Happenstance Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Well, playing it on my own ive really enjoyed it. Building your character up and doing missions with other DC heroes/villians is fun. Ive only tried playing with someone else once but it was a complete mess, we couldnt talk properly or set missions to go on. Saying that though I dont see that many people complaining about it anymore and they all seem to get together to play so its possibly something we just need to get used to and figure out. I havent tried since the freeze last time I played but im hoping that wont happen everytime I play until its fixed!
Happenstance Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 Looks like the Lantern powers are finally being introduced: http://www.newsarama.com/games/dcu-online-fight-for-the-light-110711.html
Happenstance Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 DC Universe Online Going Free to Play If the proposition of buying DC Universe Online and then paying a monthly fee has been keeping you away from Sony Online Entertainment's MMO, prepare to enter Gotham City next month. In October, DC Universe Online goes free to play. Both PlayStation 3 and PC players will be able to download and play the game for free. Three tiered levels will act as the game's revenue source from there along with in-game microtransactions. Here's the official breakdown from SOE. Free New players will now have access to the current gameplay in DC Universe Online (including Gotham City, Metropolis, and all current raids and alerts), with the ability to create two characters, join a league and many other benefits. Free level players will be able to purchase downloadable game packs/updates, additional character slots, powers and more through microtransactions. Premium Any player who has spent at least $5 (including former paid subscribers and new players who have purchased $5 of in-game items) will qualify for the Premium access level. Premium level players will have more benefits available to them than the Free level player, including additional character slots, additional inventory slots, and higher cash limits. Downloadable adventure packs, additional character slots, and more can be purchased in-game. Legendary Maximum features and benefits are included at this level. Loaded with enhanced additional features, Legendary access will be available for a $14.99 monthly fee and includes all DLC packs at no cost, more than 15 character slots, more than 80 inventory slots, the ability to form unrestricted-sized leagues, and many other benefits. If you've already paid for a PC lifetime subscription or a PS3 plan, that deal still stands when this switch happens in late October. This event also marks the end of DCUO's mandatory auto-renew feature. In the past, the game would automatically resubscribe you when your subscription lapsed. That's still an option, but it's no longer mandatory -- a result of the more than 40 percent of people who quit EverQuest II and complained about the auto-renew in a SOE survey. "We decided 'Let's listen to them'," said John Smedley, SOE president. "I don't know about you, but my credit card statement every month is this amalgam of s*** of MMOs that I'm too lazy to cancel. What we want is to offer people a way to not worry about that." The announcement of the free to play move comes just seven months after SOE released DC Universe Online. SOE wouldn't go into the exact number of subscribers currently playing the game, but Smedley said numbers are up since the move to megaservers and that free to play was not in response to subscriber numbers. "In terms of 'Is it a result in a drop in subs' – absolutely not," he said. "This is the right business model. If I can be honest, the game ended up costing a lot more than we thought it would, and this was our preferred business model from day one." If you're a stickler for fair play, SOE said you don't have to worry about microtransactions breaking the game. Super-powerful items such as Superman's raid suit will not be purchasable and experience won't be for sale in October. The experience will be similar to Free Realms' free to play model, SOE said, and you can expect to see it in games that are out now and future releases. "We are really seeing the benefits of free to play, and we're really liking it," Smedley said. "Needless to say we're paying close attention to it and maybe looking to make some surprise moves a little later." http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/119/1195161p1.html Well it looks like i'll be playing DCUO again then. Shame I deleted the 17 gigs worth of stuff I had to download the first time though, gonna have to get it all back again now
Cookyman Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 You beat me to it - was just about to post this.
flameboy Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 I read this news on another site and was already to track down a cheap disk copy before realising that the IGN article the original source says its free to download and play, much like Free Realms (which as far as I know is still yet to hit Europe?)
Daft Posted September 19, 2011 Author Posted September 19, 2011 I'm so on this. Enjoyed the Beta but never wanted to actually pay for it.
Happenstance Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 I hope its communication has been patched since me and ReZ tried joining up to play. We just never managed to get anything to work, we were going to different quests and didnt seem to be able to communicate without going through awkward menus.
Happenstance Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 Its been announced that the game will go free to play on both PS3 and PC on November 1st
flameboy Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 Its been announced that the game will go free to play on both PS3 and PC on November 1st Yeah good news! Although it's come at a crazy busy time! I definitely plan on getting into this. We need to make sure we are all on the same server for improved fun times!
flameboy Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 I went to set this off to download this today and it's still £39.99 to download despite their assurances it would be free. Checked the US store and it's free on there but didn't download it on there as didn't expect it would work as Free Realms didn't connect to servers when trying to use the US version. Maybe it will go free when the store updates later today.
Happenstance Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Yeah I expect it will go free tonight. I'll reinstall my copy then and leave the updates to download overnight as theres quite a few gigs if I remember right.
flameboy Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Yeah I expect it will go free tonight. I'll reinstall my copy then and leave the updates to download overnight as theres quite a few gigs if I remember right. Yeah...the green lantern dlc is on there and free even though it's paid in US wonder if they got it mixed up somehow.
Happenstance Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 Aw, looks like I can't access my old character without paying something. I'll be starting from scratch again then.
flameboy Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 Aw, looks like I can't access my old character without paying something. I'll be starting from scratch again then. I left it downloading the 14GB whilst I'm at work. Let me know what server you are and whether your good or bad. Will be good to join up!
Happenstance Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) As far as I can see you dont pick servers anymore. Im a hero and on PVE. EDIT: Oh actually I can still use my old character, not sure if I will though. Its also pretty empty at the moment, im hoping thats just because of the time im on. Edited November 3, 2011 by Happenstance
flameboy Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 Well after 13 hour 48 mins it finally all downloaded only to not be able to connect to the game.....sigh...
Happenstance Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 Yeah it looks like its struggling a bit with all the new players joining.
flameboy Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 Yeah it looks like its struggling a bit with all the new players joining. Yeah I managed to get on in the end created my character and then quit!
Cookyman Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 This download is taking all my life. Hope your not looking for trophies you won't get any unless you buy some paid content.
MadDog Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Hope your not looking for trophies you won't get any unless you buy some paid content. What the hell do you think I am, some kind of trophy whore?! :p I played the beta and it seemed quite good. Now that it's free, I thought I might aswell give it a go.
flameboy Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Hope your not looking for trophies you won't get any unless you buy some paid content. does this mean just one piece of paid content? So the second tier of membership? I created my character called flamester! Flameboy and flamey were already taken!
Happenstance Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Im just glad they didnt charge everyone for the intro movie, its the best thing about the entire game!
flameboy Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Im just glad they didnt charge everyone for the intro movie, its the best thing about the entire game! I did love the intro movie!
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