DCUO: No New Powers in 2023? 

I would love if they would allow us to change the color of existing powers. Blue lighting, yellow spells, etc.

I agree with most of your points made in this video especially the balancing aspect, however if no powers are going to be added atleast give players the ability to change the color or access to other power set abilities.

Honestly, letting us change the colors for our current powers would go a long way. Being able to throw red lightning, blue power rings, etc would be somewhat of a change that I at least, would enjoy.

If no new powers, maybe add iconic powers. Size shifting, stretching, legend PVE move sets, whatever.

Wind gotta be the most z-tier power idea I’ve ever heard

I think a refresh to the current power sets would be better....looks, color, revamp unused moves to make more diverse loadouts ect.

i always wondered why they never created a power set that allows you to be superman-like without animations. agree with the revamp. much needed

Ik it would be awesome to have different color variations of the powers we already have like for example: Green or blue fire Green sorcery Different color lightning for speedster characters like red, white, purple lightning Different color lanterns More flight movement mode variations More personality variations There’s so much they can do to make the game better without having to add new powers. Honestly just think they don’t care that much.

So no stretchy powers?

To be honest, rather then the episodes we've had so far. I wouldn't mind having something new like a new power.

I'd love to see a Healer role for lanterns. Then maybe use the other colors divided between the roles. Green/Yellow/? controllers, Red/?/? tanks, Blue/?/? healers. Pick the role you would like to use, then pick the ring color of that role. Powers would be basically the same with reskins ( if I remember right green has some boxing glove attack while yellow has claws for same attack ). Could justify heros having yellow with when batman used a ring, and villains having green with dawnbreaker. All that would is justifying a male character having a violet ring (numbers running thin, had to widen recruitment or something)

I will always want violet lantern! Preferably as healer, but that's just me

A great possibility would be allowing to chose a certain amount of powers from other Power Sets as it was possible in "City of Heroes" or "Champions Online". They could make it so that this option only exists for subscribers. That way it would be worth to subscribe and possibly create new income for the game. I mean just imagine creating an Earth/Fire hybrid tank or a rage/water healer :D That would be completely changing the system but it could definetly be awesome for both players and the company.

I wish they would bring back OG weapon mastery with a twist: adjust for difficulty. Make the easiest ones give you a bonus for a second or so, and add benefits like block breaks, longer duration, and bigger bonuses as the masteries become more involved. That would make staves, shields, and other weapons relevant even to might based players.

What would be great is that NPC characters recognize player character as one of their own according to the title.

They can also incorporate more iconic powers and power based weapons like the cold gun(s) or a flamethrower.

Honestly DC would be much more fresh with new power sets. The same powers gets boring after awhile but if it can't happen they should at least let us color or powers

More than new powers I want the ability to better customize the ones we've got (colors, iconics, legends character loadout powers, etc) but only after they've rebalanced what we've got. In a perfect world, every power set should be able to achieve similar numbers but the way you get there and the aesthetics would be what differentiate the powers from one another. Adding iconic and legends character abilities into the game could also be a solid source for revenue as well, each release of powers could be setup as a big deal with matched cosmetics to go along with it. They could sell the new abilities in packs, with each pack themed around a particular hero or villain.

Shidd when was the last time we got a new power? Was it water?💀

At this point, they should be moving towards a sequel. I can't imagine they wouldn't make back their money and profit.

3:45 I think there are barriers that make it harder for example having to relevel artifacts on a new power. Games like BDO promote alt experience by making gear account bound and moveable between alts. If we could move arts I would do alt to loosen the barrier and I think people would be more into the alt experience but as it stands unless you really like this game why would anyone pay to level them a second time. Another possible solution is giving reason to play multiple alts like in lost ark weekly/ daily lockouts are character based. So you can keep grinding resources for progression on your main as long as you want to play and have more character slots to use. Though I think NA does push back on this a bit because it can feel overly grindy creating a meta where you almost need to create a bunch of alts to compete. Mainly I think player retention is what is lost in an unfriendly alt system and putting some time into making this a bit more comfortable really might go along way to keeping people in the game longer.

I wouldn’t mind if their not adding a new power set but maybe add some iconic powers? Take some from the legends legends move sets

2:22 Combine existing powers. Mental + Ice + Lightning.

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Why they never did a super strength set. Over 50% of every comic hero or villain has it. Paired with various iconic and you could emulate anyone. City of heroes had a very fun SS set that a lot of people used.

They should make a revamp on the movement as well imagine the parkour for acrobatics and the barrel rolls

I want a Source Energy powerset

“When water came out everyone switched then switched back” sounds like bank to me

*Blue Lantern* healer.... I've been asking for that power for YEARS _🥺_

I really want more hard light stuff. Purple would be dope.

There are so many amazing kilos that use water! But I get your point… They need to fix what’s broken first before adding a new toy to the toy chest

I wish they would let you give artifacts and gear to a different character on your account as well as access to skill points without having to buy them with replay badges.

I think they should at least update and add unique animations and moves to all current powers then

They need to add a colour palette for hard light power. The power is already created they just need to implement a colour change system. I would like a orange lantern, blue lantern etc (edited) seen a lot of comments for this! I can't think of any other power set that would work. They have basically covered all powers that super hero's use in dc. Maybe add more icons powers would be an option.

They should vote on the three powers that people want.

I agree with the business side and development time that you bring up. And im also right there with you in that a power revamp weapon mastery and super charge/iconic/and movement dots, .. just a combat rework in general would be way more beneficial... With that said though.... a healing blue lantern and a troll black lantern would be awesome lol

They can add more iconic powers because they already have the animation. Remove the stat clamp, or add an on/off switch. Let us change the colors of powersets. Add more stores for particular items like a choma/material store or base item store. Capes that hold emblems. More cities. Better mechanics to make simple combos. They could do so much.

DCUO is an MMO. A LARGE part of any MMO are the different classes/powers. Not adding any new power after YEARS is honestly hurting players. Yes it’s a large project but again, it’s been years since water was released. Same with movement variants and weapons years ago. They added skimming and shield years ago and just dropped the idea. I get they’re stretched thin and everything which is a valid point. It’s understandable. But the idea that people are trying to justify the lack of a new power based off the idea that is hard to balance is lazy. I’d be more understanding hearing “We don’t have the resources right now” than “It’s hard to balance and no one wants new powers.”

Would be good if they updated hard light and rage. Just simply make it so you can choose your ring power rather than, will is good fear is bad, rage is tank. Introduce a hard light healing role and voila. Love death life hope greed, and indigo tribe (compassion) all rolled into one

Off topic...when are you goin to dive into pet dps'n...great vid & happy holidays

I would have actually loved to have quantum as a healer power. You could have played around with time mechanics, simply setting back health to a ceartain point in time, or maybe making it so, that damage is applied slower or smth like that. another idea surley would be another ring power for healing, tho i agree with you, i have a hard time seeing any new ways to heal. As for troll, id say "wind" or sound would fit the troll theme. tho for wind youd have to rework flight, wich id do anyways (and the other movement abilities). And for tank serum seems interessting the way you described it. I fully understnad, that its pretty much unfeasible for the current dcuo team to work on 1-3 new powers, but damn would it be fun to explore some new stuff in that regard

I would love to see a blue lantern power but it will be a healer role I think that would be cool

Dcuo could expand the iconic powers tree

A gag power would absolutely make me come back to this amazing game!

Just Made Up a DPS, Tank, Heal, Troll Powers Here are the abilitys Feel Free to reply and say if its good or bad powers First is Troll: Accelerated Tempo: - Ability 1: "Time Warp" - Manipulates time, reducing the cooldown of the character's abilities and those of nearby allies. - Ability 2: "Haste Burst" - Releases a burst of temporal energy, increasing the attack and movement speed of allies within a certain radius for a short duration. - Ability 3: "Chrono Shield" - Erects a protective shield that absorbs a portion of incoming damage and reduces the duration of negative effects on the character and nearby allies. - Ability 4: "Temporal Distortion" - Creates a localized time distortion field, slowing down enemy movements and abilities while hastening those of allies. - Ability 5: "Time Siphon" - Drains time energy from enemies, reducing their cooldowns and granting it as a temporary cooldown reduction bonus to the character and nearby allies. Tank: Guardian Knight: - Ability 1: "Divine Shield" - Raises a protective shield, reducing damage taken and providing immunity to negative effects for a short time. - Ability 2: "Righteous Charge" - Charges at enemies with righteous fury, knocking them back and dealing damage. - Ability 3: "Vigilant Guard" - Takes a defensive stance, intercepting and redirecting a portion of incoming damage to protect allies. - Ability 4: "Inspiring Presence" - Radiates an aura of inspiration, boosting the defenses and morale of nearby allies. - Ability 5: "Valiant Stand" - Unleashes an ultimate defensive stance, significantly reducing damage taken for a brief duration. DPS: Solar Beam: - Ability 1: "Photon Blast" - Fires a concentrated beam of solar energy that pierces through enemies, dealing heavy damage. - Ability 2: "Solar Flare" - Channels intense solar energy, releasing a blinding explosion that damages and disorients foes. - Ability 3: "Radiant Nova" - Radiates a burst of energy, damaging enemies in a wide area around the character. - Ability 4: "Luminous Shield" - Creates a protective shield of pure light that absorbs damage and reflects it back to attackers. - Ability 5: "Solar Ascendance" - Ascends into a radiant form, unleashing a devastating beam of concentrated solar energy, obliterating enemies in its path. HEALER: Techno-Medic: - Ability 1: "Nano Surge" - Releases a swarm of nanobots that rapidly heal a targeted ally's wounds. - Ability 2: "Emergency Repair" - Triggers an emergency repair system, instantly restoring a large amount of health to the character and nearby allies. - Ability 3: "Shielding Field" - Deploys an energy shield that absorbs damage for allies within a certain radius, gradually restoring their health as the shield holds. - Ability 4: "Revive Protocol" - Activates a reviving protocol, allowing the character to resurrect fallen allies with a portion of their health restored. - Ability 5: "Techno Surge" - Overloads the character's nanobot systems, releasing a surge of healing energy that restores health to all allies and provides a temporary boost to their defenses.

Man, unfortunately I don’t agree, not everything is about profit instantaneously, it’s about sustainability and long term success. If your theory is accurate, at 2% of players actually using the new power, we have to see what is the % of people coming into the game as a new player or old player because of something as different as a new power set. I see this thread everywhere this conversation everywhere, the DCUO community is asking for it, if your community is asking for it, it’s smart to listen, That’s what most successful companies do, you listen to the consumer as much as possible. Also, the company only focusing on DLC’s or a new power, is absolute BS to me, a company making yearly what they make, simply hire more people, expand your staff and deliver a product to your consumer, DC Is extremely repetitive and innovations like this should be a no brainer. I am a 10 year old player who took a 7 year break and I did not come back because of a DLC at all. Just simply compare it to other popular MMO’s and you’ll see the difference of powers/classes. What is do agree with is wind being boring and won’t cause any attention at all, it’s about bringing something cool into the table that you can also use towards the marketing of the game. Again, this is a conversation we had a long time ago and it’s still happening, innovations should be happening all the time. Power revamp, power animations, new powers, new weapon combos and etc.

I completely understand balancing powers as a priority, the staff shortage and issues in game should be handled first. With all of that said IF a new power in the future was a serious option then I still want my Cerum Tank power that got shelfed years ago. It was based off Bane. They said they stopped it to not promote drug uses but they show, theft, lust, murder and killing in the game and that through this entire argument for me out the window. I'm still personally want my Cerum Tank power

The devs should be clear once and for all about that then. They should tell us something like "Guys, no new power will ever be released, because of this, this and this. Wer're sorry this could be a letdown to many of you guys, but it is what it is. Make do with what you already have.". Crystal clear, no "maybes" no "never-say-nevers"

I can see what you mean. It was more of how the new powers worked and how to use them that got me back to dcuo. Like rage with there self healing tank role that I loved and was praying that they'd one day bring a blue lantern core power out with a unique Mechanic too 😅

I think dcuo going to make new artifacts correlating to the existing “ iconic powers” power tree

We really need a new power bro

So no ghost powers, no stretching powers, no, nothing?

Making a whole new powerset would be so much work it wouldn't even be funny. There are so many numbers and systems working in tandem in the background that the chances of a new power seriously breaking the game in some way is incredibly high! I seem to remember Water healing was quite broken-OP when it first came out. They've balanced it now, but it's still pretty damn strong! The people begging for a new power are probably the same people who beg for the devs to "make the graphics better", as if it's as easy as turning up the volume dial on a stereo or something. It ain't that easy! While I would love to see a new power set, I think for now the more sensible option would be to either add new Iconic abilities, or at the very least, keep adding new artifacts that buff existing Iconic abilities like Freezing Breath, Gag glove and Sonic Cry etc, or introduce new artifacts to buff certain movement abilities such as Swoop attack and Whirlwind attack from flight, or Forward Flip, Backflip kick and Launching Roll etc from acrobatics. That could at least make more 'Iconic' loadouts more viable in endgame, and it would be a lot easier to tackle one ability at a time, rather than suddenly introduce 30-odd new abilities in the form of a new power.

There is no excuse city of heroes and city of villains did it and like ten years ago. DCUO needs new owners straight up this game should be rebooted and started over on the unreal 6 engine.

I wish Evey time a new power comes up an old one would be free like rage earth electric ⚡ ECT...

I know this is an old video, but they should just keep adding more superpower skills to the already existing powersets. It allows the dev team to get more creative with power animations and possibly introduce new mechanics for each power.

Time and money will always be the factor..

Space power would be cool, imagine having a huge jupiter planet aoe on floor underneat enemies. 2-3 planets crashing into eachothers, rockets colliding in air, a black hole that swoops up enemies, supernova as a finisher, satellites colliding while a voice is shouting "Housten we have a problem" xd

Well if they can't do a full power set, perhaps they could add to the legacy powers (heat vision, wonder woman's lasso, etc).

I would rather they revamp the Iconic Powers. And then every few months add one. Except these new ones would have some sort of power specific visual which would work like Advanced Mechanics. Examples:... Throw one of Green Arrow's arrows in the air, cast a power, and the arrow bursts into flames as it comes down in the enemy setting it on fire. Use Plastic Mans to turn into a ball, but the ball will look like your powerset. So you could be an ice ball, lunge, and it will knock enemies down and give them Frostbite. This would at least give us something new without fully overtaxing the different departments. And think about it, this could be what we get for opening 25 time capsules! So there would be a financial incentive for the company to put effort into doing this.

Crazy how they won’t add a new power when it’s literally a cash cow for them💀💀💀

As someone who used to play and had the disc on PS3, it's a shame they haven't added any new powers. (Before water was added) I've heard way back when about wind, Blue lantern, and shadow powers. (Wind is totally possible with the fx in the game bro, we have some wind abilities) I can't figure out how the game has made it this long with such a limited set of powers. There are so many ideas for powers out there yet they move at a snails pace to get anything worthwhile in the game

Personally I wanted like a elastic man power but I will say this i came back to the game about 4 years ago and in that time they have only destroyed anything the tru to fix like nature, venom wristband then you have bow mastery

I'd love it if we could change the colour of the lightning effect for super speed movement

It would be nice on the villain side Of things if the water power set was actually dead water But one can dream 😂

Batman venom was the only true drug addict story with the venom drug and bane and Batman.

“ I neeeed the venom” sound like a fiend to me lol

Also imagine the blue lantern healer role serving its purpos like the commics, for xample. The ring heals but also bolsters the green sntern powers. Imagine the group and priority heal also boosting weapon or even powers dps for 6 seonds while also healing you. That would be a power house.

They should give us the ability to change the color of the power

What needs to be done is an adjustment to the damage for all powers in the game for example atomic is trash in DpS when it comes to precision none of the abilities it has is worth a crap. Sorcery the abilities soberage and the other one needs to get changed from being a hit miss to being a explosive on target as soon as it hits igniting the other following balls that travel

if they added spider web type of power set everyone would use it probably

I got an idea, hire more devs 😮update the game instead of limping from one dlc and booster bundle to the next

Don't see why people waste their time if they're not going to put the effort into it

That's no surprise, I'm expecting more styles...I hope

I get what ur saying but that's not entirely fair towards all new powers I have a feeling the reason more people don't use water is because it was more built for healing rather then dps and since the dps is lack luster it makes most of the players not interested. Plus how long it takes for a new character to get up and running artifacts and skill points are so time consuming I think it henders people from making new characters. Plus air is a weak power to go for instead we should get Black/White lantern and make them a dps/healer. Black for villains and white for heros. Then focus on the dps side first to make it really solid then make those moves heal a decent amount on the flip side. Easy and everyone wins

So, here is what I would like to see, if there’s never going to be another new power set or something of that nature, it would be cool to see the serum mixture to where you can be electricity, but use water shields, or celestial shields, or even the water and use bio capacitor! I think that would be really dope to where you can mix and match powers, depending on your powers set.

We need poison power (green), air powers (white) or change color of the powers.

Or why don’t they do like a powers animation revamp or something. Make the powers look more flashy. Lol it’s 2022 about to be 2023 and we still got animations where it look like I’m throwing a baseball at the enemy😂

just add powerstyles just reskin existing ones and call it a day

I am so done man. Been playing this game since launch across pretty much every platform and they just haven’t introduced anything to keep my attention. Knowing they aren’t even considering adding new powers is a slap to the face man. It’s a shame Lego DC super villians have better powers for characters than this game does. At least give us plastic man/stretchy powers!!

Everyone asks because the ones we have now are tired or not appealing or just boring and dry now lol. Most folks who look at Dcuo bring up the aging graphics and then talking about we need new powers . I say they need to step on it and balance what we have, it shouldn't take almost 5 damn years to balance them but that's also a moot point because the right arts and allies can make almost any power shine. The fact remains if DCUO really wants to shine they need to update these graphics and have a new power set or a few to show it off but at the same time it would be nice if they can at least add new abilities and new iconics to all current powers . Dcuo should be much bigger then it is they keep with this same Cycle of content and no new powers or graphic revamps this game will never be really popular . Also to add IF the TEAM can get bigger then hell yes go for it but if it remains small then hell nah lol it won't work out. They need more devs to even attempt to have different groups work on episodes , updates, New styles etc and having a small group already try to do a power set nah impossible with a tiny team .

They need to add blue lantern core with healer role and fix th celestial power to split it depending on your faction. Like light for example. I you a villain you get corrupted powers, if you a hero sanctified powers.

All I ever wanted was Nunchucks for weapons. At least release more weapons and fighting styles.

They make about 26 mill a year. You telling me they dont have the money to pay some new employees to work on powers while they cover content. To me it just seems, they want to get paid for putting out the bare minimum. Another thing Warframe (Digital Extreme Studios) has a team of 200 people and look out how much content they put out on a consistent bases such as new warframes, huge open worlds, weapons, customization and content. Daybreak who has 450 employees is struggling to put out powers and small maps? Nah thats bullshit. Daybreak seems like a company that wants to get paid for minimal effort and their games reflect that. Even the damn cutscenes are straight up ass in DCUO. There are companies with smaller teams that still out perform daybreak with dcuo. ITS BAD MANAGEMENT!

Forget new Powers. Forget Colour Choice for Powers. I would be happy about not getting a Green Death Screen every 10-20 min on my PS5. (Literally the only game giving me constant Errors and Turning off my stupid PS5)

As far as the reality of their situation, I don't think it's worth the effort to make new powers. At the same time, I have zero interent in coming back to play with the current powers.

They have to tie new powers into big expansions like destiny 2 but the way they have there membership now makes no return in investment for them 15$ a month and unlocks everything

I think that if they were to make a new power it should be black light (black lantern), it should also be a healer powerset as we already have a lantern power for tank and controller roles. Just to add something that I think would be cool (might be unbalanced) is if they add a resurrect supercharge for the 10,000 cost one since black lanterns in the game at least give off the whole vibe that they are kind of dead so it would be a nice touch.

you and i diffrer on this one brother. I think the fun in the game is playing the diffrent powers and finding ways to make them work.. after all this time the content is all the same each dlc is very much like the last. they already made us wait like 7 months from the last dlc so their great at milking the time line already .Its friends and time spent that keep us playing longterm. I would enjoy a ballance shift and rework it be great i mean eog completly altered nature. but its probably easier to work on a power than that whole system rework. I mean my league and i have all been playing forever and i seriously doubt they would play as much if they couldnt power swap to try out new things. Now to me a rework of my favotrite part of the game PVP would be the best focus, if i was in charge of DCUO. bring back the rock paper siscors in all matches 4v4 and higher. i miss those mechanics. and whatever else it needs to be sucessful. it was a huge part of the community to me eariler in the game and its sorly lacking in todays game

Completely agree fix pvp, fix the redundancy, fix and update the powers we have..

Hopefully they’ll fix the speed trail. Because I can’t even see my speed or the trails for my speed that I purchased on the dc marketplace

still wish the grappling hook movement mode was an actual swing not you just defy gravity going sideways LOL

I was hoping for a chemical super power but that is just too much to ask for apparently:(

It’s funny but he is right, I never see water power in a raid… lololol!!

Black lantern white lantern uhhh anti matter air bu why but I’m just saying they have options

The only powersets I really want to see in this game is Star Sapphire and Blue Lantern powers. I believe this will draw many new players, and perhaps even old players.

Gotham Knight was a total waste of time and resources by WB Montreal. They should've collaborated with Daybreak to make DCUO 2. I played Gotham Knight and I'm a veteran DCUO player, if you were to merge the graphics, update the fight mechanics and elemental/ability effects etc you'd have a game that could take you into the next 20yrs into the future for MMO RPG.

There’s 2 types of DC players. The ones that beg for styles and powers just to cosplay and the actual players that like every aspect of the game. I hate carrying cosplayers cause they don’t even try. That’s why I stopped queuing e duos, 9/10 times I run into a useless hero dressed as Superman using iconic tree powers

Give us ant man power or a flowing power or buffing up the player power for example like bane but make him be able to get big in change his size

I hope they request blue lantern powers and gold lantern powers.