11/14/2011: GU6 Combat Rating / Item Level! These are two statistics that have existed under the hood that we are now making public! Each item has an “Item Level” that roughly indicates the power of the item. When worn together, your “Combat Rating” is a measure of your total effectiveness in combat and is based on the weighted average of the best equipment you own per slot. This means your Combat Rating improves as you earn better gear. Players can find their Combat Rating under the Stats section in their Inventory. The tougher Hard Mode Alerts will now have a minimum Combat Rating that must be met before you can queue for them. New Raid! Defeat Zod to regain control of the Sunstone Crystal Matrix! Queue for the Fortress of Solitude: Sunstone Matrix under the Raids section in your On Duty menu. Combat Rating: 53 General: The Society has managed to steal the plans for the new stations being installed in the JLA Watchtower. They've begun assembling them in each wing of the Hall of Doom but its function remains classified. Both organizations have begun installing additional stations in some of the city safehouses, but remain tightlipped about their objectives. Attacks made by Tier 3 enemies, such as those found in the Fortress of Solitude, now ignore 25% of base defense. Defense values for Tier 3 armor have been raised. Removed the erroneous stats from the Gray quality item, Advanced Telescoping Baton Minor Matchmaking Updates: o Players are now notified of their assigned group role. o A new category section has been added for Tier 2 Duos. The player will now be messaged when trying to phase into the phase they are currently in. Ignore now works properly with shout, say, trade, versus, league, tell and group chat. Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause NPC’s to not drop loot when they were dealt massive amounts of damage and/or knocked out with one hit. Mail sent by the Broker to inform you of an item’s sale will no longer have Cash attached. The funds should now be automatically placed into your Cash instead. Mail with attachments can no longer be deleted if you have a full inventory. Running the game in windowed mode should no longer cause the cursor to travel outside of the window incorrectly. Movement Modes: Acrobat: Launching Roll should now play effects more consistently. Updated UI descriptions for Grapple Line and Glide Line to better describe how to perform the ability. Flight: Fliers should be able to turn correctly after using the Phase Shifter. Fliers should no longer slide while animating for the Air Burst and Low Pressure abilities. Super Speed: Speedsters should no longer slide while animating for the Speed Drain ability. Powers: Fire: Abilities no longer apply an additional 25% bonus health buff. This affects: Absorb Heat, Backdraft, Burning Determination, Wild Fire, Consume Objects, and Stoke Flames. In addition to increasing their maximum Health by 60% when using super powers, Fire Tanks now gain additional Health based on their Dominance score. The increase is slightly more than 2 additional Health for every point of Dominance. Healing caused by Fire abilities now scale with Dominance combined with Restoration. This affects: Absorb Heat, Backdraft, Burning Determination, Wildfire, Burnout, Consume Objects, Fiery Weapon, Stoke Flames, Eternal Flame and Reignition. Gadgets: Turrets that use cryogenic rounds will play effects more consistently. The damage prevention effect of Hide now scales and prevents damage equal to about 50% of your Restoration score and 100% of your Dominance combined. The cooldown has been decreased to 20 seconds. Non-stealth game effects can now persist after the stealth effects have ended. The damage prevention effect of Neural Neutralizer now scales and prevents damage equal to about 50% of your Restoration score and 100% of your Dominance combined. The shield now persists for five seconds. The healing caused by Anesthetic now scales with Dominance combined with Restoration. The cost has been decreased to 35% supercharge. Ice: ·Winter Ward no longer applies an additional Defense buff. Winter ward, Bitter Winds and Shatter Restraints again provide a damage prevention effect regardless of role. The damage prevention scales and prevents additional damage roughly equal to 13.5% of your Restoration score combined with 100% of your Dominance. In the DPS role, the maximum damage Reflection prevents is equal to 50% of your Restoration and 100% of your Dominance combined. The amount healed by Hibernation now scales with your Dominance combined with Restoration. Ice Elemental healing now scales with Dominance combined with Restoration. It now prevents additional damage equal to your Dominance combined with Restoration. Iconic: Sonic Cry will now properly apply a stun to an enemy when used. The damage prevention effect of Hard Light Shield now scales and prevents damage equal to your Restoration and Dominance score combined. Light: Healing caused by Restore and Triage now scales with Dominance combined with Restoration. The cooldown on Triage has been reduced to 60 seconds. The damage prevention effect of Light Barrier now scales and prevents damage equal to 50% of your Restoration and 100% Dominance score combined. The damage prevention effect of Group Shielding now scales and prevents additional damage equal to your Restoration and Dominance score combined. Using a combination from a tray power no longer turns off hard lock on the target. Mental: The damage prevention effect of Grandeur and Reflect Pain now scales and prevents damage equal to 13.5% of your Restoration score and 100% of your Dominance combined. The damage prevention effect of Telekinetic Shield now scales and prevents damage equal to 50% of your Restoration score and 100% of your Dominance combined. The damage prevention effect of Bastion now scales and prevents additional damage equal to your Restoration and Dominance scores combined. The damage prevention effect of Psychic Shield now scales and prevents damage equal to 125% of both your Dominance and Restoration combined. Nature: Nature: Primal Wolf Form: The Slam attack is now vulnerable to block as intended. Nature: Swarm Shield now scales the maximum damage it may prevent based upon your Restoration score. It prevents damage equal to 60% of your Restoration while in the Damage role and 125% of your Restoration in the Healer role. Sorcery: Sorcery: Boon of Souls now scales the maximum damage it may prevent based upon your Restoration score. It prevents damage equal to 60% of your Restoration while in the Damage role and 125% of your Restoration in the Healer role.
11/14/2011: GU6 Missions: Players at level 30 will no longer receive quests for which they are unable to Queue, instead these quests will be granted once the player has reached the required Combat Rating to enter. Smallville, Arkham Island, and Stryker’s Island will be granted at a combat rating of 34. The Batcaves, League of Assassin Stronghold, Kahndaq, and the “Fight for the Light” DLC will be granted at a combat rating of 43. The Fortress of Solitude Raids will be granted at a combat rating of 53. Riddler: The First Clue: players no longer need to have the quest active in order to interact with the Riddler box. Party Foul (Hero): Joker Bombs should no longer double-spawn in the Hotel. Weapons: Dual Wield: Equalized the stun range and damage range of Stunning Swipe to that of equivalent powers. Increased the duration of vulnerability to interrupt effects after using a Range Tap Block Breaker to bring these in line with other Block Breaker attacks. Two Handed: Increased the duration of vulnerability to interrupt effects after using a Range Tap Block Breaker to bring these in line with other Block Breaker attacks. Alerts: HIVE: Fixed an issue where Queen Bee would become mute. Duos: Ferris Aircraft Ambush Bug has stumbled his way into the Ferris Aircraft Duo in Coast City. Raids: Fortress of Solitude: Power Core Avatar of Meta: Brainiac's Tentacles will now interrupt anyone who attempts to overload the power cores while Brainiac is draining the Fortress of its power. Jor-El Fight: Jor-El will no longer succumb to the rigors of battle and stand idly by as his opponents beat him to a pulp. Prime Assassin's Affliction bonus is now accurate. Failing to destroy all Affliction Shards in time will cause him to gain this bonus. Prime Assassin's Restoration bonus is now accurate. Failing to destroy all Restoration Shards in time will cause him to gain this bonus. Audio: Dual Pistols: Attacks should now play appropriate audio hit effects. Feats: The Explore Little Bohemia Feat now correctly lists MPD's 3rd Precinct as a location to visit. The Speed Run feats for League of Assassin's Stronghold and Oolong Island (Hard) have been moved to the proper Category in the Feats UI. The speed feat for the Smallville Alert will no longer update on zone in. UI: The Blades of the Dragon should now show on your character and in the primary weapon style tab. Item level will now be displayed in the UI. Combat Rating will now display on the Character Stats UI. The Broker inventory now scrolls when needed. Fixed case sensitivity issues with /friend of mixed case. Fixed case sensitivity issues with /ignore of mixed case. Fixed a functionality issue with the Radial Menu while using a controller. New Chat Tab edit settings dialog now scrolls properly. Group Info panel now displays your assigned role in instances. If you are assigned a wildcard role, the icon will now display. This is shown directly below the icon indicating your current stance. Fixed an issue with the group invite window not closing properly if a player received the invite while in a quick menu. You are no longer able to attempt to create a League if you are not in a group. Removed less-than-necessary page dots at the bottom of the Marketplace item list. Fixed a crash specific to the UI (frequent on PC). Feats with required counts now display progress when expanded. Marketplace: Marketplace performance improvements. The preview screen now displays the same purchase availability as the category screen. Fixed a minor clipping issue with the Cosmic Angelic Chest for the Brute Male body character type. Fixed a minor visual issue with the Sequined Urban & Sequined Biker Gloves on Male characters. Visual: Gadgets: Asphyxiation Gas will now play effects when used. Improved the Watchtower Magic wing cool cam event. Claws, Boxing, Telekinesis, and Psychic Blades will now play the appropriate color effects. The Booster Gold Exploration kiosk in Shen Li Po gardens is no longer floating. Little Bohemia Metrodome: Players should no longer find any floating Exobyte canisters. Fixed various environmental visual bugs in Metropolis and Gotham City. Mail received while the Mail UI is open should no longer appear incorrectly. Fixed a minor visual issue with the Angelic shirt for small female body character types. Toned down the emissive intensity of all glowing gear items so it would not visually distort in some environments. PVP: General: Players should no longer show as flagged PVE when in a PVP arena. This bug was causing players to turn “purple” to their enemies and it would make them untargetable and seem invulnerable in PVP Arenas. PvP trinkets should now remove Healer and Tank counter-role de-buffs. Adjusted the budgets for Tank and Controller PvP armor to include Dominance. Tanks who use super powers against Mental, Gadgets and Light players will cancel personal damage prevention and power over time effects. Psychic Empowerment, Defibrillator and Recharge when used while in the Control role will now remove Healer role anti-Tank de-buffs. The Healer role anti-Tank de-buffs should now also prevent Fire self healing as well as removing Tank buffs and Ice damage absorbing effects. A red de-buff icon is now applied when this effect is active. ier 1 PvP weapons now add 192 Precision when used against players bringing their DPS to 97.1 in PvP. They now also ignore 12% of a player's Toughness. Tier 2 PvP weapons now ignore 25% of a player's Toughness. Victories in the Batcave and Fortress of Solitude PvP Arena Maps will now count towards the feat "Winning Streak X".
11/01/2011: Free to Play The US PlayStation 3 servers are now available! Enjoy! We are currently in the process of bringing the EU server online over the next few hours as some final testing is required. We appreciate everyones patience.
10/04/2011: GU5 New Features Update 5: New Alert! – The HIVE Moon Base Alert is now available as a Tier 2 Hard Mode. Look for it under Alerts: Hard T2 in your On Duty menu. New Raid! – Enter the Fortress of Solitude and defeat The Avatar of Meta! Look for Fortress of Solitude: The Avatar of Meta under Raids in your On Duty menu. New PVP Arena! – Players can now battle against each other in a simulation of The Batcave. Look for The Batcave (2 vs. 2) under Arenas: PVP in your On Duty menu. Dueling! – Use the Action menu to challenge another player or turn on Dueling Mode and allow anyone to challenge you. For players who don’t want to participate you can turn off Duel invites in the action menu. More Space! - Having trouble finding room for that third set of gear? Players will find even more room available in the Bank and in their Inventory. General: Workers have installed new stations in each deck of the JLA Watchtower. They are still inoperative, and their functionality has been deemed classified by the JLA. Worry over leaks to the Society have kept them very tight-lipped on these new stations. JLA Watchtower: Batman has flown the Batwing back to The Batcave, and S.T.A.R. Labs has recalled their ships to the home office for maintenance. Fixed a number of known PC and PS3 crashes. Improved performance in the Fortress of Solitude Raid. Fixed an issue where sometimes players could not see each other while grouped. STAR weapons from the Fight for the Light DLC pack will no longer add the same style twice when you get an Epic and Rare version. Players can now be invited back to an instance by a group even if they have the deserter flag. Group members should now always display on your Mini Map. Hard Lock targeting should now disappear when the target has become friendly. Players should no longer be able to become stuck inside static playroom objects. Faction Emblems can no longer be traded. Raid sort order in the On Duty tab has been improved. Corrected an issue with certain loot-only appearances displaying in character create. Angelic and Remora Set appearance items should now be dropping correctly. Starfire, Cyborg and Donna Troy have had their powers and tactics improved. Inventory slots have been increased to 63. Bank Slots have been increased to 48. Audio: Fixed an issue that would cause audio loss. Lair of the Witch: Bamboo potted plants should now have sound when destroyed. The music for combat and traps within the Fortress of Solitude PVP Arena should now play properly. Audio levels have been updated for Dual Pistols. Players using Dual Pistols should not notice a significant difference. Audio balance for players around a Dual Pistol player should be noticeably better now. Audio levels will no longer increase after playing certain sounds. Villain hangouts now have new style-appropriate music! Fortress of Solitude: Fixed minor audio issues with some of Krypto’s attacks. Riddle Me This: Audio for the final riddle should now play correctly. EMPty Parts: Technician Morgan should no longer be so quiet when spoken to for this side quest. Bludhaven Alert: Hazmat Officer Severson should now be more audible. The Super Plan: Superman and Lex Luthor should be easier to hear during this boss fight. Trigon’s Blood: Fixed a minor issue with objects not playing sound when destroyed in this playroom. Coast City Alert: Music should now start up correctly after defeating Kyle Rayner. Coast City Duo: Music should now loop properly in this duo. Metropolis City Hall: Added new music to the Boss Encounters, and corrected issues that may have been causing music to drop out in the level. Fun for Girls and Boys: Players should now correctly hear sound when passing through rings during the transport race. Arkham Asylum Alert: Poison Ivy should now always speak after being defeated. Storming the Ivory Tower: Powergirl and Parasite’s Voice Over should no longer overlap during this final fight. Party Foul: Sound should now cue properly during the cool cam. UI: General: Players should no longer be able to select a queue while at the Legends Character Selection screen. Players should now be able to modify the transparency of their UI. PVP match scorecards should now read “Influence” for Villains at the end of a match. PC Only: Pressing the “End” key while in the group queue should no longer cause controller icons to appear. Players now have the ability to reset their key bindings to default. The Chat options menu should now scroll correctly when adding a new chat tab. Social: Character interactions on names consisting only of numbers will now function properly. Options: PC Only: Toggle PDA (Backslash) now appears in the Key Bindings page. Journal: The Track button in the Quest Journal should now always display properly. Communicator videos displaying in all white have been fixed. Voice: Proximity voice chat will start enabled if you previously turned it on. Marketplace: The Superman Hoodie can no longer be deleted from your inventory after being redeemed. Missions: General: Invasion: Gotham: This Mission is now correctly labeled as a group mission. All Side Missions should now be flagged as shareable with other players. Playroom endings have been reorganized so Communicator Messages and Motion Comics do not interfere with each other. Solo: Batsignal: T.O. Morrow's Coolcam Voice Over should now queue at the proper moment. Riddle Me This: Players should no longer be able to advance in this playroom without solving all riddles. Something's Fishy: Martian Manhunter's initial camera should now match the duration of his line of voiceover. Cape Carmine Lighthouse: Players should no longer get stuck in combat in this instance. Hospital Havok: Lex Luthor's escaped test subjects can once again be transported to the LexCorp Ship for further experimentation. Meta Malpractice: Heroes should once again be able to help patients escape around Metropolis General. Trigon’s Destiny: John Bolaris has returned to the Tomorrow District to give his quest again. Temple of Crime: Improved drop rate of Batwoman's Serrated Cape in the Temple of Crime. Apes of Wrath: Evolved Gorilla Form’s special attacks now have proper names. Storming the Ivory Tower: Female Students will now complain of being hungry before consuming their classmates. Lunar Eclipse: Players should no longer have gating issues during the Zatanna portion of the boss fight. Spectral Embrace: Telekinesis will work on more objects in the Spectre Playroom. Spectral Embrace: Green barrels in the Spectre playroom can now be destroyed. Daily Dose of Heroism: Heroes should now receive credit for stopping the Satellite Saboteur. No Meta Human Left Behind: KO icons should now show up on all available Meta-Human Tubes in the instance. The Demon Inside: Players should no longer remain in combat after defeating Raven. Vengeful Embrace: Spectre no longer drops loot, whereas Eclipso will now drop loot. Challenge Mode: Catwoman Challenge: Pipes in the gas tunnels have had their collision restored. Various environment fixes have been made. Players should no longer be able to drop out of combat during the miniboss and boss fights. Panthers should now be able to reach players with less difficulty. DUOS: Coast City: The Repulsor should no longer affect player pets. Gorilla Grodd’s Lab: Fuel cell barrels now use the proper fuel cell appearance rather than appearing as a normal red explosion barrel. Gotham Mercy Hospital: Fixed an issue inside this playroom which caused ice blocks to look incorrect when damaged Fixed an issue where the lights in the playroom, when damaged, were displaying incorrect FX. Gotham University Mummies will no longer float when their encasement is broken. Minor visual improvements to the interior of Gotham University. Metropolis City Hall: The effects on Sinestro's push attack have been updated. Hero players should now be able to find a treasure chest. Attacks from Green Lantern Recruits should now properly display in the combat log. Old Gotham Subway: The Penguin has changed out his umbrella and there is some new weaponry at his disposal! The new ammunition does more damage but sacrifices some of the concussive force that knocked you around his lair. –This change is already live. Our apologies for not including it in our hotfix public notes.
10/04/2011: GU5 ALERTS: General Players should now always receive the final Communicator message when successfully completing Alerts Ace Chemicals: Players now have more time to enter the main chamber before the doors close and the first security wave event begins. Area 51: Completing Area 51 in Hard Mode should no longer loot-lock you for Area 51 in normal mode, and vice versa. Interceptors in Area 51 should no longer try to burrow into the ground. Arkham Asylum: Minor pathing issues in the Mr. Freeze Boss fight area have been corrected. Charmed Doctors and Inmates now have extended range when defending the Poison Ivy wing. Poison Ivy and Scarecrow’s voiceovers should no longer play on top of one another. Players should no longer get stuck in certain areas of this playroom. Various collision and art improvements. Batcave: The Outer Caverns: The loot lock for this Alert is now set to one day. HiVE Moon Base: The domes over the HIVE ships in the third portion of the Alert should now always be blue. Various minor environment improvements have been made to this Alert. League of Assassins Stronghold: Feat: Declawed: Players will now get credit for all the Claws they defeat. Oan Sciencells: Lyssa Drak’s attacks have been improved. Lyssa Drak is no longer attackable until the book is closed and she begins her assault. The Light Claw ability should now appear correctly in the combat log. Minor environment improvements have been done to improve this Alert. Oolong Island: T.O. Morrow has upgraded the Robot Control Nodes around the Elementical Laboratories! Players should no longer be able to see under the exploding floor in Chang Tzu’s Lab. A mini map marker has been added when players are instructed to speak with TO Morrow. Fixed an issue where the Tornado Tyrant would repeat one voiceover line over and over. The electrical trap in the hallway of Chang Tzu's Lab should no longer show through the roof of the Lab. Smallville: Lady Doombringer will now remain sequestered until the invading players trap all five of her clergy. Ending Communicator message and this Alert’s Motion Comic should no longer interfere with each other. Healers should now see the back piece for the Seraph appearance set drop in this Alert. RAIDS: Batcave: The Outer Caverns : Players should now see proper loot lock messaging in this Raid. Made a number of environment improvements in this instance. Players should no longer be able to get stuck in terrain in certain locations of this instance. Players will now receive the final Communicator Message after each successful run. Batcave: Brainiac Sub-Construct: Players should now hear Brainiac's voiceover at the end of the Avatar of Tech fight. Fixed a minor issue with water effects. Fortress of Solitude: The Chasm: Several previously un-resistible effects have been made resistible. Adjusted the entry of the Retrievers so that they would be less likely to miss their jump and fall into the chasm. Not a Dog Person feat will now be granted when you defeat the Sunstone Domineer without freeing Krypto from his control. The Domineer's escorts no longer ignore players at range in movement modes. Players should no longer be shown as off the mini map area. Various minor art and collision tweaks were made to this Raid. Players with Super Strength should now see weaponizable boulders glow, indicating that they can be picked up. PVP: General: Player's summoned pets should now reliably attack opposing players during PvP An Influence reward has been added to the PvP Bounty quests in Gotham City and Metropolis. The Bow of Discipline is now available to purchase from the Tier 2 PvP vendor. Legends: Corrected an issue preventing Harley Quinn from gaining access to the ranged tap Block Breaker. Fixed a minor effects issue with the Legends Two-Face’s "Twisted Minds" ability. Fortress of Solitude Arena: The Fortress of Solitude Arena is now available when queuing with the first available button. It also has the chance to be the daily rotation. New effects were added for Player Power-Ups. Crystals now have new effects when thrown or smashed. Power Core effects can no longer be seen through the floor of the second level. Races: Music should now always play properly during a race. Unique audio stingers should now play when finishing a race and collecting a Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze Trophy. Feats: The following feat descriptions were fixed to have the correct amounts required for completion: Fistful of Cash, Knocked Out or Alive, My Backpack's Got Jets. Walking Rampart, Commanding Presence, and Surgeon General are role based feats, and will now only show in the UI if you can complete them. Alert Master (complete 100 Alerts) and Emergency Responder (complete 250 Alerts) now give the proper amount of skill points. Fire Sale!: Players should now see the book cases on fire. Fire Sale!: Fixed an issue that was creating playroom performance issues for Perils of Zatanna. The Formal legs in character create will now count towards completion of the feat Shaken, Not Stirred for female characters as it does for male characters. The following feats are now granted when completing a Tier 2 armor set regardless of origin: Spear of Themyscira Defender of Gotham Gauntlet of the Goddess LexCorp Warbringer The Joke's on You Kryptonian Defender Fixed an issue where certain feats weren't being counted in the Fortress of Solitude 8v8 PVP map. Hostile Takeover Capture Master Capture Expert Capture Rookie Assistance Is Not Futile Assist Master Assist Expert Assist Rookie 10X Under Fire! 25X Under Fire! Attack the Weak Point for Massive Damage High Rolling Healer Arena Master Collections/Investigations: The style reward for the Hidden Fortress brief is now appropriately named and wearable as a mask. Fixed a number of spawn locations in Robinson Park and Otisburg. Collection nodes in Hard Mode Alerts are now working properly and drop collection items.
10/04/2011: GU5 Weapons: General: The Spiritwalker Blaster now has the correct icon. The Intergang Plasma Rifle now displays the icon and style name correctly. The Apokoliptian Mega-Rifle now properly displays its icon and style name. Bow: Visual effects for Explosive Shot will display more consistently now. Impact Arrow effects should no longer travel with the player after the combo. Impact Arrow now properly interrupts sustained attacks. Adjusted the effects timing for the Bow ability Long Draw to look better. Dual Wield: Dual Wield Stunning Swipe now hits multiple targets as intended. Hand Blast: The Hand Blaster trait Power Discharged has been fixed so that it now contributes to your combo counter, and will hit the correct amount of times. The Hand Blast abilities Charged Blast, Meteor Blast and Solar Flame are now correctly dealing block breaker damage. Martial Arts: Removed the Martial Arts Air Axe-kick combo. Staff: Staff Downward Smash combo now hits multiple targets as intended. Adjusted the knockdown angle inflicted by Staff Downward Smash combo so enemies are not knocked too far to continue your combo Two Handed: Changed the tooltip for the Two-Handed ability Mega Smash to reflect that it is not vulnerable to interrupt as intended.
10/04/2011: GU5 Powers: General: Controller Role power over time effects have been changed from returning a base of 14 power per second over 22 seconds to returning 70 power every 5 seconds over 25 seconds. This will allow you to see a Power restoration increase for roughly every 14 points of Vitalization gained, instead of requiring roughly 71 points of Vitalization to see an increase. Taunt effects on Tank role powers should now consistently use a 15m radius either around your target or yourself depending on the activated power, rather than varying wildly to as little as 7m. When in Tank role, Supercharge abilities will now cause a taunt effect around your target or yourself depending on the supercharge ability used. Players should no longer be able to bypass the button hold portion of charge attack combos by blocking. Reduced the amount of hate generated by a Controller’s controlling abilities. Fire: Burning Determination now provides one instant tick of healing when used, it no longer scales its healing based on your health. It sets nearby enemies on fire on use and increases your maximum health by an additional 25% in the Tank role (health bonus does not stack with Backdraft or Stoke Flames). Stoke Flames now no longer requires Immolation effects to have maximum effectiveness. It sets nearby enemies on fire on use and increases your maximum health by an additional 25% in Tank role (health bonus does not stack with Backdraft or Stoke Flames). Fixed an issue that could cause Stoke Flames to fail to taunt enemies. Fire tank secondary health buffs should no longer occasionally bleed over to group members. Adjusted Absorb Heat's FX to play properly. Gadgets: Gadgets Stasis Field now causes damage over time and additional damage when the encase breaks. While in the Controller role you will encase two targets. Gadgets Defibrillator now applies a personal Might and Precision buff for a short time. The effects of Sticky Bomb will now more reliably hit your target. Ice: Ice Reflection in Tank role now caps its damage prevention effect to 10000. Corrected an issue that prevented the Frostbite effect from Encasing enemies. Ice Armor will now respect a characters gender regardless of any current form changes. Increased the cool down and capped the amount of damage that can be prevented from Reflection when used in the Damage role. Mental: Thought Bubble now causes damage over time and additional damage when the encase breaks. While in the Controller role you will encase two targets. Mental Psychic Empowerment now applies a personal Might and Precision buff for a short time. The de-buff icon for Horrific Visage will now display as a Health de-buff instead of a Precision de-buff. Nature: Canine Form attacks and interactions no longer lack audio. The tooltip for the Nature ability Savage Growth has been changed for clarity. Sorcery: The Summon Watcher Sorcery ability has had its description changed to more accurately reflect what it does in different roles. Iconic Powers: Updated description for Neo-Venom Boost in an effort to alleviate confusion. Light: Corrected an issue with Chain Whip that prevented resisting the non-combo version in Control role. Fan should no longer end abruptly if your primary target is Knocked Out. While in Damage role, the damage buff from Snap Trap and Light Blast should no longer fall off after Five seconds. Spikequake should now cause the correct damage to secondary targets. Light Weight should now apply its damage debuff to your primary target at the beginning of the spin attack. Removed the Power cost from chainsaw melee hold. Boxing's description no longer incorrectly states that it has a hold melee combo. Visuals: Nature Bow Players should now have proper effects on first melee strike. Fixed an issue where dancers in the Nightclubs were popping between animations. Player characters when attacked in a non-combat idle should no longer have their weapons disappear. Prismatic Broadsword should no longer cause distortion on the player. Fixed minor cosmetic issues with the Kabuki Helm. Sector Incendiary Helmet should no longer cause animal skin characters to lose their tails. Android Batman's Cowl, Brother Blood's Sinister Hood, Captain Marvel Raid Helmet, and Brother Eye's Helm of the OMAC Centurion should no longer cause display issues with animal skinned characters. The Star Helmet should no longer cause Female characters to lose their noses. Authoritarian's Hat should no longer display incorrectly with certain hairstyles. Fixed a minor visual issue with the Avatar Bombardier Helmet. Amun's Hieroglyph Sash should no longer display incorrectly on Monarch and Mesa Female body types. Formal Shirt style should now display properly on Monarch and Mesa Female body types. Druid Shirt style should now display properly on female models wearing briefs. The Necromancer Cape should now fit properly on all body types. Lion Tooth Juju should now display correctly. Made various minor environment improvements and collision fixes in Gotham City and Metropolis. Fixed a minor issue with the Biosphere room door in the S.T.A.R. Labs Alert. Made minor art updates in the Burnley Nightclub, Midtown Nightclub and the Tap Room. The Demon Inside: Fixed issue with floating terminals, various environment issues. Testing 1,2,3: Fixed an issue with collision on the columns inside this playroom. As seen from the JLA Watchtower, the Earth has atmosphere and clouds again. Various environment fixes inside the JLA Watchtower. TheJLA Tech Wing inside the JLA Watchtower is a bit brighter now in areas of interest. Made various environment updates in Coast City. Hall of Doom: Collision on the villain mailbox has been updated to prevent players from getting stuck in them. Various minor art improvements made to the Hall of Doom. Reign of Blood: Fixed an issue with collision on the floor in this playroom. Primal Rage: Fixed an environment collision issue in this playroom. Tortured Titans!: The boss room should no longer contain a cage with no chain support. Police stations: Lighting fixes in both Metropolis and Gotham City. Superman’s Doom: Minor environment improvements inside this playroom. Minor collision and environment fixes inside S.T.A.R. Labs Alert. The Super Plan: Villains taking on the mission will now be treated to a much more damaged and destroyed version of the JLA Watchtower. Indestructible plants have been removed from the Magic Shop Lobby. Various art and collision improvements made in Oolong Island Alert. Various art and collision improvements inside Monarch Playing Card Factory. Fixed an issue in Kahndaq with vases that would incorrectly display when damaged. Trigon's Blood: Fixed minor issue with weaponizable objects not appearing correctly when interacted with. In Limbo: Items on shelves in this playroom will now get destroyed when the shelves are destroyed. Giganta Girl: Minor art improvements inside this playroom. Trigon’s Blood: Minor environment art improvements inside this playroom. Spectral Embrace: Minor environment art improvements inside this playroom. Fixed an ear issue for all animal skins with Aerial Defender Helmet and Crystalline Helm of the Defender.
09/06/2011: DLC 1 - Fight for the Light Fight for the Light arrives today and we are excited you'll be able to take advantage of new powers and locations! Just a few things you'll need to know regarding the DLC: The DLC entitlement is through the PSN store. Until SCEA updates the store it will be unavailable for download which we anticipate this afternoon. Once you login you will be prompted through a DLC pop-up to download Fight for the Light for no charge. Once that is completed, you are ready to go. You will be unable to enter the game without it once it becomes active. In order to claim your Respec token, please go to the Marketplace UI.
08/11/2011: Mega Servers The US PS3 servers will come down for maintenance to introduce MegaServer technology at 6:30 AM PT. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 14 hours but may be affected by PSN maintenance. We will update players if this timetable is adjusted. After the patch players will notice the following changes: General: Seasonal: The DeathBlossom trinket will no longer drop. UI: Mission Journal UI - Missions that require a reward choice can now be completed using the gamepad SOCIAL: In-Game tells sent via the virtual keyboard are once again functioning properly. DUOS: Metropolis City Hall: Green Lantern New Recruits will now properly display their attacks in the player combat log. ALERTS: Smallville: Lady Doombringer has decided to remain sequestered until the invading party has trapped all five of her clergy. Oolong Island: T.O.Morrow has upgraded the Robot Control Nodes around the Elementical Laboratories. Batcave Outer Caverns: The Outer Caverns raid and T2 Alert should now display proper loot lock messaging. RAIDS: Fortress of Solitude: The Chasm: Scorpionod-MK1 should no longer be able to use its tail grab attack to throw players through rigid bodies. Attacks from Super Nova Crawlers and Dwarf Mites should now show up correctly in players' combat logs. Fixed an issue where messaging would not advance properly after defeating the Sunstone Domineer in the Krypto fight Weaponizable boulders should no longer show up as "Weaponizable Street Debris" in player combat logs. Superman's Heat Vision should no longer target players during the Scorpionod MK-1 fight Krypto should no longer have the "Hold E" Interaction above his head and Krypto's cool cam should no longer be able to be disrupted. Fixed an issue with the Suncrystal Turret sitting incorrectly in the cliffside. ABILITIES: Jump should no longer cancel abilities after casting time. Corrected an issue that could cause some supercharge powers to cancel certain role specific stat buffs. Corrected a case that could prevent you from using Breakout under certain conditions. PVP: The PvP weapons with a Power Affinity will now properly calculate the extra 45% damage bonus to players. The Fortress of Solitude arena is now available when queuing with the first available button. It also has a chance to be the daily arena. FEATS: · The following Feat descriptions were fixed to reflect the correct amounts required to complete them: o Fistful of Cash o Knocked Out or Alive o My Backpack's Got Jets Walking Rampart, Commanding Presence, and Surgeon General are role based feats and will now only show in the UI if you can complete them. "Not a Dog Person" will now be granted when you defeat the Sunstone Domineer without freeing Krypto from his control. H.I.V.E. Moonbase Layover feat has been removed temporarily until the HIVE Moonbase Hard Mode Alert is available COLLECTIONS: Gold Collections: Fixed a number of spawn locations in Robinson Park. SETTINGS: The "HUD Alpha" option has been re-enabled; you are now once again able to set the transparency of your in-game HUD Resolved an issue where some PS3 profiles would consistently reset their settings. VISUAL: Fixed minor art issues across Metropolis There should no longer be a visible seam on Green Lantern Rangers Removed the Evil Star Cape from Character Create Fixed issues with the Glacial Staff where it sometimes would not appear correctly
08/01/2011: GU4 New Features Update 4: New Raid – Heroes and Villains will join Superman and Lex Luthor in a legendary battle to the front steps of The Fortress of Solitude which has been taken over by Brainiac! Look for Battle for The Fortress in your Mission Journal to begin! New Alert – Fight your way back into the depths of The Batcave and experience the Outer Caverns as a four player Alert! New PVP Map – Located in the heart of The Fortress of Solitude, this new Deathmatch arena puts 16 players in a tight and action filled map. Containing new Power Ups and a trap room just waiting to bring the pain, it will quickly become a new favorite! Mission Journal Revamp– A new layout and sorting options will make finding your next Mission easy! Need a hand? Share Missions with a friend or Leaguemate! Body Scaling – In DCUO size does matter, and players can now choose brand new body types in Character Creation. General: Improvements to client stability– including UI memory allocation. Fortress of Solitude inspired Tier 3 Raid Armor is now on display in the Meta Wing (The Hall of Doom/The JLA Watchtower) and purchasable with Marks of Krypton. Marks of Legend or Victory can now be traded for Influence. Marks of Conquest can now be purchased with Influence. When a player is knocked out, they no longer fall through the object they were standing on. Players should no longer crash if they lock their computer right after launching the game. The Green Lantern's sighting encounter should now correctly de-spawn. Players can no longer move/damage the Teleporter to Kahndaq. Male Emblems have been renamed to Mars Emblem and Female Emblems to Venus Emblems. Players should no longer have the ability to interact with mission givers of the opposing faction (i.e. heroes can no longer elicit conversation from villain side-quest-givers.) The combat log will now message when players summon a Proto Repair-Bot. Hive Turrets outside the Metrodome can no longer be moved. The Toyman shape shift forms no longer display extraneous damage text. The exit inside the JSA Headquarters will now be enabled when the player defeats the boss. Encounters should no longer de-spawn incorrectly in the JSA Headquarters. Teleporters to The Fortress of Solitude are now active in the lower section of the Meta Wing (The Hall of Doom/ The JLA Watchtower.) The Turret Steel is working on in The JLA Watchtower is no longer moveable. Sparing dummies in The JLA Watchtower and The Hall of Doom will no longer keep you in combat. This will occur once they are reduced to 30% health and they re-gen their health. Character Knockout now prevents the player from logging out. There is now an icon to indicate a group member has gone link dead on the HUD. Resolved an issue where players’ animations would sometimes visually hitch during combat. Players should no longer be able to weaponize through doors. Icons for Marks that arrive as attachments in reward mails should now display properly. Poison Ivy and The Swamp Thing send their thanks for your assistance. This content is no longer available. UI: General: Gamepad navigation hints are now present in the UI. Changed it's to its in Waypoint Info message. The UI should now display "Received server created character in world" during the motion comic video in Character creation. Quick menus can no longer be accessed while a dialog window is open. Solved a UI issue where members of a group would have a section of their quick menus display incorrectly. A new Radial menu has been added! To use, hold down Esc/Backslash/Start and move the mouse or analog stick to highlight an option. Release to select. Choosing no option with the stick will either open the Settings UI (Esc) or open the most recent PDA UI (Backslash/Start). Toggle PDA (Backslash) now appears in the Keybindings page. Improved memory overhead and performance in the Feats UI. Feats UI Scrollbars now adjust to give room when expanding so you can see objectives. Items: Fixed an issue where certain inventory slots did not function properly when using a controller. Item icons should now always display correctly in the inventory screen. Fixed an issue where moving items around your inventory could remove your head piece. The Superman Hoodie can no longer be deleted from your inventory after it is redeemed. Missions: PvP mission types now use a new PvP icon. Missions in your Mission Journal can now be hidden for easier mission management. Certain missions can now be shared with other players! New layout and sorting options! Marketplace: Improved Marketplace UI functionality. Improved the frame rate while using the Marketplace. Other various minor issue fixes throughout the Marketplace. Solved an issue that caused the UI to function incorrectly after attempting to use the marketplace. Social: League UI - Removed Rename League button. Characters with number only names should now properly display social interactions. A Group Member minimap icon will now appear present even if that member has traveled a great distance from the player. Voice: An adjustment has been made to Voice Chat distortion.
08/01/2011: GU4 Missions: General: The Riddler Boxes will now de-spawn upon completion in The Riddler instance. Players should no longer be stuck in combat in the East End Lighthouse in Gotham City. Updated The JLA Watchtower/ TheHall of Doom Tour Missions to reflect their correct location in the Mission Journal. Solo: Attack Brainiac: Encased citizens should now look correct when weaponized by players. Bad Medicine: This mission has updated messaging. Also villain players must retrieve the medical supplies manually from downed Science Police Medics. Brain Pain/The Bastion of Brainiac: Dock Bay Beta on the S.T.A.R. Labs Space Station will no longer reset while players are inside of the docking bay. Brain Pain/The Bastion of Brainiac: Objects that are not objectives for players can no longer be targeted except for barrels. This should improve targeting in this playroom and make it easier to target mobs while in combat. The Awakening: Fixed an issue where the Brainiac Encloser would pick up a player from across the room. The Awakening: Ship Guardian now has an ability to assist him in combating against fliers. Fear and Loathing: Hawkgirl and Hawkman should no longer attack players during their cutscene. Fish Out of Water: Torches are no longer destructible. Fun for Girls and Boys: Fixed visual and collision issues with the Race Challenge on Stryker’s Island. Giganta Girl: The Fire Urns have had their handhold positions adjusted. Giganta Girl: Fixed an issue with a bulletin disappearing before the boss fight. Giganta Girl: Fixed a minor messaging issue with one of Giganta's stun attacks. Gorillas by the Sea: Fix for Gorillas sliding during certain animations. Hardcorps: Fixed an issue where players could become gated on the stage to “Retrieve Explosives.” Hardcorps: “Retrieve Explosives” encounters are now level 28 instead of the previous 30. Hardcorps: Re-leveled the second area of this mission line content to be level 29. Hardcorps: Police cars should now properly de-spawn when destroyed. Hardcorps: Fixed an issue where players could incorrectly target objective vehicles. Hardcorps: Citizen NPCs are now neutral and un-targetable in the first area. Hardcorps: Ten Ton Weight is now the proper color on de-spawn. House of Venom: Fixed an issue where the dancers would slide when running to the exit. JLA in Trouble/ Saving the Society: Updated cameras for Cheetah and Metallo. Lunar Eclipse: Lightkeeper Janis should now reset properly. Lunar Eclipse: Etrigan should no longer speak over himself when he rises in the Zatanna boss fight. Meta Malpractice: Encased patients should now de-spawn correctly and have new effects. Party Foul: The boss fight inside the East End Regal Hotel should reset properly. Party Foul: Fixed a minor visual issue when weaponizing The Joker’s Toxin Bombs. Panphobia: Fixed an issue where Fear Gas Foggers weren't spawning in part of the designated mission area. Raven Unbound: Tuned the content at the Metropolis Science Police Headquarters so that the relevant mission objectives spawn more plentifully and irrelevant NPCs spawn less. Raven Unleashed: Fixed an issue with Trigonic Orbs. They should now look correct when weaponized. Raven Unleashed: Players should no longer get XP if they are not on the correct stage when transporting Trigonic Orbs. Something Fishy: Removed columns from the Aquaman boss fight room to make it easier to navigate the space. Something Fishy: Martian Manhunter should now stick around to make sure you finish gathering information from the Atlanteans before he scouts ahead. Storming the Ivory Tower: Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in combat. Storming the Ivory Tower: Fixed an issue with the force field being targetable. The Demon Inside: Raven should no longer de-spawn before her voiceover/camera is complete. The Demon Inside: Fixed a minor visual issue when weaponizing crates in this instance. The First Clue: If Nightwing was refusing to clue you in on the mission "The First Clue" after completing "No Joke" return and speak with him. He should be more helpful. The Perils of Zatanna: Updated wooden barrels to have better handholds. The Super Plan: Villains taking on this mission will now be treated to a much more damaged and destroyed version of the Watchtower! Two Bad: Players should no longer be able to interact with Lunatics after completing the mission objective. Unlocking Utopia: The gate to the Guardian's Chamber should now close upon entering to fight the Colossus. Vengeful Embrace: Fixed an issue with Spectre and The Green Lantern’s voiceover playing simultaneously. Weeds of Oblivion: Fixed a visual issue with weaponizing Seed Pods.
08/01/2011: GU4 Challenge: Heal Barrels will now re-spawn in the Catwoman Challenge. Catwoman and Two Face Challenge Modes will now grant the proper Marks of Triumph. Speed Runs: Light Speed Ahead: The Metro City Hall Duo speedrun feat has been changed to 11 min. The following speed runs have been updated and should now work correctly. Speed runs for these areas begin when the first NPC has been KO'ed. Black Adam Duo Two Face Duo OMAC Duo Grodd Duo Metropolis City Hall (Hero) Metropolis City Hall (Villain) Alert Oolong Island (Hard) Alert Oolong Island (Normal) Alert HiVE Arkham Alert DUOS: Metro City Hall and Old Gotham Subway are now included in the queue for first available duo mode. Old Gotham Subway is now part of the daily rotation for duo modes. Old Gotham Subway: Fixed an issue with the door to The Penguin's Boss fight room. Resolved an issue with incorrect collision remaining after camera events. Resolved an issue with Two Face's henchmen not attacking in certain hallways. Fixed a visual issue with Clayface during his entrance camera. Fixed a visual issue with The Penguin's attacks. The motion comic will now play correctly after the completion of this duo. Fixed a visual issue where penguin-bots were shooting rays to world origin. OMAC Base: Removed an instance of an NPC showing up incorrectly on the mini map. Metropolis City Hall: Fixed an issue where Heroes and Villains could potentially defeat Sinestro or John Stewart before the 3rd sub-boss in the room spawned. Players should now be able to find a treasure chest. Sinestro’s Pushback Attack effects have been updated. Cape Carmine Lighthouse: Fixed an issue where the pillars in Bane's boss fight were targetable. Fixed the pillars so they look correct when damaged. Fixed an issue with Nightwing’s running animation looking incorrect. Gotham University: Ambush Bug has moved from his usual camping location to avoid being eaten by Faust’s minions. Gorilla Grodd’s Lab: Fixed an issue with doors not triggering correctly in Zoom's boss fight room. Zoom now has an ability to prevent players from standing and attacking from the ledges above. Fixed an issue with the mini map inside this playroom. ALERTS: Area 51:Fixed an issue where players would sink into the ground in certain spots. Hard Mode now contains the proper level treasure chests. Blüdhaven: NPCs should have more reliable pathing now. Fixed an issue where players could get inside of a building they shouldn’t. Fixed an issue where certain ground effects weren’t displaying correctly. Fixed minor environment issues. Oolong Island: Hard Mode treasure chests should now contain proper loot! Updated lighting across some of Oolong’s interiors. Minor environment fixes. “Victorious Recently” messaging should now list defeated bosses correctly. Fixed an issue with the Oolong Enforcer not moving from his original spawn point. Fixed a minor visual issue with Micro Security Bots. NPCs can no longer pass through the Laboratory forcefields. Fixed various issues with Scientists' behavior inside the Labs. Players can no longer damage Failed Metal Men from upper level platforms in the Labs. Fixed an effects issue with one of the Metal Man Form abilities. Fixed an issue where Metal Men in Tornado Tyrant's room would not de-spawn correctly. Tornado Tyrant now drops a Mark of Distinction. Effects should now scale properly while players are in Android Form. Fixed an issue with Chang Tzu's shield not negating damage properly. Chang Tzu will no longer take any damage while his shield is up. Electric traps in Chang Tzu’s fight should now always activate properly. HiVE Moon Base: HiVE Engineers on the Moon Base have upgraded their teleportation technology! Added new effects to the HiVE Drop Ships! Minor environment tweaks made on Hive Moon Base. Fixed an issue with boulders not indicating that they were weaponizable by players. Fixed an issue with incorrect NPC names. Turrets should now re-animate properly. Turrets in the starting area can no longer be encased. Bosses that are defeated previously, should now show up in the Victorious Recently Message when a player logs into the HiVE Moon Base. Players now need to defeat the Boss in the Harvester area to progress to the next area of content. Protostars in the first area should now de-spawn properly. Foragers now deal the appropriate amount of damage. Foragers now have a basic attack. Fixed a minor issue with teleport consoles in HIVE alert appearing to get destroyed. Sound Effects should now be correct when landing on a Hive Ship force field. Captain Bombus will no longer kill the player in an encase if he dies. Captain Bombus’ encase no longer puts the player in a run animation. Captain Bombus’ encase now has a destroy effects. Captain Bombus no longer slides while doing basic axe attacks. Captain Bombus should no longer go into a non-attack state if the group wipes. Scaled up Wolzie's shields to fit him better. Wolzie can no longer be pulled solo without his adds. Fixed an issue with Queen Bee's adds not spawning in after a reset. Players should no longer be able to solo Queen Bee. Foragers in the final Queen Bee fight should no longer walk and get stuck in the ground. Added new combat music to Queen Bee fight, as well as a defeat stinger when she is defeated. Gorilla Island: Fixed an issue where released NPCs would not attack gorillas. Hero players should no longer see DO NOT USE messages while playing the Gorilla Island Alert. Smallville: Fixed an issue where players could prevent the first Mini-boss from attacking by attacking/engaging him before the cutscene. Fixed an issue where Doomsday could not get through the barn door. Doomsday has lost the ability to magically summon tractors from across the world. Fixed an issue where Green Arrow would slide while in combat. League of Assassins Stronghold: Various Environment fixes. Music should no longer loop incorrectly. Lying Claw should now spawn her adds correctly when players are in Flight Movement mode. Players should no longer be able to attack while stunned by Lying Claw’s taser pull attack. Lying Claw should no longer fall through the floor. Fixed an issue where the Ra's al Ghul fight could be reset by standing next to the door. Fixed an issue with the rock wall not playing effects when destroyed.
08/01/2011: GU4 RAIDS: The Batcave Raids: Fixed an issue where "Signaling the End" was not being granted to players at level 30. The Outer Caverns: Securable consoles should no longer be able to be destroyed. Updated the Forcefield doors. Fixed an issue with shadows remaining after certain objects were destroyed. Minor environment improvements. Treasure chests are now destroyable. Fixed an issue where an NPC was moving at the incorrect speed during a camera scene. Mine Carts and large weaponizable crates will now display correctly in the combat log when used as weapons. Security Drones no longer attack each other. Doors should now open properly to release NPCs that need to be KO'd to progress the raid. Sentinels should no longer reset incorrectly. Sentinels’ AOE attacks should no longer hit players through the door. The area above the Sentinels has been secured from access. RCP Boss no longer floats in the air during the cutscene. Bat Family should now path correctly after they rally. Huntress and Robin will now properly display their attacks in the combat log. Huntress and Robin no longer slide while exiting the playroom. The Enrage effects will no longer play after the all of the Bat family has been defeated. Fixed a minor issue with the Bat Family cut scene at the end of the raid. Spider Balls should no longer spawn in the ground during the RCP fight. Fixed an issue with inconsistent combat voiceover for the Sentinel Boss. The Inner Sanctum: Fixed an issue with launchers being targetable. Sub-Construct: Fixed an issue with the Teleporter where players could involuntarily leave the raid. Construct energy ball environmental hazards no longer trap the player in combat. OMAC Batman is now wearing his cape. Brainiac Sub-Construct can no longer be moved after being bottled. Kahndaq: Minor environment improvements. Fixed an issue with the Urns not looking correct when weaponized. The Chasm: At level 30, players are now granted the mission "Battle for the Fortress" from Oracle or Calculator. This mission leads into the "Fortress of Solitude: The Chasm" Raid.
08/01/2011: GU4 Feats: The Question Finally Answered feat should now be granted to players correctly. The Spy Smasher feat is now granted properly in the HIVE lair during the mission “Hornets Nest.” The Speedy Coin Feat should no longer be granted from the Old Gotham Subway Challenge Mode. The feats for defeating bosses without incurring a death in many of the Wonder Woman, Circe, and Trigon based episodes should now function correctly. The feats for defeating bosses without incurring a death in many of the Green Lantern, Superman, and Lex Luthor based episodes should now function correctly. The feats for defeating bosses without incurring a death in many of the Grodd, Black Adam, and Brainiac based episodes should now function correctly. The feats for defeating bosses without incurring a death in many of the Gang War, Road to Arkham, and The Batman/Joker based episodes should now function correctly. Completed feats will now display the proper star rating after re-logging. The amount of damage needed to acquire Attack the Weak Point for Massive Damage and High Rolling Healer has been reduced. The feats Head of Research, Science S.T.A.R., Protector of Knowledge, Villainous Rogue, VP of Villainy, and Devoted to the Demon are granted for gaining enough renown to be considered Trusted with one of the factions. These will now only be shown in your feat list once you have Favorable status. Collections/Investigations: Fixed a number of gold collections that were unreachable on Arkham Island. Gold collections should no longer spawn in the air north of The 8th Precinct in the Tomorrow District. Players should no longer experience gold collections spawning in the ground. The final investigation for the Tenets of Crime should now be attainable by any size character and any movement type. Collections should now have no collision with the player. Settings/Controls: PS3 - Added the ability to take screenshots (pictures are saved to the user’s hard drive and are accessible in the photo section of the PS3) PC/PS3 - Added the ability to take a screenshot from an option on the quick menu (D-pad up.) Added borderless window support. Corrected an issue where a controller wouldn't work if more than one was attached to the system. Maximizing the client window will now work properly on any screen. Mouse Sensitivity should now stay persistent. Proximity voice chat will start enabled if you previously turned it on. Solved an issue where entering a playroom could cause your look inversion to reset. Powers General Combat: Slightly increased the animation time for a number of abilities that could be post-canceled more quickly than normal. Specifically this affects: Acrobatics: Backflip, Throwing Knives, Launching Roll Mental: Phantom Flames, Telekinetic Push, Telekinesis, Cryokinesis, Horrific Visage, Psychic Resonance, Terrorize Gadgets: Gag Glove The block ability should no longer cancel other abilities. Corrected an issue that could cause Breakout to fail under a number of conditions. Beneficial tray abilities can now cancel the current abilities and activate immediately. Players will no longer be forced to re-log in order to use basic attacks if they have purchased the stealth ability from the tree while in stealth. Weapons should no longer disappear while double jumping with Inertial Flywheel skill. Fixed an issue where the Acrobat ability Rocket-Assisted Glide could appear incorrect when a player had an object weaponized. Flight: Adjusted the object impulse for Downdraft so it applies a small amount of angular force. Melee: In an effort to bring better parity between ranged and melee weapons the following improvements have been made to Brawling, Dual Wield, Martial Arts, One Handed, Staff, Two Handed as well as the Primal Wolf Form, Gorilla Form and Ice Elemental shape shift forms: Melee specific combo attacks cause additional damage Select melee combo attacks can now hit multiple enemies in a cone You receive an additional 20% chance to resist harmful movement and control effects when using one of these weapons When one of these is equipped your weapon critical damage bonus now starts at 140% rather than 125% Martial Arts: Smoke Bomb is now an interrupt and listed as such. One Handed: Block breaker should now cause appropriate level based damage like others. One Handed: Fixed an issue that prevented Air Launch from being “Vulnerable to Block.” Hand Blast: Fist Slam: The description now lists this as an interrupt. Bow: Reduced target limits on Arrow Storm to bring it in line with other area effect weapon abilities. Staff: Added an additional combo description for the third variation of performing the “Martial Flowers” combo sequence (Hold Melee x3.) Fire: Immolation description now states that it is “Usable While Controlled.” Fire: Inferno’s casting time was removed, its power cost increased and it now provides a 50% damage buff in the damage role. Mental: Psychic Shock will now properly apply its Electrified power interaction effect. Removed the mention of a health de-buff from the description; it was never actually being applied. Mental: The secondary damage over time effect on Pyrokinesis is now removed when you transition between zones, like all other damage over time effects. Mental: Psychic Blades can no longer penetrate through doors. Nature: Savage Growth’s heal over time no longer stacks with itself. Nature: Balanced a number of abilities - Increasing base wolf damage bonus to 30%. Increasing base insect healing bonus to 50%. Corrected healing tree description to indicate a 65% healing bonus for being in healing role. Ice: Bitter Winds, Winter Ward and Shatter Restraints no longer provide damage absorption while in the Damage role. The damage reflection component of Shatter Restraints will now persist for a full six seconds while in the Damage Role. Ice: Ice Tank in damage role should not be immune to healing de-buffs. Ice: Deep Freeze effect will no longer disappear if target is thrown or moved. Ice: Wintry Tempest’s casting time was removed, its power cost increased and it now provides a 50% damage buff in the damage role. Gadgets: Neural Neutralizer is no longer vulnerable to interrupt and also provides a small amount of damage and impulse protection before the effect is deployed. Gadgets: Turrets are no longer rooted in place and can now follow their targets. Gadgets: Corrected an issue that caused the effects for the Electrified power interaction to time out early when using Taser Pull and Gauss Grenade. Sorcery: When Circle of Protection is cast while in the healing role, the field that is deployed will include green elements to help set it apart from its offensive version. Sorcery: Corrected an issue with Transmutation that allowed it to affect projectiles.
08/01/2011: GU4 Auction House Fixed issues with the Auction House not correctly spawning the virtual keyboard. Fixing intermittent issues with Auction House drop-down menus not working correctly with the controller. Players can now navigate the pages of the Auction House with L2 and R2. Movement: Players will be kicked out of super movement mode when encased. Players should no longer slide after zoning while holding a charged move. Moving while going into a motion comic should no longer cause the player to be stuck in auto-run when movie ends. Players should no longer run fast in the air when jumping while going downstairs. Pedestrians should no longer warp around when first created. All movement types transition more smoothly now and without abrupt stops. Speedsters now transition smoothly when cancelling Speed Force. Acrobatics: Slightly decreased the damage of some abilities whose animations are quicker than normal, specifically: Backflip, Launching Roll and Throwing Knives. Flight: Decreased the damage caused by Swoop due to its animation being faster than normal super powers. Hand Blaster: Scissor Kick will now animate properly if the player is in flight. Audio: Surround Mix has been improved. PC players who play in surround should make sure their PCs are playing in surround via the Sounds and Audio Devices properties in the Control Panel. Those not playing in surround should continue to use their default setting (typically “stereo headphones or desktop stereo speakers.”) PS3 players should be all set. Made Alan Scott’s Buzzsaw attack more audible in “Hardcorps” mission line instance. Manhunter in “Hardcorps” mission line now has a confirmation sound when repairing. Turned down footsteps for the JLA Watchtower Mechs. Increased the volume on Hazmat Officer Severson so that he’s more audible behind his mask in the Blüdhaven Alert. Tweaked in game music events to better respect the audio priority system. Added new voice variations for the Female Demons in the Trigon’s area of the Tomorrow District. Boss fight music added to The Batcave Outer Caverns Raid. Raven now sounds more “possessed” in “Raven Unleashed.” Fixed an audio issue with the Riot Control Prototype’s grenades in The Batcave Outer Caverns Raid. Donna Troy’s lines should no longer overlap with other Teen Titans on the mission line “The Demon Inside.” Wonder Woman’s communicator message during the “Fates Aligned” mission has been cleaned up. Combat and movement sounds have been added for the Scarabs in Gotham University. Fixed a sound effects issue with dripping water inside the Monarch Playing Card Factory. Spinning Blade Trap inside the League of Assassins Stronghold should play sound correctly and audibly. Ambush Bug will now talk to you inside the Old Gotham Subway. Exobyte Eclipse: Music should no longer abruptly change while in the instance. Wayne Tech Tory now has appropriate voiceover. Fixed an issue where sound would occasionally cut out during play. Fixed an audio issue in the Oolong Island Alert that would occasionally prevent doors from making the appropriate sounds. Ambient sound effects will now play properly inside the Riddler playroom. Marketplace audio now functions as intended. Visuals: Fixed an issue with the Cosmic Peril Mask. New Player Gear - Star Helmet. Fixed an issue with Sector Incendiary Gloves. Fixed an issue with the Light Wings of Sheeda. Fixed an issue with the Galatic Threat Mask. Fixed an issue with the Coffee Shop sign in the Smallville Alert. Fixed an issue with the Wonder Woman Cap not appearing correctly with certain hairstyles. LexCorp Tower visual and collision fixes. Optimized the effects on Arrow Volley. Fixed a number of collision issues between hair styles and head pieces. Minor environment tweaks inside the Legends Arkham Asylum PVP map. Fixed an issue with black SUV vehicles not appearing correct when damaged. Fixed a number of pathing issues in Metropolis and Gotham City. Pathing fixes in the East End Lighthouse, Amusement Mile Funhouse, Metropolis Metro Station, Oolong Island and the Metropolis Metrodome Hive base. Minor environment fixes to the Moon PVP Arena. Fixed an issue with smoke disappearing during the “Explore Metropolis Metrodome” mission. Fixed an issue that was causing tail and ears to become hidden when equipping certain appearance items. NPC name placards should now always stay at the correct height position. Players should no longer sink into the floor of the Central Hub of The JLA Watchtower. Fixed penetration issues with the Deathstroke shirt. The Skeets Repairs vending machine should no longer appear broken. Fixed minor visual issues in Raven’s boss fight room during mission line, “The Demon Inside.” Fire Trucks should now look correct when damaged. Fixed visual issues with the Batman Inspired Mask in conjunction with certain appearances. Fixed a minor clipping issue with the Warrior of Spring style belt. Ra's al Ghul's sword now displays during cutscene. Minor environment tweak inside Clownsanity’s room in Ace Chemicals. Many various art tweaks made to The JLA Watchtower. Reversed rotation of the Moon in The JLA Watchtower. The Hawkman raid armor has been moved to a room across the Meta Wing in The JLA Watchtower. Fixed the collision size on the display raid suits, so you can't stand inside them anymore. Added four raid suit display cases to the Meta Wing. A new suit display case has been added to the Hall of Heroes. Adjusted the curtains in the main room of Club Lex. Fixed an issue where Brother Eye’s beam was not always visible. Environment fixes throughout Metropolis. Environment fixes throughout Gotham City. Aquaman's Trident now animates properly. Tutorial - Fixed an issue with effects not always showing up in the Ship Guardian's room. Hall of Doom Armory: The Demon Lord’s Flame will now point in the appropriate direction at all times. Resolved an issue where NPC's were not moving properly on rooftops. Fixed an issue that caused pedestrians to spawn in the sky. Resolved a number of issues with NPC effects. Corrected handhold issue with Ice encasement Deep Freeze. Cleanup made on the handhold locations for various objects and barrels throughout the game. Large NPCs should no longer look incorrect when trying to weaponize an encased character. Certain objects should no longer appear translucent when weaponized.
06/09/2011: GU3 New Features: New Alert – 4 players will have the chance to infiltrate the secret lair of Ra’s Al Ghul, fight their way through the League of Assassins and attempt to stop them from destroying the earth! Look for “Lady in Waiting” in your Mission Journal to begin. Oolong Island Hard Mode – Return to Oolong Island for new and exciting hard mode challenges against Chang Tzu, Metal Men, and many more enemies. New Themed Missions – Help Poison Ivy or Swamp Thing fight for control of “The Green” and show who has the bigger green thumb. Look for Swamp Thing in the Watchtower and Poison Ivy in the Hall of Doom. New Appearance Items – Collect new themed seasonal items which will put a “spring” in your step. New Two Face Duo – Return to Gotham Underground with a friend and take on The Penguin. Beware this new challenge waits and you could meet not only Clayface, but your demise. Report Function – Player misconduct can now be reported with /report. Chat Font Size – Players can now adjust the size of their Chat font using the Options and Settings Menu. General: The Rally Timer will now pause when trying to revive another player. A considerable number of exploits have been fixed. Fixed performance issues related to Audio that mainily occured in Duos. Fixed various crashes including one which would occur when entering an instance. Fixed an issue where completed feats were not showing their correct star rating after re-logging Collections icons will no longer sink lower than their original placement in the world. Using a % symbol when sending /bugs or feedback will no longer crash your client. Broker deposit fees are now based on buyout price as well as the value and sale duration of the item. Player is now lit properly on load in Character Create. Fixed an issue with a Brainiac Sentry getting stuck in the Tutorial. Fixed an NPC in Suicide Slums who became stuck in the ground when freed. Alerts: General: Exits for most Alerts are now "Return to Last Location" ACE Chemicals: The Metallic Mimes mini-boss fight will no longer be gated when the Amusing Alloy splits. Issue fixed with a door remaining open during the Chemo boss fight. Fixed an issue with the Metal Mimes boss fight not resetting properly. Players are no longer be gated if they are defeated while fighting off waves of Ace Security in the Control Room. Area 51 · The Kryptonite in the final stage should no longer become unhinged from any of the four stations allowing it to go through the platforms. The Kryptonite is now immobile until it is secured and then new Kryptonite spawns. Blüdhaven: Bulletin now correctly instructs you to "Defeat the Blüdhaven Avenger" when fighting the Blüdhaven Avenger. Gorilla Island Normal Mode Replaced Gorillas with Generic Heroes in the second section of the Alert. Changed Text for Eliminating Caged Gorillas to Eliminating Caged Test Subjects. Added a task marker for Ultra-Humanite. HIVE Moon Base Normal Mode Queen Bee will no longer attack players during the opening Cool Cam. The HIVE drill laser now does damage to players passing through it. Added auras to NPC’s in the first and second fight areas. Fixed a visual bug affecting the teleportation effects. Fixed an issue where the drill laser beam was targetable. Fixed an issue with Dropships Beta and Delta being in the wrong positions. Oolong Island Normal Mode Players will revive as Metal Men if in an applicable area. Players should no longer slide toward Tornado Tyrant after securing and then protecting a scientist in the Tornado Tyrant room. Hyperactive Androids and Enraged Metal Men will no longer attack each other in Tornado Tyrant's room. Sounds have now been added to the doors. Fixed an issue where red damage numbers were appearing on screen when players were damaged by electric floor tiles. Electric Hall traps now display correctly in the player combat log. Fixed various animation issues with the Pterosaurs. Fixed an issue where Oolong Scientists transformed back from Metal Men would slide on the ground. Smallville The loot lock message for the 3rd boss should now say "Doctor Richards" instead of "Three" Players will no longer be able to summon Lady Doombringer before completing all appropriate objectives. An issue with weaponizable rocks has been fixed. Doomsday will no longer get stuck under the ramps in the barn. Raids: Stryker's Island Fixed an issue with the Gorilla Grodd boss fight where his adds would not aggro properly
06/09/2011: GU3 Solo Challenges and Duos: Brother Eye: Doors should no longer disappear before intended. Cape Carmine Lighthouse Huntress and Nightwing should no longer be targetable after a knockout occurs. Killer Croc and Nightwing will no longer enter a bad state and slide around after being knocked out. Gotham University: Players will no longer be put into combat inappropriately in the first room of the instance. Black Adam animations should look better during the camera sequence leading to the start of the final fight Gorilla Grodd's Lab: Zoom should no longer reset incorrectly. Zoom's camera should no longer loop indefinitely. H.I.V.E. Moon Base The Tiny Buzzbomber NPC’s are now called Mini-Buzzbombers Metropolis City Hall Fixed an issue where the Lantern Eliminator could cause more than intended damage. Fixed potential issue where if you were able to knockout Sinestro or John Stewart before the third sub-boss (Arkillo, Kilowog, Alpha Lantern, or Manhunter) spawned, you would not be able to complete the Duo. Old Gotham Subway: Players now receive two Marks of Triumph for completing this challenge. Pengbot Maximus should now deal damage while he is spinning. Adjusted Pengbot Maximus’ spin animation timing to coincide with his spin attack damage so it’s easier to tell when he is damaging the player. The Penguin is no longer targetable after he has been defeated. Female NPC on the train tracks now fires like the rest of the NPCs. Bane will no longer attack players during the Cool Cam. Hush will no longer walk out of the picture during his staging camera. Exiting this instance will now correctly place players outside. An issue with invisible collision remaining after cameras completed the instance has been fixed. Players can no longer fly out of the instance. The Penguin’s Umbrella flame attack will now follow him correctly. Players will no longer be able to see through the geometry in this instance. One of the bird statues in this instance should now be lit better. Fixed an issue with effects playing incorrectly on one of the bird statues Metropolis/Gotham City: One of the destructible presents in the Vault remained floating in midair after spawning. This present should now fall like all the others. Reduced DPS on Cop NPCs throughout the game by 40%. Distressed Citizen NPC's will now appear as the correct size. The Watchtower War Room robots will now all path correctly. A Thug on a fire escape in Chinatown should no longer path incorrectly. Magent NPCs around Manheim Chinese Theater in Chinatown will now have the correct names. Cape Carmine Lighthouse, Metropolis City Hall and Gotham Mercy Hospital now grant the appropriate amount of renown with the Headline
06/09/2011: GU3 Missions: General: Challenge Mode missions will now award 1 Mark of Triumph instead of 2 Marks of Allegiance. Catwoman and Two Face Challenge Missions will now award 2 Marks of Triumph. The Toyman daily missions will now award 1 Mark of Triumph instead of 1 Mark of Allegiance. Bastion of Brainiac: The entrance for the areas should no longer be visible to non-Tech players. Blinding Brother Eye: Player should no longer find floating barrels in the OMAC instance. Brainiac’s Hidden Lair: Players will no longer be improperly directed in this mission. Bring the Fear: Villain players must now protect the Manhunters or they will be defeated by the Green Lanterns. Cat's Eye: A minor messaging issue in the mission text has been corrected. Also an issue causing the Cheetah patrol to get stuck in the wall has been resolved. Cold Comfort: The return task now refers to the North Burnley Safehouse. Coldest Cut: A minor typo in the mission text has been corrected. Clue Three: The Riddler box will no longer de-spawn after being interacted with. De-Constructed: The Contact for this mission will no longer de-spawn before it should. Fear Itself: Players will no longer be able to exit the instance before the motion comic plays. Fish Out of Water: Fire effects will no longer persist when torches are destroyed around the Tidal Pools. Investigation Hunt: This mission will now have an objective that reads “Find the Investigation clue.” OMAC Attack: A minor text error has been corrected. Psychosomatic Illness: The entrance to this instance should now be visible to players. Queen of Lies: The Trident of Poseidon should now appear correctly. Resciding the Clowns: Sergeant Tarkanean will now offer this mission regardless of whether you have completed Hot Headed Road Rage or not. Reign of Blood: Dr Fate should now animate correctly after he has been defeated. Riddler's Clues:This mission will now have an objective that reads "Find the investigation clue." Schi-Phobia: Players will now be given the next mission Over the Edge automatically as intended. Smash and Grab: Players should now receive this mission update when they enter the area. Something's Abuzz: The Police Station is now correct when displayed in the Mission Journal. Spectral Embrace: Several messaging issues with The Spectre boss fight have been corrected. Target: TO Morrow: Minor typos in the mission text have been corrected. Also players can no longer fall through the level. Take Heart: Fixed a visual issue with Fireball Barrage when player became a Greed Demon. Testing 1, 2, 3: Players will no longer be able to speak to Brother Blood repeatedly. The Demon Inside: Fixed an environment issue inside the instance Thief of Souls: Minor messaging changes with the Felix Faust boss encounter have been made. Tidal Waves: Minor typos in the mission text have been corrected. Drylander Slaves also return to a normal voice when saved from their watery encasement. Welcome to the Society: A minor typo in the message from Calculator has been fixed. Zombie Benefits: The Soulless Frat boy will no longer appear as the incorrect faction.
06/09/2011: GU3 Items: Factional rare items now cost 1 Mark of Triumph. The renown required to purchase most of these items has been lowered to cooperative. Tier 1 Iconic Armor suits no longer have an Origin requirement. The Synthium-Thread Cape is no longer tradable. Female Gadgeteer jetpack now displays effects. Reduced the Mark of Victory cost to purchase Tier 1 PvP armor by about 1/3. The cost of PvP weapons remains unchanged. COLLECTIONS: Fixed an issue with a Gold Collection in Gotham City spawning out of reach of players. Fixed an issue where a Gold Collection near University Hospital was double spawning. Moved gold collection spawn location near Little Bohemia Police Station so it no longer floated to high for non-flight players. Moved gold collection spawn location near Lex Corp Tower in Down Town Metropolis so it no longer floats. Player vs Player Players will be automatically unflagged for PvP when in a PvE instance (such as an alert, raid, or solo instance). When the player leaves the instance, their old PvP state will be restored. This change only affects players on PvE servers. Players can no longer be targeted if their PVP flag resets Fixed an issue where a player’s PVP flag would turn off when zoning between safehouses and the open world. Legends While Harley Quinn is charging her Hammer Throw combo she is no longer interrupted during the first half of the charge. Players’ supercharge will be reset to 0 when entering a Legends PvP match. Their supercharge will be restored when the match is over. Fixed an issue where a player’s appearance could change upon leaving a Legends PvP match. Two Face’s Rolling Barrage is now called Sliding Barrage. Flip Burst is now called Backslide. Two Face’s can no longer glide after weaponizing. Two Face’s Flamethrower combo will now fire consistently. Fixed an issue where Two-Face would continue to fire his rifle incorrectly after certain attacks. Corrected an issue that could prevent Two Face from being properly interrupted while deploying an Oil, Acid or Fire Barrel. The damage from multiple barrels will no longer stack. This means you will only receive damage from one damage over time from fields left by Acid or Fire Barrel and likewise only receive damage from a single explosion in the case of a multi-barrel explosion. Catswipe is now vulnerable to block.
06/09/2011: GU3 Powers and Abilities General: Fixed an issue where powers were not activated immediately when used. Fixed an issue preventing players from performing their basic attack after purchasing the Stealth trait and using it for the first time. Fixed an issue where if players get encased, stunned, grounded, or rooted in the middle of doing ability they can not use break out. Regeneration now properly restores power when used. Fixed an issue when in Zombie form, ranged attacks would not consistently cause damage. Switching out of damage role while the damage role buff is active will immediately remove the buff. Iconic: “Mesmerizing Lasso” applies its Defense buff correctly while in Tank role Movement: Launching Roll now applies its Defense buff correctly while in Tank role. Players with Acrobatic movement mode can now glide while in auto-run. Players will no longer become 'Weaponize Locked' when deactivating movement mode while falling through the air. Players’ movement mode should now be halted when a cool cam moment is triggered. Fixed an issue where the camera would not track the player after using certain attacks, for example: The Handblaster’s Uppercut. Players’ shadows while in flight will no longer get cut off when flying on the ground Fixed an issue with being able to cast Launching Roll when in an un-resistible stun. Powers: Thermite Mine and Implosion mine now have a life span of three minutes. Bitter Winds should now have area affect visual effects while in DPS role. Soulwell will no longer cause line of sight issues for friendly power regeneration and healing effects. Transmutation will now cause the targeted nearby objects to explode. Updated Winter Ward description to match intended functionality. Tank role will breakout up to three group members from control effects. DPS role will just breakout the player. The description for Transcendence now reflects the correct Supercharge cost. While using Final Ruin, visual effects will now animate and show effects properly. The Warden Turret will now properly fire cryo rounds while in Controller Role. The Suppressor Turret will now add electricity effects to enemies hit by its stun grenades. Fixed an issue where the Robot Sidekick role buffs would persist through stance changes. The Boon of Souls ability is now messaged correctly in the description that 3 group members can get the bubble Pyrokinesis should now deal damage to encased targets Weapons: Fixed double hit counter when logging in with a weapon different from your default weapon. One Handed Cleave attack now registers correctly on the combo counter. Dual pistol full auto will now be prevented while falling or being knocked back. Fixed an issue where the sound effects for Hammer Throw were continuing despite the attack being interrupted or cut short. Two-Handed ability Doom Spin now had a set duration and will no longer cancel immediately off a knockout. Brawling Haymaker is now vulnerable to Block as intended. Brawling ranged attack is no longer a block breaker. The tooltip incorrectly listed Launching Roundhouse as an interrupt. It is no longer listed as an interrupt. Fixed an issue where the Two-Handed weapon could deal damage and increase the hit counter while only performing half of the attack animations. The tooltip now lists Bow: Trick Shot as a Block Breaker. The tool tip for Doom Spin has been corrected to accurately reflect that it does not interrupt a channeling opponent. Reduced the damage of Arrow Storm slightly to bring it in line with other Tier 2 attacks. Hammer Throw is now vulnerable to interrupt immediately, rather then having a small window where interrupt was not possible. Briar no longer has a “casting time”, now causes an immediate pulse of damage and grants a +50% damage buff while in the damage role. Harvest no longer has a “casting time” and grants a +50% damage buff while in the damage role. In the Healing role, it no longer causes damage but applies a “Pheromone” effect. This Pheromone effect does not stack with the Pheromone effect from Metabolism. Finally, Harvest no longer removes Pheromone effects when it triggers bonus healing so these effects may be triggered repeatedly. Savage Growth in the Healing role will now apply a heal over time effect. Primal Wolf Form - Increased the base damage bonus for Primal Wolf Form to +30%. The critical chance and damage bonuses remain as they were. Insectoid Form – Increased the base healing bonus of Insectoid Form to 50%. The critical healing chance and critical healing amount bonuses remain as they were.
