Powers

The cool thing about DC Universe Online is not that you get to choose which side you want to be on, or create your own hero/villain. But its that you get to choose which abilities you want for your hero/villain, and what superhero gamer doesn't think that choosing the powers for your hero/villain isn't cool?

Powers
These are the powers you get to choose for your hero/villain. Each power set has two power trees. There are ten known powers:
 * Fire       (Defender)
 * Ice       (Defender)
 * Nature (Healer)
 * Sorcery (Healer)
 * Mental (Controller)
 * Gadgets (Controller)
 * Atomic (Not Beta Ready)
 * Electric (Not Beta Ready)
 * Earth   (Not Beta Ready)
 * Light    (Not Beta Ready)

Powers have three Soft Class catagories: Defenders (Tanks), Healer (Heals/Buffs), Controller (Crowd Control).

(*Info is from Fan Fair 2010)

Movements
When you're a super(x) you do need some way of transportation. So here are some of the ways you can choose to get your character around the city:
 * Flight
 * Superspeed
 * Acrobatics

Each movement power also has a skill tree that you can spend skill points into for special abilities: such as grappling hook or super sonic flight.

Weapons
All players have access to a huge variety of weapons at character creation:

These include:
 * Bow - Obvious
 * Dual Wield - Anything you can hold in two hands, like Escrima Sticks
 * One Handed - Swords, clubs axes, etc
 * Dual Pistol - Obvious
 * Rifle - Obvious
 * Staff - Melee fighting staff. i.e bo-staff, spear, trident, etc
 * Brawling - Hay maker style melee
 * Martial Arts - Precision/Agile melee combat
 * Hand Blaster - Projections from your hands, gauntlets, etc
 * Two Handed - Claymores, Battle axes, etc.

All weapons are in groups called buckets. These buckets allow you to choose weapons which are similar to the one you choose at the begining of the game. An example is that you could have an twin baton (Like Nightwing) but can have/choose twin daggers or even something similar. You can use skill points to learn new combos and/or new weapons. All weapons have a Melee and Ranged attack. Your energy bar is raised when you use you Weapon Combo's.

(*Info from a forum post by Jens Anderson on DCUOSource.com)

Origins
There are three origins to choose from Meta, Magic, and Tech. Some costume items are exclusive to your origin, as well as some story arcs. Your begining contact will be determined by your origin: For heroes Superman (Meta), Wonder Woman (Magic), Batman (Tech), For Villains Lex Luthor (Meta), Circe (Magic), Joker (Tech).