I'm still in search of my new home but am hopeful that The Secret World will fill that void. Since Sunset I've returned to SWTOR where I have a RL friend but our play hours never seem to fall in line so it's still a solo experience for me. I'll keep this on my computer and will return to it on occasion but I'm definitely not investing tons of time into it.
I've also tried CO (again) and my reaction to it was not good (again). Imagine touching a hot stove...with your eyeballs.
I tried LOTRO and got a LoreMaster up to lvl 14 or so. Not too shabby for a totally free game. Very WoW'ish. Will keep at it from time to time and hope to make some acquaintances there, but I don't have high hopes for it.
And finally, I tried TSW. I am cautiously optimistic that this will be the game for me. The graphics are tremendous! And my computer can handle it just fine, no lag so far...woot! The idea of a free form build is great in theory but it has required a hell of a lot of research outside of the game, ie forums, wiki, youtube, just to get an idea of what I want to be. I definitely am bordering on paralysis by analysis on this. I'll get through it but my fear, due to lack of knowledge, is how to course correct if I don't necessarily enjoy the powerset I've selected. I ultimately left the Illuminati training room with an Assault Rifle slung on my back and picked up a shotgun after helping poor Andy the Police Officer with his bullets. Reverting back to my altitis, I then rolled a Dragon to try the Hammer/Blade/Chaos powers.
If I'm allowed to ramble a bit more, and of course I am since this is a forum, I wanted to add that I was positively giddy when I left the tutorial in TSW and zoned into the main hub where people are just waiting around spamming LFM/LFG/Need DPS/Tank/Healer/whathaveyou. I didn't think I would be so happy to see so many teams forming. I had to stop myself from broadcasting "I don't know my ass from my elbow, but I would love to join a team!". This gives me great hope that once I get semi comfortable with the powers, I will be able to interact with other people, which is...err, was (ouch)... something i loved about CoH.
That's all I have for now, thanks for reading and hope to see some of you online. I can be found as John "Allotrion" Stoik, or Alan "AshaManCoH" Mandragoran, both are on the RP server (Arcadia?). I would greatly enjoy speaking with CoH Refugees over there. And yes, I will attempt to join the CoH Refugee channel on TSW as soon as I figure out how.