I gave it another shot

Thirded about forming your own team. DOOO EEET!

Even a team of 2 or 3 can be a fun experience. Make sure you've got some missions ready to roll, and be the leader. Be firm, be fair, be fun!

Be polite and verbose in your tells. Some people will accept blind invites, but the more info you give them, the more respectfully you address them, the more likely you are to get an acceptance.

You'll usually see a lot of activity in the Global Channels as well. I highly recommend joining several.

Welcome to the game and the forums.

[/quote]so a Brute? what sort of powers? there are many to choose from and if I decide to stick with him to higher lvls I would hate to end up like "one of those guy" . You know the ones that did not choose wisely and should have chosen something better. I know all things work but somethings work alot better. Somethings are broken and some arent. So whats ur opinion with Brutes and power choices early on from lvl 1?[/quote]

There aren't many really gimped sets left in the game. There may be, however, some sets that are not right FOR YOU.

The classic example of that is probably the Force Field defender. Slow and unimpressive soloing, boring to play... why do I have three at high levels? Because they really only do one thing; make the entire team freakin impossible for enemies to hit*. And usually, that's enough.

*Impossibility not guaranteed.

Regarding server population. If you are solo or the team leader, click the Find button or simply type: /sea. This will open the search window for finding players.

Once the window is open click the Search button, leaving all fields blank, or default, and this will give you an indication of the players on the server for your faction (hero or villain). It will list the level of the players, where they are, the archetype (class), etc. If their name is greyed out it means they are on a team.

You can then refine your search using the controls available.

G'luck.

Go to Justice and join the global channels - Justice United and JFA2010. There is NEVER a shortage of people to team with no matter what time you're on. I see TF's run as early as 7 in the morning, and I see them started as late as midnight. That server is constantly hopping.

The reason you don't see a lot of people on the streets, is becaused of instanced missions. People just don't have to be outside, so they arent.

as we said 5 million times before... NO the game is not dead, yes there are alot of players online but most are either doing missions in other teams, are in AE, badge hunting, etc etc. Find Member is a great tool to get in contact with players who already have a mission team that can use a hand.

Broadcasting etc etc..

I think most global channels are set to default to Silenced mode for new members to stop the RMT spammers who were being a nuisance back in the day.