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Forming a group in DC Universe Online is extremely simple. if you know a friend's name, you can add them to a friend list and group that way, too. Once in a group, you can go do anyone in the group's missions alongside them. This makes staying alive in these later levels easier, and allows say a level 28 hero help a level 18 hero level-up faster.
You're flying through Gotham and see someone fighting Clayface? On PvP (Player versus Player) servers, this can be done at pretty much any time. If you're on a PvE server, you can go into PvP arenas, where you play against other people's own characters or even unlock "DC Legends" like Batman and Robin, controlling the DC Heroes in objective-based battles.
What you really "get" as you move into the last third of levels (level 30 is the current cap, or top level you can achieve in the game), is the driving sense of action. Take a Tank or Healer stance and use your health and ability-enhancing powers to help them forward. Even as you approach, and hit, level 30, you can still do a lot of customization, which keeps the game interesting as you enter your 20th, 30th, 50th hour playing.
Superheroes… everybody loves ‘em. Sony Online Entertainment unleashed DC Universe Online onto the world with the promise of finally being able to live out your fantasy of being a Superhero/villain in one of the worlds most beloved fictional universes.
DC Universe online carries with it a clever little story that pretty much explains why a world could possibly be filled with super-powered men and woman. As with any MMO, the experience begins with you creating your character. The two cities are absolutely massive and are traversed using nothing more than your characters superpowers, which is a choice of flight, superspeed or acrobatics. Missions are plentiful and can be obtained by anything from major superheroes in the storyline, or just running into people in the streets that require assistance.
This problem is still unfortunately quite present in DCUO, with many of the missions. Playing alone or alongside random other heroes who are on the same mission as you can be decent, but its no understatement to say that the fun-factor of the game multiplies significantly when playing with your friends working together and chatting away (later in the game you can also create leagues similar to what guilds would be in other MMOs).
That explains why Superman and company have hundreds of new friends and foes in DC Universe Online, a massively multi-player online game that invites players to craft characters to do battle in virtual DC Comics cities.
It would be a dynamic experience if other aspects of DC Universe Online weren't so annoying. The interface and chat system are wonky as well. The significant drawbacks mean that DC Universe Online isn't likely to be the next great massively multi-player game, although die-hard DC Comics fans will probably be delighted.
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