I have been playing it a great deal and I am having a lot of fun. I have a hero character and a villian character but I seem to be playing the hero more (though I may work on improving the villian character as well)
Decided to give it a miss after i heard how limited the powersets are(no electicity powerset amongst others) i may give it another go once they've added more powers and stuff though.
I would like to, honestly...I just can't justify paying $15 a month to play something that cost me $60 in the first place.
Quote from: Tommy Brownell;453266I would like to, honestly...I just can't justify paying $15 a month to play something that cost me $60 in the first place.
How does it cost $60 for it? I paid $49.99 for it and steam usually has deals where you can get things cheaper. And so does Game Tap
Quote from: Daedalus;453274How does it cost $60 for it? I paid $49.99 for it and steam usually has deals where you can get things cheaper. And so does Game Tap
Sorry, I'm on PS3...retail is $60. Even discounted, so far, the lowest I've seen is $50.
One of the reasons I'm a PS3 guy is because I don't want to pay a monthly subscription fee to play my games, honestly.
Quote from: Tommy Brownell;453266I would like to, honestly...I just can't justify paying $15 a month to play something that cost me $60 in the first place.
This is kind of my issue with traditional MMOs in general.
I'm not saying they all have to be FtP/microtransaction deals, but I cannot help but find it abusive to pay the same price I pay for a stand-alone game,
and a monthly fee.
Quote from: The Butcher;453284This is kind of my issue with traditional MMOs in general.
I'm not saying they all have to be FtP/microtransaction deals, but I cannot help but find it abusive to pay the same price I pay for a stand-alone game, and a monthly fee.
Yeah...I should add that I don't hold this against DCU Online exclusively...I apply it across the board.
DCU Online is just one of the rare MMOs that I actually otherwise have an interest in.
I was in the beta.
It's a fun game, feels sorta like the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games adapted to an MMO.
But it didn't quite feel polished enough for me to want to plonk down $50. I wound up buying Rift instead.
Quote from: J Arcane;453326I was in the beta.
It's a fun game, feels sorta like the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games adapted to an MMO.
But it didn't quite feel polished enough for me to want to plonk down $50. I wound up buying Rift instead.
That's funny RIFT was very interesting to me and I have heard from a lot of people that it has a lot of shortcomings which has made me really pause before buying the game.
I think DC Universe is nice and polished now. There have been a number of updaes so I am sure the problems you saw in beta are probably fixed by now.
It's a great game
Quote from: The Butcher;453284This is kind of my issue with traditional MMOs in general.
I'm not saying they all have to be FtP/microtransaction deals, but I cannot help but find it abusive to pay the same price I pay for a stand-alone game, and a monthly fee.
Well I understand it. They do have to pay for the millions it takes to develop the game.
I am not really sure how the FTP/Microtransaction deals make the games enough money to keep the games going.
The microtransaction money makers are Cosmetics, Convenience, and Content. The current industry darling is Dungeons and Dragons Online who somehow managed to make MORE money by giving free gameplay.
I think it's because DDO's two biggest problems (lack of advertising and lack of players) were solved by the influx of cheap skates. And now with all the money rolling in, they're making new Content and Cosmetics to sell. (Convienence they've sorta bungled, but give them time).
How is the game doing now?
And I just bought this. It's $25 on Direct2Drive right now, and I couldn't resist. Too much DC fanservice.
will be interested to see how it's going now that they're on their second big update. Supposedly they've cleaned up some stuff and whatnot, so we'll see.
I love it. But I probably won't be playing next month.
I'm kinda busy.
Have they released a Mac compatible version of the client yet?
Probably not, though it doesnt matter as sony has taken the station launcher down for similar reasons as the ps3 network.
After Sony losing credit card numbers and lots of other info, I won't touch any of their online games. (There was another breach over the last day or two) http://www.bgr.com/2011/05/02/sony-suffers-another-major-security-breach/.
I can't see this game surviving the current misfortune. Certainly not on the ps3. Bad luck.
However does anyone know anyway to check to see what info sony/psn has on their system? I can't access their site (it's still down) and I had a psn account until last january when i sold me ps3. I don't remember using my credit card or uploading details beyond a simple email/password (which is a completely different one to the passwords i use for important stuff). They sent me an email the same as all their other customers, but I can't find anyway to verify what I stored.
Quote from: danbuter;455214After Sony losing credit card numbers and lots of other info, I won't touch any of their online games. (There was another breach over the last day or two) http://www.bgr.com/2011/05/02/sony-suffers-another-major-security-breach/.
From what i've read (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/02/sony-hit-with-second-attack-loses-12-700-credit-card-nu/) that's not the case, it's just more information about what went missing or whatever being discovered. Not a second breach.
At least we can but hope. This really is a disaster, though I bet M$ are rubbing their hands with glee.
http://www.soe.com/securityupdate/pressrelease.vm
Actually, it seems an expansion of the previous problem. Before, it was limited to PS3. Now, it includes all of Sony's online PC games.
What annoys me the most is that I can't look up to see what my account contains, and thus what info was vulnerable.
Just received an email from Sony. Here's the fun bits:
May 2, 2011
Dear Valued Sony Online Entertainment Customer:
Our ongoing investigation of illegal intrusions into Sony Online Entertainment systems has discovered that hackers may have obtained personal customer information from SOE systems. We are today advising you that the personal information you provided us in connection with your SOE account may have been stolen in a cyber-attack. Stolen information includes, to the extent you provided it to us, the following: name, address (city, state, zip, country), email address, gender, birthdate, phone number, login name and hashed password.
Customers outside the United States should be advised that we further discovered evidence that information from an outdated database from 2007 containing approximately 12,700 non-US customer credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes) and about 10,700 direct debit records listing bank account numbers of certain customers in Germany, Austria, Netherlands and Spain may have also been obtained and we will be notifying each of those customers promptly.
There is no evidence that our main credit card database was compromised. It is in a completely separate and secured environment.
We had previously believed that SOE customer data had not been obtained in the cyber-attacks on the company, but on May 1st we concluded that SOE account information may have been stolen and we are notifying you as soon as possible.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the attack and as a result, we have:
1. Temporarily turned off all SOE game services;
2. Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3. Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When SOE™'s services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your Station or SOE game account name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
Perhaps it's a set we have to collect and win a prize, because my email is different (sorry for the long post), and i've no idea what qriocity is:
Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
1) Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2) Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3) Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state/province, zip or postal code), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence that credit card data was taken at this time, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, to be on the safe side we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.
For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security, tax identification or similar number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking. When the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password. Additionally, if you use your PlayStation Network or Qriocity user name or password for other unrelated services or accounts, we strongly recommend that you change them, as well.
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Sincerely,
Sony Network Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment Teams
Sony Network Entertainment Europe Limited (formerly known as PlayStation Network Europe Limited) is a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited the data controller for PlayStation Network/Qriocity personal data
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EDIT: and the other one just turned up in my other email. I assume that's because I trialed SWG 18 months ago.
Yeah I got that email too.
The question I have is this (and I need to contact them) is that my account is about to need to be renewed (I pay month to month) and they better not charge me if I cannot use it.
I've heard rumour that particular email is spam. I cannot verify this at all however.
Quote from: Ghost Whistler;455853I've heard rumour that particular email is spam. I cannot verify this at all however.
The information included in both the above posted emails is accurate and does indeed come from Sony, however, in order to be ably to rapidly reach customers as quickly as possible, they hired a known mass email marketing company to deliver the email, which caused many email clients like GMail to flag it as spam and a possible phishing attempt.