Super heroes! ASSEMBLEEEE!!! AKA Champions online is free

[MuMu]

I've been playing a Soldier for the last week or so and yea, aside from the character creation it isn't much different from your every other MMO. Having an archtype to choose is actually better for the newcomers than the freeforms since there are many mistakes you can make when you have all the options. Even thought mine is a glass cannon I more-or-less solo-ed the game until my 20s(Level cap is 40) where I began dying like a fly to certain enemies. Also, just like every MMO ever it's going to be a very unsatisfying experience unless you have a fun SuperGroup(Guild), which is pretty mu my primary reason to log in.

Alas, I'm already beginning to get bored out of it.

Agent M@Samuringa in case anyone want to contact me.

Edit: Also, about premium-ship, so far the only thing that seems a bit of a dick move are the bag spaces, you need to buy them if you want to equip extra bags. What makes it a lesser dick move is that you may store ingredients in your vault and still use them to craft stuff.

[Bells]

i've been dying like crazy for those Purple bastards, and doing some Group quests here and there (where i die the most) I managed to pull a big Dexterity score, and my mean attack is ratter weak, but i have a very decent AoD attack with Sonic Arrow, and a charged Shot that one-shot kills a lot of the weaker enemies.

Also, Using Flight during battles isn't all that great. Most enemies have "super Jump" or Ranged attacks. The funny thing is that a lot of the enemies take Fall damage from that. So i tag them once, Fly out of their reach, and them watch them bounce to death... fun!

EDIT:

I forgot to comment this...

I trully feel like a "noob" right now... peopel told me at the forums that there are 2 main things you can't forget to do... Buy healing items (game's fault... it's not really clear where you get those...) and using the Block Key (Shift). it's just amazing the difference the Block key does in battle. I kept dying to this Bastard "mob boss" at the Park. He was level 7 and i was level 8! Then i started to time my blocks to his more powerfull attacks, and BAM Killed him everytime! A Difference like night and day... still not great for Mobs, but the game does expect you to for teams...

[MuMu]

I haven't ever used a healing item but that might just be because the point of my class is that if the guys are still standing up when I finish shooting then I'm screwed. Blocking is indeed fundamental though.

Also, every time an enemy is about to cast a charged attack, a symbol(Usually a BOOM!) will appear after his name.

And really, after you learn to time your blocks the game is more-or-less soloable. Having a partner is still fun though.

If I'm feeling bored I could Sidekick for your folks.

[Token]

I'm currently playing as Mister Vanilla Milkshake, who yes, is a poorly made Doc Scratch. Just started playing a little while ago, beat the tutorial, and I'm in the sewers now. I'm having fun, but it's my first MMO, and I have low expectations. Tempted to make another character to test out Super Speed or Flight, but it's easy enough to use teleportation like flight.

[Bells]

Token, some tips...

Go to Canada when you beat the Tutorial (take the Super Jet there) it's a LOT easier to leevl up there. Do all quests. You can get around 2-3k XP a pop.

In the Powerhouse, you can test all options before leaving. Pick the ones you want, then test them out in the Powerhouse. If you don't like it, go back to the trainer and "undo" your last purchase, and pick again. I tested out all the powers this way. Picked Flight because it doesn't have a time limit, like Teleport does (even though it's the coolest one).

Also, Check the Auction house for some Equips... early level stuff is actually pretty cheap. And don't equipe stuff unless you know you want to use it. If you use them you bound them to you and Bound items sometiems can't be broken down to components for Crafting or Sold.

Also, Crafting is optional. You can get Good enough stuff from Loot. But it's one more thing to do anyway...

[MuMu]

Honestly, I just went the canon route(Metropolis > Desert > Canada) and did just fine. You should always prioritize equips with your SuperStats(The ones in bold yellow) and try teaming up once in a while to learn a stuff or two. Don't worry if you skip a mission or two, this is pretty much Questing Quests: The Game.

I got Acrobatics as a travelling power and it's pretty sweet, the versatility helps lots on uneven places, even more now that I achieved Lvl. 2

[Token]

Thanks. As soon as the server stops being derptarded, I'll be messing around in Canada. Pretty much my only complaint so far is that I've been booted twice today, once at school, and once at home. Other than that, I'm having fun. I'm probably gonna check out flight later, but teleportation seems to be working well for me. The time limit hasn't really bugged me, mostly because you can use it again almost as soon as it's stopped. Haven't been doing much blocking, mostly I've just been "flash stepping" out of the way, which I'm sure is going to prove to be a horrible idea soon. >_>

[Krylo]

Acrobatics was really fun to use, but not nearly as useful as flight or teleportation. The latter of which is good in fights 'cause like Token said--Flash Step.

[Premmy]

So Champions is free, huh, guess I'll try it for realsies this time. Sad to see custom frameworks gone since that's kind of the only thing it had re: Customization on CoH

[Doc ock rokc]

Originally Posted by Premmy

So Champions is free, huh, guess I'll try it for realsies this time. Sad to see custom frameworks gone since that's kind of the only thing it had re: Customization on CoH

CoH actually has the Same customization....