Re: Lifetime Subscription
Colour customization was absolutely not a "Simple change." The colours were hard-baked into the sets, and adjusting them was going to be a colossal expenditure of effort. The discussions went into that ad-nauseum on the boards, including some pretty detailed explanations by the devs. IT was only with the infusion of resources and personnel that they were finally able to do it.
As for AE...I'm pretty certain that is going to change with Issue 16 and the death of boss-farms. Even currently, I'm generally able to find a group with little to no effort. I run with PuG Task Forces all the time. I hear people griping about how the game is dying and just shake my head. I'm on a fairly populated server, though, so that may explain part of it.
As for Champions Online...I'm passing. I tried it, and it just doesn't float my boat. The art style and gameplay really don't fit with what I want from an MMORPG, though I can see how it'd mesh a lot better with other people. I do like the ability to take powers from different sets, but overall, I prefer CoH.
