I have been on Champs during this inexcusably stagnant time, and I have to say this is exciting. Why?
1) Because Flying Lab is a GOOD studio and is excited about the lore and IP, and,
2) as has been said over and over, Champions is DRIPPING, OOZING, near BURSTING with totally neglected and in many cases repressed potential.
I don't think Cryptic North has nearly as much work to do as Paragon Studios did when they took over CoH. Colorization is baked in, customization is great, the mechanics are already there for user generated content, and the precedent has been set for endgame content with comic issues and action packs, it's just been vastly underutilized. And they were already moving away from the cartoony feel and look, and this team is used to a much grittier, more CoH-like style.
This could be it, kids.