Friday 15 August 2014

DCUO Game Update 40 Now On Test Server 15th August 2014

Gadgets Power Revisions!

With Game Update 40, we have made improvements to Gadgets! The Gadgets power set now has new damage mechanic improvements that ensures Gadgets has the same damage potential as Weapon Mastery, combo powers (Light/Celestial/Rage), DoT Powers (Nature/Electricity), channel and cast powers (Fire), and Pet powers (Sorcery/Earth).

Gadgets users can now use a number of new mechanics centered around "Advanced Interactions" to cause superior damage output. Specific changes are outlined in the notes below.

Rare Style Vendor Update!

With Game Update 40 we have added new items (existing styles) to the Rare Style Vendor. All of these items will cost 70 Marks of Fury. The Rare Style Vendor, Vending Unit 22, is located in the player's Headquarters. Please see the notes below for a full list of items added.

Weapon Mastery Style Selection!

Players may now select appearance styles for Weapon Mastery combo weapons!

Players have always been able to choose the appearance of their primary weapon through the Style UI. With this new feature, players will also be able to choose the appearance of their Weapon Mastery combo weapons through the Style UI. When the player accesses the Style UI with a primary weapon equipped for which they have unlocked Weapon Mastery, he or she will see two additional appearance categories in the list for the two related combo weapon types. The combinations are unique per primary weapon, meaning that Brawling into Two-Hand can be different from Shield into Two-Hand. By setting the Mastery Weapon style option, you are not setting your actual style for the primary weapon nor are they shared between the combos. With this change, primary weapon styles will persist as well.

New Mainframe Boost!

With GU40 we are adding a new Boost column to the Base Mainframe. This means new upgrades to all of our Sidekicks, Back-Up, Orbital Strikes, Supply Drops, and Tactical Mods at a price of 15625 Marks of Triumph.

Note: Boost III does not require a new Generator Cell level. It will use the same level that powers Boost II.

Prestige Messaging Improvements

Players in a League will now be able to access a Prestige Report from the control panel in their personal bases to find out how much Prestige is being generated by that base for their League. Simply select that option and view the report in the text field at the top of the menu! Prestige is earned from decorations and amenities per base so players will have to visiteach of the bases they own once per week to collect that amount. Prestige earned by mainframe upgrades, generator mods, and power level are shared by all bases and will be collected only with the first base you visit that week.



Powers
General
Power Points - These have been reset and refunded for Gadgets power users due to EMP Pulse and Battle Display being added.

Gadgets Revamp

Traps Tree
Battle Display
New ability replacing Thermite Mine's spot which is only available in stealth now
Heals you a small amount over 3 seconds
In DPS role will activate Battle Awareness. This is a power interaction that allows other abilities to refund power when used in DPS role.

Taser Pull
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost

Fear Gas
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost
Must be jump cancelled in order to be part of the power interaction setup

Gauss Grenade
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost

Cryo-foam
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost

Cryo-field
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost

Paralytic Dart
Added extra damage to Dazed enemies power interaction
Is now an AoEhitting your target and nearby enemies
Enemies take heavy damage when it is used immediately after unstealthing, using distract, or applying three different power interactions from any of: Cryo-field, Cryo-foam, Fear Gas, Gauss Grenade, Napalm Grenade, Stasis Field, Sticky Bomb, Taser Pull, or Vortex Cannon
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost.

Tricks Tree
Sticky Bomb
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost

Distract
Restores a portion of the power cost if Battle Awareness is active while in DPS role

Vortex Cannon
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost
The knockdown distance has been reduced in DPS Role

Napalm Grenade
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost

Stasis Field
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost

EMP Pulse
New ability replacing Energy Shield which is no longer available
Is a PBAoEwith a 1 second delay at the beginning (like neural neutralizer)
Deals extra damage to Electrified enemies
Enemies take heavy damage when it is used immediately after unstealthing, using distract, or applying three different power interactions from any of: Cryo-field, Cryo-foam, Fear Gas, Gauss Grenade, Napalm Grenade, Stasis Field, Sticky Bomb, Taser Pull, or Vortex Cannon
Hitting an enemy while in DPS role and while Battle Awareness is active will refund a portion of the power cost

Rare Style Vendor
New items have been added to the Rare Style Vendor.
Style Items added– Cost: 70 Marks of Fury
Traces in Time - DLC7 Required
Time Traveler - DLC7 Required
Psycho
Oolong
Mayan
Brainiac Invader- DLC3 Required
Sharpshooter


Crashes
PS3 Only - Fixed a bug that would cause occasional crashes to occur in character create and on game exit.
Headquarters
Big Barda now converses with her husband, Mister Miracle, when approaching him in the Watchtower.
Kalibak and Mantis now share a tense conversation when they meet in the Hall of Doom.

Legends
Lex Luthor’s Laser Blast has had its cast time removed.
Fixed a bug with Saint Walker’s 'Blue Lantern' that was causing it to last longer than its visual effects.

League Halls
Dematerializing items in league halls now have sound effects!
Items that cannot be donated to the League will no longer show up in the Donation tab.

Marketplace
Fixed an issue that would sometimes result in a crash in the Marketplace UI.

Mainframe
Mainframe Boost 1 and Boost 2 icons have been updated for better messaging.
Generator mods and Mainframe traits now explain in their tooltips that they contribute to your Prestige earned on Base Walk-in.

Styles
Retro-Futuristic hand blaster style should no longer pinch the arms of female body types.

Tutorial
Camera sequences and voice over timing in the tutorial have been polished.

Targeting
Fixed a bug where dying enemies could still be targeted in some cases.

UI
Fly text display of damage numbers will move a little faster on PC and Playstation3 platforms to bring them in line with the Playstation4.
PC Only: When using a gamepad, the UI will now properly ignore the mouse.
Fixed an issue in the Quick Menu that was preventing the lowest rank from showing up in the menu when setting league rank.

Visual Effects
Mainframe Orbital Drop has had its visuals updated.

Voice
PCTest only: Added a "Mic Test" voice channel tab to test your microphone volume.
Fixed a bug where in some cases player voice volume overrides would not be applied when entering a voice channel.

Weapons
Shield
The input timings when Blocking with a shield equipped are now identical to that of other weapons


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