Really liked the beta but the fact they arent going to be putting in PS3/PC cross platform servers in has made me decide to not pre order, was the main buying point for me as my brother is getting it on PS3 and i wanted to play with him but cant do that now.
to be honest, I am not suprised there is no cross platform for this game. When it was announced it was for PC and PS3, this was my main worry and I couldn't imagine the PC version of the game being almost the same as the PS3 version. Thankfully it isn't a port which means the PC version will be and is more suitable to that platform. I've heard from people who have tried both PS3 and PC version who have said the PC one is better in terms of playability and gameplay and graphics. It's the same as getting say COD: Modern Warfare and playing people who have consoles. It just wouldnt feel right, which is why we have dedicated servers for such games. And Sony and DC made the right choice in having seperate servers for each platform otherwise, I can guarantee many PC users wouldn't have bothered getting the game if it was cross platform. Me included. Which would have been a bad move on Sony's part.
how does raiding work in this game. usual comp of tank dps and healers?
what are the sizes of the party sizes? 5 10 25?
sorry my last mmorpg was wow lk which i quit
. was thinking of picking this game up when its released but wanna know what the endgame setup is like
You have alerts and raids in this game. Alerts involve getting a group of 4 people. They must consist of 1 dps, 1 tank, 1 controller and 1 healer. Make sure you all know what each is doing, stick together and you will complete the alert with awesome success. Be sure to do the Hard version of the alerts cos they are the ones that give out a lot of marks of triumphs (6 for each player) and 1 mark of distinction (if that particualr alert is a daily). This was in beta, so not sure if this will change come live launch. The suggested dominance for a hard alert is 200. So make sure you have gear that gives a lot of dominance to ensure victory.
Raids are where you have 8 people. Ideally you want 2 tanks, 2 dps, 2 controllers and 2 healers. However, for the Outer Caverns I've been in a group where we had 1 tank, 2 controllers, 3 healers and 2 dps. The tank would do most of the work whilst everyone else can help out where needed. The reason we had one tank was cos he had a lot of HP and dominance. The suggested dominance for raids is 350. My main character ended up with 400 dominance. So it gives you an idea of what's needed.
What I will say about raids is that before you do a raid you need the following to successfully complete it:
1. whilst levelling to 30, pick up as many purple gear as possible. When you do missions whilst levelling you will get awesome gear to use for the next mission.
2. after you've hit 30, complete the regular alerts (not the hard ones) to pick up more purple gear. These alerts include Hive Moon Base, Gorilla Island and Bludhaven.
3. After you've gotten as many purple gear for lvl 30 from alerts, get the duos completed. These will give out even better purple gear for which you will need to do the hard alerts.
4. The gear you pick up from hard alerts will help you complete them more efficiently and not only that, you will pick up marks of triumph (you also get two marks of triumphs from doing the duos). Then you can start working on getting these to get the tier iconic gears.
5. After you've picked up a full set of tier 1 iconic armour, then you're ready to get a group together who also have full tier 1 (and maybe some tier two gear) to take on the raids. Keep working with that group if you can and you can successfully get your marks of distinction (I think you get a total of 10 marks of distinction for completing a raid).
One more thing: after you've levelled to 30 and you still have purple gear from your lower level missions, sell them to get more cash, cos believe me you will need them later on lol. Or you can sell you gear if you get a replacement gear for that particular item. So eg, you pick up a lvl 10 purple weapon, you get to lvl 15 and you get a blue version of that weapon which gives out more dps and hp and others, sell the lvl 10 and keep the lvl 15. If you pick up a purple lvl 15 which gives more points across the board, sell the blue one. And so on and so forth
So there ya have it. To conclude, remember when doing duos and hard alerts you can get a total of 8 triumphs when you've completed them and 10 distinctions for completing a raid. Do these almost near perfect and you could have your full tier 2 gear within a month of playing DCUO.
deff gunna get it then lol