SerialBeggar

Yeah. I just checked. I guess I never bothered to before.

It's inside Pocket D.

Once you enter Pocket D, go to the villain/red side of it. Go up to the top level. Next to the balconey over looking the dance floor, you will see a small rocky area with snow and a wooden door. There's a smudgey picture of a skier on the door. Click the door to enter the Ski Chalet area.

You should have been automatically given Father Time as a contact.

This was pretty much what happened when I briefly entertained joining the BMLS. I ended up using all the good stuff that I got. The crap was still crap.

While COH is fairly lax on archetype roles (who's responsible for doing what), ie there are overlaps so certain powersets in other archetypes or highly experienced players can take on the same responsibility to an extent, players may still expect certain actions from you just because you are that archetype. Being a Tank is a prime example.

Some players consider a Tank (any Tank) to be the defacto "leader". Not necessarily the Team leader, but a Tank is typically expected to lead/pave the way for the team. You'd be expected to be up front all the time, to choose which fork in the road to go, to choose which enemy group to engage first, to be the first into the enemies, to grab the attention of all the enemies, to ensure the boss enemy doesn't go after anyone else, and if necessary, to hold the line and die so the team can retreat. As you can see, Tanks come with a lot of baggage and if you don't "measure up" by the first couple of enemy groups, most likely the team will designate you as either a wannabe Scrapper or "useless" and then proceed to deal with things themselves.

Most Power Pools can be put off for a bit, however I always start the Fitness Pool as soon as I can. Swift from the Fitness pool increases your overall run speed. It makes getting to and from a missions is quicker and your combat footwork feels a lot more responsive (without having to leave Sprint on--which drains endurance). Plus the Health (increase hitpoints regeneration rate) power decreases having to use Rest after every fight. And Stamina (increases endurance recovery rate) will be invaluable since most Tank sets are very endurance intensive.

I typically pick up Swift at level 6 or 8, depending on if I feel something was more important at that point. And then Health and Stamina when they become available. This still leaves you power choices in between to pick up more attacks or armor/controls/etc.

You could put off getting a Travel power if you use the Jetpack or perhaps buy the Martial Arts booster pack to get Ninja Run.

Some clarification would help us to understand your point of view:

- What level are you currently (on your Tank)?
- Have you played any of the other archetypes (ATs)?
- Do you understand how to use enhancements?
- Have you been slotting out your powers with enhancements?
- What type of enhancements are you currently using (TO/DO/SO/IO = training origin, dual origin, single origin, invention origin)?
- How do you have your powers slotted (with which enhancements <accuracy, damage, resistance, defence, etc>) and how many?
- What powers do you have on your Tank? In particular, did you pick up all your Armors (dependent on your level)?
- Do you have a 2-3 attacks (dependent on your level) so that you can defeat enemies in a reasonable amount of time?


Generally, if you're solo, you can only depend on yourself to handle the enemies. As a Tank, you have to choose which to prioritized: slotting up your Armors or slotting up your attacks. Better armors means you don't need to rush to defeat your opponents, but if you're do so little damage, your opponent may be able to wear you down first. Low damage and/or low accuracy also means having to use more endurance which limits your fighting time.

In the early levels, you won't have enough of anything. However, as you gain in levels, better enhancements open up for you: dual origin enhancements are twice as good as training origin enhancements, then single origin enhancements are twice as good as dual origin enhancements, then (if you want to go this route) invention origin enhancements can improve your attributes in additional different ways.

So we need to know what level you are currently and how you're built out.

Having a team to spread out the enemies' attention and to augment the overal damage output will allow all involved to fight faster and looser. While a lot of people assign roles/jobs/responsibility/purpose to each archetype, the bottom line is that everyone can and should be able handle their own part of the fight. You don't have to deal with everything as you would if you were solo. Now, if you haven't played games involving large teams and large numbers of enemies all running amok, you may just be suffering from information overload.


Some random tips:
- You may want to zoom your camera out a little bit more so you can see more of the field of battle.
- Ctrl-Tab can target the nearest enemy and F (follow) will cause you to bee-line to a targeted enemy.
- Remember that you can target your team mate and attack through them, so if your team mate is at a distance from you, you can still launch a ranged attack (like Taunt) to whatever it is that they're fighting to help them out, especially if a bunch of enemies have all jammed around you so you can't move around easily.
- I find it helpful to set "Show Player Health Bars = Always" in the Options-->General.
- Also, in Options-->Controls, you can set your W(left)<-->(right)E turning speed up (if you use those keys). I find that 700+ "feels" a lot more comfortable than the default turning speed.

Hey! Whoa, there. I like Ruins. They're a nice gap filler until I can afford the "better" Sets.

If you can search for their name, you can right click their name in the Team Search window for the Add Note. Of course, this only works for same faction.