Are We There Yet?

So I joined an ITF last night. PuG, 7 villains and 1 hero, a blaster (and no, not dual pistols).

Leader starts TF. Blaster asks what we're doing. At least one other player states that we are not doing an ITF, and when the leader points out that we are, there's a reply like, "We're out after this." Oooh, this looks like it's going to be fun.

Only partway into the first mission, blaster is asking if we're done yet. Leader explains that there are four missions.

Leader DC's, comes back, but the blaster is now in charge. He also has to lead the oracle to where she needs to go. This takes several minutes of explaining and coaxing.

After mission, blaster asks if we're done. "Do I get the roman armor now?" No, there are three missions left. It takes a couple of minutes for the leader to lead the blaster back to Imperius and convince him to set the next mission.

Second mission. Blaster: "Are we done after this?" /em sighs. Blaster dies once for every cyst killed, because he insists on standing next to them when they explode. Leader explains that they explode and squishies should not stand near them. After about the 10th death, blaster says, "I'm squishy, lol." But he does not change his approach at all. Blaster also dies at least a half dozen other times, usually due to the ambushes (this was not a speed run). After nearly every death blaster asks for a wakie inspiration, despite being told repeatedly that there were no other heroes and the villains couldn't hand him one.

At one point blaster levels. People congratulate him. His response: "Oh? Did I level up?"

Blaster exits mission while still dead. He asks for a wakie. He's told to hit the hospital, after which the leader begs someone to teleport him to Imperius so that he can set the next mission.

Blaster: "Do I get the armor after this mission?" No. The ITF is four missions long. This is only the third mission. Someone says, "Don't make me turn this Task Force around!"

Fourth mission: Blaster: "This is the last mission? Is it short?" Another teammate: "If you want a short task force, you should try the Quaterfield TF in the shadow shard."

I should point out that our blaster wasn't the only person who'd never done an ITF and who was dying repeatedly. He just died more often and was a lot more vocal. So when someone said, "I think with THIS team, we should just fight our way there," everyone agreed.

After Rommy rezes for the second time, our blaster says, "Man, this guy Is tough!" After he rezes for the third time, one of our other newbies says in amazement, "He keeps coming back to life!!

We still finished in 1:21. No one had quit. Several people on the team said, "NOW you get the Roman armor!" They had to explain how to do that, of course.

Blaster: "You villains are all good guys!" Well, maybe not, but my fellow teammates and especially the leader need to be congratulated on their great patience. And I hope the (obviously young) blaster enjoys his Roman armor.

See, me, I'd have blow a gasket, multiple fuses and probably roasted my cerebral core, leaving it set on 'screamykillydeathmachine' mode but then.

The first time I ran the ITF on my Corr to get the Roman armour (I needed it to make her real Nemesis costume, not the stand in I had to put up with) it was...a shambles.
Unions worst ever Bots/FF MM was on the team...and we lsot three team members due to time. The last mission was, needless to say, a failure. I had to quit before I put my fist through the screen.

Let's just say I feel stupidity should be made a crime

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Yeah, I'd have gone nuts. I have a very low tolerance for annoying people, despite the fact that I, myself, am an annoying person most of the time.

Hmmm... The only hero on an all villain team? And he kept asking for wakies? I would've told him to hit Ouro for some more inspirations.

Wow. Didn't anyone suggest that the Blaster log out and back in to switch leadership?

Your patience is to be commended. Hopefully now the new player will actually get out there and explore the rest of the game's content, rather than staying in the AE

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

Had I been on the team it would have been me who said "Don't make me turn this TF around!"

I like newbs most of the time, but they do get annoying occasionally. That kid sounds like he would have amused me somewhat.

People with that level of patience usually have a close relative kid gamer, so they feel more empathy as they wouldn't like someone being a jerk to their close relative kid gamer if he was in that situation

Props.

Sounds like fun to me, dude was new to the scene and you were awesome enough to teach rather than freak out. Hats off to you and the team for taking the guy through and not leaving him with a bad taste in his mouth!

As someone with a son who likes to play CoH now and then, I commend you on your patience.