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Fight for the Light is live on the US DCUO PC Test server

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Genius

The Fight for the Light DLC Pack is released to the US PC Test server with enabled light powers on all PC Test accounts.

We have released the Fight for the Light DLC Pack to the US PC Test server and have enabled light powers on all PC Test accounts. We have additionally copied all Live PC US Characters as of 8/31 to the test server.
We currently have not granted respec tokens to characters, but we will do this soon. For now you are able to create new Light based characters.
Please refer to this thread for instructions on how to access and use the test server.
Please use the Testing Feedback Forums to give feedback on the content and report issues.

DCUO Fight for the Light to be Released September 6th

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Genius

Sony Online Entertainment has finally announced release for the first DLC package “Fight for the Light” on September 6th in the United States. New DLC pack will be FREE to all active subscribers.

Official announcement:

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) announced today it will release the highly anticipated DLC package – “Fight for the Light” – for its hit online action game DC Universe™Online (DCUO) on September 6th in the United States. SOE will also provide the new DLC pack as a FREE download to all active subscribers as a way to thank its loyal players.
Introducing DC Comics legend The Green Lantern and the game’s seventh power set (Light), the “Fight for the Light” pack allows players to join the Green Lantern Corps or Sinestro Corps as reservist members while helping to restore balance to the universe.
Along with interactions with Green Lantern based favorites and foes, players will be launched into multiple action-packed scenarios, including an epic battle for control in S.T.A.R. Labs, a light-to-light showdown with the Red Lantern Corps in Coast City, and chaotic prison break at Sciencells Prison.

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DCUO Daily Toyman Race Tutorial

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Genius

Daily Toyman Race Tutorial is designed to help new players and people who struggle with the daily Toyman race. It is a run through with some commentary and a few tips.

We would like to say a big THANK YOU to Pryde for making this video. We think this will be extremely helpful for all of the DCUO community members and we hope you will enjoy it.

Posted in guides | Tagged Toyman Race | 3 Comments

DCUO guides – Skill points and weapon trees

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Genius

Everyone here wants to be able to figure out the best way to get their characters innate skills from extra skill points. When I wanted to do the best I could as a fire tank, I didn’t want to waste skill points on stats I didn’t need to help my tanking. I made a chart in excel, then on a whim, made them for the other roles as well.

These charts take the main stats in the game, in order of importance (in my personal opinion!) depending on your role. Basically, it will tell you how many skill points you need to fully max out all the innates for your role in the trees, starting with the most important stat (once again, in my own opinion) and moving on down. Feel free to use this data to mix and match however you want!

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Posted in guides | Tagged controler, fire tank, skill points, weapon tree | 15 Comments

DCUO Webcast August 25th

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Genius

On Thursday, August 25th, 2011, Lorin “Deadmeat” Jameson and Jens “Spytle” Andersen had a live discussion with members of the DCUO community. They discussed MegaServers, the upcoming Fight for the Light downloadable content, other exciting features in development, and answered a number of player questions ranging from game balance to upcoming content.

Posted in news | Tagged Devs Virtual Chat, Webcast | 2 Comments

DCUO duplicate names issue

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Genius

After the Megaservers activations DCUO team discovered an issue where DCUO players could choose a character name that was already taken. This issue makes the servers unstable and all duplicated characters were renamed. If you are one of the affected players Rename Token will be sent to you, but this is not the end of your troubles:

Unfortunately these players will have probably lost there friends lists, ignores, and mail. If you have lost an unclaimed item from your mail, please contact the Customer Support Group and they will gladly grant you replacements.

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DCUO MegaServers going live on Monday, August 8th

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Genius

Starting this Monday, August 8th, DCUO team will begin activating the new MegaServers across all platforms and regions in DCUO.

Main improvements

Once the servers are combined the main improvements you will see to your game play is as follows:

You will see much larger populations!
You will have a much larger pool of people to join in Alerts, Duos, Raids, Legends PvP, etc.
It will be much easier to play with friends who were previously on other servers (plus lots of new friends to make).
You will be able to switch between PvP and PvE style play by using the phase shifters in the Hall of Doom and JLA Watchtower.
There will be a larger number of items in the Broker.

Character name conflict

Those players whose names have been changed will be sent an in-game email which includes a free Name Change token and instructions as to how to change your name if you do not wish to keep the name assigned to you by the system.

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Posted in news | Tagged MegaServers, name conflict, Phases | 18 Comments

New DCUO Screenshots – Update 4: Enemies Unite

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Genius

Today we’ve new screenshots for DCUO fans focused on Game Update Four: Enemies Unite.

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How to gear up correctly in DCUO for a DPS role

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Genius

First and foremost I’m going to tell you what every new DCUO player needs to know: SKILL POINTS are the leveling system in this game. Levels 1-30 are a tutorial for you to adjust to your powers, learn the combat system and understand that feat points lead to skill points. While new players first notice it lets you purchase points to use other weapon classes, but the real value is in the innate abilites (might, crits, defense, health, vitalization, dominance and restoration). These will make you better at your role and you never stop leveling your character with skill points. At level 30 you should have at LEAST 25 skill points to be able to move comfortably through level 30 content. I try and have my new characters reach 30 skills by 30 and it is very achieveable. To be the best DPS you can be (obtaining all DPS innate skills) you need 80 skill points. Now that’s out of the way, on to the good stuff!

You have three options and by the time you get to level 30 you’ll know which kind of DPS will suit you best. Let’s find out which you gravitate to more.

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