Game Update 43

Test Server Notes

Season’s Greedings!
 * Larfleeze is back! Find and recover the stolen gifts in Metropolis and Gotham City before it’s too late! Look for “Yuletide Fear” (Villains) or “Winter Plunderland” (Heroes) in your Mission Journal. Players must be at least level 10 to participate.
 * Larfleeze’s greed can’t be satisfied so he is taking advantage of a heated battle between the Green Lanterns and the Sinestro Corps. Look for “Ring in the Holidays” in your Mission Journal. Players must complete “Yuletide Fear” or “Winter Plunderland” and “Season’s Greedings” in order to receive the “Ring in the Holidays” Daily Mission.
 * Each day of the event, look for “Season’s Greedings” and “Ring in the Holidays” in your Mission Journal to complete the mission and earn Holly Leaves.
 * New Feats!
 * Home For the Holidays
 * Cue the Ski Chase
 * New Consumable!
 * Orange Lantern Cookie
 * Don’t forget to shop at Skeets’ Workshop to get the latest winter clothing, holiday goodies, and festive base items! Skeets’ Workshop is located in your HQ and inside the Secret Research Facility.
 * Players entering the Secret Research Facility are now stat banded and may find their stats boosted or reduced to put them between CR 30 and 34 based on their current role.
 * To really get into the holiday spirit, be sure to the visit the Vault this season! The Joker’s heart grew three sizes and he’s added a few new surprises. Note: Shaking presents is always encouraged.

New Legends Character!

Make quick work of all your contracts as the deadly assassin, Deathstroke. Members may purchase this item in game for Marks of Legend on a per character basis. The Marketplace version of this item is redeemable for every character on the account, and it is not tradeable. Legends Deathstroke is also available on the Loyalty Vendor for Members.

Legends PvE

Now players will finally be able to do more than just PvP as their favorite DC characters in DC Universe Online! Players can test their skills by creating unique teams of iconic Legends characters and taking on some of the most exciting instances in the game!

Legends PvE is made up of a series of ongoing events. Each month or so we will have a new Legends PvE instance to play through in the Events tab of the On Duty menu. Players can queue up for the instance with any legends character they already have unlocked, unless they are restricted because they appear in the content. We’ll also be running promos for certain legends characters during the events, which means some of them may be temporarily available for players to try out – and this includes Legends PvP too!

The first event will feature the South Gotham Courthouse Alert. As we make more content for the game we will convert them into Legends PvE events as well, so look forward to seeing all your favorite alerts to make an appearance!

Players will be rewarded with Marks of Legend for defeating all the bosses and completing the instance – each boss will drop at least one Mark. Players will also be able to earn feat points by completing the achievements in the event itself. There are feats specific to each event, as well as general feats.

Role Optional buffs will be in effect for these events. They will function as they do in regular alerts, which require 3 out of four people to be in proximity with each other in order to take effect. Since Legends characters do not have roles, all four buffs will be granted when they activate. So stay together and learn how to use thee helpful buffs to survive the challenges in each event.

Here’s the best news of all:
 * All of our existing Marketplace Legends characters will become unlockable by Members in-game for Marks of Legend.

Members will now have the option whether to purchase these Legends on the Marketplace (claimable on all characters) or to unlock them using Marks of Legends (per character). This is a terrific addition to our already great package of member benefits. We’re very excited to see even more Circes, Wonder Women, Hal Jordans, Sinestros, etc running around in both Legends PvE and PvP. So, enjoy!

Look for Legends: PvE South Gotham Courthouse under the Events tab in the On Duty menu!

Known Issues: The Judge fight is gated - He will teleport players to the old PvE SGC region when he does his Prison and Death Sentence abilities. Please enter this fight at your own risk until this is fixed. You might be able to defeat him, but players who are teleported will have to warp to HQ or a base to get out of the region they are zoned to.