How do you group?

[thatswhatshesaid]

How do you group in DCUO? And is there any way to alter the control system so that i can choose my powers from the tray with my mousepointer?

[Oberon]

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

How do you group in DCUO?

/invite Player

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

And is there any way to alter the control system so that i can choose my powers from the tray with my mousepointer?

No, but why would you want to?

[thatswhatshesaid]

I played City of Heroes for 78 years and I'm used to mouseclicking my powers. I just prefer that way. With my left hand on the keyboard, looking at the screen, my fingers don't have enough muscle memory of where 1,2,3,4 etc AND shift and tab are, so combat in DCUO is a bit annoying.

Shame they didn't give us the option to have a more traditional MMO interface/control system. I know it's optimised for consoles, but having both choices would have been nice for a portion of the market.

I'll get by I guess. The game looks lovely, i must say, even if the missions so far have been a bit ho-hum.

[thatswhatshesaid]

Er, 8 years, lol, not 78!

I wish! :D

[Oberon]

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

I played City of Heroes for 78 years and I'm used to mouseclicking my powers. I just prefer that way. With my left hand on the keyboard, looking at the screen, my fingers don't have enough muscle memory of where 1,2,3,4 etc AND shift and tab are, so combat in DCUO is a bit annoying.

My fingers do, but that comes with having played games (Not MMOs, I didn't start getting into MMOs until just a couple years ago) on PC since I was just a kid. (I played Doom when I was 6!) Not to mention consoles since before that. (I can't even remember what age I was when I first played Super Mario World) I can't type without looking at the keyboard, but when I'm gaming I know where everything is through intuition alone.

Whoever said you don't learn from gaming is a damn dirty liar.

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

Shame they didn't give us the option to have a more traditional MMO interface/control system. I know it's optimised for consoles, but having both choices would have been nice for a portion of the market.

Well this isn't a traditional MMO, is it? it's much more action oriented, a traditional MMO interface simply wouldn't work.

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

I'll get by I guess. The game looks lovely, i must say, even if the missions so far have been a bit ho-hum.

The cool missions, the raids, the real alerts, what have you, those don't start until level 30. Most people consider levels 1 through 29 to be just an extended tutorial, and that 30 is when the game really begins.

[thatswhatshesaid]

Originally posted by Melvin, the Lord of Darkness:

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

I played City of Heroes for 78 years and I'm used to mouseclicking my powers. I just prefer that way. With my left hand on the keyboard, looking at the screen, my fingers don't have enough muscle memory of where 1,2,3,4 etc AND shift and tab are, so combat in DCUO is a bit annoying.

My fingers do, but that comes with having played games (Not MMOs, I didn't start getting into MMOs until just a couple years ago) on PC since I was just a kid. (I played Doom when I was 6!) Not to mention consoles since before that. (I can't even remember what age I was when I first played Super Mario World) I can't type without looking at the keyboard, but when I'm gaming I know where everything is through intuition alone.

Whoever said you don't learn from gaming is a damn dirty liar.

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

Shame they didn't give us the option to have a more traditional MMO interface/control system. I know it's optimised for consoles, but having both choices would have been nice for a portion of the market.

Well this isn't a traditional MMO, is it? it's much more action oriented, a traditional MMO interface simply wouldn't work.

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

I'll get by I guess. The game looks lovely, i must say, even if the missions so far have been a bit ho-hum.

The cool missions, the raids, the real alerts, what have you, those don't start until level 30. Most people consider levels 1 through 29 to be just an extended tutorial, and that 30 is when the game really begins.

Thank you for the tip on how to group. I don't want to argue with you about interfaces or all that 'raiding is where the game begins' stuff, though, if you don't mind. We can agree to differ, I'm sure. If the missions are dull, Im not losing anything by uninstalling.

[Oberon]

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

I don't want to argue with you about interfaces or all that 'raiding is where the game begins' stuff, though, if you don't mind. We can agree to differ, I'm sure. If the missions are dull, Im not losing anything by uninstalling.

You haven't even hit level 10, you've barely played the game at all. You're quitting so quickly?

[thatswhatshesaid]

i didn't say I was quitting. My apologies if i was unclear.

What i meant was: i'll continue to play for free, following the mission chains I'm given, and if the game's narrative stops maintaining my interest, I'll stop playing. Literally uninstalling probably won't be an issue as I've got more HD space than i know what to do with at present, but there are happily loads of f2p MMOs out now, so I have a lot of alternatives.

[Oberon]

MMOs are naturally light on story, the only exception being The Old Republic, and that still lost attention by the rest of the game being crap. If a lack of decent narrative is your problem, MMOs are probably not for you.

[thatswhatshesaid]

I appreciate your point of view, but I played CoH for almost 8 years; nothing light about the narrative in that game in my opinion (else i wouldn't have been so loyal). I've also experienced comparitively decent narrative in The Secret World, LotrO, and even to some extent EvE Online. WoW, WaR, Aion, Planetside, AO, and Tabula Rasa didn't pay enough attention to story for me, but I wouldn't say that the entirety of the MMO pantheon ihas to be automatically story-deficient. Based on the limited exchange between us, I'd say that my experience of narrative in MMOs doesn't align with yours. Perhaps you've only experienced the story-light MMOs that have been produced.

I've never played SW:TOR so I can't comment on that game.

[That Pro Logic]

f4 is how you get to the social hub in dc uni. bud.

[saile]

yeah hi there,
how do u get to see other players in DCUO
after all it is an online MMO
well i guess i am still on level 3 i think its kinda HARD T_T

[That Pro Logic]

What do you mean see other players? as in inspect their gear? explain further please.

[thatswhatshesaid]

Thank you. I'll try F4. it's a shame that I'm lvl 10 now and ythe game hsan't told me anything useful about how to group etc. There appears to be no chat going on either, apart from spam for raids (I assume; the jargon is not understandable to me). I have asked for help with things a few times in LFG and Trade, but nobody replies.

My friends and I will probably be moving on to another F2P game soon, I think.

DCUO looks awesome, and it's really stable, which is great, but there's not much to it apart from a button masher, sadly, it seems to us at least.

[That Pro Logic]

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

Thank you. I'll try F4. it's a shame that I'm lvl 10 now and ythe game hsan't told me anything useful about how to group etc. There appears to be no chat going on either, apart from spam for raids (I assume; the jargon is not understandable to me). I have asked for help with things a few times in LFG and Trade, but nobody replies.

My friends and I will probably be moving on to another F2P game soon, I think.

DCUO looks awesome, and it's really stable, which is great, but there's not much to it apart from a button masher, sadly, it seems to us at least.

Well the thing is finding to people to play with. I play with my gf and a few friends when they get on. People do spam looking for a group all the time but when i do it i never get a reply. but if you are interested in playing with me you can add me to friends and we can roam aroud being super and what no.

[Oberon]

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

Thank you. I'll try F4. it's a shame that I'm lvl 10 now and ythe game hsan't told me anything useful about how to group etc. There appears to be no chat going on either, apart from spam for raids (I assume; the jargon is not understandable to me). I have asked for help with things a few times in LFG and Trade, but nobody replies.

The problem is you're asking in LFG and Trade. Ask in Shout, that's where people will help you.

Originally posted by bmomcardiff:

My friends and I will probably be moving on to another F2P game soon, I think.

DCUO looks awesome, and it's really stable, which is great, but there's not much to it apart from a button masher, sadly, it seems to us at least.

Originally posted by Melvin, the Lord of Darkness:

you've barely played the game at all. You're quitting so quickly?