DC Universe Online moves to Free-to-Play model

[Hraesvelg]

I'm a bit irritated, myself. Tonight is raid night, dammit. LOL

[Destrus]

in the middle of making my character and no game ;_;

i didn't see all the f2p restrictions before. no auction, no trade, and only text mail ;_;. well i suppose it's possible the game may interest me enough to spend $5 before i feel the restrictions but monthly payments are out of the question :x.

[Hraesvelg]

Yeah, the restrictions are there to put, as they say, friction to spend some cash. It's a F2P model, that's sort of what they do.

It appears the servers are up conditionally. They'll probably go down again, but we'll see.

[Ivramire]

.2 GB left. Hope the restrictions get revised a little/ don't put me off too much.

[Destrus]

Yeah, the restrictions are there to put, as they say, friction to spend some cash. It's a F2P model, that's sort of what they do.

It appears the servers are up conditionally. They'll probably go down again, but we'll see.

idk, the no trade part is just kinda, a bit much to me, but i guess i'll see how it goes.

anyways, finally made a character but may have to remake. super speed doesn't quite fit my character design. i should've gone flight but i didn't know the wings would actually open when i jumped and i'm assuming they'll open if i fly too D:. any way to change my travel ability or should i just remake now?

[Hraesvelg]

There will be respec tokens in the market eventually, but they will be for cash. I'd just remake this early.

[Ivramire]

Are any servers up or is it a problem on my end?


Can't get past logging into log-in servers.

[Vasu]

Turns out I'm going to have to pass on this game. I don't really meet the recommended system specs.

[Hraesvelg]

Are any servers up or is it a problem on my end?


Can't get past logging into log-in servers.

Yeah, they might be going down quite a bit. The last word on it was last night:

Update from DCUO Exec. Producer: "We will be reopening the server soon. Although we do not have a fix yet for this problem we have added additional code to try and catch and diagnose the problem. I apologize in advance if we crash again, but know that the information we get will help to make sure we solve this problem as quickly as possible."

In a previous update, they said something about "having to deploy new software" to fix the problem, so the gods only know how long that will take.

Edit: Just for a bit of a measuring stick, it appears that since hitting F2P there have been 330,000 new accounts made. That doesn't include the load of the older players returning. They said they're experiencing around 6 times the levels of previous concurrent gaming.

[Destrus]

hm, maybe i won't remake since wearing equips covers up the costume i designed ;_;. any way to hide equips?

-EDIT- nvm, i found it, time to remake