![]() It made sense to be swarmed by ten plus minions only to take them out easily and then you see the big bad boss in the background. The game was designed so you could take on a ton of minions, a few Lt.’s and one Boss or Arch Villain. What thrilled me about COH is that even at level 1 most classes could fight more than one mob at a time. This meant the tank turned the mob towards him in a corner or some such obstruction and everyone else pounds from behind. ![]() Pretty much the name of the game for EQ was tank and spank. Sure, you had classes that could kite, but it was a long, boring, slow process. In Everquest it was almost impossible to fight more than one mob at once if it was anywhere near your level. Of course this meant less offensive and defensive ability slots, but for some it was perfect fit for this hero design. You could even add additional travel abilities so you could fly and jump and teleport. It also showed you how big the zones were when you have fully upgraded super speed and it still took time to travel across the map. You could even enhance those powers to go faster than the default speed and it really made you feel like a superhero. COH gave players a ton of abilities, allowing you to fly, teleport, jump and speed your way across their world. Today various travel abilities are available in many different MMO’s, that wasn’t the case during City of Heroes time. Later you could add capes and special lights and auras and additional costume slots which just added to the awesomeness. Some people spent hours on their costume alone and who could blame them, you could pretty much make anything, including replicas of your favorite superheroes which got many in trouble. You could pick from a template, go simple or spend hours designing an outfit that matched the hero you wanted to create. Since there was no real loot in the game besides enhancement tokens your costume was extremely important and to this day I believe COH has the best costume creator out there. Total Costume Customization City of Heroes The new was City of Heroes, which I felt was a breath of fresh air to the MMO scene. The old was Everquest 2 which turned out to be a failure for me in its opening few weeks. I have always loved Superhero’s ever since I was a kid and after playing Everquest for several years I was looking forward to something old and something new.
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