I actually re-activated a week ago and I started a new character. I'm not sure exactly why I did it. I just wanted something to spend time with until some other MMO that catches my interest shows up (WAR maybe?).

I'm having fun so far and I think I got to level 16. I was aiming for a Spy and I'm actually having more fun now than when I started playing at launch. I don't feel I'll be playing this for too long though.

Same here I activated my account this week again as well just to kill some time until WAR camos out. Seems like they have made some nice changes to the game but I haven't been playing long enough to know if it would hold my interest long term. Good for another month anyway though.

I remember talk when I was still playing about Personal Armored Units in the works. Just spent some time on news sites and have failed to find any new info on them. If they where to be implemented it would be a definite reactivation of my account. The other issue I had with the game was pet controls as I played an Exobiologist. From what I have read that direct control has not been implemented yet but is in the works. If that where to be fixed it would be a huge draw for me as well.

They've added a ton of stuff, but there's just so much to do and so little time. They keep us up to date on what they're doing, like that PAUs had to step down a few months to get other stuff out, and they're working on good stuff to keep us busy. Just takes a long time to get real results.

I'm on Cassiopeia. Daill Ashbrook is my level 18 Ranger.

I rolled a toon on Cassiopeia. Shahes Silentall

Really? I always see Cassiopeia with that orange icon on the server list, just like Orion, the East Coast server. I guess that means it has a Medium population. At least in the first 2 zones, I see people around all the time.

Do we all want to decide on a server and start playing together? I don't care which as I have no particular attachment to a character so if I have to reroll again I will.

Shotgun? Shotgun!

Seriously though just look through the wiki at the different classes and skills classes and skills to figure out what looks the most fun to you. No matter what you decided on do not neglect your Recruit skill firearms as it enhances the three bread and butter weapons Handguns, Rifles and Shotguns. You will use those throughout your entire career.

The game is pretty easy to jump into and just have fun.

Well, I'm almost finished with my 5 day trial account and I've loved almost every minute I've played of this game so far. I definitely get the feeling there's not a lot of variety and that the grind could get old really quick but I've had a blast so far. If I only had to pay $5 a month I'd subscribe to this game in a heartbeat but at $15? I'm just not seeing enough to keep me playing that much. But for hopping in an hour here or an hour there a few times a week? This would be a ton of fun. Kind of a casual pseudo fps rpg. I've only made it to level 13 and I've just finished all the instances in the wilderness so I have no clue if things drastically change from this point forward but I'm guessing they don't.

Not sure what the same in this game is the same in any other game. You fight new and tougher aliens as you level up, you get bigger and better abilities, awesomer weapons, you see new and exciting scenery.
There's a lot of catering to story, so if you love story then TR will keep you through the entire game.

I can understand the perspective. Until more content is added, it's a great casual game. Next month they are adding training stuff so it's much easier to see the class branches and what kind of abilities there are at higher levels. Will be great for trials to see what's ahead.

I loaded up the trial last night. MUCH better first impression than I got from Vanguard (I was so turned off by Vanguard that I quit within 5 minutes and deleted the game. Im not even sure I can explain my reaction, it was almost an allergy ). Maybe its TR's recent reworking of the intro-tutorial system but the art style, combat and first mission were a great way to usher the player in.

I checked out Amazon and they are selling the retail box for $5(!) that includes the first free month. I wish I could buy 3 or 4 and just add on the time from the other boxes Is there a digital download version of the game thats cheaper than the $20 off NCSoft's site?

I like the concept of cloning a character instead of re-speccing. For added flexibility, they still have re-specs too. Player freedom is a good idea, designers! I'm enjoying it at least after 1 night. Ill probably at least get a copy for the first month and see how it goes.

Well, my 5 day trial ran out around midnight last night. I ended the trial with a level 15 Commando, 15 (clone) Ranger, and 5 (clone) Specialist. I really did have a blast and I may revisit it for a month here and there during a slow gaming period. It was so extremely solo-friendly at the levels I was playing that it was just what I needed for a hop in, hop out kind of game. I never had to worry about finding a group to do this or that and the only time I was "forced" to play for any extended amount of time was if I went into an instance and wanted to clear out all the quests to avoid mobs resetting.

Just before I logged out for the night I took my newly minted commando to a CP that was under attack and just stood on the walls launching rockets into big packs of Bane. Just seeing a few dozen big red numbers pop up every time I launched a rocket made me smile. I likes the big booms and this game definitely scratched an itch for me. Shame it's $15 a month.

Great! That's the leading cause of subscribers, just jumping in and having unexpected fun at control points. Nice to play a game and kill hordes of aliens instead of 1 at a time.

The control points have been in the game the whole time. Even back in beta, it was always part of the game.
They are expanding on it, hopefully within the next few months they will make some pvp control points, or the ability for clans to control them, etc.