Zonk

Wow, thanks everyone for all the great responses. My primary power set consists of electrical powers, so I have an electric shield for defense and and electrical brawl, another power called lightning rod.

I definitely appreciate everyone's advice. I'm going to go back in there and give it a shot and hopefully report back with some good news. Then again, based on everyone's responses, I'm strongly considering starting over with another archetype, It's early still for me so I figure it's not a huge disappointment to do that!

Thanks a ton guys!

Hey there! I just began trying City of Heroes after trying my first MMO (Star Trek Online) a few weeks ago. I love the CoH genre and am really looking forward to getting into the game. But I am stuck, big time!

I'm a scrapper with an emphasis on science and my first mission is to clear the sewers of Zombies to locate a character. I get killed constantly. It's extremely frustrating.

My question is do I need to do these levels with more than one person, or do I just not yet get the hang of combat? I've been killed so many times without much progress that I'm almost ready to throw in the towel. Considering how badly I wanted to play this game, that notion is such a let down. (I did a lot of research and reading on CoH vs. Champions and this one is wildly more popular and successful)

Any help or guidance anyone can offer me is greatly appreciated.