Thanks guys for the replies.
@Lines, Glad you got to see some of the decent aspects of CO. And you're right though, about the multiple currencies thing, it is very confusing and I'm glad CoH has much fewer currencies. That's always a red flag for me, it seems like a ploy in any freemium game to muddle the true value of one's purchase with multiple currency types. Also good point about CoH dabbling in microtransactions, I wouldn't be surprised that if it did stay around, if it wouldn't have gotten just as bad as CO did.
@Marine X Thanks for the tip about the graphics se