Originally posted by xuur
I think anyone who's played a real team oriented game to any extent will have definite advantage starting off.
xuur (PS) = DV8R (T2)
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I think it's more than just having played in a team oriented game before, I think instead it's a matter of having played in a team environment with the same players that will give you an advantage.
For instance, take 10 T2 vets from different teams and toss them in an outfit. Then take 10 T2 vets from the same team and toss them in another outfit. Which team do you think will have the advantage? I would hold that the 2nd team would, since those players are used to each other, used to the established command structure, know proper voice comm disicpline, etc from the get go, while the 1st team will need time to establish that (and with T2 egos, it could be a loooonnngg time).
And naturally of course free-lancers who haven't really played on any teams will have the worst of it, since i would imagine many of these types of players will find it hard to 'go where they are told' if/when they join a temp squad.
I imagine it won't be a huge learning curve, though, since players who want to 'go it their own' will find themselves either eventually joining with temp squads, or dying repeatedly solo. And by this way they will have to learn to be a part of the squad, or else be selected out. It's sort of darwinian in that respect