Is it just me or is the population lower than usual?

September/October/November are usually the worst months for DCUO, except when there is a pretty interesting episode released in the meantime, so its not surprising. It's not even close to being as bad as the worst Halloween when they released Riddled With Crime so I'm still hopeful for a rebound.

But it doesn't help that all we get week after week are Episode Spotlights that nobody enjoys and 2x Source Marks, 2x Catalysts and 2x nth metal xp are super rare now...

I really hope they release some decent bonus week before the end of the year, because man wtf is this

I was on around midnight CT last night and there wasn't even 1 full phase in the new DLC area. I saw more groups going for T5/6 bounties in LFG than I did the raid.

I'd love to blame it on the season, or burnout...but to some extent, it could be those MP marks for sale. For those with more CC than patience, the 'episode' was probably finished week 1. This is the fallout.

We've not even been getting episode spotlights, just sales, the seasonal, and WW Day Celebration. This one is the first one in quite a while.

At this rate I suggest bringing back the 10x Legends PVE Bonus...and leaving it on.

I quit due to the same old/same old stuff being released as "new". I logged in to try out the new episode and was incredibly disappointed. I had no idea that "new direction" they were going in was going to be backwards. I had hope when the latest producer's letter said this:

"In fact, Episode 48 is already in pre-production. We will move in new directions, though it is *way* too soon to talk about what Episode 48 will look like, but our goal is to make it as great as and different from any episode that has come before."

So, not only did they stick to the same exact DLC layout as almost every previous DLC before it, but they made it worse with how spread out the missions are and the artificial delays in content. Just to make it as annoying as possible to even try to play? It worked if that was the goal.

I just can't believe how bad it was overall, but at least we have the wonderful opportunity to buy our way out of actually playing it... (sarcasm, this is probably why the content was so strung out and dead after week one). I could not see myself replaying this content. At all. I barely made it through the solo once and was over it. Just more nails in the coffin, I suppose. The game just isn't fun, and each new release seems to get worse and worse with nothing new being added to the foundation of the game.

The entire roadmap of the game can be summed up in one sentence: Pump out as many reskined maps and arts/allies/time capsules as possible. Slap a sticker that says "new" on it and call it a day. Crazy that no one is sticking around...

always feels like the game cashing in while it can mode these days...

i too want to know what they were thinking when they said this, as i see no difference. i would love for clarification, but i know i am not ever getting that. "silence is golden" is the new motto it seems, and i can see why, if when they do speak, it's complete falsehoods. yikes!

and who knows, maybe there is some cryptic message in there, some hidden meaning that i am not seeing or understand. but i just cant believe they said that and still released the same old, same old haha

Honestly I'd be shocked at how they could make an episode 'different' from every other ep before without it completely changing the game. Are we to believe there will be no daily missions? No Solo/Duo/Alert or Raid? No bounties or busywork like making mods or collecting styles no one wanted or asked for? Will the game become a side scroller, FPS or top down real time strategy game like Starcraft...I mean maybe 'Leisure Suit Larry' with DC heroes would be 'different' but I'm not sure it would be better.

I mean don't get me wrong...I'm not afraid of 'different' on it's own..... but there is a big divide between 'different and better' or 'different but worse'.

I played Throne & Liberty for an hour. The graphics on the cutscenes were terrible and I just couldn't get past that.

moving the mission givers across the map dont count?

currency for sale?

dont fix bugs until after next dlc releases?

idk man...game different but still the same.

The juice just isn't worth the squeeze. Especially when you no longer need to chase said carrot and can outright just buy it. When you release a bare-bones episode that only keeps you engaged for about 15 mins a day, this is the result. Not even talking about the bugs littered throughout because that's a whole issue itself. And there's still another 4-5 months of....this? Be prepared, because a further population drop is inevitable. This isn't due to season or time of year, it's due to the game just flat out sucks.

If you think that's funny wait till they start dropping more episodes and watch how much money they're going to make off the episode marks in the marketplace. They've only been doing two episodes a year because they were working on next gen updates and bringing the game to other consoles. Which is one of the biggest reasons the game is completely dead. We all know that they can release episodes monthly they've done it before so imagine how much money they'd make off episode marks in the marketplace if we go back to that

I dunno about this game anymore. Really let's be honest here. I don't have that kind of time to que for a raid 40+ minutes then possibly "disconnect". I sign on to be with my friends and help them out. I run my alts, seas and dailies each and it's not really entertaining. If a league member or friend just says hey I've found this game and it's just what we've been looking for.. I'm probably out. Far as the episode being different I had high hopes. A cavern adventure /walk in leading to a boss. An area in the new content that required a group/ party to get through it to some kind of reward or quest. Maybe 3 man or 5 man instances. Counter and weights or traps that you would need to change or move to open up access to buildings or areas. Obstacles that need problem solving to get around or through that are unpassble instant death when trying to just run through. Changing skies and enemies that change based on the sky or time of day. Invasion armies every so often. Bosses that have more area and can be tanked at different places for different strategies. Sodas or consumables that give transformations allowing access to certa9n parts of the map, birds, beasts, becoming a enemy to infiltrate. Quests/ missions for groups in open world that have variants Maybe c9llection pieces as a end prize. Water that can be passed into and enemies or below surface missions. Things to keep us engaged in different ways. Gear options or a way to get some mixed roles gear or variable/build able stats. A direct portal in hol to the new area and different spawning points based on where you enter. So many possibilities... the drawing board on this one had so much potential. It's sad. The lack of communication doesn't help either. I hold out hope for a pinnacle event again especially survival mode, but as the days pass that dream fades. After coming into the game a few months before a SM and getting my bitt kicked I want to "test my might" again and have my revenge, seeing how far I've improved and grown. Getting my chance at the "cool SM stuff". They devs said this is a year of transition so I wait. All in all time will pass and so possibly will my love for the game.

I can confirm its an. Big decline in numbers on us Xbox servers as of now days .

I guess the “new” direction was to make DLC currency purchasable. There were already p2w elements in the game, but I never thought it’d go this far — and considering they haven’t reneged on this just goes to show that the powers at be don’t care what the playerbase thinks as long as it makes them money. They don’t have hope in this game nor do they care what happens to it. The goal is to get as much money as possible doing the bare minimum before the game eventually dies.

I'd say most of that falls under the 'different but worse' scenario.

I'd doubt we can expect more than the 2 eps a year we've been getting, but I can see them adding MORE things to spend marks on, while simultaneously adding things to absorb time like these 'Big 3 birthday' events. A) they keep us feeling like we are busy and B) more busy work means less idle mark farming. Now....IF only there were some way to make up for those lost marks? Hmmmm....how ever could we quickly increase our marks supply?

This is why i'm hoping they don't add another 12 weeks bounty/finish bounty mission 12 times feat with this new bounty update like they've done in the past. Just feels like busy work, nothing more to me.

It's the sandbox MMO RPG not a serious MMORPG DC Universe is more like a arcade episodes don't actually cost much money to make or effort as you can tell because it's recycled. When you recycle content like that you can definitely release them every month at a very cheap cost they've done it before. They are just a small team working on too much crap like other platforms and The Next Gen update for PlayStation and Xbox which are now both completed. We all knew that there was going to be an extreme population decline while they worked on those platforms and next gen updates as well as all the bull crap that happened behind the scenes with the layoffs and eg7 lying about an upgrade. Now that all of that's out of the way hopefully we can move on to more episodes and quicker now that they have next gen tools for development

Yeah. They should not add those so late in the DLC like last time. 12 weeks is 3 months if you run 1 per week (no replays), and dropping that feat 2 or months into a DLC is just bogus. Week 1 or they should lessen the count to fit what time is left +/1 a week.

If they are boring cookie cutter episodes, I'm not sure I want more than 2 at this point. Personally, I always love the period of time when I'm done with my 21 days checkin, at a decent place in the DLC where I don't run dailies anymore and there are no seasonals/events. I get to take a week or a few days off at least.