DC Universe Online adds even more servers

@JohnFordColey

That's what I get for logging in to check servers being online! XD I inadvertently grabbed the wrong name. The second new server is "Relentless," which I've updated in the story.

Thanks for the catch, and apologies for any confusion it might have caused!

@Krystalle Voecks

Glad I could be of some assistance. :-)

It's great the game is doing so well that new servers are needed, but they'd better get their act together and do something about the stability issues of the already existing servers.

The EU servers they added earlier this week are having major problems. For the past three nights it's been crashing, making the queues on the other ones only bigger.

On top of that, there's absolutely no communication towards the players. The only way to find out whether the server is up yet is by logging in; the launcher gives no info whatsoever. Bad move, SOE.

But the game is a blast. The developers and designers did an awesome job.

@Wispur

It has a number of things going for it IMO. The levelling content is quite good, and there appears to be enough of it that you can get there without having to repeat disliked content. The levelling pace is also quite reasonable. The game runs quite slickly on relatively older systems and does not require cutting edge hardware.

Not sure if this is one for the long haul, but so far it is entertaining.

@Wispur

I wouldn't worry too much about the game feeling the same. I played wow, even bought cata and leveled through the content and I must say that DCUO is close enough to wow that you will know what to do and how things run from the get go, but so far from it that it feels like wow is a small spec on the horizon.

Skills are vastly more action oriented.

Combos, blocking, evading make combat much more dynamic e.g. you will never find yourself sitting in place hitting or shooting things, you are always on the move

I haven't gotten to the endgame yet but the dynamic combat more than makes up for any familiarity there

And gear, well watch some videos and look at the Iconic Battle Suits and tell me you wouldn't want to beat some people up wearing that.

oh and if you are pvp inclined at all go with a pvp server, they are a blast.

@Jenks

It is definitely designed for a controller on the PS3. The combat is action-oriented and fast. I can't imagine executing the combos without the controller. It's been a lot of fun for me.

I haven't played the PC version, but I have read that a controller makes for a far more enjoyable experience there as well. I would imagine that it has a similar to the feel of the combat mechanics in DDO. It always felt like that was better suited for a controller (not necessarily for mapping all of the spells). I think DCUO has more depth with respect to the combat mechanics than even DDO.

@Jenks

The games runs on the Unreal 3 engine, and there's no support for point-and-click control in the UI. Unless you're comfortable using mouse and keyboard in FPS games, you're better off with a controller on the PC version.

Note that many of the combat moves you buy with your talent points are activated by button combos, which on the PC means holding this mouse button and clicking the other mouse button however many times. For ergonomic reasons, I wouldn't recommend DCUO for the PC at all without a controller.

@Jenks Dont listen to people telling you the controls are bad. These are the same people that are the dreaded keyboard turners/clickers in wow.

There is a slight learning curve to the controls but basically unless you are dead set on being a nub clicker the controls are pretty good once you get used to them.

Everything can be rebound if you dont like the bindings.