I was in beta and i wont be buying it. if you think CoH was instance heavy wait till you see every time you zone there is a list of 100 instances of the zone you want into. there are no separate servers you are limited to 10 characters total. in a game with this many character development options its just downright mean.

there aren't enough powers in each framework

Oh yea and when they release it for xbox 360 later this year say goodbye to big content patches

as of the last beta build it has huge balance issues in PvE and PVP and many many bugs. oh yea and client crashes. its items system seems forced and unintuitive. crafting isnt anything special, all the different types of crafting are clones of eachother that use different materials.

good things? the character creater is crazy good. you never have to fight for your name, since your full character names will always be yourname@youraccount. the travel powers in general are a lot of fun. as long as the game stays free to play (read: open beta) i'll stick around and mess with making new characters.

just please please try it before you buy the lifetime subscription.