PocketNerd

So long, and thanks for all the fish. Ave atque vale, Castle!

Awesome! It has flash, dash, and panache. If I weren't already a City subscriber, this would make me want to play.

— Don't constantly refer to City of Heroes with terms from other MMOs. Broadcasting "need priest for quests in Hollows" makes you look like a real doofus.

— If you ask me to team and I decline, don't demand to know why I won't team with you. Maybe I'm already on a team, or waiting for a friend to log on. Maybe I'm crafting or shopping. Maybe I just feel like soloing. Regardless, you are not entitled to grill me on why I won't pair up with you. Don't whine and wheedle, either; that will just get you on my ignore list.

(I sorta mentioned the latter point two and a half years ago in this thread— gods, has it been so long?— but some chucklehead did it to me a few days ago so it bears repeating.)

— Don't whine endlessly in local, broadcast, or (especially) a private channel about how CoX sucks, [other MMO] is so much better, City has been all downhill since I6, [other MMO] rocks, CoX's mechanics for X are terrible, [other MMO] handles X beautifully, et cetera, et cetera, we should all play [other MMO] instead.

I'm sorry if the game has lost its fun for you; feel free to play any other MMO of your choice. Please don't try to monopolize the conversation by endlessly harping on your new flavor-of-the-month MMO. We're playing City of Heroes (or Villains) because we enjoy it. Respect that and move on.

GREAT guide, Adam7. I just emailed the link to a friend of mine— it's a great summation of what makes CoX different from other MMORPGs.

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Never invite someone who says "no blind invites", "My level or higher", "PL me Please" or "Send tell first" in their comment. They're more interested in XP than in having fun, and are usually group spoilers.

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I object to this. The reason my search profile says "Please send a tell first" is that I am NOT interested in power-leveling or getting XP as fast as possible. I'd rather be on a fun, friendly team that generates XP slowly than with a bunch of jerks and leveling every 45 minutes.

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(And as an aside, We aren't disconnected from the modern world, kiddo; Eminem, Marilyn Manson and the guys from all those pseudo-punk and scandinavian death metal bands aren't YOUR age, dimwit. They're MY age.)

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I laughed out loud at that, good and hard... and it's 2:30 AM where I am as I write this, so my neighbors are probably wondering what kind of madness is possessing me tonight. On the other hand, they're probably used to hearing me cackle to myself at odd hours... but yeah. I hate to break it to the teenygoth crowd, but musicians that shock your parents were old hat when your parents were kids. I remember watching an Ozzy Osbourne video with a friend's younger brother, who commented "Whoa, Marilyn Manson looks OLD in this video!"

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DO NOT...
...refuse to use a rez just so you can soak up 'no-risk' XP's. I hate debt- who doesn't? But if you just bought the farm, chances are some or all of us are pretty close to dyin' too and we NEED you!
(some guy actually said this was the ultimate technique for xps- he said his SG had been tporting a dead body around for a month. Please- say it ain't so...)

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"At what point does this stop being CPR and start being necrophilia?" — Joss Whedon

Although, I have to admit, the image of a group of superheroes teleporting a corpse around like some kind of creepy good luck charm is pretty amusing. "Hey, let me rub the corpse a few times for luck."

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I've seen both ends of this spectrum while playing the same Scrapper. A couple weeks ago I got this /tell:

"Sorry to bother you while you're busy, but our team desperately needs some DPS. Are you interested in some 32-ish missions?"

That was great. They were patient enough for me to finish my mission (10 minutes), and we had a great team with Global Friends made.

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That is one of the reasons I prefer to talk to a potential teammate a little before teaming; in just a few sentences one can often get a very good feel for whether a team would be worthwhile.

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Don't make a hero (or villain) with a dot (.) at the begining, middle, or at the end of your name. Is there anything sadder in COX that seeing some level 50 running around named ".Hellspawn" or "Ice.Master" or "Powerguy."? No.

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Also, don't think you're being clever in "working around" the copyright checks in the game. You might get away with "W0lv3r1ne" or "Spidirman" for a while, but sooner or later you're going to log on and and find that you've become the Amazing Generic Hero.

Do not powerlevel to 50, then whine that the game lacks content and story.

Do not send me a blind team invite. I want to know what kind of teaming I will be doing before I join, hence the "Please send a tell first" comment in my search profile.

On a related note, do not send a blind supergroup invite. Especially don't ask me to quit my current supergroup to join yours. If I didn't like my SG, I wouldn't be a member.

If I decline to join your team, supergroup, task force, clan, guild, or impromptu dance party, do not whine or gripe at me. I am a friendly player, but until you start paying my monthly fee, my time in CoX is my own.

Do not assume I am a poor team player just because I am a scrapper.

Do not assume I want to team with you just because I am a defender.

Do not speculate aloud about the sex lives of other players. Really, don't.

Do not run off on your own, dive head-first into a mob of yellows and reds, and then whine about how the healer got you killed. "Defender" does not mean "Babysitter for a Suicidal Idiot." (Actually, I think that's a new AT coming in I7.)

Do not get into shouting contests on the Broadcast channel over which server is better.

Do not aggro monsters of vastly higher level, then carrot them back to the rest of the team. Especially don't do this while we are resting, managing enhancements, or AFK. If you do this and it leads to the deaths of everybody on the team except for you, DO hit yourself between the eyes with a rubber mallet.

Do not ask questions that are easily answered by the tutorial or a cursory glance through the manual.

Do not think I am as crabby as I probably sound... it's just been a long day for me, and I have been dealing with an atypically high number of nitwits. (^_^)