DLC 6: Home Turf!

[Midnite]

Home Turf Trailer

New Player Base Deeds and Themes Available in the Marketplace!

Home Turf Webcast Recap!

DLC 6: Home Turf notes

All servers will be offline Tuesday, 01.29.13, beginning at 7:00 AM PST to launch Home Turf! Downtime is expected to last about 4 hours. Click here to convert to your timezone.

Players may notice the following changes:

Home Turf DLC Pack Now Available!



Player Bases
Legendary members and owners of Home Turf receive two Lair Themes: "Gothic" and "Deco", and a Theme for a smaller, limited "Dive" Hideout available in the Dispenser.  Look for "Home is Where Your Base Is" in your Mission Journal.  Complete the mission to receive one Deed which can be used for placing a base at an in-game address of your choice.  The mission is granted at level  12 or higher.

Base Decoration Mode & Customization
Players are able to customize their Base in many different ways using the Base Decoration Mode.  Accessed via the Control Panel located near the entrance of your base, Decoration Mode is the place for arranging items throughout the Base, customizing the colors of certain areas of the Base, selecting the player's Emblem to be displayed on a wall plaque, and renaming the Base. Players can customize their Base(s) by adding items found throughout DC Universe Online.

Base Mainframe and Dispenser
Each Base comes equipped with a Mainframe and a Dispenser that can be accessed inside your base. Players can unlock and gain access to Upgrades and temporary Boosts by activating the Mainframe's Generator power cells.  Players can also set Permissions through their Mainframe to allow friends and League mates to enter and  help decorate their Base.

Lair Battle PvP
Take on your opponent in your Lair or your opponent's Lair.  Once you have created your own Lair, go to your On Duty Menu, select Lair Battles under the Arenas: PvP tab and select your Lair to Queue. Level Requirement: 30

Tactical Mods
Tactical Mods are available through your Base's Dispenser. Tactical Mods can be socketed to your gear and weapons to add a wide range of combat benefits.  Level Requirement: 30

Upgrades and Boosts
Players can access Upgrades and temporary Boosts from their Mainframe.  These Upgrades and Boosts can be added to your Utility Belt and ability bar to call in Orbital Strikes, Supply Drops, Sidekicks or Back-Up (Heroes) and Accomplices or Henchmen (Villains).

New Daily Missions

    Home Turf Daily Missions can be found at Arkham Asylum, Ace Chemicals, Steelworks, and Stryker's Island locations. Look for "Trouble at Ace Chemicals" (Heroes) and "Hostile Takeover at Steelworks" (Villains) in your Mission Journal. Level Requirement: 30   Combat Rating Requirement: 70

New Bounties for Heroes and Villains

    Bounty posters can be found at the Arkham Water Processing Facility Dock, Steelworks, the Processing Facility on Stryker's Island, and Ace Chemicals in Gotham. Home Turf bounties are Raid level so bring some friends!  Level Requirement: 30  Combat Rating Requirement: 70

New Collections and Feats

    New Feats, Collections, Investigations, and Briefs added!

New Weapon Styles and Gear Sets

    Four new gear styles and two new weapon sets inspired by Home Turf added!





Hand of Fate Boss Content Move

    All Hand of Fate Operation Boss fights have moved to their own separate instance.  The Operation content will remain the same and players will be moved to a separate instance for the final boss fight.

Looking For Group Chat Channel

    Players can now access the new Looking for Group chat channel!  This channel allows players who are looking for a group to communicate with one another while in different areas throughout DC Universe Online.  The LFG channel groups players into one of four chat channel groups depending on where you are in the world; Safehouses and HQs, Metropolis, Gotham, and Central City.  The Safehouses and HQs grouping includes The Watchtower, Hall of Doom, Police Stations, Nightclubs, and player Bases. The Looking for Group channel works in any public zone but not in private instances. The Looking for Group channel is cross phase but same faction. Typing /lfg before any chat communication will move the communication to a Looking for Group channel and distribute the message to everyone in that zone.

New to the Marketplace

    With the launch of the new Home Turf DLC, Legendary members and owners of this DLCcan purchase additional Deeds and Lair Themes from the Marketplace!  You can change the look of your existing Base with one of these Lair Themes, purchase up to three additional Deeds, to have more than one Base! The appearance of your Hardware and Amenities will update to match your new Lair theme. Themes also allow access to matching Back-Up/Henchmen!  Your character must be at least level 12 and have completed the introductory Base mission to purchase additional Deeds and Lairs from the Marketplace.
    Additional Lair Themes available for purchase:
    The Ancient Lair, complete with Stone Statues
    The Bunker Lair, complete with Military Operatives
    The Cave Lair, complete with High Tech Robots
    The Industrial Lair, complete with Retro-Futuristic Robots

Player Bases For Free to Play and Premium Members

    Free to Play and Premium members receive a limited "Dive" Hideout theme that includes limited amenities and limited features as part of the DLC Home Turf release. Look for "Hiding Out" in your Mission Journal and complete the mission to receive one Deed which can be used for placing a Hideout base at an in-game address of your choice. The mission is granted at level 12 or higher.
    Each Base comes equipped with a Mainframe and a Dispenser that can be accessed inside your base. Permissions can be set through the Mainframe to allow friends and League mates to enter and help decorate their Base.  Players are able to customize their Base in many different ways using the Base Decoration Mode.  Accessed via the Control Panel located near the entrance of your Base, Decoration Mode is the place for arranging items throughout the Base, customizing the colors of certain areas of the base, selecting the player's Emblem to be displayed on a wall plaque, and renaming the Base. Players can also customize their Base(s) by adding items found throughout DC Universe Online.
    Free to Play and Premium Members can access all of the Player Base features by purchasing Home Turf or by becoming a Legendary member.

General

    Marks of Triumph awarded from Daily Dungeon bonus are now sent to the players inventory overflow when the player's inventory is full.
    When the server determines a player is stuck and automatically warped, this does not affect your warp timers in the Map UI.
    Custom Chat channels should now persist after switching characters.

Items

    The 2 Year Anniversary Cake trinket icon has changed to better represent the item.
    Fixed an issue where having a socketed item in your inventory and purchasing the same exact item from a vendor would prevent the new item from being socketed.
    Minor text updates to player base item drops.
    Catwoman's Claw should now function properly and no longer cause the player to become unresponsive and unable to attack or target.
    New PvP Mark Conversion items have been added to the Mark Conversion vendors in the Watchtower and Hall of Doom.

Martial Arts

    Heavy Shuriken's damage should no longer be blocked by friendly targets.

Missions

    Fear and Loathing:
        Green Lantern Alan Scott has declared he will no longer be brushed aside without a fight and will knock any flying Villain aggressors out of the air that attempt to dodge his attacks.
        Green Lantern Alan Scott's willpower has been restored and his constructs are more deadly.
    Clinical Strike: Old air scrubbers are now replaced with new air scrubbers to ensure everyone gets their fair share.
    Queen of Lies: Hero: Aquaman's confusion while under Circe's spell should no longer keep you from advancing when defeating him.

Operations

    A Black Dawn:
        Fixed an issue where encasements could break before the transport timer was finished.
        Players now move faster when transporting encased enemies.
    Wayward Souls:  Avenging Spirit Guidicus has agreed to fill his pockets with loot before joining the battle...it is now likely something will fall out if he is defeated.
    With a Vengeance: Doctor Fate has been reprimanded for his idea of a practical joke; trapping players in an infinite loop between the Watchtower and his Sanctuary. He has agreed to allow you to continue through the rest of the operation.

UI

    Map:  Sections of the map should no longer disappear when using the + and – buttons on the Map UI.
    The Metropolis Master Flier - Villain feat now has the correct description for the Little Bohemia Adept Flight Challenge in the Feats UI.

[Magnificent]

And then there was a post-DLC patch last night with notes almost as long...

Bases
Reduced the Base relocation cool down time from seven days to one hour.

General
Improved server stability.
The Ace Chemicals and Stryker's Island safe areas will no longer reset intermittently.
Hand of Fate Operations have temporarily had their introductory cut-scene sequences removed.
Investigations

Home Turf:
Corrections Officer's Report: Moved an Investigation node to make it easier for all players to find.
Items

The Sub Bosses from Gates of Themyscira now have a chance to drop Base Items.
Arena Champion's Prize Boxes and Legends Champion's Prize Boxes now have a chance to reward Base Items when opened.
The Escaped Inmate and Biohazard items in Ace Chemicals and Arkham Asylum can now be salvaged for their components at Research and Development stations.
Lair PvP Battles

Fixed an issue that would sometimes prevent a player from being able to target a PvP opponent in their Lair.
Addressed an issue that would cause some players to begin the match before their opponent.
Missions

The introductory Base missions will now reflect the proper level in the Mission Journal.

Bounties:  You can no longer heal bounty NPC's of your own faction while players of the opposing faction are trying to take them down.
Warehouse of the Dead: All gates have been opened and now allow players to access the warehouse.
Home Turf
Ace Chemicals
Bounty: Ace Chemicals Experiment: Comic Gold will no longer have the last laugh when he grounds his opponents and one-shot-kills them at the same time.
Bounty: Ace Chemical Experiment: The contribution requirements have been adjusted to help ensure that all players participating in the fight will get credit for defeating the Bounty.
Infiltrating Ace: Fixed issue where Steel could potentially get stuck by his 3 escorted Prototype robots because they were trying to remain too close to him.
Toxic Trouble: Ace Chemical's Hazmat suits are now color coordinated properly
Weird Science: Increased the amount of Chemoids and Chemlings that spawn for the Mission.
Various final bosses should be easier to control and battle solo.
Fixed a potential issue with the Ace Chemicals instance where T.O. Morrow never sends his final wave of enemies, making it so the teleporter you need to escape from never finishes powering up, thus preventing exiting.
Arkham Asylum
Suit Up: If you need to replace your cryogenic suit, there is now a waypoint back to where Mister Freeze's goons are hanging out.
Deliberate Acts of Violence: If you need a new disguise or if you wish to change your disguise, there is now a hint about that and a waypoint back to the disguise imprinters.
Steelworks
Breaking Steel: Steel no longer flies inside walls if players go out of combat during this fight.
Death From Above: Improved the Mission messaging to more accurately guide players to the location of the Drone Custodian.
Steel should now be dropping loot when knocked out in the Steelworks instance.
Stryker's Island
Bounty: Stryker's Island Critical Defender: Stryker's Island's Critical Defenders will now call in shield drones less often.
Bounty: Stryker's Island Critical Defender: The contribution requirements have been adjusted to help ensure that all players participating in the fight will get credit for defeating the Bounty.
Habeus Corpus: The Senior Officer held hostage by Gorilla Grodd's mind control devices will now flee after being freed.
Mechanical Mech: The black box has doubled its available time and the Nuclear Winter Leader has become weakened by his radiation sickness.
Solitary Riot: Players will no longer be attacked before entering the final room.
Solitary Riot: Prisoners should now exit their cells more reliably.
Various final bosses should be easier to control and battle solo.
Powers

Nature
Swarm:  This ability should now properly damage enemies when active.
Gorilla Form: If your normal movement mode is Acrobatics, the Tumbling Master tactical mod should world while in Gorilla Form.
Insectoid Form: If your normal movement mode is Flight, the Swoop Combos tactical mod should world while in Insectoid Form.
Primal Wolf Form: If your normal movement mode is Superspeed, the Dashing Combos tactical mod should world while in Primal Wolf Form.
Races

Ace Chemicals:  Players can now participate in the races around Ace Chemicals without drawing the attention of surrounding enemy NPCs.
Suicide Slums:  Players can now participate in the races around Steelworks area without drawing the attention of surrounding enemy NPCs.