Champions open beta

Hmm. So i got into the beta for it. And thought I'd post some screenshots and write down some thoughts on it for anyone that cares.

For now I'm really loving it..mostly because of cool things like this. And this. All at the level of 6.

Combat is a lot more involved than other MMOGs I've played it's not a case of stand here and wait for this bar to fill up for this attack to fire and if you move or do anything it cancels.

For the most part it seems to work like WOW tanking. You use a weak attack and that builds up a power bar which can be used for stronger attacks. Some attacks you have the option to hold the key down the longer you hold it the more it charges the stronger it is, others have you tap to break holds on you and things. Oh and blocking is something you do yourself so it's more skill over a dice roll.

Can't say if it's balanced or not being level 6 but so far so good.

It's taken a lot of good ideas from other MMOGs and put them in there too. You've got open world quests from warhammer (i've only done one of these so far but it was pretty epic) achievos (with rewards like titles and stuff), daily quests, pvp arenas has it's own form of elite monsters from WOW but there called henchman, villain, super villain and master villain..obviously title is the difficulty.

Only thing i can't claim to be a fan of is the whole having to select shards that they've taken from guild wars. I understand why everyone is on one server so having multiple shards is a good idea. I just don't like having to go through loading screens when switching zones.

Now heres just a bunch of photos i took of the character creator and how bloody massive it is:
This is my not so creative self. If you're wondering why I'm holding that it's because i Couldn't figure out how to put it down. As you can see from the chat box. The ******* didn't help either.
The rest are far more creative and better but show just how much variety is in the editor:
Superhero 1
Superhero 2
Boom
Giant bloody ship not a hero
Hero 3
Heroes
Heroo 4
Hero 5
Hero 6
Hero(?) 7

Those are literally just what i happened to see in the starting area when i was there.

All in all so far great game. Can't really give my full opinion on it till i max out but hm. So far so good definitely got my money. anyones got any questions i can try and answer. Certainly worth a try when a trial comes about.