So Long and Thanks for all the Heroes?

[Acyl]

Dragonflight: It's probably not enough of a response - but thanks for sharing. Seriously. Thank you.

Regarding superhero games, my opinion is, briefly -

CHAMPIONS ONLINE
Pros: Excellent character creation system, equal or better (in a few ways) than City of Heroes. Solid existing RP community, with very active RP global channels. Good chat system. 
Cons: You do need to pay to get the most out of the combat system. There's not a lot of content, and it's generally not that well written. Most quests are pretty cheesy and more bad humour than drama. Some of the newer content is okay, but far from CoH-standard in terms of lore.

DC UNIVERSE ONLINE
Pros: Good combat system, smoother than Champions. Better graphics. Ties in to DC universe. More content, with high production quality, and writing is decent. Again, plot content and stories aren't equal to CoH, but there's stuff like voice acting and the like.
Cons: The character customisation is TERRIBLE. There are very few options, the colour palette system is limited (Choose three colours for your entire costume - period. No more), and the UI is extremely clunky. The chat system is bad. There's not much of an RP community.

My vote is for Champions, but I'm biased.
-- Acyl