Does anyone here play this MMORPG? This and The Sims 2 are about the only two PC games I have been playing solidly for the past few years. In fact, I've been a member player of CoH/CoV for nearly five years now that I've gotten tons of "Veterans Reward" badges within the game. However, lately I have found the gameplay to be frustrating to the point that I'm getting bored or tired of playing it. Sure, the creators have added many neat and special features through periodic updates, like new costume pieces and power sets, but I fear the game is losing its overall appeal.
First of all, solo play is not as fun or productive as doing a group mission with other players (that's where MMOs get their strength - from collaborative playing). Whenever I do a solo mission, there always seem to be dozens of enemies one or two levels higher than my character, and I CANNOT even land a freaking single hit.
And the mission is set on "Heroic" (which is Normal/Easy), not "Invincible" (which is the highest difficulty level). I recall someone posting here awhile back that CoH had the worst hit points, and he was telling the truth.
Second, of the dozen servers where players can log in, only two of them (Virtue, for hardcore RPers, and Freedom) are actually busy and the most popular. So even if I wanted to play with a group and level one of my toons, it would be next to impossible to find a team because such servers as Victory, Justice, and Champion (where I used to log in and play) are mostly dead.
And lastly, I'm finding that the characters are only as effective as their power sets (attack, debuff, and defensive factors). For this reason and the previous one, some of the characters I've created are practically unplayable, and I've reached a dead end. For example, up until recently, I had a Level 27 Blaster (long-range attack) I created back in 2003 and had been playing on and off. Now Level 50 is the highest (then it starts over from the beginning with one of two different archetypes, Warshade or Peacebringer). On the other hand, I have a Controller (debuff/defense) I created just six weeks ago and is now on the low level 40s, not to mention a mid-30s Scrapper (Melee) I created months ago. Again, some power sets are stronger than others. Based on one's "archetype," the primary and secondary power sets are chosen.
So I'm thinking as soon as DC Universe On-line goes on-line, I may have to to say adieu to City of Heroes forever.
First of all, solo play is not as fun or productive as doing a group mission with other players (that's where MMOs get their strength - from collaborative playing). Whenever I do a solo mission, there always seem to be dozens of enemies one or two levels higher than my character, and I CANNOT even land a freaking single hit.
And the mission is set on "Heroic" (which is Normal/Easy), not "Invincible" (which is the highest difficulty level). I recall someone posting here awhile back that CoH had the worst hit points, and he was telling the truth.Second, of the dozen servers where players can log in, only two of them (Virtue, for hardcore RPers, and Freedom) are actually busy and the most popular. So even if I wanted to play with a group and level one of my toons, it would be next to impossible to find a team because such servers as Victory, Justice, and Champion (where I used to log in and play) are mostly dead.
And lastly, I'm finding that the characters are only as effective as their power sets (attack, debuff, and defensive factors). For this reason and the previous one, some of the characters I've created are practically unplayable, and I've reached a dead end. For example, up until recently, I had a Level 27 Blaster (long-range attack) I created back in 2003 and had been playing on and off. Now Level 50 is the highest (then it starts over from the beginning with one of two different archetypes, Warshade or Peacebringer). On the other hand, I have a Controller (debuff/defense) I created just six weeks ago and is now on the low level 40s, not to mention a mid-30s Scrapper (Melee) I created months ago. Again, some power sets are stronger than others. Based on one's "archetype," the primary and secondary power sets are chosen.
So I'm thinking as soon as DC Universe On-line goes on-line, I may have to to say adieu to City of Heroes forever.
Playing solo can get very monotonous and boring so I recommend playing this game with groups it's much more fun. I played on Virtue so getting a team is easy, I don't know what it's like for other servers though. I might play Champion Online or DC Universe Online if they are good and hopefully being a superhero mmo instead of fantasy (boring) it will carve out its own niche and survive with a small albeit thriving community. Sadly any MMO that isn't WoW seems to have fail written all over it despite whether or not it's good.
