So now that this is actually out... is it any good? As someone who loved pretty much anything about CoH and someone who greatly dislikes WoW and everything it and other games like it are, what am I likely to like or not like about this game and am I likely to like it overall? Mostly just asking because a couple of friends keep bugging me to get it and I want to know before spending money on it if I'm likely to be there past the first month.
Personally I don't like it, a few of the little niggles I had.
The main story (which you need to advance to unlock certain options) forces you at points to use the Duty finder to do group instances in order to advance. I don't mind doing dungeons etc, but when I want rather than when the devs think I should.
Using quest items or handing them is very fiddly.
The crafting is very slow and forces you to level up other crafts in order to actually be able to make the stuff you want
The first 20 levels is basically a very dull tutorial, expect to run around talking to people a lot, while generally wearing awful outfits.
I have friends that are loving it, but they tend to be people that were heavily invested in Final Fantasy in some way in the past. It seems more a game for FF fans than it is for MMO fans.
I couldn't justify paying for a sub for it, not my kind of game at all.