SilentZoe

Good to know

Hmm. I usually take the Axe. But I don't use it for normal gameplay. I like having it for when I run into ghosts. I have a very select few chars with sands, and I rarely is every use it either. I get more use out of the Axe.

To each their own.

IMO it's just how you look at it. I have 'Heroes' who are redside, and 'Villains' who are blueside.

Basically any of the content is interchangeable with a few small twists in the wording. I mean, kidnaps redside are just like rescues blueside. Or you can ignore the given story and make up your own, which is also interesting to me from time to time.

I mean.. there is no place that needs a few Heroes more than the RI right?

Eh, I didn't really intend it as negative. I use my observances to be prepared. To me, negative is to just flat refuse to bother with people. I consider it a positive to give everyone the opportunity, regardless of how others speak of them, what powers they have, their choice of name, how many vet badges they have, etc... But one person says something one way, another says it differently, right?

I want to say I'm not prejudice, but I believe that everyone is in some way. It's how you deal with it that is important.

I did not say that. And I said multiple times that it was just what I have seen. I also mentioned that I have seen it work, so I know that it can, and give a recommendation, based on what the OP stated.

I never said I drew any conclusions on anything. I believe you are reading something in my posts that was not intended when I wrote them. Again, i apologize if I do not explain myself well enough.

So. Flat out, advantages and disadvantages that I have seen? Don't use FLY while fighting. If intending to get hover, don't be afraid to use it, just learn to toggle it as needed so you can get the most out of your power choices, INCLUDING hover.

Saying I prefer SJ was just my opinion. Does my opinion really matter to the OP? It probably shouldn't. I do not claim to know everything about the game. I know what works for me and how I play.

Is there an overall combat advantage to jump over flight? Perhaps. It depends on the player. For me, CJ gives me more maneuverability in combat than hover, so I can cover more ground and manage my aggro better. To others it might not offer the same advantage.

Did that help better?

Well funny thing is, I have quit teams when team leaders have refused to allow people on said team because of their power choices. This is not something I personally do, and these days I am usually leading a team, on a team one of my friends are leading, and they mostly have the same views i do on allowing everyone a fair chance.

Again.. I only mention hover because the OP did. Personally I don't care how a tank gets to the mission, unless they're one of those who who refuses to get out of granite even to travel, has not taken TP to get around while in granite, and demands someone TPs them everywhere. I was commenting on use of flight pool in combat, specifically hover.

I don't check powers before teaming with people, so usually I notice their powers in battle. When you have teamed with 5 tanks who fly, and of those, 4 of them were stupid enough to FLY (Not hover, but actually FLY) during combat, with no thought to shut it off, and apparently no thought to reduce end use on fly, or perhaps any of their other powers, and run out of end in the middle of a fight, what would you do?

I do not assume anyone is bad at what they do until they show that they are. I laugh because I remember the morons of the past. I prepare for the worst because I do not feel that the team should suffer if one person happens to do something I have observed in the past. That's just how I am. I make myself ready to compensate for a potential hole that would not normally be on a team when I team with my SG and/or players I am accustomed to. It's the same thing I do on any PUG, whether or not there is someone on the team with questionable choices or not. Why? Because more often than not *in my experience* (and that is the key here) on a PUG with 2-7 people I don't know, at least one of them will be a moron. I compensate.

So why PUG? Because it challenges me as a player in a way that Master runs do not. I enjoy it. But again, it's a blanket statistic based on what I have observed.

I really never meant to say that all tanks who take fly are morons. I do not believe I said that. But I may not have explained my position well enough. I apologize if that is the case.

No. Baseless sterotyping would be those people who toss it out as a 'rookie move' and refuse to team with a person before they know if they can use it or not. As I said, I never deny anyone the opportunity to show what they can do.

I can only remark on what I have observed. Again, there is no "All of X are morons" with me, because unless I have seen 'all of X' I cannot say that they all are. I'm only remarking on those I have see, and most of them were.. not good at all. Was it because they took flight? Not always, but sometimes. Some just never learn how to use it to their advantage. Some use it very well to their advantage.

And I only spoke of hover because the OP mentioned it. I never said it they had to take it.

Not really assuming they can't, just that *most* that i have seen can't. I never deny someone the chance to participate based on power choices. I actually love running into those seemingly rare cases where people do well with something I see as 'unconventional' to the general populace.

Blanket statistic really. I observe, I track information. It's just like most of the stalkers I have played with are pretty useless, but there are those who take the AT and really shine with it. I don't say "All X are morons", but it's more a case of.. prepare for the worst and hope for the best i guess

This mostly. TF badges not so much, I look for defeat badges, and other badges that normally people tend to pick up along normal play to 50. That is not to say they're not good players, as I know people who have PLd spare toons to 50, but know very well how to play those toons, despite lack of use.

Vet badges don't bother me one way or another... I've seen people with more vet badges than me who have no clue how to do anything.

Normally I look at the description of any toon that looks interesting to me, be it because of costume or name. Mostly I'm disappointed to see they have no description. lol

I try not to judge players by badges, names or description (or lack thereof), but I WILL judge a player by how they play. If someone quits a TF/SF with a valid reason, ok, that's understandable. But I make notes of it, and anything else, like if they had some issue about following directions or had really good tactics, was sociable, fun, or whatever. Over a few times of teaming with someone, my notes give me a better idea of that player.

Player notes is one of the best features they've added to the game. I make use of it often.