how to team these days

Chase_Arcanum · 08-04-2009 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack_Power

One thing I look for when I'm scraping together a PuG, a not-idiotic-looking name. If your name is .Killa, atwork, HELLBLAST3R. You have zero chance of ending up on my PuG. This might sound petty, but it's my PuG and I call the shots here.

//Jack

Agreed. I'm not one of those "optimal team build" people. If I KNOW my team could really use a defender, and I have a choice between a defender with what I deem an idiotic-looking name and another scrapper, I'm grabbing the scrapper and just adapting my team's tactics.

Of course, I prefer smaller teams & my wife also plays, so I rarely NEED to pug at all.

Hobo_Healer · 08-04-2009 11:00 AM

I was surprised on x2XP weekend I had a hell of a time getting on a PUG on Virtue. Had my tag up for well over an hour, asked in various server channels and no hits.

The character does not have a odd name. I could only guess people saw the search comment of: "Earth/Storm" and didn't want any part of that. lol

Battlerock_X · 08-04-2009 11:04 AM

Got a video on the subject...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVq_t-nV8Vg

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Neuronia · 08-04-2009 11:06 AM

Generally I join server global channels, like BMT of Champion, Cozmic's Playground for Pinnacle, Repeat Offenders for their group of SGs..,and go from there.

If I'm in the wild (a new server), I go with the flag up:

(15 Rad/Thermal Corr lft. Please send tell, no Farms please) or send some tells to various people. Broadcast spam of LFT usually never gets me anywhere.

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ifotym · 08-04-2009 01:17 PM

Thanks for all of the ideas, folks!

I think I am still in the "it is rude to invite yourself onto someone else's team" state of mind - but I can get over that and will try the polite and friendly tell method.

My main server is Protector (though I have characters on almost every server) - and the few times where I say to myself, "I think I will form a team," I do a /search and notice all of one person in my level range - if that. I have worn the star before - I just tend to not enjoy having to manage a team - that is too much like work for me and not enough like play. Still - I should probably try that more often.

After all - having the experience of a 60+ month vet could be fun to teach newbs some of the ins and outs of the game.