I was getting all nostalgic for CO and thinking about messing around with it again, but now I don't know.
Well, I wouldn't recommend spending any money on it, could try it out with an archtype though I'm not sure how enjoyable the game is with something underpowered :/. It's hard for me to say much when I feel the game bait and switched me and others.
Edit: Alot of CO's problem is this vocal minority that seems to have to loud of a voice, comprised of try-hards of some variant or another wanting balance but often asking for changes that only benefit them. These stop having fun guys and scrubs have been killing CO for a very long time and changes like the one made that cause people to feel they were bait-and-switched? They just rub salt in the wound as a "victory dance". They have no concept of the consequences of their actions and how they affect others and don't compromise, either, unfortunately. So things like the plasma beam bait and switch happen and people leave over it regularly and it's gotten to the point that, as I said, people are calling it a bait and switch operation now.