Month in Review! Catch Up On All The News From July!

New Content, New Features, New Events!

July has been an exciting month for DCUO, with a LOT going on! From new content reveals to new updates and features to special events, make sure you are up to date on all the latest news!

1) New Promethium Lockboxes Now Available, PLUS Cross-Faction Styles!

At the top of the list, we have new and improved Promethium Lockboxes, featuring the Loot Picker and an expanded set of items, which include our first implementation of cross-faction styles! #UniteTheStyles

New Promethium Lockboxes are now available in-game! We have improved and expanded the items found inside, and implemented the loot picker so you always have a choice of rewards. These rewards now range from the incredible new Compound Omega to Marketplace items to a broad selection of over 800 style items, including some cross-faction styles!

Keep reading for a detailed breakdown of what options the new Promethium Lockboxes will include:

• Style Item #1
• Style Item #2
  • Players will see two style items from the same list of over 800 styles.
  • These items include styles that were previously available in Promethium Lockboxes AND a selection of styles from across the game, from low level drops to high level iconic suits.
  • This is our first implementation of cross-faction styles! #UniteTheStyles!
    • Styles from each faction will be obtainable by everyone, regardless of faction. Heroes may find Hero and Villain styles, and Villains may find Hero and Villain styles in Promethium Lockboxes.
    • Only the original faction can earn any feats associated with the styles.
  • Newly added style items will be account bound.
• Marketplace Consumable Item
  • Proto Broker Bot, Proto Bank Bot, Proto Mail Bot, Proto Repair Bot, or Vault Ticket
  • Marketplace items will be account bound.
• Base Item
  • These base items include what was previously available in Promethium Lockboxes.
  • Base items will remain tradeable.
• NEW Compound Omega
  • This is a new consumable that buffs your whole group and stacks with other consumable buffs.
  • The buff benefits all roles with a 5% increase to stats, persists through death, and lasts 30 minutes.
  • Compounds will remain tradeable.

Every Promethium Lockbox also includes a guaranteed Mark of Victory (not in the loot picker).

Promethium Lockboxes can be opened automatically by Members, or opened by non-Members with the purchase of a Promethium Key in the in-game Marketplace.

2) Coming Soon: New Rewards Outside of Mark Relevancy

Second, we announced plans for new rewards for players attempting content that has become trivial to them. Soon there will be new drive and reward for revisiting older content on all your characters.

Missing those old Marks of Triumph? Think you need more reasons to revisit content you have already mastered? Keep reading!

Wait. What is Mark Relevancy?

When content is of appropriate challenge for you, it rewards you guaranteed Marks of Victory, which you then use to progress your character through the game. When content has become trivial to you, it no longer rewards Marks of Victory.

This system is in place for numerous reasons, not least of which that it sets up the launch of our new monthly Episodes. But, we have heard your concerns about how your play habits have changed without Marks of Triumph luring you back to earlier tiers (even though gear drops, styles, and feats remain unchanged), about the variety of content you experience day in and day out, about missing that feeling of awesome you get when returning to once-challenging content and blowing it out of the water.

Let's face it, there is a ton of really fun content in DCUO outside of your relevancy window, and while you probably don't want to return to all of it every day, and while it makes perfect sense that returning to it does not advance your high level character, it does make sense that you would want to return to some of it, on some days, and that you want some reason to do so. Marks of Triumph were a small and shrinking reward, mere pennies on the dollar the farther back you went, but they were a reward. They were a reason.

New Rewards!

Going forward, we plan to return that reason in the form of new rewards. When playing content trivial to you (outside your relevancy window), you will receive a random item from the list below each time you would have received Marks previously, meaning generally one item per boss. (For most modern instances, this means three bosses, and thus three random items per instance.)

Rare:

• Mark of Victory
• Compound Omega
  • This is a consumable that buffs your group's stats by 5% for 30 minutes, and persists through death.

Common:

• Token of Merit (x100)
• Token of Prestige (x100)
• Exobit Cluster
  • This item includes an Exobit of each color, Red, Blue, and Yellow.

The common items here are of use to everyone, something for your time. The rare items are split between an incredible, scaling new buff consumable in the Compound Omega, found otherwise only in Promethium Lockboxes, and actual progression for your character in a Mark of Victory.

Our goal with this addition is to provide a reason to return to trivial content that is still meaningful and motivating, so that everyone has cause to experience the fun of yesteryear, while still maintaining that character progression must be accomplished through content appropriate for your level.

3) Coming Soon: Titles!

Next, Game Update 51 moved onto the PC Test server with an all new customization feature: Titles! Unlock titles with feats across the game, and display your achievements prominently for all to see. Look for this feature to launch in the coming weeks.

With fame comes infamy. With great deeds comes great renown. In a word, titles! Players in DCUO will soon be able to customize their characters further with titles, unlocked by completing feats throughout the game. These titles will be displayed beneath character names in-game for all to see, and players will be able to choose which title they display in the Style menu.

For the launch of this new feature, we have revisited 40+ feats, some basic, some challenging, and added a title as a reward for their completion. Characters that have already completed these feats will automatically have these titles available!

Who will you be? How will you be known? The choice is yours in Game Update 51.

4) Special Legends PvE Event Weekends!

The weekends in July have been action-packed with the return of past Legends PvE events. This trend will continue into August, so make sure you check in with DCUO every weekend!

Watch for special Legends PvE events returning for the weekends, but only for a limited time. Mark your calendars for every Friday through Sunday for the foreseeable future, as past Legends PvE events return! Just check the Events tab in your On Duty menu to see what is available!

5) Game Update 50 Now Available!

Our latest Game Update introduced much-requested Duo content for Tier 4, inviting all players to experience some of the Mentor-specific leveling missions in a fresh new way. The update went on to significantly re-adjust Game Update 47's Stat Flattening to make the game overall just a bit easier, and to make players feel more powerful when returning to past content.

Game Update 50 launched of Black Adam for Legends, new Tier 4 Duos based on Mentor-specific leveling missions, re-balanced Game Update 47's Stat Flattening, and updated Nature, Light, and Electricity.

The work and testing on those powers continues as we refine methods with our community of testers, so look for more from us on that in the coming weeks, or check these threads for more information.

Meta, Magic and Tech Missions now Tier 4 Duos!

We have taken some of our most iconic missions and turned them into Tier 4 Duos! Heroes and Villains will fight alongside Wonder Woman and Circe in Shadowlands. Enter the Watchtower and witness the ever present struggle between Lex Luthor and Superman in The Watchtower: An Opportunity for Villains or Hall of Doom: Recovery for Heroes. In STAR Labs Satellite, both Heroes and Villains must enter the Batcave and face Brainiac’s android versions of Batman and the Joker!

Requirements:

• 2 Players

• Minimum Combat Rating: 70

• Recommended Combat Rating: 70+

Black Adam

Harness the power of the Gods with Black Adam and blast your foes with ancient lightning! Members may purchase this item in game for Marks of Legend on a per character basis. The Marketplace version of this item is redeemable for every character on the account, and it is not tradable.

Stat Flattening Adjustments

Re-adjusted and greatly reduced the stat flattening changes made to NPCs between CRs 34-103 (Tiers 1-5) in Game Update 47. Click here for a detailed explanation of the changes.

6) Episode 15 Revealed!

Finally, we revealed our first new monthly Episode, coming your way this August. If you somehow haven't yet seen this news or these Bombshells, take a moment to get caught up and watch the livestream replay below.

Get caught up on our first monthly Episode, featuring new 8-player and 2-player content in "The Bombshell Paradox" and "Corrupted Zamaron." This Episode is now available on the PC Test servers, and will launch soon!

BOMBSHELLS AND BLACK LANTERNS COMING TO DC UNIVERSE ONLINE IN ALL-NEW EPISODE THIS SUMMER

WHAT: DC Comics Bombshells will be making their first videogame appearance, coming to DC Universe™ Online (DCUO) this summer as part of a new Episode and as playable Legends Characters.

Black Lanterns will also make their DCUO debut in the game’s 15th Episode where they have invaded Zamaron, home of the Star Sapphires.

Episode 15

The Bombshells Paradox – In this eight-person Operation, players will travel through a rift in time and space to the world of the DC Bombshells to battle the "Bombshell" Talia al Ghul. In her attempts to alter their timeline and change the outcome of World War II, “the Lady al Ghul” has created a tear in reality that must be fixed! Players must stop her and set the universe back on its correct path.

Fast Facts:

• Modeled after DC Comics Bombshells , Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and Talia al Ghul Bombshells make their first-ever video game appearance together.

• DC Comics Bombshells makes its videogame debut in The Bombshells Paradox.

• Episode 15 marks the beginning of the League of Assassins narrative in DCUO.

• The Bombshells Paradox introduces a new environment – Russian Gulag turned Secret Munitions Factory.

Corrupted Zamaron – "The Black" has re-emerged in the universe and has targeted the Predator entity inside the Central Power Battery on Zamaron. Because of this threat, Indigo-1 of the Indigo Tribe has now joined the War of the Light. In this duo, players will help Carol Ferris defend Zamaron from the Black Lanterns and will purge the Black Lanterns’ Corruption from the Battery.

Fast Facts:

• Black Lanterns and Indigo Tribe make their DCUO debut in Episode 15, including the appearance of Corrupted Hawkgirl.

• Corrupted Zamaron is a continuation of the War of the Light storyline.

WHEN: Episode 15 will be available this August as a free download for Members and for purchase by non-members via the PlayStation®Network, the in-game Marketplace, or for PC players via the DCUniverseOnline.com website.

7) Plus, Bombshell Harley Quinn for Legends!

If that's not enough, Bombshell Harley Quinn became the first DC Bombshell in DCUO when she launched Wednesday for Legends. Log in and play as her now!

New Legends Character: Bombshell Harley Quinn!

Crazy in love? That's her specialty. Make it YOUR specialty when you play as Bombshell Harley Quinn in Legends PvE and PvP. Bombshell Harley Quinn is a cosmetic alternative version of the character, decked out in Episode 15's Bombshell outfit. She will be unlockable by Members in-game later today (July 29, 2015), and will be available for purchase starting tomorrow (July 30, 2015).

Members Can Unlock Bombshell Harley Quinn As Part Of Membership!

Like most Legends characters, Bombshell Harley Quinn is available for Members in-game on the Legends Vendor for 100 Marks of Legend, on a per character basis.

Available in the Marketplace!

Members and non-Members are now able to purchase Bombshell Harley Quinn. The Marketplace version is redeemable for every character on your account.

And More To Come This August!

And that's just July. August is right around the corner, awaiting you with Episode 15's launch and Episode 16's reveal, Titles, and more, so buckle up, log in, and check back soon for even more DCUO news. Until then, we'll see you in game!