I appreciate the obvious time and energy that Thundrax put into his post, but I must admit, as a COH refugee newbie, it's concerning to get into this game only to encounter the "Oh know, CO is living on borrowed time" feeling that seems to be some prevalent.
CoH refugee here, too. Tried out DCUO, and it took less than a week for its horrible UI to drive me away. Looking forward to reading through this thread and learning.