Unexpected Downtimes - Jan 16th
DC Universe Online
Attention Heroes and Villains! 
 
We apologize for the unexpected server downtimes today. We're working on expanding the capacity right away and there may be brief interruptions because of these efforts.This is estimated to take several hours while we make configuration changes and add additional capacity. We are sorry for the growing pains, but they won't last long!
Tess Hudson
@Jorge ... subscriptions fees pay to keep a server running smoothly, being able to increase capacity (as in today) etc... There are plenty of free to play MMO's out there if that is how you feel. (Vindictus, Champions, etc...) They don't have the support, the world size, you have to pay real money for some items, but still good games. As for the rest of us, DC is awesome, has great gameplay, fun storyline, tons of pvp and Batman, Superman and all of our childhood heroes to boot....can't imagine a better way to spend 50 cents a day.
Victor Tholen
Hell Sony is paying for the first month so let them do all the work they need to so that when I have to pay. Everything will be working!!
Bubba Smith
I don't mind paying each month, but I don't want Sony to nickle and dime us for every expansion like they did with Everquest.
Ronnie Shenks Jr
They did not expect this big of a response. That is my guess anyhow. They are expanding the servers to allow more people in and to stabilize the servers. I also would not be surprised if they are fixing bugs right now. The monthly fee IS for things lile this to make the gane more stable and flat out better. I am happt they are doing this now instead of ignoring everything.
Elliott Smith
since there's ton of people here... question about the game. is there a way to actually talk to people if you aren't in a league and how do you find/create a league... what level do you have to be?
Adam Holman
Still have a better track record than Blizzard for launch week.
Elliott Smith
and jorge, it's in your account management screen. go to that and there should be an auto renewal screen. just turn DCU off.
Ian Swafford
well i love the game and if the down time helps make it even better then im all for it
David King
its a good thing the game came with one month free ^_^
Hoping we dont have to wait too much longer. Havnt really got to play yet
Chris Moore
Ha Ha..play soon enough...whole site for the most part has been down since 6 am this morning...servers the whole time. They aren't coming back up till at least 7-8 tommorrow morning, when they get back to work monday morning.
Tess Hudson
@Adam Gtp if you are talking about the intro movies etc... you just hold down the attack button (on my setup mouse 1) and it skips it
Kaylee Yates
I do like the fact that they work on the servers...however, unannounced stuff is kind of annoying. Getting mad over it doesn't do anything for anyone. So anyways...the game's awesome, and it's our jobs as the players to help the Devs find bugs, so remember to report them and not get mad. Understand it's an online game...it has bugs and downtime, not to mention it's new.
Bubba Smith
Nothing is free David... you didn't get a month free to play it without buying the game so it comes with 1 month 'included' NOT free.
DeChaun LilRed Phillips
The game is actually way more stable than it was in beta. Can't wait for the level cap to be increases, and even more content added.. DCUO is an amazing game even with the issues. Welcome to the life of a new IP/MMO. Once everything is more concrete then hopefully most of the confusion that most newcomers feel will fade away
John Burton
how long are we gonna be down??
Llolipop Ohllolipop
Also if you want to skip the intro movie press Esc on the keyboard
Chris Mahan
people are qqing about downtime lol there getting more people to come. And i must say as lvl 30 only two things was poping 5v5 moon base and 2v2 batcave after the first downtime today everything starting poping again so im happy. ANd if you have not had time to read the combat guide you better read it asap
Journeyman Demonslayer
Well I have had this game now since the release and between work, school and family I have gotten to enjoy it maybe a few hours. However with that said I don't mind waiting for them to expand the servers because this just means that more people are coming over to join in the fun.
Mark Todd
The biggest issue for me is the lack of coherent information coming from the company. I can deal with downtime if they would implement: A) an easier way to check server status without having to load the launcher, wait for it to log in and get to the character select screen before being able to see that the worlds are down and B) better communication of when issues may be resolved by. Otherwise, I haven't encountered anything that I haven't run into with any number of other MMOs during launch.
Jack L. Fosdick
Is there a Site for the Power , Movement ,and Skill Tree list yet?
Anthony DiRosario
I was hoping they'd add an "/ignore" user command to the game soon like other superhero RPGs because I didn't appreciate the racial epthets being tossed about in Zone Chat in Metropolis the Death and Glory PVP server this morning. I don't care if people think I'm "intolerant" for commenting about this, SOE should not tolerate that kind of bigotry on their servers and I sure don't want to hear that kind of language during gameplay. The last thing I want in my gaming experience is a bunch of 13-year olds who got mommy's permission to play a mature content game using "big man words" because their brain isn't fully developed yet.
Danny Buenrostro-Parker
So who are heroes and who are villains? Despite choosing Harley I am a hero xP
Osy Fox Ikhile
no need to apoligise the game is epic, if you are gonna change something, i'd love for somone to tell me how to use voice chat, typin is so tedious on ps3 even with the keypad + i wanna play against the world not just europe :(.... other than that....5 star rating from me :-)
Phil Verdon
All things considered this launch has been smooth, keep up the good work, lets keep the server full
Mark Todd
It would also be interesting if they would separate the character creator out of the online element so that when servers are down, we could just play around creating toons. :)
Tess Hudson
@ Anthony sure hope that wasn't my husband....we play on that server and he likes to "troll" like an idiot
Danny Buenrostro-Parker
@Mark I like that idea =)
Tess Hudson
@ Danny I am a hero as well, just love Harley.
Danny Buenrostro-Parker
@Tess lmao
Jon Gill
Its all good DC online!! Please fix in game voice chat for Ps3 and when I beat a boss I always lose sound afterwards. I hope these issues are addressed and I love the game. Yollow Jacket lvl25.
Kirk Short
4 hours of being down is a bit much. Also how many characters can you have?
Errick Fatheree
how long will they be down? a good estimate would be helpful
Alan Ripley
How about releasing a smart phone app for checking the server status.
Alec Gigandet
I Want to Play NOT WAIT!!
Samantha Russell
i was told the server will be down for several hours
Danny Buenrostro-Parker
@Kirk I guess I am just used to downtimes like this during launch for games lol so it doesn't bother me as much I suppose. As for how many chars we get I don't know. I would love if someone here has some insight though usually I stick with one or 2 chars myself.
Jack B'Nimble
To those who have stated that they are gonna quit playing unless the servers go up right now so they can play, all I can say is GOOD! Whatta ya waitin for, an invitation? here it is! I dare ya! It'll be less of a headache on the pages and in game without ya! Come down off the cross people, sombody needs the wood! This is standard procedure for MMORPGs, so if ya don't like it BYE! There's the door... Arivaderchi (apolgies to any of itallian decent for grossly mispelling that word) begone with your negetivity and toddler like behavior that is not only an eyesore to read, but also is an insult to those who are actually here to give CONSTRUTIVE criticizm to help the DCUO community as a whole! If you agree with this statement... cut/paste/copy/post to the rest... Are you still here?? thought ya were gonna quit?
Tess Hudson
@ Alan i totally agree, or a sign up texting system like walgreen's has where they text me when my prescription is ready.
Chris Mahan
i got to go to work at 3am and i wanna finish my lvl 30 dailies before they reset again this is making me cry. But i know your fixing something power to the GAMERS
Danny Buenrostro-Parker
@Alan and Tess either would be great. Heck I wish they would do like their other games and list server by server status on the webpage.
Steve Alford
BUT WHO WILL FIGHT/CAUSE CRIME IN OUR ABSENCE?
Joseph Harry
Good luck. It is better to have the down time now, and to have them work on it.
Daryl Davis
any expected ETA for bringign the servers up?
Justin Holbert
No new news on when they will be up?
Chris Mahan
@Sam I know this is killing me i have heros go gank
Alec Gigandet
Wats the Best server and wat the best power and weps??????
Randy Stanczak
HA Sam, all the villians are down too!! :(
Adam Mandos
@Sam, you won't need to fight crime cause the villains can't get on either.
Danny Buenrostro-Parker
@Kirk Fat chance I'm afraid; like anything else in this world those who complain the loudest are the first to come back when things are how they want them. It's the people who quietly walk away disgusted who are most likely to stay gone and they won't post here lol.
Steven Brizell-Pyne
I'm fire/duel wield and i love it
Alan Ripley
When it takes 15+ minutes only to find out that you cannot play over and over I am going to get upset. How much am I going to be paying for this downtime again?
Chris Mahan
dont ask tarded questions like that on a comment box bro and there is none its called skill.
Richard Tapia-Ruano
Completely unacceptable! I'm waaaay too addicted for this to happen. I need to get back to the universe!!!!!
Rachel Jackson
wanna complain but i cant..i mean they are paying for the first month....and like so many others before me has said, id rather have them get it fixed now then wait when i am actually paying the subscription. Now on to new things....where can i get that bat mobil pet..I want one lol
Jay Ortiz
Looking for DCUO Friends..... Shad0w LVL 17 Hero (Duel Wielding, Super Speed, Ice powered SuperHuman) msg me!!!! lol
Andrew Ice
Not everything is WoW Christopher
André Kelly
guess I'll go play Fiesta til we're back up over here...
Jack B'Nimble
kinda sad when a entire pre-school class has more maturity than 1 adult....
Chris Mahan
@Christopher no wow launch was not ok game was bad real bad.
Journeyman Demonslayer
@Chris Brown my toons names are Demric and Bionic
Erv Hernandez
Dam This sux i have to get back To Gotham
Michael Alexander
@Alan Well if you had a monthly sub it would roughly come out to 50 cents not even that since it hasnt been a full day
JR Bednar
Wolverac is my character name
Douglas Pierre O'Knightly I
um...were you even there for WoW vanilla launch? It did NOT go amazingly well, and it was very painful to play for a couple weeks after.
Eric Lunsford
I know! Just bought the game today and still have not played it :(
Jose Jose
WE DESERVE A FREE MONTH FOR COMPENSATION
Tess Hudson
@chris an expansion is not a game launch. First 3 months of WoW (original) we had 1 almost 2 week stretch of down time and several 1-2 day bouts, we had 50% of our quests bugged, 1 whole class (warlocks), most pets, etc.....they made enough mistakes in those few months to last the entire span of WoW.
Andrew Ice
How good is the PVP? I've not even gotten to play yet, but i'd like to know what it's like. Balanced enough? Etc...
Anthony Arland
why is there no update on this issue?
Dave Mills
Sorry to say but WoW's initial launch was not all that great...they had downtimes much longer than this...plus a ton of lag issues.
Annie Rose
hope they give me back my two levels i went from 30 to 28 after trying to log back in
Douglas Pierre O'Knightly I
@jose you mean the free month you're already getting?
Chris Mahan
@ Douglas ya that and warhammer launch was kinda bad to. Lots of wrong with the game made me cry till i came back to it
Joey Nesbitt
while we have this down time; im looking for a villain legion. im new to the game but im willing to learn, gonna end up having a fire tank when im done
Steven Brizell-Pyne
no sense arqueing with a WOW lover.....they are always right...at least that is what they think.
Kirk Short
@ bradford this is my first mmo too. So stressing a little to get my fix. So does anyone know how many characters you can have? I can't get my mic to work also.
Marc Benodin
I NEED IT MAN I NEED THE POWER.
NOOOOOOOOO!
Steven Masters
Any ETA on this being fixed yet?

And for the guy who asked, Telekinesis + Dual Wield and Flight, Gadgets + Martial Arts and Acrobatics, and Fire + Staff and Superspeed are some of the best combos I've found. They sync together very nicely
Sam Cripps
Wish it would hurry up !
I got work soon lol !
Jesse Nickolas Benson
GUYS CHILL OUT THIS HAPPENS WITH ALL BRAND NEW MMOS, THEY HAVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE PEOPLE
Michael Alexander
If anyone wants to be my friend I'm on "Death and Glory" Name: Maximus
Annie Rose
i want my two levels back :(
Lee Colyer
aye it all good guys. give it some time there makeing it better an better is wut we want. so when its done everyone will be happy.
Chris Mahan
Nature healer/ staff Heros have yet to kill me. I even sit at there base flaged up and kill 4 at once
Alec Gigandet
I Got = Fire + Staff and Superspeed
Adam Mandos
Fire & Staff & Superspeed here too, I love it
Scott Paradis
Dr Rock, villian, Blood will run server on Ps3
Kid Metric, hero, the Killing Joke server on Ps3
Llolipop Ohllolipop
Telekinesis/Handblaster acrobatics love this combo. My main villain who Im' leveling first.
Victor Tholen
Arctic Dream.. Ice/Staff
Nico Encarnacion
how many more mins?!!! i need my dc fix
Chris Mahan
PC we back LIVE BABY LEGO die heros
Bubba Smith
For fire which set is best for soloing?
Rachel Jackson
lol im ice+dual weild and flying
Derek Dupuis
Any one know when they will be back up ?
Alec Gigandet
Does SOE favor a Side Heroes or Villains
Annie Rose
was gadget+dual weild+acrobatics lvl 30 now for some reason level 28 so sad but love the game
Steven Masters
I used the Fire/Staff/Superspeed in Beta. Using my Dual Wield and TK guy now, since he's my main guy. On Virtue and Vice on PC, named Scyon.
Adam Holman
You know what I'm glad this game isn't? Star Wars Galaxies.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/8/25/
Chris Mahan
Pc servers are back up right now just a fyi
Daryl Foster
"World Down"
Danny Buenrostro-Parker
Ahhh the short memories of some people. Let's see WoW was a great launch? How about 2 hour queue's to get in, loot lag like crazy. Random crashes on all but a couple low pop servers for almost the entire first week. Some servers like Stormreaver and Illidan had down times like crazy for months. One of the reasons we called it Illidown. Forums were down a lot as well. Heck they didn't fix the EU forums completely until 4 months after launch. ALL MMO's have launch problems and comparing one to the other is like comparing apples to oranges; sure they are both fruits but thats about it.
Jason Ruiz
Ice/ superspeed / hand bladders. = awesome. I want to play
Andrew Ice
YESSSS
Scott Mallahan
i just got done downloading for 4 half hours to find out its down :( now i have to take nap go to work since i work over night looks like im playing tomorrow afternoon
Victor Tholen
Also Knight Reaver Fire/Duel Wield
Kyle Novak
any clue when its going to be up im a level 30 and i want to earn my iconic
Tim M. Gilbert
man i'm so ready for the severs to be back up!!! not complaining just eager to play and hit lvl 19 my character name is RAIDER
Llolipop Ohllolipop
For those that see your characters having lost levels, when the servers come back up they will the right level. This seems to happen when the servers are down. This was also like this during beta.
Danny Buenrostro-Parker
Gonna go see if Chris is right. :P be back soon maybe lol
Michael Alexander
Chris is right they are up and running
Kevin OBryan
Count down is still down
Adrian Dorsey
PC up PS3 Down :) :(
Jesse Nickolas Benson
im on pc my server is CRY FOR BLOOD. i'm a hero, my name is Dark Moon and im an anti hero
Kenneth Trombley
Anyone able to get on the PS3 servers?
Chris Cutler
Well let's just hope this does bot happen anymore. I was almost done fighting ivy. :( hope I don't have to start over.
Tess Hudson
@ Michael are you hero or villain? I am a hero on Death and Glory, Nature healer with martial arts for stuns and knock downs.
Jimmy Turk
You been down for 8 hours....how is that a brief interuption.
Llolipop Ohllolipop
@Jason Ruiz Hand bladders? ewwww )
Matthew Ardon
damn gonna check my ps3 now :)
Matthew Butler
ps3 is def down
Derek Hernandez
Justice still down.
Darryl Williams Jr.
Servers still down? Guess Brainiac won afterall....
Jared Busch
Still waiting for PS3 servers to come back...
Justin Holbert
Exactly! :)
Justin Mazerolle
im looking for some friends on the ps3 version on no mans land hero name is misa
Danielle Joka
Um Hello. Dark Blossom;Nature and Hand Blaster and the Healer of Planet Vegeta.
Adrian Dorsey
Cmon PS3....Palidinium has some Smiting and healing to do!
Robert Pennington
I just wish they had something like final fantasy xi has on there website saying in the top left corner world down so all I have to do is look there and not have to go to facebook, forum or stay logged on to find out when it's back up
Jonathan J Chiado
can some one tell me how to "shout" in the game, ps3 version
Alec Gigandet
IT IS ALIVE
Adrian Dorsey
PS3 coming UP!
Matthew Butler
aalalliiiiveeee ps3 on!
Christopher Fox
Servers are back up
John Kron
world 2 is up..i am on now
Francis Maglanque Pagcaliwagan
bad day... seahawks lost and now the server is down. weak.
Derek Hernandez
Justice is up!
Jim Dmytrusz
I'm back on in Detroit
Chase Madison Parsells
Noooooooooooooo! And anyone wanna form a league
Randy Stanczak
WOOT-- Redemption is up!!!! GO VILLIANS
Porter Thomas
servers for ps3 are back up
Josh Bruno
can't wait to get back on, got to get back the 4 levels i lost
Ryan Cooper
severs are up on ps3
Eric Lunsford
Finally going to play for first time!!!!
Eric Greer
PS3 justice is up!!!!
Jermiah Hoskin
the servers are up !
Carl Tice
I wonder if this is what jaundice feels like.
Cdice Holland
thank gawd its finally working
Raymond S Conn
Good Deal. Love the game, hate the pian.
Tommy R Gonzalez
this is really a pain! i have 2 work in the am n i cant connect on my ps3!!! i wanna kill heroes!!!!
Nick Barile
Anybody get any cool trinkets yet? Lev 6 so all I have is the joker confetti bomb, from the preorder
Darryl Williams Jr.
YES FINALLY!!!!
Danielle Joka
having problems getting onto "No man's land" it shows up with the "you must be logged in with your PSN account"
Bethany Crowe
Thank you Elizabeth Torres I am running to my PS3 to logon right now!! yay!!!
Jakob Brown
Add me to friends If you want someone to play with. Iceofspades
Veronica Casamassima
Servers back up! :)
Talmadge Keown Jr.
YAY! Its Bizarro stomping time!
Carlos Alamillo
Add me!! Methodneo! Villains - birthright.
Christian Marcelo
"you Must be logged in with your Psn account"
Corbin Conway
on in florida
Derek Dupuis
Dose anyone know how to equip those apocolitc equipment ?
Gary Stevenson
The game is awesome. I'm lvl 30 on the killing joke can use more in my league name is Mr Cold I'm a hero
Arthur John Hernandez
Starting a new character what server should I play on ? no pvp I got tired of people messing with cuz im a low level.
Ricardo Contreras Jr.
Dammit
Aaron Perreault
Lol in the process of making more room for players you inadvertently made all the servers say full and make everyone wait in line,oh well,Im sure you guys will fix it in no time,thanks for the Great game.
Jay Ortiz
down again just got put into a Login Queued just to Disconnect -.- this suxx
Justin Holbert
I am number 727 in the login que lol...
Anthony Thomas Wilson
I keep getting kicked from the login queue on killing joke server around 200. I've been trying to play all weekend, What a pain!
Francis Maglanque Pagcaliwagan
i think ima go to gamestop tomorrow and sell this game.
Tyler Sales
so im gettinng kicked cuz of this right? i just got the game lol i wasnt sure if it was my ps3 or what
Tyler Sales
like its saying its diconeected n saying im not logged in so yeah
Rich Akridge
this game is such a piece of crap waste of 60 bucks, if there were going to be this many problems maybe they should have waited longer to release it.
Rich Akridge
@ Francis there is no trade in value for this game Gamestop will not take any game that has an activation code with it.
Derek Dupuis
It's not even letting me get no to a server what about anyone else ?
Rich Akridge
every server i try keeps booting me.
Francis Maglanque Pagcaliwagan
dang... im just gonna use it as a frisbee.
Tyler Sales
is it saying disconnected invalid subscription on your guy's or what im really hoping im having the same problem but it aint even lettin me get to the page to pick a server
Capton Howdy
im up and on line
Capton Howdy
well in queue enyway
Tyler Sales
i cnt even get thru making my first character this is pissing me off
Capton Howdy
i hear ya but they will fix it dont think they knew this meny ppl wouild be playing lol
Matthew Butler
uh, if i just got dropped did i lose my guy?i logged in and hes not there
Robert Pennington
I was booted and now it says world down again
Matthew Butler
which one are you in?
Robert Pennington
redemption
Matthew Butler
yea me too
its still down
Tyler Sales
i wonder if it saved the character i just finished making? lol im mad
Matthew Butler
im in the same boat. i will be pissed
Tyler Sales
i know mmos have alot of problems when they first strt but im still pretty annoyed lol
Tyler Sales
i spent 90 bucks today so i can play gaqme waited for hella hours for it to load n now the servers are down!!!.
Matthew Butler
servers down again?
Tyler Sales
idk? if theyre down or what i just know it aint ;letting me play lol
Robert Pennington
I'm going a little easier on them cuz this is sony's first mmo and when I do get to play it's pretty good
Robert Pennington
Been down for 30mins
Leif Ravnsen
Holy bunch of Whiney Babies Batman!
Thomas West
does voice chat for ps3 work?
Paul Wilson
ok so since know one know s anything about the pc servers being down im gonna asssume they are cuz i cant log in on any of my soe games
Gaely Begin
here is what whe need in this game!:teams combo where you and team mates can combine super powers,transporters ability,more powers in power trees,news board online not only on facebook,perssonal vehicules,crest editors where you can create ...your emblems but need a validation by SOE,acrobatic mode should be able to attack while on a wall,speed mode should be able attack while runing,should add more powers like(wather,electricity,earth,air light and darkness theres enough characters in dc universe to do it),powers and effect collors,under wather world,put a online store in the main game,team ability affiliations,change somthing dramaticly in world when big events,new mentors like (shazam vs black adam learn electricity,aquaman vs black manta learn wather,plastic man vs elongated man learn elasticity,terra learn earth,red tornado learn air,dr. light learn light,hades learn darkness and atom learn size),new heros and bad guys i whould like to kick ass! (first green lantern version,guy garner,krypto,plasticman,batman behon,azrael,lobo,starfire,atom,parallax,spectre,darckseid,fing fang foom,starro,clay face,magog,mordru,eclipso and many more just ask lol NEXT LEGENDS IS US!and thx guys really good game!
Steve Ingram
My only complaint was the timing. I had a nice Sunday of grinding planned. I'd prefer such upgrades be left for the early morning hours.
Yousef Al-Rasheed
FIX THE PC EUROPE SERVERS!! its fking crashing every 10 minutes and lags like shit - people are also EXPERIENCING the same problem, so it isn't just me!
Charlie T. Cash
I have been unable to even log into a server. a very big disappointment, but im sure everything will be fixed soon.