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Ok I didn't get to raid last night as I was out partying and couldn't raid on Thursday as we didn't have enough members to do it with. But hopefully tonight we will be running raids and I will be streaming live as usual. Tune in from about 6 or 7pm onwards :)
 
Aqueitas said:
Guys im considering buying the game, in terms of holding my attention and things to do what is the game like would be nice to hear from players rather than reading the reviews as sometimes they have a pre-formed opinion
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Watch the live streaming that I post each night if you can. In fact I have one running now:

http://www.xfire.com/live_video/krypton29/
 
gronbek said:
Hi,

Nice ride to 30 fun and exciting but once I hit endgame I was so disappointed.

1. Loot hunting obsolete. All there is to do and you can do is rerun the same content as before to grind marks.
2. Best gear in game can only be bought from vendor! WTF is up with this. No random gear drops that are worthy after you have the tier1/2 gear!
3. You have all the hard alerts and a solo mish(invasion) in the journal that you can enter solo in the world but impossible to complete!
4. Endgame content extremely repetetive. Solo challenges and duos too easy. Alerts to frustrating to get a group going for. Ques bugged.
5. Getting in half completed group content when queing!
6. Once you have the tier gear there is no meaning with combat since you get nothing useful from tier missions. All there is left to do is feat hunting.
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Clearly you read about the new content that is coming out in the next couple of days.

The game can be a bit repititive at times, yes. But if you are in a league (which sounds like you are not), you won't have to worry about getting a group for hard alerts or raids or even duos. Every night I log in, someone in my league wants to do duos, 4 people want to do hard alerts and we have specific time slots to do raids since they are locked to once a week. But we still help out where we can even if we have ran the raids already.

There's a reason I do live streaming. So people can get a good look at how this game is played and such. Since beta, I have not gotten bored of this game (yes there are moments but it's rare). I look forward to the new content, especially the new Batcave raid mission, which I have done in beta and it freakin rocks.

So until the new content is out, I would think twice before talking this game down about repititiveness. Aren't most MMOs like that? And people are still playing WoW many years later.

Also:

3. You have all the hard alerts and a solo mish(invasion) in the journal that you can enter solo in the world but impossible to complete!
Completely disagree. Like I said, the hard alerts are not impossible if you have the right group (people in your league) who have done them before and know how to do them. Yes, I will agree the Gotham Invasion is very hard. But take it from me, if done properly, it can be completed. I got as far as taking out the Abbetors and MK-IIIs but the Annhilators, I could get to about half their HP and I am out for the count. All I say is, take a team with you ;) But I find that mission pointless cos you get no serious loot from it.
 
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Cat_In_Pyjamas said:
Lack of end game content doesn't really phase me - the game has only recently been released, and will most likely get more content patched through.
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Yep, within the next 24hrs we'll get new content :) and SOE have (supposedly and hopefully) promised new content at least every month. Seriously, this game has potential. They just need to utilise the entire DC Universe to make it work. Green Lantern movie coming out will ensure we will get some sort of new content for sure.
 
Cat_In_Pyjamas said:
Well you got my attention then - what realm are you on? Will be purchasing the game tonight, so hopefully can join your league soon (if possible!).
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I am on the US Server on Zero Hour. Our league is called DC Raiders. Once you this level 30 visit our site (www.dcraiders.com) then sign up and all I can say is, good luck if you get in our league :)

If you need help look me up on one of the following characters in my sig ;)

Good luck if you get the game and hope you like it.
 
Cat_In_Pyjamas said:
D'oh - that's not all too encouraging lol!
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Yeah sorry. Just when we were in beta, we had way too many people who were not playing the game correctly or not listening to what we were saying to help them along. So now we have a strict welcoming policy. This way we want to find out if the people who join our league are willing to help out others if and when needed and be ready or sign up for raids. As I said we are more than willing to help out where needed :)

We're not looking to become the highest numbered league in the game or server, just the best we can be :)
 
Ok live stream: http://www.xfire.com/live_video/krypton29/ about to do a raid with my league. Join in if you want :)

Tomorrow we will be running the new Batcave raid so I will for sure be streaming that so you all know what it looks like and how it is done :D

Oh and this was my tank last night in Khandaq. I was going for the Michael Jackson glowing star look lol:

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So the new content has not arrived yet. Still no official word on when it will arrive. Kinda takes the pee that SOE/DC won't give a definitive date when everyone was under the impression it was 15th Feb.

It's kinda pointless releasing the content for the Valentine's Day theme since that was 2 days ago. So they've really shot themselves with that one.

My league was really looking forward to raiding Batcave as most of us did this in beta and had a blast. Once the new content has been released, I will be streaming live for those who want to see what it's like before they give it a go themselves :)
 
Cat_In_Pyjamas said:
To those in the know: is the number of weapon styles limited to two, or can i choose as many as I want, skill points allowing?
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If you have enough skill points, you can spec into any weapon you choose. But make sure the weapons you spec into give you extra points for your role.

For example, I am an ice tank, so I need a lot of dominance and defsense. So I spec into certain weapon trees just to get the extra dominance/defense points so when I switch to tank, my dominance is almost 500 (currently 488) and my defense is 2131. The weapons I have specced into are Staff, Rifle and Brawling. As I get more skill points I will spec into other weapons that give extra dominance and defense.

So for controller, you need dominance and vitalization. For dps, you need power and might and also precision. For healer, you need restoration. Increasing things like critical healing and critical attack can help as well, so be sure to spend points on these when you can.

The styles themselves are limitless if you are specced into that weapon. So if you use a staff, you can collect as many styles as you want for the staff. I think my tank has about 7 different staff styles. You can change the style when you equip that particular weapon. But remember to be specced into it first. It's no good having a double handed hammer and you cannot use it cos you're not specced into it.

But if you get an epic weapon (that's the 97.1 dps ones) and it's either for your role or it's a dps only weapon, then I highly recommend speccing into that weapon.

Last night during our Khandaq raid, I picked up a tank rifle with 97.1 dps. I specced into it and that's how my defense is now 2131 and dominance is 488 and my health is a tasty 3011. Add that to the fact that after doing both Outer Caverns and Khandaq, I had enough marks of distinctions to buy 3rd Tier 2 piece which was the Superman helmet.

So there ya have it. hope that helps and then some lol :D
 
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Cat_In_Pyjamas said:
It did yeah - the way I understand it, as a fire tank my main areas of focus are:

defence/health/restoration/crit heal chance is that right? At least looking at how the talent tree is based around self healing and higher health.
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In some ways yes. But you still need dominance and lots of it. a bit of restoration is ok. But your main two are defense and dominance. cos when you go in hard alerts and raids, you'll be the main focus of the NPCs as you need to keep them away from the rest of the group, especially the healers and controllers.
 
Who's set for tomorrow? content being released...major changes galore...this could do either way for most of us. We either like the new changes or we'll hate them. One things for sure I can't wait to run the new Batcave raid :D
 
Tavster said:
New build has been ordered, should be here by Monday at the latest!

Can't wait to into the game! I've been watching countless streams and reviews for a number of weeks now.

CK, any tips for someone who's crossed over from other MMO's like WoW and Champions Online?
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Expect a lot of different things with this game. I've heard many people who have moved from WoW and CO how different DCUO is but for them, it's the combat system, the gameplay and the graphics that do it for them. But on top of that, they have masses and masses of fun.

You still have the usual roles (controller aka power/mana regen, tank, healer and dps). But you have 3 mentors either side of heroes and villains. For the heroes you have Superman (meta), Batman (tech) and Wonder Woman (magic). Villains have Lex Luthor, The Joker and Circe as their mentors.

All I will say is, just enjoy it to the best you can. And with the new content out tomorrow, hopefully things will be better. They will be nerfing a lot things, which is not surprising, but it'll definitely test us in how we use our powers and skills more.
 
robin66 said:
Yeap COJ are going to run the next part of the Batcave tomorrow. :)

I'm really looking forward to it also.

Have both other raids on farm now, so tier 2 should come to us a little faster now.
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I just clocked on your league name lol. CoJ. You guys are on Zero Hour aren't you? I am in DC Raiders :D You will have seen a few of us running around the place haha.

Oooh...I am so excited for the new patch...It'll be interesting that's for sure :D

Good luck with your Batcave raid tonight. I am sure it'll be a hoot and a half :D
 
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