Where is the Team Pickup Hangout Now?
By
Laevateinn,
Posted on: 2009-06-06 08:18 in Player Questions
Given how CoH is so heavily instanced, I doubt you'll ever find a large group of people milling about anywhere other than AE and the Markets.
For teaming, I normally idle in global channels. It's not likely for you to be "seen" unless you say something first, but they have the advantage that people can talk in them even if they're in missions, SG bases, or six zones away.
The absolute best place to find a team is wherever you are standing. Just start inviting folks. The game is called "City of Heroes."
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Well, depends. If you're on the Virtue server <plug>you could join the Virtue LFG Alpha global channel</plug>. If not, your best bet would be the Search window. Pull up a search in your level range and go archetype by archetype - write a "/t $target, Hi, I'm forming a team for Lv$level [insert stuff you have planned here] and was wondering if you'd like to join." then send it to prospective teammates. Make sure you at least glance at the comments, though, as some will say that they're not teaming no matter what and a lot of people write their powersets in there so you know what you're asking for. Do it in batches - if you've got seven spots on your team, ask seven people, wait a few minutes {in case they're in the middle of a fight or something similarly distracting}, then repeat the process until you've got a passable team together.
Don't worry about the reputation of the average PuG - in my experience, most randomly assembled teams tend to do pretty well, and the occasional bad apple will quickly make itself known.
Broadcast spamming is one of the least efficient ways of getting a team. Use the Find Member function, use global channels, be on the lookout for random tells.
AE Atlas has become a congregation area... for farmers, wannabe powerlevellers, and newbies who don't know better. People tend to avoid it now.
When I was but a Newb, I would go to the Atlas gate in the Hollows to find teamless heroes to form team and smite bad guys. This was because I had no idea how to search, and was shocked when someone out of the blue would ask me if I wanted to team and I did not see them anywhere around.
"How did you know my name? How did you find me??" Ah, those were the days.
So when it came time to make the mid-40s push, I found that there were hardly any heroes to be found. At that juncture, I did not know about /hide and such, but eventually found that Portal Court in PI was where I would find them milling about. Good times.
Well, gaming time has gotten extremely short for the last couple of months and if no SG comrades are on, I really was disinclined to try forming a team myself... so I figured that I would just hang out with my Looking For Missions flag on, do a mish and scoot... but now Portal Corps and other locations for congregating were pretty sparse.
Is the "new" congregating area the AE in Atlas?
I would be happy to do (non-farm) AE missions or regular missions, but the Old Ways seem to have changed. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost...
I form teams when I am going to be on for a bit, but if not, where do you go to find like-minded folks now, so you can be seen as available, chat with them, etc?
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