Yeah, I'm not an MMORPG player for quite a few reasons, but I'll try anything out if it's free and doesn't require a sub. "Stories" are just not my thing in these games. I will say that this game is better than Final Fantasy XIV, I absolutely loathed being forced to do a main story quest.
When i play these games, I play whatever gets me into the action the quickest, and that's typically farming builds. I play to level fast and unlock the powers, because the game is just way more fun once you have all your moves, so getting to that point the quickest is what suits me.
Another thing I absolutely loathe about MMORPGs are the ones too centered on team play as a necessity to level up, or playing classes that require you to team up. I don't like waiting to be invited after spamming an LFG channel, or sitting 10-20 minutes in a que, or sending messages to people trying to put something together, and if I can simply solo and get better exp gains leveling up, then I will. So, I found it extremely refreshing that I could not only do this in CoH, but do it this well.
And I already power leveled a blaster to level 50, made an alt account and multi-boxed it on my brute. I did a couple of TFs on the blaster after I hit 50, and it went pretty smoothly. I am not one of those people who is going to put a bunch of effort into finding a team, but I might take advantage of an opportunity to join one on a whim when it suits me. And for anyone who says you gotta play 1-50 normally to learn how to play the character, I'm calling 100% total bs on that, unless you're someone who's really slow on the take. It's not hard to play a blaster, the rotation is obvious, as is what to use and when, this game is on the basic side. Mostly basic IOs on this level 50 fire/energy blaster, except for 2 scirocco's sets (they're not terribly expensive) and he does what a blaster is supposed to be able to do. I'm as good as the next guy who plays a blaster using similar equipment, and I barely touched this character's rotation prior to 50.
