Forums: Villains Only: Assault Etiquette

How long is it necessary to wait for an assault to assemble? What is the proper etiquette on wait times?

I know, your waiting for your homeys.. but please.

I made some of my arguments in my lair.. let me hear your stories or point of view. I am all ears.

I'm with you Syd..

Especially waiting almost 10 mins for a 4 against Jenny. Jenny freakin Law.

It's almost as bad as when you are nice and invite noobs only to have them say start 50 times.

Which is more annoying?

sometimes I take long when I do my role playing stories so when I finally come to start the battle, they start without me an you know all those topics I do in the forums and I do it for me and the rest, they just have to wait until I arrive thats what I think

If you join a battle and need to wait, STAY THERE.
Don't go start a game, or write a 1000 character post, or start making dinner.
If it's a battle that is done in 1 hit, I don't see the need in waiting more than 5 minutes.
If it's a sparky or bigger, then a wait for a full team should be expected.
However some one SHOULD check where party members are in regards to E.T.A. letting others KNOW they are checking.
Of course there are some times when an invited player may not know they have a battle waiting.
It has happened to me, I play with the sound off, out of courtesy for those around me, and if I am posting I can not see the blinking envelope up the top. Once I hit submit, it is gone.
I check grams every 5 mins, but by then, some battles have already started.

Plain and simple.
5 minutes tops
6 is okay
I wouldnt go passed seven
wouldnt want to establish yet
another annoying trend.

If its an opponent like Johnny, Jenny or do gooders I'll usually fight the myself. Sparky I'll find send invites unless I see nobody on that could help me take sparky out.

I agree Syd
I don't want anyone waiting for me, I'm usually on my Wii and it can't handle sound affects (lol) so I never know if I'm invited
If I'm honest, I can't be bothered to wait long, and IF someone keeps saying start, I just tell them to wait or leave :)

oh man!

If I have a sparky battle, I will send out invite prior to entering names. You never know who is on or who can hang around for that long of time.

If I'm in a sparky battle, I usually send messages to let others know.

They way I see it, if they invite me and can win without me; then start.

Use common sense thats all I have to say.

What about the reject button? Sometimes it is just easier and faster to push that instead of sending an urbogram. I don't see that used often. Should there be another saying "hold on, brt" also?

I actually suggested that in the betas. A "brt" button would make life so much easier especially with underage accounts that you can't send a msg to or they can't msg us. It keeps the young'uns safe and lets everyone know what's going on.

There's some people I don't mind waiting for. Sometimes the assault is just a reason to hang out and be silly in a controlled setting. Now if the assaults are pouring in and you're missing them then yeah, you can only wait so long.

I've started using the reject button lately because it just gets to be too much. I try and make it to as many as I can, especially if it is someone who still needs help. You just can't make them all though...

You wait however long you want. It's your assault, if people don't like it, they don't have to share in the fun. You're doing them a favor by inviting them.

Yes, you are right TLE. It is your assault.

I think I am in the majority when I say 5 minutes is too long to wait for henchies and such when there are enough players to kill them. So I am not talking about newbies waiting for someone bigger to help them out.

But there is an fine line between being nice and inviting people to your assault and being an assault hog.