So I played CoH back in the original beta and then at launch for like 1-2 months. But had a budding career, young babies, and a wife that thought games were for children. Now the kids are grown and the ex-wife is nagging some other poor soul. Time to play again. But over the years I have lost what little gaming sense and coordination I might have ever had.
I'm currently trying to play the same original concept I had all those years ago. A Rad/Dark Defender. It's not going great, although I'm only like level 11 or something like that. I'll probably play this to 50 unless things absolutely fall apart, in which case I might play something else first and come back to this? I also need something to shoot for and maybe an explanation of how I "should" be playing. Right now I'm just a shitty Ali-Express discount version of a blaster 75% of the time, only putting my debuffs up and popping AM against harder targets or large adds. I pull with my T3 snipe and then just alternate between my T1 blast and my T2 DoT.
But I'm terrible at positioning, hard finding the right range. I'm terrible timing, I know my stuff pops off CD and I sit there for longer than optimal before using it. And if anything goes wrong I die real quick.
I thought about playing a Brute or Scrapper. I heard they are a lot easier, but melee range would be terrible for me. I'm just bad at moving/running/positioning. So I though Blaster, range makes it easier, but I think they die very quick if things go wrong and you don't watch your positioning and get rushed. I thought Tanker as they should survive those OMG moments and give me time to respond. But again with melee range and positioning.
I'm not looking for an I Win button or anything. I don't even need the character to be even average on power comparisons. Doesn't have to be the most cutting edge META end game build. Just looking for something that is easier/simpler to play and more tolerant of sub optimal player behind the keyboard. Any good ideas for that?
