Being in AE with a lvl 17 (ice/cold) fender ticket monster(xp turned off).... with "looking for ticket team" over my head.... and never getting an invite.
Where is the PL maddness when I need it?!
BC
Timid Tanks.... enough said.
BC
Ok.... last one.
I dislike the Idea of the tank having to "learn" the team.
There are seven other players that this "one" tank has to learn how to tank for.......
I much perfer.... the seven other members learn how the "tank" tanks.
I can't tell ya how how many teams I have been on that "(edit) the team" didn't understand what a simple bounce in the corner means..... I am dragging the bad guys to that location....
BC
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Originally Posted by Big_cuban
Being in AE with a lvl 17 (ice/cold) fender ticket monster(xp turned off).... with "looking for ticket team" over my head.... and never getting an invite.
Where is the PL maddness when I need it?! BC |
why level 17?
YMMV---IMO
Ice Ember
The fact that the Devs don't auto-ban anyone admitting to PLing and using exploits. Come on, if you're stupid enough to admit to it, you really don't need to be here. 
"I never said thank you." - Lt. Gordon
"And you'll never have to." - the Dark Knight
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This. Seriously. Nothing takes the joy out of tanking than a team that doesn't know how to let the tank lead and herd. Why the **** do I have to type "herding to here" 50 times in a mission?|
I can't tell ya how how many teams I have been on that didn't understand what a simple bounce in the corner means..... I am dragging the bad guys to that location.... |
Tanks by no means are needed for a team to do well, but if you happen to have one let them do their jobs and by the 10th herd the team should know its a herding tank and what their style is and don't mess it up.
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There is contention both ways about whether herding or not is what should be done. It really is easier to adapt to the team than the other way around. |
Originally Posted by CriticalKat
This. Seriously. Nothing takes the joy out of tanking than a team that doesn't know how to let the tank lead and herd. Why the **** do I have to type "herding to here" 50 times in a mission?
Tanks by no means are needed for a team to do well, but if you happen to have one let them do their jobs and by the 10th herd the team should know its a herding tank and what their style is and don't mess it up. |
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"And you'll never have to." - the Dark Knight
My ice tank doesn't heard because of the slow PbAoE.
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Originally Posted by CriticalKat
This. Seriously. Nothing takes the joy out of tanking than a team that doesn't know how to let the tank lead and herd. Why the **** do I have to type "herding to here" 50 times in a mission?
Tanks by no means are needed for a team to do well, but if you happen to have one let them do their jobs and by the 10th herd the team should know its a herding tank and what their style is and don't mess it up. |
Here are some binds I used on my ice tank. I need to put these on all of my tanks. Refer to numpad7. I have most of the common things for herding and grouping and what instructions the team needed to know what I was planning.
put a /bind in front of each to use, I copied this from my toons bind list in options.
NUMPAD0 "team Greetings $target"
SHIFT+NUMPAD0 "team Gretings All"
NUMPAD2 "team same thing again"
SHIFT+NUMPAD2 "team Change in plans..."
NUMPAD3 "team Ready!"
SHIFT+NUMPAD3 "powexec_name rest$$team Resting for a Minute"
NUMPAD4 "team Advance forward"
SHIFT+NUMPAD4 "team Get here please"
NUMPAD5 "team Back up please"
SHIFT+NUMPAD5 "team BACK UP!!!"
NUMPAD6 "team Attack in place"
SHIFT+NUMPAD6 "team Wait to attack please"
NUMPAD7 "team Here is where I am bringing the scum"
NUMPAD8 "team Please stay back, I am gathering some scum"
YMMV---IMOIce Ember
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Well.... it is where I stopped his lvling at. And.... at lvl 17 you get just about everything you would want to roll for at it's best EX level.|
Originally Posted by Ice_Ember
why level 17?
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BC
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Mine does.... they just arrive slower..... and more of them.|
Originally Posted by Peterbilt
My ice tank doesn't heard because of the slow PbAoE.
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edit: ok... it depends on the room.... but still... I heard when I think it is needed.
BC
Hi CriticalKat.
I am on your side.... I spend alot of time during missions on a new team trying to figure out what I can do and can't do while tanking.
Like I mentioned before.... bouncing in a corner..... if they don't get the tell, I remove it from my list. If I tank forward.... and everyone follows... I kick that for the list..... Bounce? if that fails..... it is spawn to spawn.
And at that point.... it gets really slow.
BC
Bouncing in the corner is something very old school. I haven't seen many tanks that still do that. I would say bouncing in a corner with a bind "herding to here" works. Or works as well as it ever would on a team. Very seldom will you find a team with 7 other people who are all willing to let you herd without immobilizing them in the middle or hurricaning them before they get there, lol.
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Fix't. Nuff said.
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Originally Posted by Big_cuban
Tanks....
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This made me think what annoys me. Tanks that think they need to herd EVERYTHING no matter what.
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Originally Posted by Myrmydon
There is contention both ways about whether herding or not is what should be done. It really is easier to adapt to the team than the other way around.
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Well, one of my pet peeves is players (including the prospective herder) that use tactics that gain the team no benefit but cause it some penalty. Both over- and under-herding fall into this category.|
Originally Posted by Myrmydon
There is contention both ways about whether herding or not is what should be done. It really is easier to adapt to the team than the other way around.
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Basically, I can sum up all my pet peeves into anything stupid a player can do. There are a lot of things that work for this, and there certainly are a lot of stupid players.
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Originally Posted by doomlord
there certainly are a lot of stupid players.
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I don't herd if I don't feel like it, to on my sd/wm. There's no point, group to group, 'nuff said and faster. Some times I do, but then I really just stand in place after jumping three groups.. It's not really herding anymore. All the baddies come to you.
I miss my ninjas. That was herding. Spines/invuln aggro'ing the whole map and taking them out with ease.
but but....I LOVE herding! Granted it all depends on the map and the team. But I always ask at the beginning of every mission if it's ok. mmmm nothin like finding that perfect 90 degree corner and flippin the bird to a few Freaks to get them to follow you like mad back to ther perfect ambush spot. Then BAM! the whole team lays waste to the group. Ahhh good times, gooooood times
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Nearly 5 hour Posi's. What ever makes me keep thinking I can speed this TF? 
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Nearly 5 hour Posi's. What ever makes me keep thinking I can speed this TF? |
meybe there are a few than do it on a regular bases. 3-4 man teams
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Nothing saids its your spot like an ourob. Portal dropped on the ground.
We had a team of 3, blaster & 2 controllers. Wasn't a bad combination, just not a fast combination. 
(Or at least not a fast combination last night.) But the good news was the lvl 13 is now 1 xp shy of 16. And I got some good progress on those debt badges. 
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All you gotta do is grab a badge. Perfect way to lvl up.
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I have leveled several toons to 50 on an exploration badge. Great way to invite several friends to come watch for 3 seconds of ooo's and ahh's.
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Originally Posted by GATTACA_NA
All you gotta do is grab a badge. Perfect way to lvl up.
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YMMV---IMOIce Ember
But if you are just leaving, then quit the team, because you certainly don't deserve the reward at the end.
I might be wrong but I thought that even if you a logged off the team, not quit, and the TF is completed, you lose out on the reward. You have to come back for the last mission and be inside to gain the reward.
peev:
Send a tell to a gfriend who said "look me up anytime" and they say turn you down for help.
response: /gunfriend
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