Creepter wrote...
I like to think that the Drunk Turian Sentinel is downing some extra shots this weekend challenge. Lol. 
I sure would if I didn't have early mornings every day.
Goddamn right! I had a few Jaeger Bombs in honor of the fallen before gaming tonight.
Was already in a good mood from playing with you again, but had something unexpected happen afterwards that put me into an even better mood.
After you left, I rebooted (since I had those framerate issues the game before, then had some audio issues on Jade), then hosted a Gold lobby, invited another bosom buddy in, and opened the room to public. We started and got Ghost/Collectors/Gold. One guy immediately quit when he saw it was Collectors. He was eventually replaced with a female human adept carrying an Avenger.
At first, I assumed it was someone doing the weekend operation and braving Gold (frankly, I did mine on Silver). But after a few waves and checking scores, it was obvious that it was actually a newbie who had stumbled into Gold. I was a tanky Kroguard working on Bloodpack waves, so I stayed relatively in sight. That allowed me to charge an enemy to get close by for a revive as needed. After several revives, I noticed the newbie following me around like a baby duckling. That activated the Mama Bear instincts in me.
Unfortunately, my friend and the other random froze on extraction, as they both suddenly left the mission (and my friend messaged me when he came back online, saying he'd hard froze), so that left me and the rookie. We got back into the lobby, I immediately set it to Private again to re-invite my friend, and that gave me a chance to confirm that this person was an N7 18.
Now, a lot of folks would have either kicked him or told him to leave. However, I was feeling rather potent and knew my equally potent Gold Duo buddy would be on his way back in, so I told the rookie that he was welcome to stay in my Gold lobby. I did explain to him that most others would probably kick him from Gold based on N7 rank. I also explained that the enemies would not be so tough on Bronze and Silver, and advised he seek out those difficulties once I left for the night. But for now, I was fine with helping teach him in my Gold room. He stayed, and I gave him advice on the order of packs to buy to max out commons/uncommons/etc (and why - mainly for weapon mods). He had no mic, so I just gave general advice since he couldn't give me feedback or ask questions in return.
My friend re-joined mid-speech, so I told him to check the guy's N7 rank and my friend joined me in giving good, general advice. A 4th joined and, in short order, put a kick sign on the newbie. I told the 4th (also mic-less) that I understood his kick vote, but that I had already told the newbie he could stay in my room, that my friend and I duoed Gold all the time so we could carry, and that he could either stay and play or leave because we weren't going to kick the rookie. He left. The three of us started and had a fourth joined while loading in.
Had a good time showing the rookie the ropes. He really wasn't doing bad for a new player with a squishy character. Not nearly as bad as I did on Silver with a tanky character on my first time at a higher difficulty. I praised him when he did well and did good things. Encouraged him to keep Warping the Primes that I was tanking so I could keep charging them for BEs. Revived him whenever needed, or asked if a closer teammate could revive him if I was too far away. In general, me and my friend were able to be by his side, mostly, and help show him good strategy for his class. And kept reinforcing him by saying he was the type of player we'd be playing with months down the road, when older players leave, and that we'd be happy to have him by our side. Farming and cultivating the new crops of player - AS WE VETERANS SHOULD IF WE WISH TO HAVE GOOD PLAYERS BY OUR SIDE IN THE FUTURE.
My Internet farted on Wave 7 and disconnected me (not EA's fault; that was all on Comcast). Which angered me largely because I was having a damn good time teaching this rookie the ins and outs. By the time I came back online, the room had dissolved in my hosting absence. But I shot the rookie a friend request and a message explaining that I hadn't abandoned him, my Internet just burped, and I would be happy to play with him again and offer more advice if he wanted. Then, signed off for the night.
Hoping I'll have him as a new apprentice tomorrow morning.
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so I'm hoping Repair Matrix will make things easier to learn for her. So far she's quite timid and not really going around the map to kill things. It's pretty much how I behaved when I first started!
