Choose from penthouse, sewer, cave, bunker, tech as your lair/house
Select your own entrance in either Metropolis or Gotham
1v1 pvp inside your lair/house
Hundreds of furnishing items that will drop throughout the game and in game marketplace more to be added in future new events, missions, raids
Mainframe that will be upgradeable each lair/house will have this mainframe will grant new abilities(like Henchmen/Allies and other technologies) that can be used in combat via a trinket
Generators power your lair that allow you to set up amenities such as mail and bank that are normally found in the HQ
Other lairs/houses to be released via the marketplace Batcave and the Fortress of solitude etc?
Invite friends over
Multiple lairs/houses per character
New solo missions
Stryker’s Island, Arkham Asylum, the Steelworks and Ace Chemicals each with 10 new missions in and outside that can be done daily to earn Marks of Triumph
Steelworks will for the first time have an indoor instance/level and outside missions
I will update this post when more details are known Home turf dlc6 will release January 2013
Game update 21 availaible now on the pc test server it will also contain the winter event (Christmas) when GU21 goes on to the PS3 and PC live servers which hopefully will be next week.
This was posted by Mepps on the PS3 forum "Just as an FYI, the winter event will be coming in GU 21 as well. It is last year's event improved with a new boss fight and items".
NEW WINTER EVENT FEATS ASWELL Fried Okaaran: Defeat Larfleeze after overloading the Orange Power Battery in the Secret Research Facility
Slashing Through the Snow: Complete the Secret Research Facility Winter Holiday event in 7 minuts or less
Season's Beatings: Transport 20 Shielded Orange Lantern Constructs to Energy Emitters in the Secret Research Facility
Top of the World: Collect all styles in the North Pole set
Ever Present: Collect the Joyous Present Hat, Jolly Present Hat, and Merry Present Hat styles
New Legends PvP & Arena PvP Map!
Legendary members and owners of DLC “Hand of Fate” will now be able to play the Inner Sanctum in Arena PvP and Legends PvP.
Introducing Auto Loot! Players no longer need to gather their own loot if they have space in their inventory. All loot, including but not limited to Exobits, Collections, Research and Development items, Mission drops, and Boss drops is now auto-magically gathered for you when it drops. If your inventory is full you will receive a message that you must clear space in your inventory to receive your loot.
Combat Rating Requirement for Boss Loot All Tier 2 through Tier 4 Challenges, Duos, Alerts, and Raids now only award tiered loot drops to players that meet the Combat Rating requirement. Players who do not meet the minimum Combat Rating will still earn Marks of Triumph, Marks of War, and Cash when appropriate, but will not be eligible to roll on gear.
PC Test Only: Marketplace Legends Hal Jordan and Sinestro are available on the PC Test vendor.
Alerts:
Arkham Asylum
Poison Ivy will no longer lose the will to fight.
The final encounter with Mister Freeze, Poison Ivy, and the Scarecrow will now award appropriately tiered Research and Development Plans, and Components.
League of Assassins: Ra's al Ghul will now award appropriately tiered Research and Development Plans and Components.
Stryker’s Island Penitentiary: The final encounter with Gorilla Grodd will now award appropriately tiered Research and Development Plans and Components.
Challenges:
Old Gotham Subway: Bosses in this challenge now have a chance to drop Tier 2 Research and Development plans.
General:
Tier 3 alerts now have a random daily bonus. Players who complete the daily tier 3 alert will receive a bonus 50 Marks of Triumph.
The Booster Gold exploration terminals will no longer cause players to become stuck in an endless cut-scene.
Items:
The Mark of Legend x 5 box will now award the five Marks of Legend directly to the players currency, instead of awarding five individual Mark of Legend items in the inventory.
Missions:
Queen of Lies: The Trident of Poseidon will now ground players attempting to escape its grasp.
Lair of the Spectre: While in Spectre form, ranged attacks will work properly.
PvP:
Headquarters Assault: The match timer will no longer count down during the opening cut scene.
Raids:
The Chasm: Superman and Lex Luthor should be better travel companions after defeating the Sunstone Herald.
The Chasm: Krypto’s Freeze Breath encasement no longer gives you hope of an early escape.
Style:
Checkmate Informant: The chest piece no longer causes visual issues when equipped with certain weapon types.
Kabuki Mask: This style no longer causes a visual issue when worn by female characters.
UI:
Character Select: Player selected backgrounds should now persist when creating a new character or re-launching the game.
Once More With Rockets: Radical Rocket Randy’s attacks now appear correctly in the Combat Log.
Style: The Save and Reset buttons now function properly.
This being my first MMO I wasn't sure what to expect but always wanted to try one the only problem was I didn't have a PC powerful enough to run it so when DC Universe Online was announced for the PC and PS3 and growing up around superhero cartoons like batman the animated series etc I was excited to give this a try and after nearly 2 years of playing this I can say I'm hooked.
The combat system is fast like an action game you can string combos together using the weapon of choice which all have different combos weapons include bow, duel pistols, staff, brawling, martial arts, shield, handblasters, 1 handed and 2 handed, rifle and duel wield.
the story is deep and pulls from the hundreds of stories from the comics there's tons of loot to collect and with each dlc it gets better as they add more missions, loot and stories etc.
There are 9 power types to choose from each with its own unique powers you can select 6 to use in your loadout but theres alot to choose from so its a good idea to experiment with different loadouts till you find one thats right for you the 9 power types are split into the following Healer/dps are Sorcery, Nature ,Electricity Controller/dps are Mental, Gadgets, Light Tank/dps are Ice, Fire, Earth My main character is Sorcery and my alt Mental I've changed powers a few times to try out all the different powers but always seem to go back to these.
Movement mode is the way you want your character to travel you can choose from Flight, Super speed, Acrobatics I've also tried all 3 out but my favourite is flight.
Once you create your character you start your journey by doing solo story missions to level up to level 30 once there the real game starts.
There's currently four tiers once you hit level 30 you start at tier one and work up from there you can buy the pieces using marks earned from doing duos,alerts,raids and solo challenges there's 8 pieces for each set of armour head, chest, legs, shoulders, hands, waist, feet, back also you have weapons, necks, face, 2 rings and a trinket.
Along the way you meet new players and will make new friends even if you don't have any real world friends playing the game you will make some and you can always join a league of like minded players or start your own I've been in a few leagues and made alot of new friends.
when you create a character you can also choose to be either a villain or a superhero and will work with lots of iconic characters (like Batman, Superman, Flash, Joker, Lex) during missions, alerts and raids you also have your own base the heroes have the watchtower and villains the hall of doom here you buy your tier 1-4 armour, shout for alerts and raids and theres also an auction house to buy and sell things you want or don't want.
Alerts are 4 player and the best player setup for these are a tank too pull the aggro from the other players a dps to burn the enemies a controller to help replenish the groups power bars and also debuff the enemy bosses and a healer to heal the group if they take damage.
Raids are 8 player and the setup is pretty much the same except you will have 1 tank 3 dps 2 controllers and 2 healers.
Team work is a must during alerts and raids it can go wrong if people just do their own thing and not stick with the group and i'd say the best thing to do is follow the tank at all times he should always be the first person to attack an enemy so he can gain the aggro as he will have the highest health and defence stats.
Theres also PVP arenas and PVP legends in arenas you use your own character in upto 8 vs 8 player battles and in legends you use iconic characters which you unlock with marks you earn playing legends in upto 8 vs 8 battles.
Two massive cities to explore Metropolis and Gotham here you will find solo missions fighting with and against iconic characters theres also races here with times to beat that unlock emblems to wear and collections that are hidden all over these are blue, green and gold collecting these unlock styles etc.
DC Universe Online is the only game I've played for longer than a year its that good theres always things to do and never seems to get boring.
The Good
Its based on DC comics so lots of places and stories from years of comics and cartoons
The combat system is fast and deep but not overwhelming like some MMOS
Loot lots and lots of things to collect
The story for the main part of the game is amazing all I'll say is Lex comes from the future with exobytes which create all the new heroes and villains
Playing with different people everyday if you wish makes doing the same missions feel different every time due to play styles and powers being used
2 massive cities Metropolis and Gotham to explore
DLC every 3 months adds new content like alerts, raids and new features
Updates roughly every 3 weeks that fix bugs and balance out the powers
The Bad
Sometimes you'll meet players you don't like due to shouting at you or acting like their the best player ever to play the game (but you can always add these players to your ignore list that way you won't have to see anything they write in the chat window)
There are bugs like freezing randomly and having to restart the ps3 but with every update it gets better
Its hard to review a game like this because it changes all the time with new content being added and bugs being fixed its completely different from what it was in the beginning alot of reviews i read when the game released said it should of had an auction house and player houses/bases from the start but these features have and still are being added to the game the next dlc will be called Home Turf which adds player lairs like a penthouse or sewer hideout and can be customised with items dropped from missions all over the game. The last thing I'll say is if you haven't tried DC Universe Online out yet now's the best time late last year it went free to play which means you can download from the PlayStation store for free and pay nothing if you wish you can buy extras from the in game marketplace or pay a subscription which gives you pretty much everything.
Below is a list of new plans and components needed to make them. The only component without a plan at the moment is Otherworldly Chitin hopefully this will be included in a future update. Also i've found that the brainiac diode parts are extremely rare and only seem to drop in south Gotham i've received six so far after hours of farming there. My Favorite plan so far static grenade due to the stun and damage it does from range, most of the others are good to but you need to be within melee range to use but these are great for clipping powers so they have a good side and bad unless you are a melee character lol.
Ancient Vellum
Found: Mannheim's Chinese Theater (Heroes) Used For: Karmic Hex
Battery Fragments Found: Lantern Recruit (low droprate) Used For: Cryogenic Solution, Mass Provocation Agent
Brainiac Diode Found: Brainiac Bounders in South Gotham Used For: Explosive Detonator, Polarization Mechanism
Cybernetic Actuator Found: Omacs around Knightsdome Used For: Expendable Disguise: Amazon, Expendable Disguise: Brainiac Unit, Expendable Disguise: HIVE Drone, Expendable Disguise: Assassin, Expendable Disguise: Morrowbot, Electrostatic Pulse Device, Static Grenade
Enchanted Beast Horn Found: Beastiamorph Berserker (Heroes), Beastimorphs near Giganta/Minotaur (Heroes) Used For: Ampoule of Terror
Metagene Fusing Solution Found: Star Labs Facility Challenge (Heroes), Lexcorp Agents around the Metro Hospital (Heroes) Used For: Formula of Crushing, Napalm Atomizer, Shock Inducer
Overcharged Matter Found: Paradox Reapers in CC (low droprate) Used For: Mass Shadow Concoction
Otherworldly Chitin Found: Soul Reavers and Greed Demons on the Trigon Rising storyline Used For: ?
Silicon Wafer Found: Falcone's men near Cape Carmine Lighthouse (Heroes), GCPD (Villains) Used For: Dazing Device, Personal Dampening Field
