DCUO VS SWTOR

[Tecknik]

Wow. Whoever said that Beta was 'the final product' was wrong:

There are some minor graphical tweeks for the better, new VO for Heroes (not checked Villains yet); the Flash has a new voice (God his VO was shit in Beta) for starters.

New animations and abilities (for brawling and fire; the ones I've used so far). Combat seems a bit more fluid, but I've had one or two bugs.

I've experienced NO lag at all despite there being only two EU serves with high populations.

The apparel system (in game, not character creation) has been changed so you can have vanity slots etc. and change your apparel/skin colour in game via the menus.

So far, I'm impressed with the end product.

Almost everything you listed was added towards the end of Beta. There was a 2GB patch about a week before the end.

Even at the end of beta, I still felt this was a broken game.  But then again, it's SOE so I'm not surprised.  For those that don't know, Beta ended about a week before release.  The game needed more time in Beta/Development.

I was on PC World 3 (PvE) and PC World 4 (PvP), and reached the level 20 cap on both.  The game seemed unbalanced.  The skill sets were weak and needed to be completely done over, in my opinion.

The game was fun to play, but not something I would pay a $15 monthly subscription for.  Not until it's completely reworked, anyways.

[likwidtek]

Who is all playing this?  Played for a little bit at a friend's house today.  Pretty not bad.

[Subb]

I'm on the EU servers, think Eroz said he's picking it up soon or something.

[Tbone]

[JazzyC]

So in an attempt to accommodate the console users, they've neglected the PC?  I shouldn't be surprised, just disappointed perhaps.

[likwidtek]

I've been sick yesterday and today so I've gotten a chance to play a little. 

At lvl 6 and so far it's really cool. I'm still trying to understand my "class" I might switch. I went with a villain sorcerer with circi as a mentor. The sorcery trees seem really weird but I'll play with them. I wanted something that would be a really good healer but until I know more about how healing works I'll just mess around more. 

There were a couple bugs but nothin big. In the character creation there are tons of hair options but it seems like there will be 5 names for the exact same hair style. I dunno if they are just place holders or what. Also I was doing the quest chain that takes you to Doctor Fate where you fight next to Brother blood. It took me a few times to near him. One of the times doctor fate just vanished and never came back. I had to restate the game. Odd but nothing major. 

I will say that the questing is awesome. There's a bit of kill 10 this collect 20 that but I really enjoy missions/quests so far. 

The story is rad and is total fan service to comic book fans. The animated comic sequences, cg movie bits and voice acting (most of the time) is really well done. The game is very much story detailed so far. Hopefully it keeps that feeling through the game. 

[likwidtek]

I don't agree with a lot of what he says here. The only one that I agree with really is how the UI feels so clunky on the PC. It's very obvious that it was made to be console accessible. It's not HORRIBLE but still, not as good as others. Aside from that, I like the way quests or missions are done so far.

[Subb]

I don't agree with a lot of what he says here. The only one that I agree with really is how the UI feels so clunky on the PC. It's very obvious that it was made to be console accessible. It's not HORRIBLE but still, not as good as others. Aside from that, I like the way quests or missions are done so far.

The later quests are SO much better than the early ones:

*Solving the Riddlers puzzles so you can get to him quickly to stop Deathstroke from assassinating him was amazing.
*Disguising yourself as the undead to stop Black Adam from rising Isis was good too.

[likwidtek]

I'm having a lot of fun with this game.  Seriously I dunno why you guys are so against it.  Man talk about right up our alley too... Urban city sprawl with awesome powers.  Seriously the PVP server I'm on too, god we would dominate.  

I made a villain but it was very FA inspired.  All dark angel n stuff.  Heh.  I got the dual pistols and am tearing it up.  I think this would be a fun filler game for us while we wait for star wars!

[likwidtek]

Hey is Venlar still in FA?  I saw a Venlar dressed in FA garb with wings in DCUO on the blood and glory server

[Venlar]

Hey is Venlar still in FA?  I saw a Venlar dressed in FA garb with wings in DCUO on the blood and glory server

Yup I'm still here lol.

[likwidtek]

I was worried you wouldn't recognize my name and try and battle me.  Heh!  Dude screenshot your dude and upload it here.  Your outfit was awesome.  I went for the dark angel approach (without the wings though).

[Eroz]

I have a toon (Sivir) on Death and Glory, but I have really played her yet.

[likwidtek]

When good angels go bad.

[Subb]

I have my toon 'Arkangel' (FA AHOY!) on the Brightest Day server. It's an EU server, so I'll create a villain on one of your US servers to join when I've done a few end game stuff. I'm level 26 so it isn't TOO far away now.