Here's another link to anyone who want's  in.

http://beta.salemthegame.com/?ref=b254862570d

I just resubbed last week  after not playing for a few years, I too was a bit overwhelmed. So I just rolled a new toon and started playing,  I really  like the fact that you can  log into COH play a few missions and log out  you don't have to  plan  on  playing for  hours at a time unlike most MMO's.

How is the pop in Vanguard now? I played at launch for a few months but never found a guild I fit into.

Gothic III  oh hell really any of the Gothic games.

Two Worlds  is pretty horrible  as well.

I think the are trying to make every  powerset  different  from each other. CO and COH  both have more power sets but  how many of those sets  have the same power just with a different name and animation?  I do agree they should  add a few other powersets or  add more powers to the  talent trees, that way  they  give the players more  to choose from.

I've played for a few weeks now  and here is a few of my thoughts about DCUO.

1) Yes  there is only  3 travel powers right now, which is ok  maybe they will add Teleport  or a super jump or somthing like that but those 3 powers are the most used  travel powers in comic books.

2)The powersets  really need some work. Right now  there is Mental, Ice, Fire, Nature,  Gadgets and Magic. I know they  really need to add a few more power sets, like a pure strength, electricity, energy  and a few others. There is just too many players running around with the same powers right.

3)  The game is fun,  to me that's a reason to  play  any game rather it be an MMO or a SPG. Seeing the different  heroes and villians around the cities  make u  feel like  u  are really a part  of the DC  Universe. I've seen  Zoom, Joker, Flash, Batwoman, Scarecrow, Cyborg, Nightwing, Starfire, Parasite, Power Girl, Bane, DeathStroke, H.I.V.E, Raven, Brother Blood, Felix Faust,  and many others just  in the first 12 levels I have played so far.

4)  I have not teamed up with one, except for one  alert mission and that was pretty fun. I'm  not sure  but I don't think there is a LFG  option right now and I don't see too much action in the chat windows either.

5) I'm wondering what other cities and places they have planed, you can  only go thru Gotham City so many times.

I've paid for a played  only the first  free month:  Champions Online, Final Fantasy Online, Fallen Earth, Linage 2, Star War Galaxies and WOW. Didn't pay anything for EQ2EX  but  only tried it for 2 days.

Games I've played longer then the first 30  days

City of Heroes

Everquest 2

Shadowbane

Currently  trying Darkfall only my first week in.

I just  bought  Darkfall   on Friday  and  have  played maybe 8  hours total. I have  run into a few people  here and there  but  very little activity in any of the chat windows. I'm  going to play thru the 30  trial, but  not sure if  I will play for it  any longer then that.

Actually  most retail  stores if not all  buy the product  out right. I've  seen  many  cancelled MMO's still for sale  and a few   games that  have  gone FTP   still being sold  in  many stores.  I don't think there is way to for the stores to get their $$ back at all. It's just like if they   bought 10,000 copies of a horrible game that  few people  picked up,  they can't return it  so they might a well sell as many as they can.

I have thought  too about playing Aion,  but  I have not heard the best things about  it. I'm not a WOW  hater,  but after trying it many times  I just cannot get into it. I downloaded  DDO  played for all of 30 mins  and deleted it. SW: TOR looks  good  but  I'm not sure about that one either.

As I'm  writing this I'm  downloading  Runes of Magic   going to give it another try.

I'm in the same  boat too.   I had subscribed to AOC  but got bored,   retried CO but got bored finally resubbed to COH  and played that for a few months  but   game is getting boring. I've tried almost everything out right  and  nothing really  appeals to me. I want to give  DCU  a try  but  still debating  on  it.

I think my biggest problem  is  I play mostly  during the night  when less people are on and I can never seem to find a guild  that  feels like home if u know what I mean  or maybe I just choose the wrong servers.

What's the point of crafting in a super hero  MMO  anyway?  I can understand  a fantasy   mmo. But  super heroe's  don't need   armor, weapons,  potions,  necklaces,  or rings for the most part.    It  just  wouldn't make sense to have   crafting in DCU. I know there is the invention system  in COH  but I have used it less then a handful of times.

I have  played a few times in the night  time  and in all honest the search  shows  less then 10 people playing.

I seen many  extinct  MMO's for sale  at  a  big chain  storemany times  and I  really want toask them  why would they sale a game  that   people can no longer  play. Most stores  will not  let u  return a game  once  u  open it, so  the store makes their $$ and  the customer  is stuck  with a game they cannot play.

This same store   also  has  many  mmo's they  used to have a subscription fee but  went  F2P  later.

I have the same ?'s as u. I quit AOC went back to EQ2 but just  not having fun  over there. So  today  I resubbed to CO just  to  check it out again.

I'm only up to level 13, but still having fun and enjoying  it. You know every MMO  has haters, hell there is even people who hate everything SOE  puts out. I don't pay much attention to them  and I will keep playing as long as I'm having fun!

I just figured hell for $4.95  why not giv it a shot there  not much to lose.  I'm  just  looking for something fun to play for awhile, I think those first 30 days will give me enough time to decide if I wish to continue or not.

Well after cancelling Champions Online and Fallen Earth this month, I've decided to give Age of Conan a try. I know it's not the best MMO  out there,  but so far I'm enjoying it.

I downloaded the 7 day trial  from Fileplanet  then after 2 days went to upgrade subscription and what do I see 75%  off the game price so for $4.95  I get the full game  and 30 days of free time,  not  too freaking bad. Thats less then a combo meal  at Carl's  Jr.!

I had the same problem,  it took me almost 24 hours to get everything downloaded. I  turned off everything  I could think that might interfer  but it would still freeze after downloading a  bit.  I  just closed it out  and kept relaunching the updater  I swear  it took me at least 60 times, once I had  maybe 1 gig left to download  it  went smooth though. 

Pretty nice game so far, I'm only level 3  but so far so good!