Wolfe hasn't been removed.
Go into the city hall building in Atlas Park, turn left and enter the door at the end of the short corridor, just past the vending machine (you need to click the door, not walk into it)
You can't "roll a villain warshade" (or a villain peacebringer, for that matter). Those archetypes are forced to start blueside and can only switch alignments later.
Uninstalling would not clear your video settings.
This will:
Start -> Find/Run -> REG DELETE HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\CoH
Before you do that, however, try something else: Right-click score.exe -> Properties -> Compatibility -> check the options that pertain to DPI scaling.
Torchbearer is probably most active, since it was the first, but all of Homecoming's servers are regularly crammed full with around 1500 concurrent players on each.
https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Issue%2024
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11cLJiSYlfueJheOumRywG8Evip2Mjmu_30Y6ePaetqY/edit#
That would be the issue. You can't zone until your client finishes loading and uncompressing the zone data. Even a small budget SSD is a vast improvement on that.
Simpler way to reset video settings to defaults: Start -> Find/Run -> REG DELETE HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\CoH
You can replace the instructions on deleting Tequila registry settings with Start -> Find/Run -> REG DELETE HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tequila
So here are a few things to think of:
Remake your originals, but progress their timeline. Just as you've changed, your characters also did.
Reboot your original with modified concept. Think Marvel 616 vs Ultimate Marvel vs MCU
Create a successor to your original character. Think DC One Million, Marvel 2099 or Batman Beyond
There are lower-level Vazhilok on rooftops of several buildings in King's Row, but it's going to take some effort to find them - same with Circle of Thorns.