Next on PC Test: Game Update 33!

Game Update 33 is now ready for testing on the PC Test Server! All PC players with a Legendary Membership are invited. We’re looking forward to hearing your feedback!

To get started, you can download the client here (SOE) or here (ProSiebenSat.1).

Please note the following:

• No characters will be copied to the PC Test Server.
• After character creation, all characters will begin at level 30, and nothing you've purchased on your Live account will transfer over to Test.
• There are special Test vendors in the Watchtower and Hall of Doom to help you gear up properly.
• The PC Test server will restart every morning at 12 AM Pacific
• Please make sure to post your feedback and any bugs you find in the forum below!

Let the testing begin!

Armories

Note: Since the Marketplace is disabled on PC TEST we are starting players out with the mission that provides the single free armory to every character. This will be followed shortly thereafter with a vendor item so that players can obtain more than one armory.

An Armory is a new type of Base amenity that allows a player to set up and imprint a predetermined build for their character. A player can imprint their character's current style, equipment, loadouts, roles, and power and skill point allocations to the Armory. By activating the Armory from in the field, a player can switch to this preset at the press of a button. Every character will receive one free Armory. Look for the Your Armory mission in the Journal.

Additional Armories can be purchased from the Marketplace, and placing those additional Armoires in a base gives a character the power to switch between multiple custom builds. The appearance of the Armory will match the theme of the Base it is placed in. This item requires level 12 to use, and can be traded only to other characters on the same account. Each base owned can hold up to 4 Armories.

How to Imprint and Lock and Load

Interact with the Armory placed in a base to imprint a build. Players cannot imprint if a character has more than 10 unspent skill points and/or 3 unspent power points.

Players can only have four Armory Builds equipped at any one time out in the field. Players can update which builds are equipped through the Generator in their base. Look for the Lock and Load mission in the Journal.

To swap between builds, for PS3/4 hold down both R2 and L2. This will bring up a UI that will show the D-Pad directions and the associated Armory Builds. For PC, Armory Builds can be swapped using the number keys on the Num Pad. While out of combat a player can swap Armories Builds every ten seconds. However, while in combat, the player can only swap every ten minutes. Players cannot swap Armory Builds while in PvP combat.

PvP Season 2

Game update 33 introduces the second season of PvP for players. This includes:

•2 New Style Sets!

oElemental Android inspired by Red Tornado for Heroes

oAdaptive Android inspired by Amazo for Villains

•Four New Variant Styles!

o4 new Variant Appearances for the Logistics Officer, Aeronaut, Punchline and Vengeance styles.

•Existing PvP Gear has been Up-Tiered!

oAs part of PvP Season 2, we have adjusted the item levels of the existing PvP gear so that players who have high-tier Mods in their PvP gear will not have to replace the mods from getting new equipment.

•Style Vendor for Deprecated Styles!

oPvP level 77 gear has been upgraded to PvP level 85, but is no longer purchasable in game. PvP level 86 gear is available for purchase from vendors in the Watchtower and Hall of Doom for cash.

•New reward structure for Arena and Legends PvP!

oWith PvP Season 2 we have updated rewards for all Arenas and Legends matches. Most importantly, no Arena or Legends matches have lockouts! There are prizes for winning and losing, but there should never be locked-out rewards.

•Please see the full public notes below for all the details!

Synthetic Mods Now Available on Vendors!

The experience of progressing through Tiers 3, 4 and 5 has been improved by allowing Tier 3 and higher single stat equipment mods to be purchased with PvE currencies. These mods are available on Tier 3 and higher armor vendors found in the Headquarters, Central City and the Gotham Wastelands.

Tier 3, 4 and 5 single stat equipment mods are now available for purchase using PvP currencies. These mods can be found on PvP armor vendors. Full details in the Synthetic Mods section below!

Environment

·Duo: Flashback: The ground in the Speedforce Tunnel no longer animates.

Gear

·The cost of the Tier 3 gear has been reduced by half. This includes the Kryptonian Commander, Kryptonian Medico, Sunstone Bulwark and Sunstone’s Edge sets.

Items

·Item Rewards:

oThe Exalted and Corrupted Reward Boxes from the Sons of Trigon DLC will now always reward a Chit of Exaltation's Rewards/Chit of Corruption's Gifts. They no longer will drop additional Marks of Reality.

Legends

·Two-Face is no longer Vulnerable to Interrupt while deploying a barrel.

PvP

·Season 2: SEE ABOVE

o2 New Appearances:

§These sets are level 90 and available for Marks of Valor from vendors in the Watchtower or Hall of Doom.

oVariant Styles:

§PvP Level 87 Aeronaut Helmet Variant Style

·Available from vendors in the Hall of Doom and Watchtower

·Purchasable with Marks of Valor

§PvP Level 88 Logistics Officer Feet Variant Style

·Available from vendors in the Hall of Doom and Watchtower

·Purchasable with Marks of Valor

§PvP Level 89 Punchline Hands Variant Style

·Available from vendors in the Hall of Doom

·Purchasable with Marks of Valor

·Villain only.

§PvP Level 89 Vengeance Back Variant Style

·Available from vendors in the Watchtower

·Purchasable with Marks of Valor

·Hero only

oPvP Tier Gear – Availability and Level

§Deprecated gear

·This gear is no longer available for purchase in the game. It was previously available from vendors in the Watchtower and Hall of Doom.

·It has been upgraded to level 85 from level 77

·Please see the section below on the new PvP Style vendor.

§Tier 1 PvP Gear

§This gear is available for purchase in game from the Watchtower and Hall of doom for cash. It uses the Avatar Bombardier style and variant pieces.

§Tier 1 is now PvP Level 86, was previously 81

§Tier 2 PvP Gear

§This gear is available for purchase in game from the Watchtower and Hall of doom for Marks of Valor. It uses the Aeronaut style and variant pieces.

§Tier 2 is now PvP Level 87, was previously 82

§Tier 3 PvP Gear

§This gear is available for purchase in game from the Watchtower and Hall of doom for Marks of Valor. It uses the Logistics Officer style and variant pieces.

§Tier 3 is now PvP Level 88, was previously 83

§Tier 4 PvP Gear

§This gear is available for purchase in game from the Watchtower and Hall of doom for Marks of Valor. It uses the Vengeance style and variant pieces for Heroes, and the Punchline style and variant pieces for Villains.

§Tier 4 is now PvP Level 89, was previously 84

oPvP Style Vendor – Location and Styles

• With Season 2 of PvP, we have taken all previously deprecated PvP styles and made them available on two new vendors. They are located next to the current Tier 2-3-4 PvP vendors, which are in the Hall of Heroes in the Watchtower, and the lower portion of the Meta Wing in the Hall of Doom Currently these sets are:

§Heroes:

§Raptor Infiltrator (Robin Inspired By)

§Speed-Force Spectrum (Flash Inspired By)

§Aegis of Eternity (Shazam Inspired By)

§Archangel

§Villains:

§Shroud of Anubis (Black Adam Inspired By)

§Mercenary's Malice (Deathstroke Inspired By)

§Phantom Zone Reaver (General Zod Inspired By)

§Blood Bat

• PvP Rewards
  • Players will no longer suffer reward lockouts when participating in Arena and Legends PvP. Players can compete to their heart’s content and earn rewards every time.
  • Arena Matches
  • Arenas grant Marks of Valor (MoV) based the player’s current PvPCombat Rating
    • PvP Combat Rating 0-86: 2 MoV (loss); 4 MoV (win)
    • PvP Combat Rating 87: 5 MoV (loss); 10 MoV (win)
    • PvP Combat Rating 88: 10 MoV (loss); 20 MoV (win)
    • PvP Combat Rating 89+: 20 MoV (loss); 40 MoV (win)
  • Legend Matches
    • Legends matches reward Marks of Legend and Marks of Valor.
    • Players earn 2 Marks of Legend for a victory, and 1 Mark of Legend for a loss.
    • Marks of Valor are rewarded exactly as they are in Arena matches, and are banded by the players current PvP Combat Rating.
• DLC4 Reward Boxes
  • If a player wins a PvP Match and has access to DLC4 The Last Laugh, they have a chance to receive an additional reward.
    • Potential rewards are one of the following:
    • A player base item
    • A PvP Consumable
    • An Exceptional Mod Recovery Kit
    • An Arena/Legend Missive

Synthetic Vendor Mods

·PvE Synthetic Mod Costs and Vendors

oSynthetic Mods cannot be Recovered.

oTier 3 Mods

§These mods require a Combat Rating of 53 to purchase.

§Players can find these mods on:

§Tier 3 PvE armor vendors consoles in HQs

§Armor vendors in the Lightning Strikes DLC Central City near the entrance.

§Cost: 125 Marks of Triumph

oTier 4 Mods

§These mods require a Combat Rating of 70 to purchase.

§Players can find these mods on:

§Tier 4 PvE armor vendor consoles in HQs

§Cost: 625 Marks of Triumph

oTier 5 Mods

§These mods require a Combat Rating of 84 to purchase.

§Players can find these mods on:

§Tier 5 PvE armor vendor console in HQs

§Tier 5 armor vendor in Gotham Wastelands

§Heroes: Sentinel Bonet

§Villains: Blood Cultist Warren

§Cost: 5 Marks of Reality

·PvP Synthetic Mod Costs and Vendors

oSynthetic Vendor Mods cannot be Recovered.

oTier 3 Mods

§These mods can be found on:

§Vendors selling PvP Item Level 86 and 87 armors in HQs

§Heroes: Aquaman, Hawkgirl, Robin

§Villains: Felix Faust, Two Face, Ursa

§Cost: 10 Marks of Valor

oTier 4 Mods

§These mods can be found on:

§Vendors selling PvP Item Level 86 and 87 armors in HQs

§Heroes: Aquaman, Hawkgirl, Robin

§Villains: Felix Faust, Two Face, Ursa

§These mods are available for players to purchase after achieving a PvP Combat Rating of 86.

§Cost: 25 Marks of Valor

oTier 5 Mods

§These mods can be found on:

§Vendors selling PvP Item Level 88, 89 and 90 armors in HQs

§Heroes: Requisitions-T234-HA

§Villains: Requisitions-T234-VA

§These mods are available for players to purchase after achieving a PvP Combat Rating of 87.

§Cost: 50 Marks of Valor

UI

·PC: Marketplace: Buttons in the header pane should no longer revert to default text when rolling over them with a mouse.

·Marketplace: Players can now purchase "claimable" items from the in-game marketplace when their inventory is full. Additionally, players should no longer be able to purchase items that are delivered straight to your inventory if their inventory is full.

·Ability Tray: The ability tray power status should no longer get out of sync when switching between power trays.

·Character Select: Fixed an issue with account access levels not displaying properly in certain languages.

·In the Loadouts section of the Traits menu, it should now say "Tank" rather than "Defense."

Weapons

·A balance pass was conducted across all charge up attacks to correct a systemic issue. Generally this means most charge up attacks were doing incorrect damage. Some, such as Staff Focused Spin and One Handed Focused Blast, were doing much more damage than intended. Others, like Dual Wield Charged Double Throw, were doing less damage than intended.

PC Test has been updated today with the following changes:

Armories

•PC TEST ONLY: We have added the Armory item to Hero and Villain PVE vendors.

•PC TEST ONLY: The height of the Armory interaction icon has been unified amongst the Armory appearances.

•PC TEST ONLY: Fixed an issue where players could not imprint armories if they had the maximum number of them.

Collections and Investigations

•Investigations: Stryker's Island

oResolved an issue with an Investigation Node that was difficult to reach.

•Gold Collections

oFixed an issue with a Gold Collection that was floating in the air in Robinson Park.

Environment

•Players should no longer appear as if they are floating on the floor or get stuck while moving up the ramp in the Batcave 1v1 Legends PvP Arena.

FX

•Villain Light powered Handblasters will now have correct effects.

•Awakening Tutorial – The Brainiac Sentries will now play visual effects when attacking.

Missions

•Burn like His Power – Fixed an issue where villain players would become gated in the Metropolis City hall solo instance if Sinestro got KO'ed during the fight with John Stewart.

PVP

•PC TEST ONLY: The Gunslinger Style item is now on the PvP Style Vendor.

•PC TEST ONLY: The Archangel and Blood Bat Helmet styles no longer appear twice on the PvP Style Vendor.

•PC TEST ONLY: The PvP Style Vendor for Heroes now sells Nth-Metal Battlesuit style items instead of Speed-Force Spectrum items.

Holidays

As you've hopefully noticed, the DCUO team goes to great lengths to stay up to date and highly active in reading, acting on, and responding to all of the feedback and bug reports we get while the PC Test server is online. Game Update 33 will be on PC Test over the holidays, however, and activity may be less than normal over the next few weeks, and there most likely will not be any updates to PC Test.

Rest assured, we'll review and respond to your feedback when the team returns in full, and we encourage you to continue testing, posting, and discussing GU 33 until we do. Happy holidays!

PC Test was updated today with the following changes:


Armories

·PC TEST ONLY - Armories - Fixed a bug that could put active Armories in a strange state if the player tried to save an invalid Build.

·PC TEST ONLY - Mannequins will now appear inside Armories during Lair Battles.

·PC TEST ONLY - Fixed grammatical error in the warning message shown when consuming more than your maximum allowed Armories.

·PC TEST ONLY - Updated the descriptions on the Armory item to say usable at level 8, and updated the text to be consistent with our editorial style.

Duo
Metropolis City Hall Duo

·Arkillo is no longer monstrously large when he puts on his armor.

General

·Fixed an issue where Mainframe trinkets were not working correctly.

·Updated the description of Marketplace Lair Themes to say that the required level is 8.

·Fixed an issue that prevented players with a CR over 100 from receiving or properly consuming Marks & Treasure Boxes.

·The vendors in the Gotham Wastelands have been adjusted. Previously they had a Combat Rating requirement of 95 to purchase items. It has been reduced to 84.

·The Checkmate and Knight style items are now available on the PvP Style vendors in Watchtower and Hall of Doom for players with access to the DLC Last Laugh.

·The feats for winning x number of Lair Battles have been updated so that the count increases when you win a round in a Lair Battle as opposed to winning the entire Lair Battle.

·Fixed an issue that was causing Lair Battles to crash.

War of the Light Part I DLC

The following is PC Test Only.

Audio

·Fixed and issue with John Stewart’s & Guy Gardner’s VO in the Mogo Command Center. They’re now much more willing to have a chat.

Feats

·"You Conduit" feat name has been changed to "You Conduit to it!"

·The description for the "We'll Burn You All" feat now correctly references the Vestments of Rage style set.

Vendors

·The Vendors on Mogo and Ranx have been fixed so that you now only see gear relevant to your roles.

·A Combat Rating requirement of 84 has been placed on purchasing the War of the Light Part I vendor gear.

·Fixed the icon on the Handblaster weapons available on the War of the Light Part I vendors.

·The weapons available on the War of the Light Part I vendors can no longer be salvaged.

Operations
Assault and Battery

·Players can now leave and return to the Assault and Battery Operation through the shared version of the Mogo Command Center.

·The Construct Maze maps have been adjusted and the Secure Cog icon no longer obstructs the player's view of the maps.

·NPC Invaders of Ranx and Mogo no longer drop loot.

·Added repair vendors to all parts of the 8 player operation.

Mist Recovery Operation

·Fixed issue where Hal Jordan would sometimes not be present on the initial stage of the Mist Recovery Operation on Mogo.

·Fixed issue where players could go back to New S.T.A.R Labs after defeating the final boss, then continue the operation repeatedly in this state.

Missions

·The Solo Missions for the Operations in War of the Light Part I have had a cash reward added.

·The Sum of Its Parts

oAdjusted replay badge cost for both Hero and Villain versions.

oThis side mission will now sort in the Journal under the Mogo/Ranx Command Center category.

oImproved the quantity and respawn time of the Manhunter parts that can appear in the Downtown Metropolis Battlezone.

·Information Underload

oThis side mission will now sort in the Journal under the Mogo/Ranx Command Center category.

Rage Powers

·Staff's Focused Spin – The power will no longer show green visual effects.

·Berserk - The icon has been changed so it does not match Flight's Vacuum Bubble.

·Lacerate - The icon has been changed so it does not match Flight's Whirlwind Attack.

·Dreadful Blast - Increased the power cost.

·Ferocity - The animation time has been reduced, the precision buff duration has been increased to cover animation time, and it will now show the buff icon in the UI.

Legends PvP

·Legends Atrocitus now fits in the Legends preview area of the On Duty UI.

·Fixed tool tip issue on Legends Atrocitus abilities, so that they appear in the F1 menu.

An update will be applied today at 11:00AM PST. Players may notice the following changes:

Game Update 33

Armories

·PC TEST ONLY – Fixed an issue where Armory mannequins showing up solid black when initially imprinted.

PvP Season 2

·The new items for Season 2 of PvP should no longer be able to be sold back to vendors. This includes the PvP Rating 90 items, as well as the new variant pieces.

Weapons
Rifle

·Corrected an issue with Rifle Surprise Volley that allowed it to be canceled by jumping.

War of the Light Part I

Legends

·PC TEST ONLY - Fixed an issue where Arkillo and Atrocitus would not fit in the Legends preview window.

·PC TEST ONLY - The Seed Pods in the Pit 5v5 will no longer deal excessive damage when smashed in Legends PvP matches.

·PC TEST ONLY - Updated health pools for Atrocitus and Saint Walker to make them more balanced.

·PC TEST ONLY - Updated the Green Lantern symbol on the Scion of Ion gear set and the Red Lantern symbol on the Vestments of Rage gear set

·PC TEST ONLY - Arkillo, Killowog, and Amon Sur now have auras in the On Duty Menu Preview for Legends

Powers
Rage

·PC TEST ONLY - Fixed an issue where Rage Crash would show up as "healed" in the combat log instead of "damaged."

·PC TEST ONLY - Fixed an issue where Rage Crash would be affected by changing equipment.

·PC TEST ONLY - Reduced the cooldown of Blood Lust to 12 seconds.

·PC TEST ONLY - Ferocity, Relentless Anger, Ire and Severe Punishment are now properly useable while controlled.

·PC TEST ONLY - Relentless Anger: Reduced amount of damage echoed back at targets.

·PC TEST ONLY - The Precision version of Galling Eruption and Violence now use the intended, slightly faster version of the same animation. This accounted for these abilities doing slightly more damage than intended.

·PC TEST ONLY - Updated the Anger and Punishment trait tree descriptions to more accurately convey the amount of health received per point of Dominance.

Audio

·PC TEST ONLY - Separated heart beat sound from flare sound on the Rage Crash countdown sound effects. This is to help players differentiate their Rage Crash countdown from another player's countdown.

·PC TEST ONLY – Ambient music should know be playing in the Mogo and Ranx Command Centers

Missions
Mogo's Command Center and Ranx's Command Center

·PC TEST ONLY - Updated all references to Mogo's Command Center and Ranx's Command Center – they should now use the correct names.

·PC TEST ONLY - Fixed various issues where NPCs were flying too high on Mogo/Ranx, making it difficult for players to reach them.

Hal Jordan & Sinestro

·PC TEST ONLY - Hal Jordan and Sinestro now remain in one location in their relative command centers. This will make it easier to meet up with them during the Warriors of Light pointer mission.

·PC TEST ONLY - Hal Jordan and Sinestro will no longer look around frantically when there are numerous players surrounding them.

Vendors

·PC TEST ONLY - The vendors on Mogo and Ranx have had their list sorting changed so that the Soder Colas appear after all of the equipment.

·PC TEST ONLY - The Lantern Supply Officers on Mogo and Ranx have had their sales lists adjusted so that all Might and Precision DPS items are correctly grouped together.

·PC TEST ONLY - NPC Vendors on Mogo and Ranx are now more accessible and easier to interact with.