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Still sticking to the November 2nd release according to Chris Cao video interview.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/dcuniverseonline/news.html?sid=6275462&mode=previews

Yeah was in a local Best Buy yesterday and saw the pre-order boxes with a November 2nd start date emboseed into the box's back.

all nice but their website is crap.....its been "broken" for weeks now......with all the "$label.blabla" tags :p

If the game is a good as their site.....then i wouldnt have high hopes for it tbh.

Originally posted by sloeber

all nice but their website is crap.....its been "broken" for weeks now......with all the "$label.blabla" tags :p

If the game is a good as their site.....then i wouldnt have high hopes for it tbh.

 

 Its not broken to me. Do you have java Down loaded.not use if that makes a difference. Never had an issue with their site.

fail more pls

The few in game clips show the game still needs a lot of work and they still have not left the internal testing stages.  This does not sounds good.

6 weeks to go.

They are NOT shooting for heavy public testing, the devs have stated it was not neccesary for their development plan.

This does not imply the game is going to be a disaster it just means they are doing something different,  any public testing they have pointed out will be for load testing and promotion mostly.  It's a new way of doing things folks just because the greater public audience has no influence does not mean the game is in trouble.

They just felt internal testing and convention feedback worked best for their plan and the only way we will know for sure if they were right to do this is to wait for the load test (whenever that may be) or the release. 

I am as weary of potential bombs like CO or WAR like the rest but I just keep an open mind that not everyone left in the biz is incompetent and can't make a good game.

I have playtested the game in Las Vegas at the SOE Fan Faire 2010.  I got to see the same story arc that most of the reviews up have covered.  In other words, I have not walked the streets of Gotham but I have fought Harley and Joker's thugs to try out the moves.

This is going to be a different kind of MMO for SOE.  There will be much more importance on the console side of this game and I think they are handling it like a Console release.  In other words there won't be much beta testing.

What I tested, I liked.  Here is what I have posted on the game from my conversations with devs and play.

Depth of Skills - are dependent on how much you play and quest.  You earn Combo Specials that add to your 'salad bar' of choices of action.  They are executed through special key patterns like a fight game such as Streetfighter.

Possible Builds - You begin  by choosing a Mentor from three different archtypes (Superman for Meta-powers (Mutant for you Marvel heads), Batman for Tech-powers and Wonder Woman for Magic or mystic powers.  These can be changed if you wish to change your powers, I am told.  These choices guide the character in direction of powers and quests.

PVE Encounters - are the bases of your builds.  You gain your missions from reports from your mentor and ultimatily the faction orginization that inducts you (JLA or LSV).  There should be city patrols and other mission points.  Batman assigns the Carnival caper reported earlier.

Travel Powers - There are three forms of travel based on the characters choice to improve.  Flight, Superspeed and Acrobatic.

NPC - There are your common city walkers who run screaming if a fight breaks out.  Heroes and Villians populate through out but is less common unless there is a city wide alert. I am not sure spacificlly what you wish to know but to my understanding there is no pet system, yet.

Auction House - I was told there would be some form of auction house so looted items could be sold once players decide to do such.  Characters have limited storage so you will want to get rid of junk and allow others to benefit from you success.

Dungeons and Raids - are a pretty standard practice in the modern MMO.  DCUO will have its own versions.  Gotham and Metropolis will have places to go and explore such as Star Labs that may qualify as Dungeons. Raids have the beginning benefit of two faction at war with each other. Hero and villian bases will come.

PVP mash up - is not the apex of DCUO.  There will be plenty of single player action and co-op play as characters adventure.  SOE wanted social issues not to weight down players interest in just getting out there and fighting the good fight.  Thats why so much is being handed to Facebook to get word of mouth out on the game.  The Legends System is one form of PVP were players are given a premade character(like Batman) to fight another premade character (say Riddler) in an arena match.  Will you be able to use your character in PVP?  I am not sure.