DCUO Hero of the Day: Lighter

So I was supposed to keep this thing kinda daily with my exploits in the world of DC Universe Online... the problem is that of course I became addicted and couldn't stop playing. BUT, that doesn't mean I can't come back here and show off what I've done in those 30 days.

As for reviewing the game... I'll leave that for a little while later as I wanted to do spotlights on the characters I've created. Up first is the first character I created to experiment with this grandiose game; allow me to introduce Lighter.

Name: Lighter

Age: Uh... ?

Height: Not too tall?

Weight: Not fat

Mentor: Superman

Abilities: Wields the sheer force of fire.

Weapon: Channels energy through his hands.

Bitten by Exobytes, Cal Martin burst into flames. Realizing he had the potential to do something, he was stopped abruptly by the legion of Braniac and soon found himself in stasis on a Braniac transport ship. Breaking free he ravaged the ship with the help of Oracle and Superman and knew he would fight for the power of good. After helping the Titans, Supergirl, Wondergirl, and others, Cal(now Lighter) helped the man that had helped him out, Superman, in stopping Lex from killing the Man of Steel. Now a full fledged member of the Justice League, Lighter helps those in peril, and stops those who wish to prey upon the weak.

I wasn't really thinking character creation when I bought the game, atleast not in the DC Universe. I have ideas for Marvel characters, but until Gazillion puts that MMO out, I'm creating chracters out the whazoo for this game. I knew fire was going to be the first powerset that I used as I wanted to not have to think about what I was doing for my first MMO in ages. Though described as a Tank ability, Fire is much better suited for Damage as there aren't too many abilities in it's power trees that support defense. So as you see him above is pretty much how he started out, the color scheme being very different from the yellow/green I gave him to begin with. The name... well I realized that at the create-a-name screen, all fire related names I could think of were all ready taken by actual comic book characters. I mulled it over for a while and though of FireStarter and realized that a lighter is a fire starting device and thus he came to be known as Lighter.

The Burrito Returns!

Yeah no one reads this and you know what I'm fine with that. Incognito Burrito has become for me a digital backlog of ramblings that when I forget how to use my newfangled thought controlled space computer I can get on an old computer and see that I too had things to say about topics that intrigued me. Then I'll look back on them and say you know what, I see why no one ever read this blog.

But all that aside, I thought to come back here for a reason. I'm predominantly... nay PREDOMINANTLY a console gamer. Been that way since I was a tot playing the 7800. I love computers, but using them to play anything more than solitaire has never really... you know that's a lie. I recall hours at a time I would spend playing Wolfenstein and Doom. I played flight simulators and Oregon Trail. However games got beyond the limitations of my computers and being young, I never had the money to upgrade. But now that I'm a big boy with my own money I'e created a rig capable of playing big time games. Will it play Crysis? Eh doubt it. Hell it'd probably explode trying to play Duke Nukem Forever, but I don't know if that's the limitations of my rig or the once anwesomosity of Duke Nukem.

As a result of being a console gamer, I never got into MMO's. I used to thank my lucky stars that was the case but as I've grown older I see that people can play them responsibly and not leave their children and dogs to starve just to get that one item. So I've decided that for my first PC Game since Counter-Strike would be an MMO. No it's not WoW, I thought it would be, I've got a workmates that play. Me? Well I've chosen DC Universe Online. Grinding has never and I mean never been big on my list of gaming ideas. After the main story of an RPG, if I could beat the boss at level 40, screw it I'm not playing it. I'm hoping the mad, raging comic nerd in me will allow me to block my hatred of grinding, and it's level cap is currently at 30 so I'm hoping I'll be fine. I am concerned I'll just shoot through it though and not have much else left to do as it is in it's early stages. We shall see, it is the reason I'm writing here after all. I hope to keep this thing updated on what I'm doing as a character in this game, note whether I'm getting highly addicted or whether the game is not worth it. And hopefully after all of that I can play self-psychiatrist and analyze my patterns and truly see what kind of person I am.

Cheers,

The Burrito