I tried DCUO with a mouse (in beta) and hated it. Enough of my CoX SG buddies migrated to it that I gave it another chance, but this time I bought a cheap PS3-style PC controller, and I've learned to like it (so far, highest character is still only something like 13). It's very, very different from CoX in philosophy: you really do have to learn the rocks-paper-scissors combat if you don't want to be frustrated, and it doesn't really feel like you're making any in-combat decisions until either you can deliberately pull of one or two of the combos, or you've unlocked enough powers in your tree that you have some situational options. The movement powers are different and fun... superspeeding up a wall is a blast. I'm less sold on the gear aspect, but at least you can divorce that from appearance if you like. I really miss the costume options and sliders, but the look of the world is quite good. We'll see what happens if and when I hit 30 and it becomes more grindy. My friends tell me to think of CR as more like your level, and the levels up to 30 are just unlocking your powers, but... one of the things I didn't like about CoX was the Incarnate grind. (Played since launch, never once got a character to +1 Incarnate... barely had any characters that even had an Alpha slot.)