Throwback Elite.. suggestion..

Apr 8, 2017

Hi guys

I have been thinking about this for, idk, couple of years, but didn't say anything, because I didn't want to encourage stat clamping in anyway. For many players who are veterans and for newer players who missed out what it was like to play at launch or in the first year, I heard Jacob the Rebel on #askdcuo (see link, thx Trex!) ask about older content..

I have had this idea, for ages, the content could be scaled to end game and made elite, specifically, FOS 1,2 and 3 as one continuous instance, and Batcave 1,2 and 3 as one continuous instance.

Rewards would exclude green gear and include as a marked down, blue version to SM's purple, the pet trink rewards from SM's for the last boss.

You would not be rewarded ANY marks, but have a chance at each sub-boss to earn a blue scaling armor piece (FOS: Sunstone Bulwark/ Batcave: Vengeance) or Purple (FOS:Vesture of Proselyte /Batcave : Avatar Bombardier ). And upon the boss as I mentioned, you would receive the appropriate blue version SM reward, sub-bosses only drop armor, bosses only drop pet trinkets. Which pets you get would be random.

I would like to see this reset daily.. why? 'won't that cause scaling issues?'..not really because you have to be with 5 cr of max cr to enter, so much of the armor drops will be trash, except for the style and the pets. 'Shouldn't we keep the prestige of owning such a trinket for Survival Mode?' Players can easily inspect the trinket user and see he/she got the trink from Throwback Elite.. and really.. Throwback elite is meant to be 'epic'.. SM is grueling and rightly so.. Throwback Elite will be as hard as end game Elite content and be 3 times as long. So hard work like that deserves a decent reward eh?

It would appear much like Legends PVE in the Events Tab, but last 1 month then changing to the other raid. More raids of similar size could be added, like Lantern and HoF* content.

These would be for members ONLY.

The event I imagine would be easily scaleable to match max cr, meaning, once increased, it can be increased again by the same percentage once the max cr is higher. no stat clamping needed!

I played those raids at launch, i have some fond memories, some not so fond haha! (griefing on the troller) and I would love to feel that way again, stat clamping does not accomplish this, and only makes me humiliated, scaling the instances as a special elite event *ensures* I will have as a tough a time I did back at launch*, as will new players who did not get to have those experiences and felt they missed out.

If you like this idea, and I don't see why you wouldn't hehe, hit with a like to show your support.

have a great and bizarre day!

Sigma




* Trexlight's upload of #askdcuo

*A&B + Zama alert scaled to a raid then Blackest Day + Blackest Night (a black dawn combined with with a vengeance, and wayward souls upgraded to a raid)
*PC launch EU server, I joined in autumn 2011, didnt do my first raids til the next year hehe

Updated this article today (13/05/2017)
original is here : https://forums.daybreakgames.com/dcuo/index.php?threads/elite-throwback-content-event-suggestion.285755/#post-3932475

Powerset Classes.. or 'The Power of the Rhythm'

Hi

Just quickly putting these out.

Powers;

Tank

Fire
Earth
Atomic
Ice
Rage (RL)


Troller

Gadgets
Mental
Light (GL/YL)
Quantum
Munitions


Healer

Nature
Sorcery
Celestial
Electricity
Water

In order of release

Launch

Fire Tank
Ice Tank
Gadgets Controller
Mental Controller
Nature Healer
Sorcery Healer

'New' Powers

GL/YL Lantern Controller
Electricity Healer
Earth Tank
Celestial Healer
Quantum Controller
Red Lantern Tank
Munitions Controller
Atomic Tank
Water Healer

When Water comes out, it'll be 5 x 5 x 5 with all classes equal.. however nice that sounds it totally bums me out that, i'd have to wait for a Lantern Healer. Will it be Shadow Tank then Cosmic Controller.. then Lantern Healer??

I was tired of waiting last year so ill probably not be here (DCUO) by the time it comes out. I enjoyed the rhythm of '2 new powers a year'. Atomic was the last powerset in Nov 2015.

I realize the stats revamp is coming, but after they broke my heart seeing DB removed infinite combos from GL/YL.. I am not looking forward to it, to say the least.

Endless Magic content also 'plagues' DCUO.. I think this game is no longer for me. I think I came here to write an article.. but had forgotten that this game should be avoided by me now. The 4000 hours of being league staff bearing down on me like a weight.. pushing me back to DCUO. I hope common sense prevails coz this game is making me more and more miserable. I will miss my friends and the ability to make new online friends...but I can't keep doing this to myself, the whole time i'm online in DCUO im thinking about Lanterns.. and all this magic content just makes it worse as i try to avoid thinking about how boring and hippy-ish magic is to me.

A while ago, I was leveling one of my chars, was level 11 or something, and wonder woman told me of my completed mission.. i thought 'wow that was some sexy acting..what kind of reward do you have back at the police station for me?'.. it struck me as odd that I had liked this, then I started to think about the Harley Quinn voice acting fiasco .. I was motivated to compliment Susan Eisenberg on twitter and to my surprise she liked it and wrote back, I didn't want to lose our WW too, and everything I said was true, I didn't lie.

The story of SigmaAtom's RP is an ongoing development.. and things and ideas change..but lets finally get this story told.


Long long ago in the future, The Spectre tries to take control of the entire Green Lantern Corps, thinking this would show him the justice he felt he needed at that time, but the Guardians fight back and overcome him, rejected he travels back in time, to create his own 'corps'. Billions of years in the past, he finds a small galaxy and taking 13 prime individuals, he gives them an axis of the fabric of reality.

                                                            OmegaAtom                                                          
                                               Prime Principle of Organization                                            

                              ZetaAtom                                        AlphaAtom                                              
               Prime Principle of Fallacy                    Prime Principle of Reason                                                            
                TeraAtom                                                                    BetaAtom                                    
       Prime Principle of Chaos                             Prime Principle of the Ultra-Natural                                              
         GammaAtom                                                                     DeltaAtom
   Prime Principle of Reaction                                                 Prime Principle of Duty                                  
         ThetaAtom                                                                            KappaAtom
Prime Principle of Forgotten Knowledge                   Prime Principle of Discipline                                          
          PhiAtom                                                                               EpsilonAtom                        
   Prime Principle of Self-Enrichment                             Prime Principle of Community                      

            RhoAtom                                                                        SigmaAtom                                      
  Prime Principle of Self-Reliance                                  Prime Principle of Cooperation                                                                                                                  



Each one of these beings are OP, they have the power to shape reality, ...and Sigma is no exception. Being The Prime Principle of Cooperation, he can take names and make them into real persona's of himself, every powerset of DCUO and every armory Sigma has is all within him, Sigma Prime.

The Galaxy itself is a 'lighthouse' of balance sending out calm amongst the cosmos. very few races live there, and the ones who do, are at peace.

What happened?.. a war. Sigma was not the first Prime Principle of his kind, and amongst these ancients he is very young being only a few thousand years old, whereas many of them are millions of years old. The Prime of Cooperation was dying, and Sigma was chosen as his replacement.

Sigma did not harmonize with his compatriots quickly enough taking over ten years to master the arts, and still failing. Omega tried to help Sigma, but this 'disharmony' was agony to the other primes, and eventually Zeta's mind snapped and he killed Alpha, quickly joined by Tera who used his Chaos to kill as many as he could of the 'opposing' side.

Kappa and Epsilon were killed, while fighting back, Rho was deeply injured.

Sigma fled to earth, and found the Justice League Watchtower.. there he met new people who taught him the value of cooperation in a light he had never seen before.

Tera chased after Sigma with an idea to kill him, hearing this Beta followed Tera and found them both on Earth.

Back home in the galaxy..

Omicron, Secondary Principle of Disillusion, who was Omega's challenger should he fail, had taken over, Delta was fighting him emotionally but it was very difficult and painful for him.  Omega was, of course, still alive and fighting for control, but with so much disharmony.. balance was an essential requirement.

Sigma has the power to generate another being, each one from a persona, and that being has the power to generate more beings from each armory, each persona has to have a lot of work put into it and crafted, as Sigma only gets back what he puts in.


I imagine going toe to toe with Brainiac, all 15 Sigma's with anywhere between 2 to 10 armories each. prolly about 50 Sigma's overall hehe, Sigma is a bit like FFVII Cloud Omnislash with all the swords.


Sigma Prime.



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Writing that story was the most fun I've had in DCUO for almost a year! stupid magic content!

How to be a First Officer..

A Very Personal Dissatisfaction.. The Return

Hi guys

So last week I realized what DB are doing in regards to the direction of the content.. let me explain..

So we have major events now, the Starro Event being the first one, but also a new event in the anniversary event. Both I would class as (time limited) meta content and the magic content is year round, its a DLC, not time limited, I became incensed with anger about this when I realized.

I have stopped playing the Starro content.

I am a meta guy, and even though I pay membership, I should have to put up with no DLCs suited to me??

no. way.

Two DLCs.. both magic?? WHY AM I PAYING FOR A SUBSCRIPTION?

It's like they are creating meta DLC's then taking then away and only leaving us with magic content the year round. WHY??

This game is already choked with Magic content as shown : HERE :

I'm Scottish and at times.. I feel a stream of swearing coming on.. but I will gracefully skip that.

I am only logging in now to hangout with friends.

I am so angry.

So ... no Lantern Healer. No new Meta DLCs. Time Capsules RNG hitting harder and harder, I spent a fortune on the last one, and got two useful items, a flash emblem and the magic crystal supply drop.

I'm done financially supporting this game.

Sigma

Morality of The Indigo Tribe & Star Sapphires ..

Hi guys

TL : DR Warning; if you got 10 mins break, grab a cuppa cha or java, stick some music on and have a read!

Y'know.. I watch a lot of Comicstorian and Comics Explained on YT, while working on guitars, fixing paint chips and the like can take ages, and I find this passes the time quickly.

I had seen and been a part of a debate a few months ago, on the morality of Star Sapphires and Indigo Tribe*, since then I have had many more thoughts, realizations, and gained more information, with much thanks to the above, Comicstorian and Comics Explained.

Q: Could the Villain faction of DCUO be members of The Indigo Tribe?

Prose; Yes:

The original morality of an Indigo Tribe member is kept by a majority of them, so once relieved of their rings, they are innately villains. They also act in the best interest in those they are allied to, so if in a group of other villains they could co-operate to remove a stronger threat, e.g. Brainiac.

The ring, would seek out the most compassionless individuals, and since our rings in DCUO are reservists rings, it is not only possible but likely that some rings would seek out the villain faction of our world.

Prose; No:

The ring itself is parasitic, and so whatever morality they had before bearing the ring is null and void. Their actions correspond to the wishes of the ring not the morality of the person wearing the ring. Indigo-1 even wishing the compassion of the ring to be returned so making her 'heroic'.

The ability to change the individual's morality, through not enforcement, but a natural wish from the original person, indicates that the bearer can change morality which we in DCUO cannot.

Prose; both:

The thought that Indigo Tribe members are playing in villain faction, just to give them aid, makes a lot of sense, being former villains themselves, returning to be compassionate to current villains. Also this would be a way for them to recruit new members. Iroque has now crossed over to Heroic, so we can also have a heroic faction Indigo Tribe members being former villains whom have given up their villainous ways.

The above invites both factions to be Indigo Tribe members, the reservist rings, searched out villains and some converted to being heroic, and some did not, alines itself with the situation we have in the comics.

The Devs enforce the idea of Indigo Tribe neutrality, during Oa under Siege, and so the villain faction has already been given aid during the blackest night era, whether or not this is 'extreme circumstance' is unclear.


Q: Could the Villain faction of DCUO be members of The Star Sapphires?

Prose; Yes:

It is little known that the Entity of the Star Sapphires 'The Predator' is actually a villain, who lures women* with the parasitic Star Sapphire ring to joining the corps, and even encases them in crystal to brainwash them into his corps.

The Predator's motives are evil, and so yes villains could be members of the Star Sapphires, as the parasitic reservists rings would act on his motivations.

Prose; No:

Carol Ferris is undoubtedly Heroic, and inspires the whole corps to be like her, and so as they are perceived to be heroic, and Carol Ferris inspires love through acts of heroism, it is impossible to reconcile the intentions and moralities of both Carol Ferris and The Predator.

This makes a situation while, The Predator *is* evil, the corps as a whole is not. And since we are playing as corps-women we cannot be villainous since the inspiration for our power is heroic.

Prose; Both:

While I correctly stated above it is impossible to reconcile the intentions and moralities of both Carol Ferris and The Predator, the ring overrides the hosts morality by it's parasitic nature, furthermore, we have observed by the stories in DCUO, the members of the Star Sapphires can have 'the fog lifted' in their minds, and exert *some* of their original morality, when Hal and Sinestro speak to Carol at the end of the Love and War raids, she 'shakes off' the influence of the Predator after being beaten and confronted by her true love.

Q: Can Star Sapphire members be both male and female?

Prose; Yes:

There is an instance where John Stewart was a Star Sapphire member, so this suggests it is not impossible.

Prose; No:

With the given exception above, there has never been another male Star Sapphire, the Devs even have already decided to make all Star Sapphires members female throughout all of the instances/alerts/raids.

It seems this has already been decided, and this is very much canon with the comics.

Prose; Both:

Should we have this Corps join us in DCUO, we should have female only corps-women and could have a Legend Character of Star Sapphire John Stewart. This would keep us 'in canon' and sate some people's desires for a male Star Sapphire.

I hope you enjoyed my little 'article' on the morality of these two corps.

have a great and bizarre day!

Sigma








Notes
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*in regards to a Lantern Healer

Comicstorian on the Origins of the Indigo Tribe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeV2MVZ8MRQ



*(The Predator is male) 

From another post on my Blogger

As I laid out before, the ability to switch rings for lantern healers would be cool. The above is my placeholder for a Blue Lantern Healer which could also switch to Indigo Tribe being a Hero, but being male, could not be a Star Sapphire, with BetaAtom being a Hero, could have access to all three power ring corps. A Villain female char would have access to Indigo Tribe and Star Sapphire.. it is little known about the Star Sapphire that the 'Predator' is a villain and it is because Carol Ferris is a Hero we see them as heroes. Male Villains would only have access to Indigo Tribe as they are Neutral.

hmm i feel like doing a flowchart :D

                   Male ---
                   |            Blue Lantern
                   |            Indigo Tribe
--Hero--> |
                   |
                   |
                   Female --
                                  Blue Lantern
                                  Indigo Tribe
                                  Star Sapphire

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Male ---
                     |            Indigo Tribe      
--Villain-->|
                     |
                     Female --
                                    Indigo Tribe
                                    Star Sapphire                                                                                                                                                                        

It's an agonizing wait until they (DB) finish the Lantern Trifecta, it's not 'confirmed' but as Mepps put it will be 'considered' along with a load of other new powers to be considered, but seeing how it has major support from both the Lantern fan base and even Lantern opponents (people who don't want new Lantern content but sympathize that there should definitely be a Lantern Healer) ..I think Lantern Healer will get bumped to if not top, near top of the queue.  

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March 2020

Since Blogger is being a PAIN and not letting me comment:

"Caleb & Jen7 February 2020 at 10:06
Considering that the vast majority of Star Sapphires are aliens, they are not necessarily bound by the binary constructs of human genders.


There could be species that are Asexual. I doubt that Mogo has traditional intercourse with a female planet. The qualifier is the ability to feel great love, not to have a specific gender."

*corrected the spelling of binary. see italics


Hi Caleb & Jen

What you suggest is not how the game or comics deal with the canon of the work.

http://metropolisherald.blogspot.com/2016/09/lantern-healer-reworked.html

"It's within current canon inside the game due to vendors and (an) instance.

Blue Lantern for both hero genders, available from the vendor in Mogo (cr 97 'Shepherd of Adara')
Indigo Tribe available for both genders and both factions in WT/HoD (iirc around 110-120 cr 'Vesture of Proselyte')
Star Sapphire for Females of both factions as a reward in Love and War (iirc 97 'Heart of the Predator' )"


I don't believe in 'fluid genders' myself but I don't have a horse in that race, I'm solidly male. And remember these comics were written by my generation and the generation before mine.. I think its unlikely that was foremost in their minds either, but I don't know their minds and could be wrong.

New Pollen Aura/s coming in next Spring Event.. confirmed!

Hi guys

I LOVED the pollen aura from the Spring Event, it's a golden dust, that shakes down from your body.. I asked on #askdcuo and SJ confirmed; we will be seeing a colour variant or variants in the next spring event.

This made me VERY happy! :)

The Pollen Aura is my #1 aura behind my OG auras*, I use it for Fire DPS, Gadgets Troller, Atomic DPS, Main armory Sorc DPS, Nature Healer and Muni Troller.

The idea of more or all colour variants is stormin'!

SJ was a little secretive about the upcoming new aura, so we didnt get to find out if we are getting all colours, and Trexlight didn't upload the #askdcuo session so I can't check again..but thats what I would like to see :) .. purchasable via the seasonal vendor and winnable via the vault and as extras in instances.

peace

Sigma





*I have a few 'won' of OG auras on Sigma (around 8 bb, and around 15 GL, i think?), but for all my chars I have the aura packs.

Crossover Powersets.. A Daydream..

Hi

While I play I oft imagine this or that.. its important to the enjoyment of my playing.
Here is one idea that has been going around my head for a VERY long time; Crossover Powersets.

If you have seen my post on Fire and how I thought it was already a crossover powerset (an old glitch that was fixed in 2013) you'll already know where I am coming from.

We already have a crossover powerset in Sorcery, that we have: a DPS Pet, Healer Pet, and a Tank Pet. Fury DPS, Watcher Healer and Guardian Tank. I must say the devs have done a great job with Guardian as Tank.. he is *OK* and I mean he is OK for a proper human group member, like a novice *human* Tank player. He gets how to Tank. I am very pleased with him currently, and if we are without a Tank, I will switch to my Tank Pet Armory, which is me in DPS stance with Guardian and he is, if not perfect, a close and *useable* Tank.

Fire I feel would make a great second addition to crossover powersets. In DPS stance, I would like to see 'Inferno' heal players within the AOE, giving them a slight HoT.. aptly named hehe, a slight HoT and damage out-based healing while you are aflame. That would be enough. nothing else would be needed.

In Tank stance for Fire, I think it already provides white damage immunity, but i'd have to check that.

For Gadgets Controller.. I would like to have a pet that acts like Watcher does but for Power. A Controller Pet, we have Drone, which does do this in a strange kinda way, he just generally PoTs the group and doesn't charge anyone. A major problem is that he is a supercharge, if he were a normal power he could be permanent, he shield (up to 4), revive KO'd players, PoT and charge.

For Turret, it might be good to make him a Tank, as he does *such pitiful damage* especially compared to Fury and Crystal, at least then as a Tank he could be a usable group member in DPS stance.

I think that would complete the Crossover Powersets :)

regardless I am glad to have shared these ideas

have a great day!

Sigma


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Sorcery  = Healer/DPS          Crossover = Tank (Pet)
Fire        = Tank/DPS             Crossover = Healer
Gadgets = Controller/DPS     Crossover = Tank (Pet) and improved Pet Controlling.

I spent some time testing Turret as a Tank (I was DPS stance), he was *awful* in FOS3, the mobs just ignored him, I would have liked to see his grenade be a Tank taunt, as it does near zero damage (he was cr 171 the mobs were cr 80 and he couldn't damage them with the grenade at all and with the rest of his attacks, while he did do a little damage, it was so little while I was waiting for him to kill them, I lost half my health O.O) .

I know Gadgets is AM powerback, and so you get the crits like Mental, but this is not so in Troller Stance, so this could be remodeled to be more like Sorcery but for Controller Stance only.

Fire does still have issues with the AM powerback, but these are seemingly intentional. I would remove the 'Volatility' so the AM could start working like other powers do normally.