How not to become squad lead - Second game in

[Go4SHT]

So how did I become a squad lead after I joined a squad? And why would it allow a 2nd game player set if it is auto. Is there a setting to turn this off?

I'll be glad to lead later but getting kicked 45 mins into a game because I became a squad lead somehow without notice and I don't have any clue what to do. ♥♥♥♥'n surprise, surprise.

I got kicked from a server today telling me about a working squad mic. If we MUST have squad leads then just disband the whole squad if no one takes lead. Force people to join or those that have more experience to set up.

♥♥♥♥♥♥ learning experience so far.

[Captiva]

I guess you could blame the game... but when this happened to me with only about 5 hours of game time, I just left the squad.

Game is best played with a good squad lead anyways, so if you are not hearing anyone talk or coordinate, I would switch squads or servers.

It sucks that you were kicked, but I have only had the squad leader thing happen once in almost 20 hours of game time for me. Most times your squad leader will communicate that they are going to leave the server.

[Geebus]

When this happens it means that the previous squad lead left. I believe that it will automatically give the lead to people in the order that they joined the squad. When this happens the best thing to do is to ask if anyone knows how to squad lead. If somebody does, you can promote them to squad lead by right clicking on their name in the deployment screen (enter key) and hitting the appropriate button. If there isn't anyone that can, you may be forced to disband the squad. Keeping a bunch of people together that don't have any kind of leadership is a waste of however many people are left in the squad. Then all the people that are left without a squad can filter into any other open squads or possibly somebody might make a squad with the intention of leading it, though always keep in mind that some people might just make a squad to make a squad, with no intention of leading. If that person makes no effort then just leave and hope you can find a better experience on another server.

Don't take the kick too personally. Whether you knew better or not you now know. This game isn't one of those games that you should be playing without a microphone. Playing this game without communicating is like playing a flight simulator without a joystick, you simply miss half the point. You getting kicked is a good thing in a sense. It means that the server that you were on takes the game seriously and enforces their rules.

[ShepherdOfCats]

SL issues aside, I strongly recommend getting a mic.

It's much easier to tell your buddy in front of you that there is a bad guy running down the stairs with a knife and gonna stab him in the back, than it is to stop in the middle of whatever you are doing and type out a long message, probably getting shot in the process because you can't move and now there are two dead players when all it would have taken was a quick shout-out over coms to prevent it.

I've seen a lot of new squad players and it is awfully quiet. I never know who has a mic or not, and it is just really frustrating because you cannot relay messages and get confirmation that they even understand what you want them to do.

[soapmactivish]

Soo next time that happens you can type in chat if anyone wants squad lead since youre new

you can also pick another squad to join or hit caps lock and right click on someones name and give them squad lead

[Sven]

You need to watch a few youtube videos. There are some good tutorials about what exactly is going on.

Also I don't think you will ever have a good time if you don't have a mic. There is no ping system here.

[Salt]

My favorite part is when there's 2 nonfull squads but they're locked and won't let you in. So then you make a squad and just give someone squad leader, but then they get mad at you because how dare you make a squad and not want to be squad leader even though you have no idea how to play. Really ends up being lose lose situations a lot

[Richard]

You become Squad lead because previous squad lead left or disconnected and your next in line

You get Notification on the left hand screen that "you are promoted to squad lead"

If you dont know how to SL, just talk to your squad "anyone want to be SL", then press enter right click on the name, promote to squad lead, if no one want... yeah ur screwed

I strongly recommend getting a mic, communication is very Important in this game
It will be much easier to tell if there's enemy near you or their pos with mic rather with typing, which is much slower

In my SL'ing times, its fun to coordinate with other SL's to defend, attack or flanking enemy position or just derping around in command channel

Summary: if you got secondhand SL, dont know how to lead, Press B to ask your squadmate if anyone want take leadership, if no one want, press L to all chat , just say my squad lead left, i dont know how to, generally good Admin (if there's is one) will show you the ropes, so yeah dont get discouraged, dont take it personally, just take it as another valuable experience

[Crafty]

Join a New Player Friendly server until you learn the basics. You wont (shouldn't) get kicked in those servers for stuff like that.

The server name will have something like "New player welcome" in the name. Join those. If anyone gives you sh*t, tell them its a 'new player server'. They shouldn't though, most people will actually try to help you if they know you're new.

[Go4SHT]

I get it... but just stupid to get kicked. The admin should have pinged me... maybe they did but I just didn't know how or where to respond. No one called me out on the mic and I was actively responding to the team and squad using my mic. I play these games a lot and always with a mic.

Most likely just a ♥♥♥♥ admin I guess.

Thanks for the ideas... I might give it another try but still a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ experience they need to fix.

[Treehugger]

Warning: If you disband the squad, in the field, you will screw people over, because what happens automatically is that they all loose their squad gear, and end up with:
1 rifle
2 x magazines
and maybe not much more

I had to take over a squad today, because the SL left and put me in charge (or maybe the game did, unsure how it works), but we still won somehow. At least the squad kept moving around in some meaningful way.

[Captiva]

Go4SHT eredeti hozzászólása:

I get it... but just stupid to get kicked. The admin should have pinged me... maybe they did but I just didn't know how or where to respond. No one called me out on the mic and I was actively responding to the team and squad using my mic. I play these games a lot and always with a mic.

Most likely just a ♥♥♥♥ admin I guess.

Thanks for the ideas... I might give it another try but still a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ experience they need to fix.

The best experiences I have had were/are the ones where I start the match from the beginning and have an active squad lead. You feel like an actual squad and I typically find myself having fun and usually people are joking and playing music and just generally having a fun time.

The worst experiences I have had are the ones where I join a squad mid game on a losing team and ones where the squad lead does not try to communicate or coordinate the squad at all.

If I end up joining mid game on the losing team, I usually just pop a medic and try and find some people to heal up till the match ends, but game can get boring not having a good squad.

Hence the name of the game.

[Grey Poupon]

Salt eredeti hozzászólása:

My favorite part is when there's 2 nonfull squads but they're locked and won't let you in. So then you make a squad and just give someone squad leader, but then they get mad at you because how dare you make a squad and not want to be squad leader even though you have no idea how to play. Really ends up being lose lose situations a lot

most servers i have been on kick you if you create a squad you dont intend to lead, best thing i have found is just join another server