RobertoLyon

Now Zombie, why in the heck...?

I mean, how do you even get to the place where you're like..."Wonder what would happen if I activated Ninja Run and used Follow on a civilian?"

It might be time for you to take a break from the game, my friend.

Fix't for Being a Good Leader.

Why wait 'til you have a full team before setting mish?

The first 6 players to join are just standing around picking their noses waiting...

This way everyone can get their butts moving toward the mish door while you flesh out the team.

How to Form a full 8-player team in under 5 minutes
Without using Blind Invites

(Any instructions marked with an *asterisk* have additional comments below.)

Prep: Copy/Paste the following /Bind command into your Chat line, this is your Invite Bind:

/bind i "tell $target, Level $level-ish team LFM - join us?"

Prep: Get at least one mission from a Contact and/or the Police Radio, preferably more than one.

-In "Missions" tab, use Select Task to set an Active Mission before you begin your Search.


Begin Searching:

-Click Team tab on Chat window
-Click Find Member

This is the Search Window

-Look at heroes in the same Zone as you (default listings on Search Window activation)

Are any:
-Level appropriate?*
-Not already on a team (not greyed out)?
-Not flagged as "Not Looking for Team" (red circle with line thru it)?

If Yes, click on the name and Press i to activate your Invite Bind.

Repeat until you've hit all viable heroes.

-Now Refine your Search

In Search Window, use drop-down Level list to select an appropriate level-range* & hit Search button.

-Look at heroes in various zones

Are any:
-Level appropriate?*
-Not already on a team (not greyed out)?**
-Not flagged as "Not Looking for Team" (red circle with line thru it)?

If Yes, click on the name and Press i to activate your Invite Bind.

Repeat until you've hit all viable heroes.

Pay attention to your Chat window.
For any positive replies, click on the name and click "Invite to Team".***

Still not full?
-Refresh your Search Window listings by hitting Search button again.
-Use other drop-down menus on your Search window to further Refine your Search.
----First by Archetype (Tank, Blaster, Defender, etc.)
-----Then by Zone (trickier - a "last resort" for me)

Enjoy your full team!

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Further comments:

* "Appropriate level" will vary from player to player, it's whatever you feel comfortable with.

---The new SuperSideKicking mechanic means *any level* hero is now an "appropriate level", as long as everyone's comfortable with the arrangement.

---I tend to stay in a +4/-4 range, with preference to lower-level chars, simply because I get more Yes replies from them.


** Solo Players listed as "in mission" used to be off-limits for me. But after some "last-resort" Invites, I now consider them fair game, in light of how many "in mission" players have jumped at the chance to Exit their solo mish to join a good team.


*** Consider using this to supplement your Invite Bind:

/macro LFM "say, Looking for more...$$emote Binoculars"

---Your first joiner might be thinking "'Team LFM - join us' and there are only 2 of us? Rip-off!" To avoid this, the first 2 people to join, hit the LFM macro immediately after you see them appear on the Team list.

---The Binoculars emote makes it clear to any nearby heroes, that I'm actively LFM and not picking my nose or AFK (plus it occasionally gets a LOL).

Final Note: I find I generally get a 1-in-3 positive response rate, i.e. for every 3 Invite Binds I send, I get one No, one (no reply), and one Yes. So expect to send 20-ish Invite Binds to fill a Team from scratch.

But by using a Bind vs. a Macro, you can have one hand on the mouse to select names in your Search Window, and one on your Invite Bind key, and hit 20-ish heroes in under :30 seconds.

Good luck!

Hot coffee (black) always helps bring the bar back into focus for me personally.

How to Form a full 8-player team in under 5 minutes
Without using Blind Invites

(Any instructions marked with an *asterisk* have additional comments below.)

Prep: Copy/Paste the following /Bind command into your Chat line, this is your Invite Bind:

/bind i "tell $target, Level $level-ish team LFM - join us?"

Prep: Get at least one mission from a Contact and/or the Police Radio, preferably more than one.

-In "Missions" tab, set one as your Active Mission before you begin your Search.


Begin Searching:

-Click Team tab on Chat window
-Click Find Member

This is the Search Window

-Look at heroes in the same Zone as you (default listings on Search Window activation)

Are any:
-Level appropriate?*
-Not already on a team (not greyed out)?
-Not flagged as "Not Looking for Team" (red circle with line thru it)?

If Yes, click on the name and Press i to activate your Invite Bind.

Repeat until you've hit all viable heroes.

-Now Refine your Search

In Search Window, use drop-down Level list to select an appropriate level-range* & hit Search button.

-Look at heroes in various zones

Are any:
-Level appropriate?*
-Not already on a team (not greyed out)?**
-Not flagged as "Not Looking for Team" (red circle with line thru it)?

If Yes, click on the name and Press i to activate your Invite Bind.

Repeat until you've hit all viable heroes.

Pay attention to your Chat window.
For any positive replies, click on the name and click "Invite to Team".***

Still not full?
-Refresh your Search Window listings by hitting Search button again.
-Use other drop-down menus on your Search window to further Refine your Search.
----First by Archetype (Tank, Blaster, Defender, etc.)
-----Then by Zone (trickier - a "last resort" for me)

Enjoy your full team!

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Further comments:

* "Appropriate level" will vary from player to player, it's whatever you feel comfortable with.

---The new SuperSideKicking mechanic means *any level* hero is now an "appropriate level", as long as everyone's comfortable with the arrangement.

---I tend to stay in a +4/-4 range, with preference to lower-level chars, simply because I get more Yes replies from them.


** Solo Players listed as "in mission" used to be off-limits for me. But after some "last-resort" Invites, I now consider them fair game, in light of how many "in mission" players have jumped at the chance to Exit their solo mish to join a good team.


*** Consider using this to supplement your Invite Bind:

/macro LFM "say, Looking for more...$$emote Binoculars"

---Your first joiner might be thinking "'Team LFM - join us' and there are only 2 of us? Rip-off!" To avoid this, the first 2 people to join, hit the LFM macro immediately after you see them appear on the Team list.

---The Binoculars emote makes it clear to any nearby heroes, that I'm actively LFM and not picking my nose or AFK (plus it occasionally gets a LOL).

Final Note: I find I generally get a 1-in-3 positive response rate, i.e. for every 3 Invite Binds I send, I get one No, one (no reply), and one Yes. So expect to send 20-ish Invite Binds to fill a Team from scratch.

But by using a Bind vs. a Macro, you can have one hand on the mouse to select names in your Search Window, and one on your Invite Bind key, and hit 20-ish heroes in under :30 seconds.

Good luck!

This brought back a memory from my own childhood - at about S.F.'s age, I suppose, I was given a more young-adult-oriented coloring book containing detailed black & white outlines of WWII fighter planes and bombers from all sides of the conflict.

At first I was just coloring them the way you'd color a picture of a flower or teddy bear - whatever I wanted to do was fun.

Then my WWII-vet grand-dad explained the significance of these aircraft, and pointed out the descriptions of common color schemes in small type at the bottom of the page.

I then began taking the whole thing very seriously, trying my best to get the colors *just right*, and taking great pride when I turned out a spot-on match (according to grand-dad).

I remember it as a turning-point of sorts, on the road to maturity.

Thanks for bringing that back to me, Wyll & SF, this thread has been a real boon to these forums!

BadgeGratz x 2

Can't fix what ain't broke!

I rejected game engine, and went with graphics engine, because changing the game engine would be creating a whole new game. And I like CoX just the way it is!

If someone's looking for a new game engine, there are plenty of other MMOs out there using totally different engines, one of which may be more to the OP's liking.

Now, the graphics engine, on the other hand, IS looking a bit dated, hence...ULTRA MODE!!!

Mummie sez if I treacle on the internets I haz to wipes up after myself.

*nods sagely*

I second this - always my suggestion on entering the cake room.

Get everyone to the bottom and work your way up, so whoever gets KB'd or slips & falls down there won't faceplant-=>Team Wipe.

Man, that's like...dream scenario. Wonder if there's any chance of it coming our way any time soon? *stares off into space dreamily*

Was anyone else moderately aroused by the thought of GG ripping open her T-shirt?

Yes, my dear, it did indeed "have an effect" on me!

While I understand and commend the general wariness indicated above, please be aware that I regularly approach total strangers (on low-level characters) and Tell them "Would you like to earn some start-up Inf for this hero by helping me transfer to an Alt?"

I've done this about a dozen times, and have NEVER been cheated or ripped off in any way.

Politeness and consideration demand that you do a minimum of prep on your own by having your Alt in the same Zone (I prefer Atlas) as the hero from whom you're transfering.

This makes it quick and easy for the person lending you a hand, they don't have to wait while you schlep your Transfer-ee back to Atlas from Whatever-zone to complete the transfer.

I usually just do a Trade, like 5.5m inf to the holder, and tell them to Trade me back 5m, keeping 500,000 inf for themselves. This appears to be a sufficient reward, I've never had a complaint. But the one time I forgot to bring my Transfer-ee back to Atlas ahead of time, I asked the holder to keep 1m inf as recompense for the extended wait.

Good luck! and in general, trust these Heroes, they've never done me wrong.

Edit to add: Be sure to check that the holder is not on a Trial Account, there is a limit to how much Inf they can hold at any time, I think it's around 50K, not enough to make the transfer worth the time or effort for either party. (But feel free to Gift the Trial Accounter 50K if you can spare it, just for the heck of it!)

But then you see a level 38 with the comment "Level 24 plant/rad troller LFT" and wonder just how accurate those search comments really are.

Personally I don't bother to change my "LF...."whatever comment when I know I'm going to be shopping/crafting for the next half-hour, even though I know I should.

But if you're wondering, people such as I, who LIKE to form and Lead teams (a small minority, admittedly), DO hit up the LFMissions- and LFAnything-flagged players first.

I will even hold a space on a nearly-full team if I haven't yet heard back from a player flagged as such (for a little while, anyway).

As a Former/Leader, I really do appreciate those who go to the trouble of setting it appropriately. And I will happily hit you up if you're flagged but in a mish, as there have been times when I've gone solo for lack of a team, but left my flag lit, hoping someone will drag me out of that solo mish to join a good team.