Ronnie Blastoff wrote...
Looking at your manifest, I can assume you are in the range of 1~3K N7, now if your one of those guys who decided N7 means nothing I understand why you get booted. Other than that can't think of any reason. I play level 1 characters after promoting in pure random lobbies, and have even been kept over level 20s simply because N7 actually DOES make a difference to anyone who would rather play with a person who they don't have to assume has played the game more than 3 days.
I'm one of those people you're talking about. I don't get kicked. If anything, I leave if I don't like the looks of other players' setups or if they simply don't ready up. Oh, and no offense, with the exception of this weekend or coming week, your level 1 would get booted if my friends and I were looking for a 4th. No matter what class they really are, a level 1 is pretty much a really squishy soldier, and I'm not carrying someone who doesn't add anything to the group simply so they can promote. I'd make an exception during this week provided they use equipment to make themselves a little more useful because of the objective.
P.S. before anyone says it, yes i know some people can hold their own in gold with a level 1 character. I don't know about everyone else, but I really don't feel like wasting my consumables in the hope that I just came across one of those individuals (rarer than some posters would have you believe)...especially when I can replace them with someone using a leveled up character with the full use of their skills. Sorry, but n7 rank doesn't indicate what someone can do with a level 1 character. I've seen way too many n7 3000 or so players who were horrible while using a leveled up character. I don't even want to think about how bad they are with a level 1 character.
I remember going into a gold pug match, and when the hoster saw that we had a decent looking group in the lobby he immediately promoted the character he was using. End result? Our host spent most of the match hiding in whatever corner he could find, not even coming out to help with a hack. At the end of the match, he didn't even have 25 kills or assists. That didn't stop him from making a big jump in level and adding a bit of n7 rank. The next time a host did that I just left the lobby. If someone likes to promote, great. Have fun. I'm not leveling them up, however. they can do that themselves, or they can go down to a lower level and take more time doing so.