DUCO DC Universe Online How to Play - Feats and Skills not Armor

One thing you'll notice in the game is how most people are so focused on getting armor, but the thing you can start doing right away is get Feats done, what is good about Feats is that they offer points, every 100 points earns you 1 more Skill point that you can put towards Weapon skills and starting at level 9 your chosen Movement skill. You also get a skill point to spend when you increase a level. This makes most people think that the skill point comes as a result of leveling, but they do also come as result of achieving Feats. If you complete Feats such as Booster Golds Explorations you earn extra points towards skills. So even though the leveling tops out at 30 so that a character can't have more that 15 points towards Powers, a character can keep on building their Skills after achieving level 30. That's why there is a difference between some level 30's and others.

Armor is secondary to this. The increases you get from Armor isn't as great as what you get from Innate abilities from multiple Skill sets. These are permanent bonuses to your Stats as well as advantages such as Stun Resistance.

There are various Feats in the game you can get done and in the Game Menu look under the Feats section to get a list of them, what needs to be done to achieve it, how many you have done and how many are left to do. The Feats icon in the Game Menu is a trophy. The stars next to the Feat listing tell you how many points are earned for accomplishing that Feat. One star is 10 points, two is 25, 3 is 50 and I forget what four is, maybe 75. Every 100 points earns you one point you can spend on any Skill within the Weapons or Movement trees. These are like Powers but as triggered by certain attack button combinations or are Innate, meaning a permanent ability your character has from the time you purchase that kind of skill without needing to press buttons to trigger their effects.

Armor or gear is important and helps but the foundation of your character is in your Weapons and Movement Skill sets enhanced by your Power Bar abilities then augmented with more gear.