From the Vault — originally published February 5, 2011. Some links, videos or prices may be out of date.
DC Universe Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in the DC Universe. It is available for for PS3 and PC. A few changes could make a huge difference. Here are some things I think should be addressed:
1) Story. The story really does it not do it for me. I would rather have the game focus on many story arcs from the comics books over the years. Crisis, Brightest Day, Death of Superman, and so on. While I might not be too familiar with them it would be more interesting playing out actual events in the DC Universe.
2) Personal House. It would be great to have your own personal house or apartment not just the hideouts. The only problem is it would probably cost real money to get it. I would be fine with it being in game money. Then you would spend real money on furniture as well. I wouldn’t mind having your own hideout for your group members would be great too.
3) Where the hell is Lobo? I might not have the biggest knowledge of DC comics but I am pretty sure they did miss out on a quite a big selection of characters. One being Lobo.
4) Easier way to travel between Gotham and Metropolis. I really hate the process of travelling between Gotham and Metropolis. First you go to travel to the Police Headquarters or Night Club. Depending on which character you are. Then you travel to the Justice League Headquarters or Legion of Doom Headquarters. When you are there you have to find a teleporter to the right location. Too much unnecessary steps. Travelling teleporting should be done in the Police Headquarters or Night Clubs.
5) Mix up the Bounty Missions. I really hate that my villain character has to defeat other villain character in the bounty mission. Why the hell do I have to go and takeout Bizzaro when he is just a villain like me. There are other mission where my villain character has to takeout heroes but I don’t understand why some bounty mission are available to both.
6) A third type of character. Now this one is quite hard to achieve in game and I wouldn’t expect it to happen but I which the was a third type of character. Now the third one is somewhere inbetween a villain and a hero. Neither purely good or bad. He just goes whatever he feels like. If he wants to help some hero takes down a villain he can or if he wants to rob a bank with some villain he can.
7) Becoming a Lantern. I think it would be great if you were able to become a one of the many Lanterns in the DC Universe and not at the character selection. Just like in the comics the rings choice people to become and Lanterns and it would be great if a ring just came to you and you got to join the Lanterns. Most logically players with level 30 should become Lanterns.
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