DCUO Producer’s Letter Talks About The Free Next Episode And A Lot More

The subsequent episode of DC Universe Online can be its forty first content material drop and be titled Home of Legends. It arrives in August and marks “a big departure from the extra conventional episode codecs,” as was described in today’s development update from Senior Producer Landon “Panderus” Falls.

There would be the normal story and new content material in Episode 41, in addition to the Home of Legends, a brand new shared hero/villain social hub. There’s additionally a brand new Allies system that permits you to summon iconic characters like Cyborg, The Flash, Zoom, and Flashpoint Surprise Girl to your facet to assist you in battle, and a brand new Fast Play button permits you to discover a group as shortly as doable, as chosen from latest or highlighted content material.

However wait, there’s extra! (Significantly, there’s a lengthy listing of modifications.) Fight Ranking Relevancy is gone, as are loot lockouts for what’s outlined as “not-end-game content material.” Meaning you’ll have the ability to earn limitless Supply Marks, and one of many Fast Play choices can be labeled Omnibus and queue you for not-end-game content material.

In the meantime, chosen outdated not-end-game content material can be upgraded to end-game high quality by means of the “Save The Universe” format, providing commensurate rewards. And all conventional episode rewards can be current on this replace, together with gear, feats, and kinds impressed by The Monitor and Tempus Fuginaut.

As promised, new episodes are actually free for all gamers beginning with Episode 41, with every day login rewards for all — extra for members, after all — and different perks without cost and paid gamers.

After Episode 41 hits dwell servers subsequent month — although Falls admitted that he “wouldn’t be shocked if we don’t hit our inner aim for our launch date based mostly on the scope and complexity of those programs” — the emphasis will naturally be on Episode 42 later within the fall. The crew may even work on the PlayStation 5 consumer, which is able to arrive with Episode 43 someday subsequent yr.

There’s a lot of room on the schedule for celebrations, together with fall, winter, and anniversary occasions, in addition to Surprise Girl’s eightieth birthday in October.

All that work requires lots of people, and Dimensional Ink is increasing its crew to care for all of it, with loads of job listings on the studio’s careers page. It’s all quite a bit to soak up, so for those who’re a DCUO participant, be sure that to read the whole letter on the website.