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To go along with that:
If you and your sidekick are fighting and your health starts to drop, warn them before you take off. Few surprises match fighting a bunch of whites, then suddenly your in a sea of purple
How about:
Don't dismiss a power out of hand because it carries some small negative side effect...case and point, Group Flight. My Mercinary mastermind skipped normal fight completely and got ONLY Hover, Air Superiority, and group Flight. The reasoning being, she wanted to hover above most battles in large rooms and rain bullets down on the near-helpless meele type mobs below. To counteract the -ACC that comes with GF, she got Tactics and tripple slotted it for accuracy, which MORE than reverses GF's minor accuracy penalty.
So it annoys me to no end when some clown who does NOT have Footstomp, or some OTHER "must be used while standing on the ground' power whines at me to turn it off. My usual response is to turn off Tactics AND GF, and let em notice how much less often they're hitting.
The Optimist says the glass is half full.
The Pessimist says the glass is half empty.
While they argue about it, the Opportunist comes along, drinks what's left, and removes all doubt. - Redwood
Alvays remember, schmot guy...any plan vere you lose you hat...is a BAD PLAN!
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How about:
Don't dismiss a power out of hand because it carries some small negative side effect...case and point, Group Flight. My Mercinary mastermind skipped normal fight completely and got ONLY Hover, Air Superiority, and group Flight. The reasoning being, she wanted to hover above most battles in large rooms and rain bullets down on the near-helpless meele type mobs below. To counteract the -ACC that comes with GF, she got Tactics and tripple slotted it for accuracy, which MORE than reverses GF's minor accuracy penalty.
So it annoys me to no end when some clown who does NOT have Footstomp, or some OTHER "must be used while standing on the ground' power whines at me to turn it off. My usual response is to turn off Tactics AND GF, and let em notice how much less often they're hitting.
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what about the team that has one of those, ready ,and he runs in and agros 2-4 groups then says noobs why didnt you heal me.
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How about:
Don't dismiss a power out of hand because it carries some small negative side effect...case and point, Group Flight. My Mercinary mastermind skipped normal fight completely and got ONLY Hover, Air Superiority, and group Flight. The reasoning being, she wanted to hover above most battles in large rooms and rain bullets down on the near-helpless meele type mobs below. To counteract the -ACC that comes with GF, she got Tactics and tripple slotted it for accuracy, which MORE than reverses GF's minor accuracy penalty.
So it annoys me to no end when some clown who does NOT have Footstomp, or some OTHER "must be used while standing on the ground' power whines at me to turn it off. My usual response is to turn off Tactics AND GF, and let em notice how much less often they're hitting.
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what about the team that has one of those, ready ,and he runs in and agros 2-4 groups then says noobs why didnt you heal me.
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My usual retort: Because I'm a (FF Defender, blaster, or other non-healer type) you Dip.
Doncha also love the guy who pulls with a fireball/grenade/rooting DOT or other large AOE effect, and then acts surprised when all the mobs shoot him and kill him DESPITE any healing that may be tossed his way...or the guy who, KNOWING that the current main healer is KINETICS, runs around, getting as far from the mobs as he can, shouting "HEAL ME! HEAL ME! HEAL MEEEEEEEEEE!"
The Optimist says the glass is half full.
The Pessimist says the glass is half empty.
While they argue about it, the Opportunist comes along, drinks what's left, and removes all doubt. - Redwood
Alvays remember, schmot guy...any plan vere you lose you hat...is a BAD PLAN!
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Activating MoG without warning.
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What a truly crappy power. But, alas, I got it for my spines regen, the last power I picked. I may not have it slotted well, but anyway, back on topic.
My first 50 was a defender. I would try to heal a scrapper with MoG, not even knowing what MoG was. After 2 tries, I would give up. So, for my scrapper, I made a bind that would tell the team that I was using MoG, don't bother healing me. Glad I picked that power last, what a stinker.
"Most people that have no idea what they are doing have no idea that they don't know what they are doing." - John Cleese
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How about:
Don't dismiss a power out of hand because it carries some small negative side effect...case and point, Group Flight. My Mercinary mastermind skipped normal fight completely and got ONLY Hover, Air Superiority, and group Flight. The reasoning being, she wanted to hover above most battles in large rooms and rain bullets down on the near-helpless meele type mobs below. To counteract the -ACC that comes with GF, she got Tactics and tripple slotted it for accuracy, which MORE than reverses GF's minor accuracy penalty.
So it annoys me to no end when some clown who does NOT have Footstomp, or some OTHER "must be used while standing on the ground' power whines at me to turn it off. My usual response is to turn off Tactics AND GF, and let em notice how much less often they're hitting.
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what about the team that has one of those, ready ,and he runs in and agros 2-4 groups then says noobs why didnt you heal me.
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My usual retort: Because I'm a (FF Defender, blaster, or other non-healer type) you Dip.
Doncha also love the guy who pulls with a fireball/grenade/rooting DOT or other large AOE effect, and then acts surprised when all the mobs shoot him and kill him DESPITE any healing that may be tossed his way...or the guy who, KNOWING that the current main healer is KINETICS, runs around, getting as far from the mobs as he can, shouting "HEAL ME! HEAL ME! HEAL MEEEEEEEEEE!"
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Yes I have a kinectics and everytime I get invited to teams,they all seem to be set on invincible and we are fighting +4's.Then I get HEAL ME HEAL ME,and I remind them I missed 7 times in a row because we are way in over our head.Then comes the, your just a NOOB.
Bwahahaha... I always figured that if you were screaming HEAL PLZ with a kinetics on your team, it just meant you weren't killing stuff fast enough.
SS/Inv Brute + Mind/Ice Dom + Kin Corr = High-Speed Death on Wheels. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 
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Yes I have a kinectics and everytime I get invited to teams,they all seem to be set on invincible and we are fighting +4's.Then I get HEAL ME HEAL ME,and I remind them I missed 7 times in a row because we are way in over our head.Then comes the, your just a NOOB.
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On occasions where I'm leading a team, I have one rule: An immediate kick for anyone who uses the term "noob."
I used to fiddle with my back feet music for a black onyx. My entire room absorbed every echo. The music was . . . thud like. The music was . . . thud like. I usually played such things as rough-neck and thug. Opaque melodies that would bug most people. Music from the other side of the fence.
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Yes I have a kinectics and everytime I get invited to teams,they all seem to be set on invincible and we are fighting +4's.Then I get HEAL ME HEAL ME,and I remind them I missed 7 times in a row because we are way in over our head.Then comes the, your just a NOOB.
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On occasions where I'm leading a team, I have one rule: An immediate kick for anyone who uses the term "noob."
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On occasions where I'm leading a team, I have one rule: An immediate kick for anyone who uses the term "noob."
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Two comments:
1.) I like it.
2.) Good for you.
"...freedom isn't a commodity to compromise." -- Captain America, New Avengers #21
Guide to Base Teleporters
Does anyone know what this means "leet" or "1337"?
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(For those who don't know, having a warshade at all means that you've played a character to level 50...
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No it doesn't.
It means there's a level 50 on that account. I've run into Kheldians on 6 occasions (once on Guardian, once on Infinity, and twice on both Virtue and Victory) who were kids or other family members playing on a parent's or SO's or brother's account. How many Khelds with their own 50s run headlong into Void Slayers or Nictus Shards or Dwarfs (and then [censored] about not getting any heals)? It's one of the reasons why, if I had my druthers, I'd avoid teaming with Khelds altogether (and will NEVER invite one I don't know to a team I'm putting together). That's probably the only archetype I can count my GOOD experiences with on one hand.
As has been said a few times already:
DO NOT assume the Kheldian is a paragon of heroic knowledge, just because they're a Kheldian.
@Remianen / @Remianen Too
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Does anyone know what this means "leet" or "1337"?
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It describes a pseudo-language that substitutes random characters for proper English, and is used predominantly by drooling morons.
I used to fiddle with my back feet music for a black onyx. My entire room absorbed every echo. The music was . . . thud like. The music was . . . thud like. I usually played such things as rough-neck and thug. Opaque melodies that would bug most people. Music from the other side of the fence.
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Does anyone know what this means "leet" or "1337"?
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It describes a pseudo-language that substitutes random characters for proper English, and is used predominantly by drooling morons.
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Are they the new words for teenagers saying "haha I beat you!"?
Let me begin by saying I agree with the idea that just because a toon is Lvl X does not assure they indeed know what they are doing. This holds true for all ATs, not just Kheldians. Personally I have been around since Day 3 of CoH and have three active Lvl 50s one of which is a Peacebringer. I find it unreasonable to absolutely exclude Kheldians from teaming opportunities. Since I am also a dire opponent of "blind invites" it seems simple enough to /tell the Kheldian in question and talk to them about joining your team. Setting a "rule" for yourself which excludes Kheldian players (except those you already know) seems to be overreacting. You never know what you might learn from that stranger on the LFT list.
Arrogance, in all it's gloriously ugly forms, from the Fire Tanker who believes he should actually get paid to join your team... to the Kheldian (who's obviously not actually played any AT up to Lvl 50) leading the charge into a mob containing a Void Slayer... to the Blaster who, upon thier defeat, rants at the Empath "You're supposed to heal me after I Nova/Inferno! You suck at healing!"
It is, sadly, a rare and precious thing to be a part of a team where everyone knows their job and is willing to play their part in the team's success. Glory-hounds and showboats suck the fun right out of a good day.
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DO NOT assume the Kheldian is a paragon of heroic knowledge, just because they're a Kheldian.
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But also DO NOT assume that a Kheld is automatically a n00b, a jerk, an arrogant know-it-all, or otherwise a bad player just because they're a Kheld. As with ANY AT, or better yet, ANY player... give them a chance to show whether they are a good fit for your team.
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(For those who don't know, having a warshade at all means that you've played a character to level 50...
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No it doesn't.
It means there's a level 50 on that account. I've run into Kheldians on 6 occasions (once on Guardian, once on Infinity, and twice on both Virtue and Victory) who were kids or other family members playing on a parent's or SO's or brother's account. How many Khelds with their own 50s run headlong into Void Slayers or Nictus Shards or Dwarfs (and then [censored] about not getting any heals)? It's one of the reasons why, if I had my druthers, I'd avoid teaming with Khelds altogether (and will NEVER invite one I don't know to a team I'm putting together). That's probably the only archetype I can count my GOOD experiences with on one hand.
As has been said a few times already:
DO NOT assume the Kheldian is a paragon of heroic knowledge, just because they're a Kheldian.
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Wow i feel sry for you. Not teaming with Kheld's. Have you played one? Not trying to start a flame war or anything like that. Just that i have 4 Khelds and 5 lvl 50s and I rush Headlong into Voids, Quantiums, and Novas.
All though i dont run into dwarfs they are better killed from afar. But on the others the nova is the same damage no matter the distance and V&Q's are better to attack from close range because they go to melee and i would rather get hit by a Brawl than a Quantium Weapon. And yes I would be very upset if there were healers on the team and they didnt heal me when i did this.
Im not saying that the ppl you played with were not new or inexperianced. All im saying is there are play styles that do work but look like the person is foolish.
I have been acussed of being a "noob" on several occations untell i explain why i do what i do. Then most of the time they will learn and try it my way, or if might not be the right tac. for the group and we try a diff approch.
But the best thing i can say is if you are that exp with this game then help them out most want to learn. And if you can prove your point (for the ones with thicker heads 
) then that works sometimes too. The most fun i have had in this game besides herding (I just love to do it not for the exp or the inf its just one of my things and it hurts NO one) has been grabing a newbie and taking them on a wild ride of 12, 16 lvls in one night and teaching them along the way. This dose many things. One it helps them learn the game and although its better the Tutoral is still kinda lacking. Two it helps show off the game and show how fun it can be so if that person is on a trail or a firends account maybe they will join up and give us more ppl to play with. Three it helps train them for when they train other newbies. Ect..
All im saying is just because ran into a couple and didnt understand there tac. Dont stop playing with a AT, if i did that i would never play with a blaster, always bonzi in to melee range and attack or use AoEs before group is locked down....
You know the more i think of it your right ill never play with a blaster again damn idiot blasters 
Many styles, Many ways to play.
Broomhilda BS/Regen/BM Scrapper, Fiddle Faddle Shield/ElecM/BM Tank,
And many others..
Dev's With all the Great new content, Please!! dont forget to fix the bugs with the old content. There is a storm a brewing because they are not getting fixed. If its a problem that no one is reporting them? Well Maybe you need to look at your tech support then..
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. (^_^)
"I'm loyal to nothing, General... except the Dream." � Captain America
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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.
"I'm loyal to nothing, General... except the Dream." � Captain America
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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.
"I'm loyal to nothing, General... except the Dream." � Captain America
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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."
"I'm loyal to nothing, General... except the Dream." � Captain America
Geez, you hop in the forums just looking for the best Hover/Fly bind and next thing you know you're spending 2 hours reading this thread (btw, I *still* don't know how I came across this...). Anyways, my additions:
DON'T:
--> TP ppl into drones in pvp - you're not getting any credit for the kill, and you just make it obvious that you don't know how to build/use your toon (we know Fire tanks have been nerfed all to the point of almost being worthless, but is this really all they're good for now? - and, yes, my friend got hit by one 3 times one nite)
--> think that just because you have a full end bar (because you aren't doing anything) that it means the rest of us are ready for the next mob (when our next 3 attacks = toggles dropped from lack of end)
--> join an sg/vg looking for a handout, to promptly quit the group 3 seconds later
--> kill the held/mezzed foe in the group. We held him for a reason: to keep him *out* of the fight so there's fewer ppl attacking us. Kill the *threats*, not the paperweight.
--> ask to join an *active* sg if you only play a couple hours over the weekend. The group is looking for ppl who will contribute to the group's growth, not to use as fillers.
--> make an sg/vg prior to using spell-checker. I don't know how many ppl I've wanted to feel sorry for because they were in "Satan's Vengince" or "Deth's (whatever)", but I couldn't because I realized that those same ppl were obviously dumb enough to join and stay in the sg/vg. How do you honestly expect to be taken seriously? (If it's misspelled for a reason, then by all means go ahead. But if it's strictly because some other group already took the proper spelling, then come up with new idea - this goes back to Grim_Fandango's post)
--> use Caps Lock. For anything. Anywhere. Please.
--> say "teh", or "pwnz". I know the Dev's went so far as to make a badge named "Pwnz" in CoH, but they also violated this thread by making a CoV mish where you find "\B4nKbUsTah\"... Just because somebody mistyped one day doesn't make it any cooler than the 10-year old's 1337-speak...
There was more I was going to add until seeing other ppl post it (tp'ing the lvl 30 toon because he/she didn't take a travel power, explicit comments about female toons played by -yup, you guessed it - another guy, etc.), so I guess that's all to my list of gripes.
Last thing I wanna say is that Zapgrrl's comment about Marilyn Manson, Eminem, etc. was funnier than s***...roflmao with that one...
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...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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I remember getting into trouble for rezzing during a fight - granted, I was using an awaken.. but the way I figured it, me being a scrapper, and us not having a tank, I oughtta be up and keeping aggro off of the defender as often as I can - even if it means faceplanting a few times in a row to do it.
Biggest nono in CoX, in my own opinion: Don't tell other people how to play. They just might be on to something. Though, there ARE exceptions to that rule.. like, say, the SS/Invul tank standing in the back, using Hurl while telling the scrappers to take the front lines. 
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Don't send a tell consisting only of the word "tell" with an invite right behind it when someone has in their search comment "PST".
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Hey, you said, "Please send tell" and they sent a "tell".
I'd love that message, though I'd still have to chat a bit with the sender before I decided on joining the team. I think that's funny as heck.
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My SG is guilty of that, myself included. We call our fellow SG members by abbreviated versions of their main's name no matter what character we are currently playing. I'll be playing as Frozen son and they still call me Lux. :-P
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Yeah, we do it too. I don't think it's that confusing, but I can see how some people might feel left out. But anybody can call me Primary or even PU. I don't care. No secret initiation required.
What not to do:
--Start chatting about how a random team member's AT or powerset needs to be nerfed, particularly when you're relying on that AT or powerset to help keep you alive.
--Go to the hospital when your sidekick is still alive. (I still carry guilt. ...)