 30s (though I can actually fight back and kill some of them).
I dunno what to do
The quests have just become so repetitive and boring. Alerts never pop up and are also boring. Legends PvP is stupid. Actual PvP BG's is not fun. World PvP is fun ... but annoying being ganked by 30s (though I can actually fight back and kill some of them).
I dunno what to do
AmericanNinja
Banned
Zeal said:
Im on PS3.