DC Universe Online ‘Non-Traditional’ Episode 41: House Of Legends Now Live On PTS

Dimensional Ink Games will be moving away from the traditional episode format in this month’s DC Universe Online update. Instead of adding new story quests and instances, the massive Episode 41: House of Legends will be focused on adding new features and improving the game.

“In HOUSE OF LEGENDS, The Monitor has sent out a request for assistance - to Super Heroes and to Super-Villains - to gather together in his House of Legends to prepare for an imminent threat to the multiverse.

While the looming threat is unclear, The Monitor's directions are not: train day and night, find new allies, and lift each other up. Everyone will be needed when the time comes.”

One of the new features coming to the superhero MMORPG is a new shared social hub that will be available to both heroes and villains called the House of Legends. “This hub will be like the Watchtower or Hall of Doom except conveniently smaller, packed with functionality, not confusing, and for both factions,” explains Dimensional Ink. Don’t worry, both the Hall of Doom and the Watchtower will remain exactly as they are.

The House of Legends update will also introduce the new Allies system which will allow players to recruit iconic DC characters from all over the multiverse and summon them to assist in battles. On release, the new system will feature Cyborg, Flashpoint Wonder Woman, The Flash, Zoom, and more as recruitable heroes.

“Collect your favorites and level up your multiversal connection with them to unlock powerful abilities and ive buffs. Leveling up will take Ally XP and other specific items, but please note this leveling or so-called breakthrough cannot fail.

Each ally will have their own strengths that can make them especially suited to specific situations, types of content, and more. Make sure you know who to call!”

The update will bring an entirely new way of playing previously-released content, which the team defines as any content aside from the last three episodes or anything older than a year. Essentially, these are instances or missions that reward Source Masks instead of unique episode currency.

As part of the changes, Combat Rating Relevancy will be removed entirely from the game while loot lockouts will be removed from past content. “Period. Paragraph. Full stop. Mic drop. Panderus out,” stressed the studio.

In addition, players will have their stats limited when playing past content to make it more challenging. Source Masks will also always be offered as rewards for past content and will be removed from endgame content. “You will not feel weak when you return to not-end-game content [and] you will not be hurting for Source Marks,” assured the devs.

Leveled up versions of past content favorites with endgame combat ratings and rewards will also be available to play in the new House of Legends social hub, including Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman content.

The update will also introduce several quality-of-life improvements, such as the addition of a “Quick Play” option in the On-Duty Menu, along with balance changes to Artifacts, Skill Points, Augments, the early endgame, and a whole lot more.

House of Legends is now live on the public test server if you want to give it a go. You can also check out the latest PTS patch notes or watch the preview stream below to learn more about the episode.