use broadcast, global channels for your server, the /search command, start your own team... i could go on and on with ways to find teams so that is a moot point. best way if you are having trouble finding a team in the first 10 mins of being on is to just go at it and keep checking once in a while for teams.
of course the obvious answer and most snakriest sounding is to play the game but i try not to use that one.
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Originally Posted by Kazukya1
Whats the best method for lvling as i have noticed that soloing just isnt cutting it. :-( Teams are a rarity. And im looking for a SG that has patience to teach a newcomer.
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1. What AT are you playing?
2. What server are you on?
My first toon, way back in July/2004 was a grav/emp controller. Absolutely painful to solo, especially back then. If this is the case with you, try rolling a scrapper or blaster. They solo very well.
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Teams are a rarity.
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- Join an active SG.
- Use your server's global channels; every server has them.
- When you find other players that have compatible playing styles, add them to global friends.
- Use the existing team search tool to set your flag to LFT.
- Using the same tool, send tells to players of similar level that are already on a team and ask if they have room for you.
- Check your server section on the forum here for events.
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Originally Posted by Kazukya1
Whats the best method for lvling as i have noticed that soloing just isnt cutting it. :-( Teams are a rarity. And im looking for a SG that has patience to teach a newcomer.
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Still, best way to level is just to run missions. Either solo or advertise in broadcast for a group. Don't be in too much of a hurry to get to 50. The game's really more about the journey than the destination.
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In my experience, this is currently of negligible effectiveness. Stick with the other methods.
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I solo'ed a Blaster up to 50, and not exactly a killer-blapper build, but just your average stuff. That means that if my enemies didn't die after my first few attacks, chances are, I'll face a trip to the hospital or run like a sissy coward.
Solo'ing is always an option, but for some ATs it means that you have to accept the occasional face-plant.
Also, to repeat an old but valid advice: Even three people are a team. You can play with only three people and do as well as with eight. After all, 25+, you can beat most AVs with just three in a team and have it be a challenge, and not even miss that there was an AV in the first place, as is often the case with full teams.
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While this is true... it's something people sort of have to learn for themselves.
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In this game, a valid team can be of any size and consist of any combination of ATs and powersets. It helps if you're around the same level but otherwise even a team of two or three will get you levelling faster and going less insane from loneliness.
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What other methods might those be? Randomly sending people tells or, worse, blind invites is more likely to land you on their ignore lists...
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Originally Posted by Corebreach
In my experience, this is currently of negligible effectiveness. Stick with the other methods.
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On the other hand, it doesn't hurt, and I know I tend to look at the people flagged as searching for a team before I move on to the unflagged ones. No point not setting the flag.
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Originally Posted by Corebreach
In my experience, this is currently of negligible effectiveness. Stick with the other methods.
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No, not really. Blind invites maybe, but it's considered standard procedure to send out tells to people asking if they want to join the team. It's the whole point of the Search feature.
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Originally Posted by Tyger42
What other methods might those be? Randomly sending people tells or, worse, blind invites is more likely to land you on their ignore lists...
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It's better than running around randomly shouting LFT in broadcast. However, as I mentioned above, for me most teams are through global chat or global friends. I have used the team search flag in the past though with success, and if I am forming a team I always go first to those with LFT set.
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Originally Posted by Corebreach
In my experience, this is currently of negligible effectiveness. Stick with the other methods.
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There is nothing rude about sending people tells. I do it often and other than those that don't even bother to respond, I have never gotten a rude response. Of course, I also send tells that contain proper spelling and grammar rather than "u wnt team?" And to be honest, the type of player that is going to add me to ignore simply because I sent them a polite tell, is not the type of player I would ever want to team with anyway, so no loss there.
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Originally Posted by Tyger42
What other methods might those be? Randomly sending people tells or, worse, blind invites is more likely to land you on their ignore lists...
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I often solo because my play time is sporadic and often brief. However, when I do have time to team, I hate sitting around waiting for a invite.
What I do in that case is put up my LFT flag, and put a note in my comment area that I'm okay with getting tells while I'm in a mish. (A lot of people aren't.) Then, I can solo until I get an tell invite--makes the time go faster!
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Also, teams are not a rarity. Although if you really want one, you should probably start your own.
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There is if the person is either set to "not accepting invites" or has a search comment that states clearly that they don't want to team. ( assuming they haven't been broadcasting for an invite or some such )
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Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen
There is nothing rude about sending people tells.
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I find having a tab set up to the events channel there is usually something going on if not you can always try to organise something yourself,I find soloing altho a little slower than teams I still level at a reasonablr rate.
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Sure, but something like that is so obvious it's not even worth mentioning, in my opinion. People like that would be much better off by placing themselves on hide, rather than getting themselves all worked up over receiving a tell in the first place.
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There is if the person is either set to "not accepting invites" or has a search comment that states clearly that they don't want to team. ( assuming they haven't been broadcasting for an invite or some such )
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Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen
Sure, but something like that is so obvious it's not even worth mentioning, in my opinion.
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And "people like that"? People who want to be shown the simple common courtesy of others respecting their expressed wish to be left alone? How horrible for them.
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Which is why they would be much better off placing themselves on hide. And for the record, "Not seeking" is not nearly the same status as "Do not accept invites". The majority of players I recruit for teams are from tells sent to those people who are "not seeking", which is the default setting for players that don't use or know about the team search flags. Any player that considers it rude to receive a tell when their team search is set to the default of "not seeking" is being overly sensitive.|
Originally Posted by Tyger42
And, yet, people still send those on not accepting invites and/or who have "not looking for a team" status messages all the time.
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"People like that" is not an insult. It is not derogatory. It was simply referring to other players that don't want to be bothered while solo or performing some other type of activity. I have been known to be one of those "people like that" myself. Which is why I use the hide function when I don't want to be bothered.
Perfect example of this kind of behavior. The only player online right now on my server set to "not accepting invites" also feels it necessary to have "LEAVE ME ALONE" in all caps as his or her search comment. That serves no purpose, other than to advertise to all out there, the player's "special" status. Now, maybe that person simply does not know about the Hide function. Perhaps that is the case for many of these players. I think I might begin sending them polite tells asking them if they are aware of the hide function from now on.
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Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen
Which is why they would be much better off placing themselves on hide. And for the record, "Not seeking" is not nearly the same status as "Do not accept invites". The majority of players I recruit for teams are from tells sent to those people who are "not seeking", which is the default setting for players that don't use or know about the team search flags. Any player that considers it rude to receive a tell when their team search is set to the default of "not seeking" is being overly sensitive.
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Sounds like someone is getting all worked up here...
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Here we go... This kind of attitude simply reinforces my opinion that some people go out of their way looking for something to be offended about so they can get all self-righteous over the perceived slight. "People like that" is not an insult. It is not derogatory. |
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| It was simply referring to other players that don't want to be bothered while solo or performing some other type of activity. I have been known to be one of those "people like that" myself. Which is why I use the hide function when I don't want to be bothered. |
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Well, we certainly have gotten extremely sidetracked from the original topic here, haven't we? Sure, I agree with you that it is discourteous to send a team request tell to someone who is flagged as "not accepting invites" with a comment that also indicates this. I simply question the reasoning behind using the big red "not accepting invites" vs. using the Hide tool.|
Originally Posted by Tyger42
Which is fine. However, that doesn't mean I shouldn't be irritated by lack of courtesy all the same if I don't place myself on hide. This isn't about how to hide under a rock from the lack of courtesy. It's about the lack of courtesy in itself.
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Seems to me there can only be 2 logical explanations.
1: Player does not know about the Hide ability or how it functions.
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2: Player wants to let everyone know that they don't want to team.
So, let me ask you, since you seem to indicate you would rather set your flag and put a search comment up when you don't wish to team: What does that do for you that using the Hide tools will not also accomplish, while also completely avoiding any possibility of getting that annoying tell in the first place?
Using Hide does not force a player to "hide under a rock" as you put it. (Didn't you say something earlier about hyperbole?) A player can select to Hide from any of the following in any combination: Search, Supergroup, Server Friends, Global Friends, Global Chat, Tells, or simply to block all Invites.
I just don't understand the logic here.
3. Player doesn't want to accept invites from random schmucks, but folks they've teamed with before may be welcome, so they don't want to hide from search entirely. They may or may not have friended the player, so they can't guarantee still being able to be seen if they hide from search.
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Originally Posted by Tyger42
...Don't be in too much of a hurry to get to 50. The game's really more about the journey than the destination.
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Some people like to say, "Once you're 50, there's not much to do anyway." That's also completely up to an individual. I play my level 50's more often than any of my other characters and one of my 50's has logged more hours of play after level 50 than before.
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Whats the best method for lvling as i have noticed that soloing just isnt cutting it. :-( Teams are a rarity. And im looking for a SG that has patience to teach a newcomer.