DCUO- will be out November 2. Can apply for beta on main site now.

[Ghambit]

Any word on if they'll grow some nads and include some DC Vertigo stuff?

[NowhereMan]

I guess so, dude took out Green Lantern, Flash and Cyborg and survived what looked like a nuclear explosion that he himself caused.  Is the character creator going to be anywhere near Champions or APB levels? the idea of getting a set of armor from your mentor makes me think this is going to be more like WoW type armor sets than a premade character look.

I got the impression that the armour is going to be a set appearance derived from (or possibly even some copy of) that mentor's look. Also Black Adam is basically evil Capt. Marvel, Supes level strength and speed but a magical power source, the nuke was him speaking his magic word, that grants it with a lightning strike. I'm kind of annoyed at armoured Flash though just because the dude is already dealing with super speed friction, the armour can only be cosmetic. Of course if that was the smallest lore issue with the whole game I doubt it would be any fun to play at all.

[UnSub]

Apparently if you go through that trailer frame by frame you can see Green Arrow's corpse and that Harley Quinn is wearing Robin's cape.

As for character customisation: DCUO has to have been watching CoH/V and ChampO. They know a robust character creator is a basic part of the superhero MMO. Won't be as good as APB, but should still be pretty versatile (although early comments were that certain costumes would be locked to certain origins, like magic outfits for magic-based characters).

Also, you can equip armour loot and then choose to disable the appearance of it, EQ2 style.

[Threash]

Green arrows corpse was pretty blatant, no need to go frame by frame.

[HaemishM]

Cool fight scene at least. OMG Joker sounds like Mark Hamill and Batman sounds like Kevin Conroy, etc!

The Joker sounded ok, but Batman sounded like someone trying to mimic Conroy without having Conroy's talent.

[Threash]

But it is him.

[HaemishM]

Then he really phoned it in.

[Slyfeind]

Or he's getting old. He's been voicing Batman for 15 years, or just about.

[Sir T]

DCUO does one heck of an intro cinematic.

However, this makes 3 superhero MMOs from 3 that appear to kick off with an alien invasion as the primary threat.

I thought that was excellent. Cautiously looking forward to this one.

[Shatter]

DCUO does one heck of an intro cinematic.

However, this makes 3 superhero MMOs from 3 that appear to kick off with an alien invasion as the primary threat.

I thought that was excellent. Cautiously looking forward to this one.

ITS A TRAP!

[Modern Angel]

It's an intro cinematic. Don't get excited about that. Warhammer had a good one, too.

[NiX]

It's an intro cinematic. Don't get excited about that. Warhammer had a good one, too.

This man speaks the truth.

[Typhon]

Good trailer, was exciting.  If I draw anything from that it's, "cool, they care enough about this game to hire someone really good to create their trailers, hopefully they also care about their game".

[palmer_eldritch]

Any word on if they'll grow some nads and include some DC Vertigo stuff?

Sounds fun but what could they put in? The Vertigo comics don't have many heroes that win battles by punching people.

[LK]

Giganta, as usual, has a walk-on role. I'm not even sure what she was doing there except for "I'm going to walk idly in a war zone and get FLATTENED ON MY ASS LOL I HAVE GIANT TITS"

[Triforcer]

Giganta, as usual, has a walk-on role. I'm not even sure what she was doing there except for "I'm going to walk idly in a war zone and get FLATTENED ON MY ASS LOL I HAVE GIANT TITS"

How did Giganta ever survive if one energy blast kills her?  She is rather a large target. 

[Furiously]

Giganta, as usual, has a walk-on role. I'm not even sure what she was doing there except for "I'm going to walk idly in a war zone and get FLATTENED ON MY ASS LOL I HAVE GIANT TITS"

How did Giganta ever survive if one energy blast kills her?  She is rather a large target. 

I thought she had a thing with Gorilla Grodd...

[Threash]

Giganta, as usual, has a walk-on role. I'm not even sure what she was doing there except for "I'm going to walk idly in a war zone and get FLATTENED ON MY ASS LOL I HAVE GIANT TITS"

How did Giganta ever survive if one energy blast kills her?  She is rather a large target.  

Well to be fair to her it looked like the battle was well underway at that point.  Something had to flatten the city and Green Arrow was already toast.  What bugged me is that the heroes fared horribly in the fight.  Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Batman and Cyborg only manage to take out Giganta, the Joker killed the only other bad guy with his rocket.

[Lantyssa]

Every "we desperately need your help"/What-If plot has the heroes losing horribly.

There's not much call for help from Peace World 001.

[Brogarn]

Every "we desperately need your help"/What-If plot has the heroes losing horribly.

There's not much call for help from Peace World 001.

Heh. Maybe they have a jar that needs opening! Couch moved! Cat up in tree! Peace World 001 is more stressful than you think...

[Lantyssa]

Nope.  In these worlds, the mad scientists have banded together to solve all those everyday problems.  Robotic furniture movers!  Rubber jar grips!  Ladders!

[Brogarn]

Nope.  In these worlds, the mad scientists have banded together to solve all those everyday problems.  Robotic furniture movers!  Rubber jar grips!  Ladders!

Damn those mad scientists! They've made the world predictable! Mundane! Boring! Our citizens need excitement! So the heck with heroes, they need villains!

[Triforcer]

So, there was an interesting reveal at the Fan Faire.  If you have never ever followed the history of MMO development, ever, prepare to replace your shattered monocle.

- ORIGINALLY: 10 powers, each with a possible Meta, Magic, or Gadget origin (I.e., you could be a fire wizard, a fire meta, or a guy shooting a fire gun)

- NOW:  6 powers.  Fire, Ice, Mental, Nature, Gadgets, and Sorcery.  Beyond the obvious that 6 is less than 10, see what they did there?


They were pimping Electric, Earth, and Light constructs (think Green Lantern) at every demo until now, but there has been a recent "massive overhaul" in the game's design  


Also, a level cap at release of 30.


EDIT:  Release is Nov. 2, in case it wasn't obvious from the above

[Malakili]

- ORIGINALLY: 10 powers, each with a possible Meta, Magic, or Gadget origin (I.e., you could be a fire wizard, a fire meta, or a guy shooting a fire gun)

- NOW:  6 powers.  Fire, Ice, Mental, Nature, Gadgets, and Sorcery.  Beyond the obvious that 6 is less than 10, see what they did there?

Not surprisingly, but 6 really standard power sets is not going to cut it.

[Goreschach]

The really stupid thing about that is when you start trying to classify DC heroes into those six groups, and find out that the majority don't even make sense.

[Kageru]

And in all probability the majority of the powers are similar in operation and differ mainly in animation and visual appearance. So all of them will have bolts, holds, stuns and maybe one or two unique functions. Certainly the guy demonstrating mental powers in the video was spending most of his time shooting headache bolts and demonstrated a "mental force sphere" to hold an opponent.

[Modern Angel]

No super strength brawler type in there? What?

[Malakili]

No super strength brawler type in there? What?

Yeah, I thought that was noticeably absent as well. Maybe "nature" means "Natural ability?" (strong/fast/whatever?) Thats pushing it I know.

[UnSub]

You'll see! They'll add in stats and that will fix everything!  

EDIT: Watched the video:

- 10 weapon types, each with combo trees. Combos restore your power (endurance) you use to activate superpowers. Includes dual pistols.

- Each of those six power sets has two 'trees'.

- Iconic powers include heat vision, cold breath, GL shield bubble.

- Skill trees offer movement power advantages and other benefits. Contained within weapon trees (?). Achieve 'feats' (i.e Achievements) to buy weapon types.

- Defender, healer, controller roles, but "everybody fights" (has to fight to build combos that fuel powers).

- Travel powers are still flight, acrobatics and superspeed. You can upgrade them.

- The Big 6 are: Lex Luthor, Joker, Circe, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman. These characters are head of each origin (meta, tech, magic) for each side, and your origin picks your 'mentor' (which of the 6 your character story is most heavily involved with).

- Episodic content i.e story arcs. Plus end game content, groups, raids, alert zones (open missions that TP players into an instanced zone).

- PvP: open rule allowing players to flag their status. PvP raid experiences available. Legends PvP sees you pick pre-existing DC characters and fight it out.

- Major cities are Gotham and Metropolis. Seamless zones.

- "Business decisions are still to be made".

- Travel power 'race' mini-game.

- Launching with level 30 cap.

ADDITIONAL FROM SOMEONE WHO SAYS THE WERE THERE:

 - Fire and Ice are Tank powers. Nature and Sorcery are Healing powers. Mental and Gadgets are Controlling powers. Every character gets DPS.

 - UI is still the subject of a lot of work.

[eldaec]

Best way to sum this game up is that it has me looking forward to the first month - but I have no expectation of subscribing whatsoever.

[LK]

I will not be the least bit surprised if Batman / Joker are the highest of the high when it comes to people picking up them as master.

[Modern Angel]

This sounds pretty awful to be honest.

[rk47]

It's not really a crowd puller to be honest, unless you can be a member of Batman's Outsiders or Green Lantern Corps.
This one's pretty much going under the radar unless they can show something that make City of Heroes look outdated. If all they have to show for is IP, then I'll wait for Arkham Asylum 2 instead.

[UnSub]

They've been riding the IP hard for a while now as their key selling point.

I had a thought the other night that although it is launching on both the PC and PS3, they are treating it more like a console title release than a PC MMO release. Although I'm sure SOE wouldn't mind if DCUO sold (and maintained) big numbers on the PC, I get the impression the real focus is on the question, "can a PS3 MMO get and keep console players?".

[Ashamanchill]

Nope.  In these worlds, the mad scientists have banded together to solve all those everyday problems.  Robotic furniture movers!  Rubber jar grips!  Ladders!

Lol. Oh Lantyssa, you're too much. This post made my think of some Dr. Robotnic, with some crazy Rube Goldberg machine with lots of spinning wheels and crazy extendo arms, just to get him the mayonaise out of the fridge.

NOW:  6 powers.  Fire, Ice, Mental, Nature, Gadgets, and Sorcery.  Beyond the obvious that 6 is less than 10, see what they did theree?

- The Big 6 are: Lex Luthor, Joker, Circe, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman. These characters are head of each origin (meta, tech, magic) for each side, and your origin picks your 'mentor' (which of the 6 your character story is most heavily involved with).

WTF power does superman fit into here? Or does being from a planet with a heavier sun count as 'nature'?