City of Heroes
 

My friend was showing the game to me a couple days ago and it only took a couple minutes for me to become incredibly interested based on how articulate the gameplay mechanics and creation system are. I just started a 10-day trial yesterday, and it's kinda strange for me, since all I've ever known in the way of MMO's has been playing WoW on and off for the past 2 and a half years. The interface alone is taking me a very long time ti get used to. But it's all very interesting, so I thought I'd start a threat so that I can see if anyone else plays and potentially get help on any questions I might have.

I play, but I'm in the same boat as you. Just started, getting me sea legs.

I want to play as I hear good things. I just don't have time.

I used to play CoH and it has a lot of wonderful qualities. Character creation is great, and they have a lot of interesting enemies and all of that. The main downside I found to the game was the extremely repetitive missions. The mission maps are basically slight variations on only a small group of base designs. I haven't really played Coh/CoV in long time. We got into WoW and ended up canceling CoH. It can be a lot of fun though.

What she said. We used to be on for quite a while. Character creation is the best thing about this game, unless you're really into the story...and I'm just not. Gameplay is just the same thing over and over. Getting new powers is a happy day, but that only happens every two levels, and levelling is more difficult the more you die are sent to the hospital. The graphics are pretty spiffy, but some of the power animations can get annoying. Depending on what type of character you play, things can be difficult, especially if you wanna go solo...but the same can be said for WoW, and those are the only two MMOs I've played. CoH wants you to do things like pretend a RATHER spacious office building is a tattoo parlor, or pretend you didn't just come out of that door when a new mission is selected. We met some cool people, fought some giant monsters, had some good times. It can be fun if you have a lot of imagination, and patience. Still for me the most fun thing to do was waste time and space designing characters. And now...fun screenie time!

Edit: Oh yeah, and the NPCs can be amusing. I can't tell you how many times we saved Jesus. Cops can have their purses snatched, and even the male officers will run in panicked circles with this high pitched girlie scream.

Giant monster Adamaster


Banished Pantheon


No candy for Trixie



Showing that Eidolon what for!


*points at Nepherateasey* That's Sunshine...my personal ressurection consultant. :P


Rez please.


Hate it when this happens.


Get the !@#$ off my planet!


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12-month Veteran (and counting) right here. I play constantly, practically using all my creation slots for each server. I do agree that the missions can get very repetitive, but that's why the head honchos release new stuff as "Issues" every now and then to keep things a little fresh. Then there's the Double XP weekend, which is great.

My only real gripe is the lag that the game suffers from -- too many people in one place at one time. A small pet peeve I have is the fact that your character will sometimes miss enemies frequently, despite Enhancements and Inspirations. Then there's the Elite Bosses which are insanely resilient and strong. Other than that, I love it.

Oh, by the way, if anyone happens to see Sergeant Victory on Guardian, give him a holler and hello; that'd be me. ;)

I go by Mike Quackenbush on Infinity.

I'm Tobias Fenrir on Justice.