Really newbie question please

If you are the leader of the team, open the missions tab underneath you nav bar. It should show you all of the missions currently held by all of your teammates. Click the mission you want the team to do. At the bottom of that list of missions, there should be a button that says "select task."

Click that and it will set the mission for the team. Only the team leader can select missions for the team, so if you are not the leader, ask for the star or ask the leader to select the mission you want them to help you with.

This is only partly true. If no mission is set for a team, any team member can enter a mission map. This will set that mission as active for the team.

I've never been sure if this is intended or a bug, but it works.

You have to click on the mission you want to set first, and THEN the select task button will appear at the bottom of the window. It's not just sitting there all the time.

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately.

Right, so even if he can't find a way to set the mission (and I've seen bugs around that in the past) then he can just enter his own mission and that will make it the active mission for everyone on the team.

Ditto.

How to Form a full 8-player team in under 5 minutes
Without using Blind Invites

(Any instructions marked with an *asterisk* have additional comments below.)

Prep: Copy/Paste the following /Bind command into your Chat line, this is your Invite Bind:

/bind i "tell $target, Level $level-ish team LFM - join us?"

Prep: Get at least one mission from a Contact and/or the Police Radio, preferably more than one.

-In "Missions" tab, use Select Task to set an Active Mission before you begin your Search.


Begin Searching:

-Click Team tab on Chat window
-Click Find Member

This is the Search Window

-Look at heroes in the same Zone as you (default listings on Search Window activation)

Are any:
-Level appropriate?*
-Not already on a team (not greyed out)?
-Not flagged as "Not Looking for Team" (red circle with line thru it)?

If Yes, click on the name and Press i to activate your Invite Bind.

Repeat until you've hit all viable heroes.

-Now Refine your Search

In Search Window, use drop-down Level list to select an appropriate level-range* & hit Search button.

-Look at heroes in various zones

Are any:
-Level appropriate?*
-Not already on a team (not greyed out)?**
-Not flagged as "Not Looking for Team" (red circle with line thru it)?

If Yes, click on the name and Press i to activate your Invite Bind.

Repeat until you've hit all viable heroes.

Pay attention to your Chat window.
For any positive replies, click on the name and click "Invite to Team".***

Still not full?
-Refresh your Search Window listings by hitting Search button again.
-Use other drop-down menus on your Search window to further Refine your Search.
----First by Archetype (Tank, Blaster, Defender, etc.)
-----Then by Zone (trickier - a "last resort" for me)

Enjoy your full team!

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Further comments:

* "Appropriate level" will vary from player to player, it's whatever you feel comfortable with.

---The new SuperSideKicking mechanic means *any level* hero is now an "appropriate level", as long as everyone's comfortable with the arrangement.

---I tend to stay in a +4/-4 range, with preference to lower-level chars, simply because I get more Yes replies from them.


** Solo Players listed as "in mission" used to be off-limits for me. But after some "last-resort" Invites, I now consider them fair game, in light of how many "in mission" players have jumped at the chance to Exit their solo mish to join a good team.


*** Consider using this to supplement your Invite Bind:

/macro LFM "say, Looking for more...$$emote Binoculars"

---Your first joiner might be thinking "'Team LFM - join us' and there are only 2 of us? Rip-off!" To avoid this, the first 2 people to join, hit the LFM macro immediately after you see them appear on the Team list.

---The Binoculars emote makes it clear to any nearby heroes, that I'm actively LFM and not picking my nose or AFK (plus it occasionally gets a LOL).

Final Note: I find I generally get a 1-in-3 positive response rate, i.e. for every 3 Invite Binds I send, I get one No, one (no reply), and one Yes. So expect to send 20-ish Invite Binds to fill a Team from scratch.

But by using a Bind vs. a Macro, you can have one hand on the mouse to select names in your Search Window, and one on your Invite Bind key, and hit 20-ish heroes in under :30 seconds.

Good luck!

Fix't for Being a Good Leader.

Why wait 'til you have a full team before setting mish?

The first 6 players to join are just standing around picking their noses waiting...

This way everyone can get their butts moving toward the mish door while you flesh out the team.

I've also found this to be true. Most solo players will exit a mission as soon as invited. Some prefer to finish their active mission first, and ask if they can send a tell when done, which I am usually fine with, myself.

Great post overall!

This really depends on how far along the mission I am. If I've just started the mission or am within the first 1/4 or so, I'll happily exit the mission.

If I'm between 1/4 to 3/4 or so, I'll probably decline to join.

If I'm within a room or so of finishing, then I'll respond with "sure, just let me finish this up...almost done with it".

All of that assumes that you've given me a real tell and asked me if I'm interested in joining.

True blind invites, rude invites, or unintelligable invites receive no response.

True. I will gladly exit a solo mission to join a team if it isn't timed.

I agree, select the mission before you start inviting. I find it comforting to join a team and already see a selected mission. It makes me think the leader is on the ball.

As far as I know, as long as I have the star the "Select Mission" button is always available. It doesn't just appear when a mission is selected. It just doesn't do anything if a mission isn't selected. Is it sometimes off the bottom of the list and you have to scroll down? I don't guess I've noticed one way or the other.

Well, you're obviously just playing hard to get

I dunno why.

There are so few "NEVER EVER DO THIS" kinda things in this game, it really irks me as well, when I get Blind Invites.

The only time I even *consider* using a *form* of Blind Inviting, is when:

1.) someone is flagged as actively LFT,

2.) they've not Replied to my Invite Bind,

AND

3.) the team *really* needs that particular AT.


My reasoning is that they're most likely AFK, and my Invite Bind Tell may get pushed off their Chat screen (by Broadcast, SG or Coalition chatting) by the time they get back.

Other than that, I consider Blinds strictly off-limits.

There's one additional justification for sending invites to players who haven't responded to a tell: Players at level 14 or below may be on trial accounts and unable to respond to invite tells. So, now if I send a tell to one of those players, and get no response within a minute or so, I'll generally follow up with a team invite anyway.