One thing that really annoys me with this game for example immolation, enemies who attack you recieve damage and u get another skill which when immolation is active it causes nearby objects to catch fire and recieve DoT but... how do you know if a skill is still active? theres nothing to show it.
Trust me, you will know. I have a level 21 fire dps and I use a lot of DoT/AoE attacks. I can tell when the skill is active cos my character still has a swirl of flame around her. If you cannot see this, turn up the graphics settings to full. If you're on a PS3, I cannot help you there
the queue system, whilst being a pain, doesn't seem to take very long to countdown but the real problem is the terrible ingame lag everyone gets. The rubberbanding and warping makes it unplayable at peak times and with news that F2P gamers are going to be forced to the bottom of the list is adding salt to the wounds.
Got my PvP Sorcerer upto level 8 last night and had a lot of fun fighting Villan players in mid-air and along roof-tops, ofc there were some high levels flying around griefing but thats the norm on PvP servers.
What level do instances and things become available ?
You can join instances from level 9. When you hit level 9, you can get into Area 51 which is level 10 and above. From level 12, it's Gorilla Island, level 16 it's Hive Moon Base, level 20 is Oolong Island and level 23 is Bludhaven. Plus there is pvp instances in Legends and Arena from level 9 onwards. Just check your instances by pressing Y on keyboard (or whatever the key is on the pad) and you will see. You won't be able to do the harder alerts (known as T1 and T2), duos and raids until you've hit level 30 and obtained substantial gear for each one.
Things to take note after hitting 30:
Run duos and T1 alerts to gain marks of triumph to get Tier 1 armour. Once you've accumulated plenty of Tier 1 gear (which you can also pick up whilst doing said duos/alerts), you will then be ready to run T2 alerts and raids. Word of warning: to run the likes of Fortress Of Solitude raids, you need at least full Tier 2 gear. To obtain the Tier 2 armour, you run any of the following raids to obtain marks of distinction: Khandaq, Batcave: Outer Caverns, Batcave: Inner Sanctum, Batcave: Brainiac Sub Construct. The T2 alerts give out marks of distinction as well and these are: Oan Sciencells, Batcave: Outer Caverns, League Of Assassins Stronghold, Coast City, Star Labs, Hive Moon Base, Oolong Island.
Doing the Fortress Of Solitude raids will gain you marks of krypton to obtain the Tier 3 armour. As I said whilst doing these duos, alerts and raids, you will be picking up epic gear and weapons. Be sure to need on the role you are playing only. Those are the rules when doing these instances as no one likes a ninja looter. And it will not go unnoticed. Follow these guidelines and you will do well
