Hello People of Virtue,
So a little background first. When I was in college I played COH constantly on the Pinnacle server. I was in a SG mostly with others in my college and I had several level 50 characters. After COV hit most people on the server migrated to that side (at least temporarily) and later to PVP areas. Most of my SG mates left for other MMO's around this time because of game changes and a hatred of PVP. I had no interest in being a villain so it became very difficult to find teams and I ended up stopping playing around issue 7. A few weeks ago I went to the going out of business sale of the local Borders and found copies of City of Villains and game cards amongst the other items and I decided to come back to the game. Before anyone asks I have no idea why a book store had software but based on the age of the items they had been hiding in a warehouse for a while.
So anyway I came back to the game and its even better than I remember. I chose Virtue because its a lot more populated than my old server so I wouldn't have any problems finding teams. Unfortunately I came a few days before the freedom change hit and I've had the worst luck with teams because of it. Right now I'm trying to level a time/sonic defender and so far I've been kicked off two teams because I wasn't a good enough "healer". At one point a blaster jumped directly into a large mob yelling "HEELZ!!" and then kicked me out after he and the rest of us died shortly after. On top of that most of the teams I've been on have had people comparing this game to WOW or complaining about how free players didn't have access to everything. My favorite incident was this weekend when I joined a team and was kicked off when I mentioned I was a bit rusty because I hadn't played for a while they assumed I was a free/premium player and went off on me about how free players like me are scum and are destroying the game. Not every team I've been on has been bad and its gotten a lot better since level 18 or so but that was my experience getting this far.
Okay, this is more than just a lengthy rant I swear. As I said I'm very out of date and have no clue what's going on half the time plus I'm a little rusty on how to play so I would like some help as a returning player and I have some stupid questions for the super nice people of the forum here.
First, where can I find a decent SG that would be willing to take a semi-noob like me. I know there's a thread on the forum for SG recruitment but I think most of them stopped accepting applicants with the recent influx of new people. I tried going to Atlas Park but the only SG's I found that were recruited just wanted someone with VIP status so I could pay their base rent.
What are the best websites for game and badge information now? I tried googling it and there are a lot of websites including several wiki's dedicated to COH so I don't know what's the best and most up to date.
Is the Pocket D just a replacement for the old Dance Party zone where you can talk and have fun or is there more to it? I'm just asking because there seems to be a lot of the map for the zone than what I have access to. On a related note does Virtue really have its own radio station?
Other than Hami Raids are there ever giant monster hunts? I've been in zones lots of times now when they appear and everyone just seems to ignore them.
