Ok I am trying to put together a quick guide to teaming. This is what I have so far. Any input would be appreciated.
Guide to Teaming.
Ok the following is information that I have picked up whilst reading various posts around the web. As far as I can tell there are 5 jobs in a good team. They are as follows.
The Jobs/Classes.
Healer
Puller
Tank
Crowd controller
Damage Dealer
For each of these jobs there are a couple of suitable character classes. The most suitable class for each job may change as you level up. For example Enforcers make great tanks, but Engineer bots are far better at higher levels.
I will just list the abilities that I believe each job requires rather than actual classes.
Healer - Individual Heals, Heal over time (Don’t forget to zone after casting), Team heal
Tank - Good defence and lots of Hit Points, aggro attraction
Crowd Control - Roots, slows, charms
Damage dealer - High damage guns or nukes
Puller - Fast
Ok once you have assembled your team take sometime to sit down and talk, don’t just rush straight off and start killing because you will probably just start dying.
The Talking
The most important thing you need to do is assign a Leader, this is the guy that will make all the decisions. More importantly make sure you are ready to do what he says.
Assign job roles and familiarise Character Classes /Roles with Names. This is very important especially for the Doc. Eg an enforcer on 1/2 health isn't as needy as an NT on 3/4 health.
Ask how long everyone is playing for. This will have a big impact on where you hunt.
Decide where to hunt. Note the nearest save terminal. Arrange a meeting point halfway between the hunting ground and reclaim terminal, if necessary.
Talk tactics, eg does the puller call the targets or does the Leader, what do we do if we pull a train, what happens of we get adds.
Check stock levels, stims, med kits, rechargers, bullets. A good team can easily end up spending twice as much time hunting as they thought and nothing ruins a role more than running out of one of the essentials.
Tactics
More Info on its way
Useful Notes.
Docs really appreciate humidifiers.
Enforcers really like casting the life saving MONGO. If they run out of nano then recharge em.