RobertoLyon

I just wonder if my team is laughing at me behind my back because my Taser Dart is still in my attack chain on a level 37 troller.

But hey - it's a HOLD, dammit - it totally works - sure you can't enhance it but mine hits often enough that I see no reason to scrap it and replace it with a "real" attack.

Instead, I can use that power-pick to add more Rad debuffs. Win-Win, IMHO.

Plus...

(I like the anim - the little wires that trail, the zzzzt sound, the sight of the baddies jerking in hi-voltage agony when it hits!)

Wanted to thank everyone for their thoughtful replies.

Dunno why I find this so fascinating, but I do.

Not surprised to see the full spectrum of playstyles/lifestyles described here already, but I think if you delved deep enough you'd find the majority of players falling into two camps: Those whose playstyles mimick their real-lives, and those who use the game to go in completely the opposite direction.

Kinda wish I was in academia and could get a grant to really drill down into the how's and why's people play this game the way they do.

Great stuff guys, thanks again.

zOMG - SteelClaw comes through in a big way - better than expected - thanks much Steelie, you da bestest!

My personal fave: Drink it up Gamer Boy - this is the closest....

LMAO.

For me I've found that I play buff- and heal-heavy Defenders and Controllers because they fit well with the "heroic" aspect that drew me to this game in the first place.

Sometimes I need to bring out one of my Blasters after a rough day at work, rough commute, fight with the gf, etc.

But I find that the "care-bear" aspect of buffing and healing matches up pretty well with who I am in RL - I'll always stop to help a confused-looking tourist...just TODAY I found a Blackberry on the subway and made sure it got back to its rightful owner (not the first time I've done this)... I'll give give my seat on the subway to seniors, pregnant ladies, disabled, etc...

Wondering if the same holds true across the board.

If you've got alt-itis - would you by any chance be a hoarder in real life?

If you spend a lot of time in WW/Black Market - are you a financial high-roller in real life?

If you spend a lot of time building/tweaking your SG base - are you a "nester" or perhaps an actual architect in RL?

There are other comparisons/links I could suggest, but let me leave it here and see what y'all come up with...

Okay so, if I want to be the best Radiation-set hero I can be, I should really roll a Rad/* DEFENDER vs. a */Rad CONTROLLER then...

Thanks heroes!

Will a Rad/* hero have more effective Rad powers than a */Rad hero, regardless of slotting?

I think the Wiki hints at that (read it somewhere "official" - maybe even the manual?), but don't really understand how it works.

Steelclaw I thought you'd be the perfect "go-to" guy for a request for help in the Rude Tells thread here's the post.

Add me too... I petition/bug reported it in-game last night, was just here to check if anyone else was seeing it.

There are DOZENS of valuable posts here already, I only want to add...

that I form really fun 8-man teams EVERY SINGLE time I log on (the only exception being dbl-xp weekend - THAT was a chore).

I lead teams primarily because I don't trust anyone else (barring a select few) to do it as efficiently and enjoyably as I.

But LIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE, forming and running teams gets easier and easier every time you do it.

Just gotta jump in, make some mistakes, learn from those mistakes, and keep pluggin away.

When forming teams, a polite, literate Bind is MANDATORY, I use:

/bind x "tell $target, Level $level-ish team LFM - would you like to join us?"

I never begin forming a team until I have AT LEAST one of my own, level-appropriate missions ready-to-go (meaning I already have it selected as the active mish before I invite the first member).

I often try to run around and grab 2 or 3 good mish before forming my team, so we can steam-roller right along with mere seconds between exiting the finished mish and moving to the next.

Beyond FORMING a team, I've found that most players respond well to an actual LEADER, who leads by example and provides solid direction and commands WHEN APPROPRIATE.

When Leading I usually have the map open, constantly checking for SPLIT teams and turned-around stragglers. Stragglers get a TP, Split teams get a:

"REGROUP on **(tank, scrap, or Kheld meat shield)** pls".

Keep an eye out for inadvertant mega-aggro (more groups than intended) and let fly:

"Fall back & Regroup NOW pls" if it looks too dangerous (I usually wait until 2 heroes are down before issuing this request).

Leading can be a chore, but it can also be extremely rewarding. I get private Tells as they are leaving, thanking me for inviting them, from heroes on just about every team I form.

BOTTOM LINE: Like everything in life, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

Start forming and leading teams... you may not be great at it, at first, but you will improve, and it will make the game more fun, in the long run, I promise.