City of Heroes/Villans - My MMO introduction

Well, with the help of my friend (and his account), I finally have a chance to play an MMO without having to load it on my system. I watched him play COH/COV before (along with seeing him play Star Wars Galaxies,) but I never really have had a chance to play them.

My one biggest thing has always been interacting with people. I have heard/seen a few things that would normally make me not want to play. Especially when the people you team up with do nothing but stand around, or some dick runs in from nowhere and kills you in one shot. Luckily, with the City of Heroes and City of Villans, most of that isn't too bad. I didn't have many people trying to talk to me (for what I could tell, since I closed my window,) and for the most part I was left alone, probably since I was level 7 by the time I stopped.

With my friend's help, I decided to create a villain that sneaks around and has enhanced criticals. Unfortunately, I spent 5 minutes trying to find a name referencing shadows that WASN'T used already. Even an obscure Angry Beavers reference wouldn't oblige me (the Silent Wind of Doom... wooosh.)

The controls confused me honestly. I didn't want to mess with settings (since it is on HIS computer, and his account.) And without him around, I would have had no clue what to do with things I pick up. Well, "pick up" is the wrong phrase; since there is no loot to be dropped. You gain enhancements and stuff from combat, but no one can steal them from you. They can steal kills though.

My quests were pretty much all about clearing out huge snakes so far. I can't complain when I am standing up to them pretty efficiently. But it is starting to get repetitive. "Go here, clear out enemies, come back, Go here, clear out enemies, come back, ..."

So far it hasn't been too bad, but I still don't think I could convince myself to pay $15 a month to only play one game. City of Heroes/Villans is cool (especially with how you can create your hero almost completely at the beginning), but I don't think I will get an MMO unless it completely wows me. Maybe KOTOR online if it turns out good enough, or even Diablo 3 if they decide to make it more like WOW in that sense.