Not impressed

That, and it can be incredibly frustrating when things just don't work. I bought and tried that other cryptic game, but no matter what it just would not work with my video card. I still haven't played it (after hearing what's going on now, I may be lucky on that count)

First of all welcome to the game. I'm impressed with the way you've handled a difficult installation (i.e. going to the forums to request help), as I usually don't have the patience to do similar. I've had a similar problem with another product when I used a trial account to bootstrap myself to a full installation after losing the original disks, so I can definitely sympathize.

Secondly, this game is very forgiving for older hardware (especially on hero-side), so while you may at times experience a less than optimal play experience the initial machine I ran CoH on was similar to what you are running.

Finally I agree that some of the limitations and features of trial accounts need to be re-examined, and I will convey your experience to the Dev Team. If you have any further feedback on how you feel about trial accounts I'd love to hear about them, if you feel the urge to PM me please do so as I always welcome good feedback.

Thanks for checking us out, I hope you decide to stay!

Mederator 08, you are the coolest.

Well Mod8 since you bought it up, I would like to add two suggestions:
1. When someone sends a tell to a trial account allow them to use /reply to respond to it even though tirals can't send tells (I realize that this may be difficult technically
2. When someone sends a tell to a trial account have some sort of auto-reply feature that gives the sender a "this person is on a trial accoutn and can't respond through tells" response.

No offense intended Mad Briar, none at all, lemme just say that I really enjoy seeing new players come and dip their toes in the Forums here, asking for help, maybe a little defensive after experiencing the player base/forums of other MMOs, only to receive what you will eventually come to realize is an entirely ordinary basket-full of helpful, polite advice and assistance, from everyone here (including the Mods).

I'll again relate my experience with a different game, that I was really enjoying, until I went on their Forums seeking help, and found it was populated primarily by moronic, cranky, abusive, non-helpful players, and power-mad Mods.

I have yet to play that game again. And I was enjoying it! But the Forum population soured my view of the game so much, I didn't even want to look at the icon on my desktop, and dragged into a folder to hide it from view.

Stick with CoX, keep coming back to the Forums, you'll soon understand why this is my (and others') favorite game Period.

Sure, the game itself is great fun, but more importantly, I think, you'll find the players are really smart, really helpful (heroic even), and at times really REALLY funny.

Welcome to the briar patch Mad Briar.

Hope to see you in Paragon or the Rogue Isles sometime.

I think I probably had the worst computer in the CoV beta. I rarely got frame rates in the double digits, and never more than 15 fps or so. I'd like to think that my experience was somehow helpful to the dev team, but after a while I gave in and bought a new computer. I certainly can't afford to do that again for ultra mode.

But even with my old computer I never had any trouble at all playing CoH.

So far Defiant server seems empty. I've seen one other player.

Freedom usually has more people on it. I personally spend most of my time on Victory and Virtue but have noticed that there seems to be a fewer people on now than previously. The load times for new zones etc seem to be getting much longer. I upgraded my internet connection to twice the speed but the improvement was not really great.

I just had to reinstall it on my new Gateway P7908. It took a while, but it worked without a hitch. IIRC, on my old laptop I started out with the trial version and it did fine. There were a few things that had to be straightened out, but once we nailed it down, no problems and I ended up buying.

There's always hiccups with software, see if you can iron it out - it is great fun and not a game that requires LOTS of time to invest to enjoy the game.

I live in the UK so that's why they are the Euro servers (i knew what region i was working with). Server just seems devoid of life. Not sure what I can do if I cant message or group with other people on the trial.

Mad Briar, if you're still hanging out here on the forums, you might be able to hook up with more EU players via the European Lounge forums, or the more specific forums for Defiant or Union (click the linkies ).

I also agree with the suggestion to put in a "search comment" as described by Dispari, so when folks look at the team search list, most will understand your limitations right off the bat.

For customizing your windows, keybinds, etc., take some time to go through the in-game menus thoroughly. Not only is there a very comprehensive options menu, but also (somewhere in there) there is a kind of guide to commands and shortcuts. Some of those commands have changed over the years, but most are still viable.

There are also several player written guides here on the forums that address almost anything you can think of, and as has been mentioned, if you have any other questions, by all means ask... We'll do our best to answer.

Finally, I think I can say we all hope you will enjoy the game. However, if, after testing the waters, you decide that it's not your cup of tea, we understand that too.