Is it worth it to start up?

I know everybody already said it but CoH truely is a differt game. I hated WoW when i tryed it for a month cause all my friends played on their 80's doing raids, and i was left to solo grind alot. For CoH you don't need a "guild" (called supergroups here) to be able to team or talk. WoW was a solo grinde for me and I hate that, especially coming from CoH. I also think the population of CoH is friendlier and more helpful to new players.

You can always find teams via broadcast, search or global channels. One thing i would recomend is that if you decide to subscribe, once you pick a server post on the server section and say hi. Find out that servers main global channels, IMO they are the best way to get on TF's and teams, as well as get help.

Good Luck!!

If you have a Big Lots store in your area check out the software section and you may be able to still find some Good VS Evil editions for $10. They come with a month of game time. Upgrade your account with the code for a cheaper full experience than just a Trial code.

Welcome to the game.

I see teams running at all levels. Since there is no raid-play centered on having high levels with the phattest l3wt clustered together, and especially given the new SSK (supersidekick) mechanic, which enables teaming almost without regard to level, I would say you will not be soloing much unless you want to.

Sure it is.

You usually see tons of people congregated in Atlas Park or at the Black Market in Cap au Diable. Lots of grouping through sewers and such.

When you start up, check your chosen server's forum for their teaming and global channel for more teaming opportunities. For example, Champion has BMT of Champion, Pinnacle has Cozmic's Playground and PinnBadges and so on. These are fairly busy channels where people look for teams and so on. Since a lot of people are indoors (instances) doing missions, this alleviates the feeling you are "alone".

Just my two cents,
I'm the oddball of the bunch."So my global friends tell me "
I'm close to receiving my 30 month badge, have a hand full of alts 4 or 5.but I still play exclusively of my main a 50 fire/fire blaster.
I've got a little over 3000 hours log on him, and there's not a whole lot of content left that he haven't been through but I still have loads of fun playing him.

SO.

Is it worth it to start up? IMHO, yes

This is one of the greatest games ever and our community reflects that by be being the most player friendly and helpful in all MMO's

Take the plunge the waters great,and I'll see ya at the deep end

Edit:

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Originally Posted by Renardine Other MMORPGs are to City of Heroes what Kansas was to Oz.

now that needs to be in a sig.

For the OP, I love this game. A lot. I think there are things that can be improved, sure, but if you like to build, customize, and play, this is a great one. Is there any other MMO that comes even close to the variety of character design this one does? Some would say AION, but they're not even close (for variety anyway).

If you want to see what I mean, check out my character creation guide here:

http://www.jordans-town.com/toon-gen

Edit: It occurs to me that you asked what the point was to start after so long. The answer is that it doesn't matter. Listen to the others and take your time. I suggest Atlas/Galaxy > Hollows > Faultline > Croatoa. If you follow the arcs in those zones, you'll be level 35 to 40 by the time you're done and you will have seen the most unique and fun content in the game. But the next character can take a different route and see even more

Last note, go to virtue. Freedom is full, but full of rude players IMHO. If you don't mind a slower server, I make my primary home at Triumph and it suits me well. If you love PVP, Freedom is actually the best server AFAIK

In addition to all the great advice given thus far, I'd like to not only echo those things, but to also add that, in CoX, there are global chat channels. i.e. you can chat to anyone on these channels from any server. There are usually specific channels that are made to help persons find teams, TF/SFs and it's usually a nice place to just chat. Whatever server you decide upon, I'd urge you to check that Server's Forum section to get the name of those particualr channels you should join.

Welcome to the City!

Simply put: this game is PUG Heaven.

The absolutely last thing you need ever worry about is finding people to group up with at all levels. That is this game's speciality, and the secret of its continuing moderate success despite its (relative) lack of endgame (which the devs are now focussing on) and (until relatively recently) loot.

A lot of recruiting is done through the LFT system, which is slick and easy to use, but you can also use the global channels (check the server pages on this forum). You will find yourself getting private tells inviting you to groups from day 1, and after you've played for a few weeks you will get the hang of the system yourself and be inviting people left right and centre - even to do your own mission chains.

Take it from me - I was addicted to CoX for 3 years, then for a year I subbed on and off, then for a year I played other MMOs exclusively. All MMOs have their good points, but I can now safely say that no other game apart from DDO is as friendly to casual grouping as this game.

And that's why I've just recently come back!

I'm spending ALL of Sunday, February 7th in the City.

If you have a full account by then, you can send me a tell. Make sure your chat options allow you to receive messages from the opposing faction (Heroes/Villains)

/t @Xalaqia, Hey, new guy here, and I have a few questions!

Trial Account only? Trial accounts can use the help channel, and are visible on the same server only (I think). I'm usually on the Victory Server.
/hc New Guy here, and have a few questions!

I may be editing my base (yup, you can have a super-base!), or respeccing one of my dozens of characters, or writing my new mission arc (yes, you CAN CREATE AND PLAY YOUR OWN MISSIONS/QUESTS!), so I may not see your message immediately.

The trial accounts and full accounts use the same download, so if you upgrade, you don't need to download or install anything else.

Welcome to the City!

Yeah, most negative nancies you see are people who are jerks anyway and the game's better off without them.

This game gets rid of so many tedious and terrible things that other MMOs consider 'content'. You get travel powers rather quickly, so there's no jogging slowly for hours to get to missions. PVP is completely optional (and not particularly popular) and the game warns you from miles away about it. Thanks to the Sidekick system you can team with literally anyone, anywhere (to an extent) and still contribute to the team, and there's many different paths to levelling- it's impossible to do all the content on one character without deliberately slowing your progress.

This is the only game where there's a button to turn off XP gain, and it's considered a good feature.

Welcome to the game and the forums, Neheshalom