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Anyone playing DC Universe online?

Started by Daedalus, April 23, 2011, 01:47:00 PM

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Daedalus

April 23, 2011, 01:47:00 PM
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)

Tahmoh

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April 23, 2011, 01:54:43 PM
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.

Tommy Brownell

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April 23, 2011, 06:53:00 PM
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.
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Daedalus

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April 23, 2011, 09:22:42 PM
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

Tommy Brownell

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April 23, 2011, 09:34:08 PM
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.
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The Butcher

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April 23, 2011, 09:58:43 PM
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.

Tommy Brownell

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April 23, 2011, 10:20:16 PM
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.
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J Arcane

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April 24, 2011, 02:55:55 AM
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.
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Daedalus

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April 24, 2011, 11:37:00 AM
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

Daedalus

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April 24, 2011, 11:39:46 AM
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.

Malleus Arianorum

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April 25, 2011, 01:39:09 AM Last Edit: April 25, 2011, 01:39:25 AM by Malleus Arianorum
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).
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Ghost Whistler

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April 25, 2011, 06:39:33 AM
How is the game doing now?
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J Arcane

#12
April 26, 2011, 10:06:35 PM
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.
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April 26, 2011, 11:36:54 PM
I love it. But I probably won't be playing next month.
I'm kinda busy.
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May 02, 2011, 02:10:14 PM
Have they released a Mac compatible version of the client yet?
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