I agree with the sentiments about going to a new server. After filling my slots on Union, I started playing on Defiant and in a day of play I sent more petitions for harrassment than I had in a year of playing on Union. Does this mean Defiant is worse?
The likely reason is that when I started playing on Union, I was a newcomer still finding my feet and simply not confident enough to be critical of other people (I would add also that I had not formed an opinion of what was acceptable behaviour). After a while I made friends and joined a couple of supergroups. To an extent, they shield you from the less savoury players and experiences.
Moving to Defiant, I was back to square one again. There were lots of unfamiliar names standing under Atlas globe and almost every team I joined would be composed of strangers. I also had a year of experience under my belt and less tolerance of annoying players.
While my head tells me that both servers are the same in this respect, I can not help feeling that Defiant has more beastly people.
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But so far, everyone has been great. The only problem I'm finding is joining a "good" SG. I dont mind playing in SG all the time, but each SG kinda dissolves and leaves me standing there going "huh" and invited to a new one.
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I found that too. I think that in my case it's because of altitis - I'd get obsessed with one toon for a while, then switch to another and create another, and I'd tend to "lose" all the people I was levelling with and building a relationship with, including SG mates. By the time I got round to playing that toon again (maybe a month or two later) all the old "crew" would either be 50s or have disappeared.
SGs really come into their own in the late game - the final dash to 50 is strangely reminiscent of the first 15 levels, only the levelling takes longer, you have a billion more powers, etc. But there's a similar sense of "camaraderie".