Returning player - question or two

Hello folks, I'm a returning player ( I think I played last around about the time before anniversary, a little after architect came out) and I was looking for a few hints and tips on the following :

What, presently, are the more desired / seldom seen / "If I could click my fingers and magic something up, this would be it" archetypes

Conversely, what are the opposite, the all too commonly seen ones?

I understand that player satisfaction is greater than how many people play that archetype, yadda yadda (I'm complicated, m'kay? :P)

Oh, another thing. I heard they lowered the epic Archetype requirement down to 20, but reading some posts people were saying that only non-praetorians can unlock them, but I read another post apparently quoting a GM saying that a praetorian who (bear with me here) goes fully to paragon city or rogue isles WILL unlock aforementioned epic AT. This right?

(Disclaimer - I'm waiting on the game to download so I have no idea what most of that means)


Final thing - since I'm returning but will likely be low level (dont think many of my toons broke level 15 before) are there any major super..group..thingies (I dont know the term for villain supergroups, or if the praetorians have one) on the EU side that I can chill with.

Oh, addendum - to the EU folks, Onion or Defunct, which one is more swinging nowadays. I think Onion was before, but I'd just like to make sure.


Uhm, thanks for reading, if you read.

~Mackie

"Conversely, what are the opposite, the all too commonly seen ones?"
SS/WP SS/INV and Demon/Pain in my opinion

Also, the EATs are unlocked after your praetorian goes full villain or hero.. has to be completely one way or the other.

Indulge me please, if you went full hero/villain, could you then go back down/up the slippery slope ( and would that then re-lock the EATs?)

(Oh, and I have no idea what SS/WP etc means, sorry!)

I see, so the archetypes (brutes, tankers?) using those power sets are the most frequently encountered (in your opinion - more peoples opinion would be nice to have :P)

Funny, I'd have thought the more blastery types would be common.

Reading between the lines, you're looking for an AT that will make you very desirable on teams, Yes?


You're a returning player, but my gut tells me you've been playing a MMO that goes by the "Holy Trinity" of Tank/Heal/Damage types.

In my opinion, a skilled, attentive, FUN player is really what matters most in CoH.

The ATs are so versatile and so...tweakable...that any and all ATs are desirable.

I form and lead Pick-up Groups (PuGs) on an almost nightly basis, have been for years, and I think I could count on one hand the number of times I've had to go hunting for that ONE SPECIFIC A-T that our group "needed".

I've formed teams of all Controllers and Defenders and steamrollered everything in our path. Teams with no tank, 3 tanks, 6 Blasters, 6 'trollers, you name it, ANYTHING GOES in CoH.

Pick an AT you enjoy playing, be smart, skilled, and funny, and people will be Friending you right and left and you'll never have trouble finding a team.