Test Discussion Episode 28: Update to Rewards

Thanks for the post Good to see a few reductions at least.

Just a few things though:

1. Will we see Episode 29 this year? This may be of relevance depending on how long you expect people to finish gear etc.
2. How long was the original intended timeframe for Episode 27, in terms of finishing gear sets?

Can I ask why Omnipotence items now have 3-star feats attached to them if you "do not expect most or even many players to obtain all of them"?

SUPER GREAT!!!

SUPER GREAT!!!

Also, how you address the fact that replays are now significantly devalued (by up to 70%) since replaying content only gives the normal amount of rewards? Are there any plans to reduce raid replay costs for this DLC?

The 3 different omnipotence collections share same reward icon, therefore players don't know which gear they chasing for, plz fix.

Great to see these changes! Can you go into more detail regarding recovering the mods? What sort of kits are needed to ensure that the whole mod comes out of the gear socket? Also touching upon modding, are there still plans in place to ease the transition from Precision to Might in the Stats Revamp?

Slightly off-topic, when will the actual DLC be available? What time frame?

Because not all members are expected to get every single feat in the game, otherwise we would all have the same amount of Skill Points.

So instead of reducing the prices of the things that are valuable(Op items), you reduce the prices on the dumb styles? SMH. Only reason to get that style is for the feats associated with them.

The only problem with that is that it pushes the "skill points are from money" argument to cause more rage threads under gotham discussion. Time capsules and OP items are going to add up to a significant amount eventually assuming this game lasts long enough.

The styles drastically increased the amount of time and marks that was needed to complete the whole vendor. Cutting them down by 50% is a major change and shortens the lifespan of the DLC. This doesn't only mean that the vendor will be completed quicker, but that the next piece of content isn't as far away as previously expected. It's a good change in my opinion.

I understand that, but in the past OP items never had any feat points attached to them. Elite gear still doesn't. Why the change? That's my question. True, I guess your reasoning reflects the same idea behind putting 3-star feats on the materials and gear from Time Capsules, which I'm sure you support as well.

Players will receive a more important boost from the actual OP item instead of the feat leading to the SP. Anyway, this isn't comparable to Time Capsules. Players have a 100% guaranteed way to earn the OP items if they are patient. A person could wait for 5 years using daily stabilisers and still need the TC feats. There's a difference.

As stated above, TCs and OP pieces are completely different. No, I do not support Time Capsulse feats. From your reasoning, I would assume you don't like hard feats in content because then that means not everyone can get them Look, if you dedicate enough time to obtaining the OP pieces, you can obtain the feats. Simple as. Patience is the key. TCs on the other hand are completely different. It's very possible that you could still be missing the feats in 5 years time even if you logged on daily to get your stabiliser fragments.

Thank you for the update


My Questions is do we use the Episode 28 removal kits to get the full gear mod back. Thank you

Oh, and the mod changes are very awesome from my point of view, so thanks for that devs.

You're forgetting about finishing the vendor gear or getting 4 TC drops before the OP item collections even drop from instances to finish the other 10-11 pieces. Unlike op collections, there is a way for a premium player to boost for stabilizers to lower that time frame without hassle. You can't boost op item collections unless you have several toons at 180+ which is a hassle if you don't have them already.

I'm not happy at all with these new developments. I do recognize that some things were changed as a result of community feedback, but I don't think it's enough / significant in the grand scheme of things. Is anyone else's finger hovering over the cancel membership button right now?

I don't care about OP items, mostly because I don't need them to be able to out DPS a majority of the 192 pugs that are already on the server. So sure, make those harder to get. What I do care about is the style items being made harder to get. That's what used to be a big plus to this game for me and for someone who has limited time to play this game (meaning I have a full time job & family obligations), I don't want to work when I log onto DCUO, I want to play. Since DCUO changed to monthly content I've felt the pressure that I can only akin to the pressures one feels when they are at work and have a deadline that they must meet. That pressure makes this game less than enjoyable, and I'm only really playing this game because of the friends and fellow league mates that I enjoy socializing with while dealing with this "extracurricular work".

And again, finishing the vendor gear and getting 4 TC drops comes with patience. If you want to rush your way to the OP pieces, then yes, it will cost a lot and/or require a lot of luck. Plus, the non-vendor collections for the OP pieces do drop a lot in value. I'm looking at the AF3 OP collections and the prices are a joke. Patience is the key.