I really like the idea of a lifetime sub. I play very casually on and then off again so the chance for a Champions Online sub was, to me, a great offer.

Unfortunately I reckoned without Cryptic's brand of 'radically change the game on day 1' way of doing things.

Now I can't stand CO - really enjoyed the open beta, made the decision to get a lfietime sub, then the game turns out to be no fun at all.

Cryptic seem to employ a method of makingt he open beta 'easy' and then, once they've got some people hooked, turn up the difficulty knob to 11.

They're not going to fool me again. Bunch of wankers.