Is your original "main" your "main"?

I made and deleted a couple of characters when I first started playing, but my two "Main" characters (i.e. the ones on which I have logged the most hours) were both created within my first... maybe 2-4 weeks of playing.

My first rolled characters were tankers. It took me a few tries to figure out that tankers just weren't for me. Then followed a string of Gravity/FF controllers and TA/Archery defenders. Leveling was slow and alts were plentiful. I had no main character.

I had joined in Issue 11, and when Issue 12 rolled out, I really wanted to make a Crab Spider. By that time I had 2 high level characters -- a level 32 DB/Fiery Aura brute and a level 30 Ice/Cold corruptor. I had to choose which one to try to get to 50 so I could unlock VEATs, and I chose the corruptor. I thought teams would want the buffs and debuffs and that he'd be more popular than the brute for invites. I played the hell out of Jakob Frost to level him up. I set aside my altitis because I wanted that Crab Spider!

Jakob Frost was my first 50. My Crab Spider was my second 50, but by then I'd really figured out how to play my corruptor. He's been my main ever since. When I started playing much more on Victory than Virtue, I moved Jakob Frost right on over, where he is today. He's my badger, my go-to character when times are tough and critters need debuffed and killed. He was the first character I really spent money on IO sets for. When incarnate content came out, there was no doubt who'd be doing it first.

He didn't initially have much of a personality, but he's really become a recognizable character to me now. I've written a short story about him for a contest, and really enjoyed doing so.

He became my main by accident, and because I wanted a VEAT, but he's remained my main because I really enjoy playing him.

My original toon when the game came out will always be my true main even though he's fallen on the wayside. He's a machine as a BS/SR Scrapper with a unique build that works really well for my playstyle.

My Ice/Cold Corrupter after getting her IO'd out (semi-old vet returning when Freedom launched) and then Incarnate is just so much more enjoyable. Kind of a jack of all trades but yet I don't feel like a master of none. So she's basically become what I deem a "co-main" or I guess a Vice President of my toons.

The rest are just alts who I play on occasion if the team needs a certain AT.

My original main character and first 50 was Two Dollar Bill, Illusion/Empathy Controller. Best support character ever. After The Great Nerfing (Issue 5) he was never quite the same and my Warshade soon became my main character.
The Warshade was never nerfed into obscurity but another alt, my Crab Spider, eventually rose up to usurp his position.
Both my Controller and Warshade are semi-active on Justice, mostly in iTrials.

Maiden Canada was created at launch and today is my only Incarnate. I am working on other characters a lot lately, but she will always be my "main". She still looks the same as 8 years ago.

My first character (rad defender) was created deliberately as a character to try out the game systems. I played her exclusively to level 50, and then I created my actual main, which was the character type I intended to create as my main all along (fire blaster).

My first character was Ullikummis. He was my first 50, my first incarnate, my only character to have all T4 incarnate powers, and as my badger, he is still frequently played. But, when there are no badges to be had, others take over as my "main."

Yes. Tyger is my main.


The character I always wanted to play as.
The guy who has all the badges.
The guy who gets first dibs on any new systems that come out.
The guy who gets all the cash and/or supplies all the others.
The patriarch of my character lists and my accounts.
He'll be the guy who turns out the lights.

He's also my strongest concept, something which I feel is more than just what powers they wield.

Sitania for example was made when Thugs came out. She was made months after my first villain and overtook him, hitting 50 right before VEATs hit. She's also my easiest and hardest to play, straddling the line between weak and powerful. So much fun which is why I still enjoy playing her and she took the mantle of my main villain till GR came along and she got the job of being 'the Destroyer'. She's always the second I take through the new systems.

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No.

Originally I played the Silver Sledge on Virtue, maybe a year or two. Since then the closest thing I've had to a main was my namesake Starflier.

Unfortunately, I don't really enjoy playing characters after they hit level 50, so now that I get free server transfers, my 50's get shipped to the boonies whenever they hit 50 to make room for characters I will actually play.

Closest thing I have to a main at the current time is Dynamite Jack, an Energy/Energy brute.

My first toon back in Issue 3 was a fire/Storm controller which was deleted around Issue 11-12 I think. That was back when I had no clue really about the game. Took me forever to make it to 50 LOL. Since then I have made and deleted roughly 30-40 50's.

Until now - My Fire/Time Corruptor is my main toon and my names sake. It took me 5 years to find a main, but I am loving every minute of it

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My very first CoH character, Masked Shrike (Inv/EM tank) will always be the one I consider my 'spiritual' main. She's a character that has been through many incarnations, and she's dear to my heart. She's been retired for quite some time. I can't actually remember the last time she came out to play, but maybe she'll get Incarnated once Dark Astoria is redone. Weirdly, my mains on all three MMOs I play are tank classes, so I must like that type.

Shrike was not my first 50, though. My Ill/Emp controller, Scarlet Specter, made it to level cap first. I'd have to say she was my main for a time. She is my badge collector, and at one time I was a fairly obsessive badger. Nowadays I'm merely casual, but Scarlet still comes out to get new badges, here and there. I quite like playing controller-types; my two other 50s are both 'trollers.

I'd have to say that these days, PinUp Girl is my 'functional' main. A DB/WP scrapper, she's a hoot to play. She's dear to my heart for different reasons, and she was the character that led me to make the switch from Victory to Virtue. She's my only character who has any Incarnate stuff. She still gets playtime on a semi-regular basis. Through her I have discovered that DPSing is jolly good fun.

My original main is not my main. I enjoy Force Fields, but with all the new Defender/Corrupter sets, as well as all the melee stuff, I'm always working on new toons.

I guess my current main is a Kinetic Melee/Ninjitsu Stalker. I also have a main Blaster, but once she hits 50, my Beam Rifle/Time Manipulation will probably be my main

Kobolt my very first char was made in beta...when the game went live I re-rolled him and figured it out that elec/elec blasters were lam-o (2004) lol. Fire Chief was born a fire/nrg blaster and WOW!!! NO lookin' back after that, took him to 50 (or was it 40 then lol) but anywho shelved him and re-rolled Kobolt (ice/cold baby) when corruptors came about he was prob a mistake but started diggin' the powers and went to 50 really quick. Sooooo yeah in my mind he is my main and my only character to have all T4 incarnate powers.

I created two characters during my initial trial period. Golden Avariel (elec/elec blaster) and Shadowguardinal (dark/dark tank). I love both and both were made to pair up with a friend who joined me in the trial period. The other person preferred the Shadowguardinal team so that one really became my main for a long time and my first 50 while GA languished at 28th level. I played her off and on for years getting first 1 then 2 and 3 levels ahead of her partner. When xp-manipulation came to the game I turned it off and started playing her a lot. She was level 31 for a LONG time. I finally decided to set her free mid-last year and last night finally dinged 50 after almost 43 months of play.

I play all my characters a lot but those two have a special place in my lineup and also happen to be my first.

I don't have a "main" so much. I usually focus on characters in pairs (usually the hero and it's villain counterpart, something like that), but my first toon is still alive and kicking. And shooting bad guys with arrows.

I do have a main, conviently named WarMain and I've stuck with that character a good many years.

Tabby_Cat (Claws/Regen) went into retirement shortly after she dinged 50, she does make appearances on rare occasions. As to why she did i realy could not say, maybe she misses her regular group so much that when they left that she decided to leave the saving of the city to other heros.

My very first toon I ever created is still the one that gets all the shinies first... gets completely min-max-ed when possible and is my badger.

So the answer is yes!!