Just wondering if anyone plays this here!

I played CoH during the summer of '05...

I bet a lot has changed since then so I can't really say much.

I've played the betas for a while. Also, I've played on a friend's account for a longer while.

The character creation is nothing short of totally awesome. If you can think of it, you can make it! However, beyond the character creation, the game horribly sucks. A game like this may need no story, but it's a grindfest till the bitter end. It can only hold my attention for so long.

The character creation is nothing short of totally awesome. If you can think of it, you can make it! However, beyond the character creation, the game horribly sucks. A game like this may need no story, but it's a grindfest till the bitter end. It can only hold my attention for so long.

The game actually has a decent storyline from 40-50 with all the portal stuff you do, but the last missions before that (35-40 or so) are sooooo boring and pointless. In general it's storyline:grind ratio is the same as any other mmorpg (WoW, FFXI, etc.) and it benefits from having a much more fun combat system. The excelelnt community, of course, is the main reason I was playing for so long.

The game actually has a decent storyline from 40-50 with all the portal stuff you do, but the last missions before that (35-40 or so) are sooooo boring and pointless. In general it's storyline:grind ratio is the same as any other mmorpg (WoW, FFXI, etc.) and it benefits from having a much more fun combat system. The excelelnt community, of course, is the main reason I was playing for so long.

I disagree. I found the combat system and ability (superpowers) rather limited.

I played City of Villains for two months before the grind made me sick and I cancelled the account and uninstalled.

The only fun part was the PvP.