On a tanker I only pay attention to the health on the team bar. Otherwise I am pulling and herding the enemies. If I see someone's health go down I grab aggro from them.
On a defender I watch other people's health and follow whoever is running point
On a controller I watch other people's health and mostly look for lt's I can mezz.
I make a character and play them to 21. Then I turn off XP. I then slot them with SOs and play them to evaluate their powers.
I respec them and may create an alternate build as essentially another respec.
When I am satisfied with the build I delete them and remake them and replay them to level 21 then turn off XP.
Most of the time I just use the build that I made as I leveled. Sometimes I respec because when you respec you can put more slots into the last powers you got.
It is a "flaw" with the game that the animations and themes are tied to the effects. So even though I love the look of dual blades I don't play it because I don't like the powers.
You just have to live with it. But with so many powersets you should be able to find a set that you love the theme and the effects.
Like, could some trustworthy and reliable in the community gather donations and start running CoH ads on gaming websites and such?
Is the CoH team doing any advertising?
Is that the outdoor map in a fenced in area on a hill, and there are multiple buildings with a lot of ramps going up in the north part of the map?
That is a map I really like. A lot of diversity in fighting areas and exploring.
There are a lot of maps. The coolest ones tend to be for specific missions.
For coolness factor, ease of completion, whatever - what is your favorite map?