how does inventory/loot/equipment work in this game? I tried playing CoH and CO and the fact that I was never looting better stuff made me quit. Then again, if you're a superhero you wouldn't think you need better weapons/armor/etc, but the gear is what makes MMORPGs fun for a lot of people
There are bits of loot/inventory/equipment in the game. Some of it is the sell-this-for-money stuff, there are drops for costume pieces, and their are armor/weapons drops. They can be slotted up into your character.
I don't like that much, as it's really against genre. I liked CoH because it didn't have loot and pretty much does away with all the problems associated with it. I understand the draw of loot, but you end up with everyone looking the same, with the same stuff once any particular fotm hits.
It definitely has a consolized gui. You can only have one bar of powers up at a time. You can switch to a different bar with an alt command, so it's not a design decision like GW. Why not have more than one bar up? Console. Etc.
I don't find the clikety, Tap-tap-tap-hold-tap style mouse power activation to be that wonderful. If you like that sort of action paradigm, you might enjoy it better than I. Character customization is lacking. The DC universe as portrayed in the game, was also grating. Fans of it will probably have a different view.
I might play it for free, but during the last week of Beta, that wasn't even the case.