How to be a good Squad member (For newbies or maybe not).
Ok, that may sound stupid, it is only to donate a lot isn't it? Well, that may be the most important part, but let's dissecate the behavior a little bit more.
There are some basic rules a SC leader is looking in players to make part of a nice squad team. It may not be just about medals but about other things that may be plain certain for you or not as i've seen before. In my actual squad, one of 3 squads, the leader will not hesitate to remove infrequent players, even if they got 6000 medals or simply 100 medals. Let's take a simple look at some basic rules:
- Be a frequent player
If you are not a frequent player it means you will not donate and share experience, so you are invaluable and discardable. If you are planning a vacation trip, just leave a message (or more than one) to your leader and oficials that you will be away for some days and be back as soon as possible right?
- Be a good donator
And being level 1-4 doesn't means you can't donate some little soldiers or maybe even unlock a special unit and donate. A bike is a very usefull and requested unit for defense and can be donated early in the game. If you are an early level player in a squad full of higher lv players that are asking for specific units that you don't have, don't be ashamed (you can't have a beaultifoul donation profile yet), we like to donate high lv troops for early players. Just make shure you post the replay of that advanced unit making a havoc on the enemy base that wouldn't expect those and we will be very happy to donate again becouse it is so funny, besides that, an early player SC is very small and it is not a great job to be filled with 2-3 units. Just make shure you grow up fast to be able to donate some key troops (like a heavy soldier or a bike) and all will be good. Having more donated than received troops or at least almost the same is something only true gentleman may show on the statistics. That high level player that appears only once and a while to request troops to fill the SC and disappear without retributing anything is a waste of time. When we look at the statistics and see a high level player with two received units for one donated... There's something wrong.
- Donate as requested!
That may look simple. Everybody likes to receive exactly what they asked for. But some guys have difficulties in stoping the queued troops and wait a bit more before the next attack just to make some specific troop for a squad mate. Someone told us 2000 years ago to do to others what we would like to be done to ourselves... and we still did not understand the message.
I once asked for defenses, a guy showed up and sent a medical droid and nothing else... what am i going to do with that and bikes and skiffs together in a defense? Or if a hail is asked to help attack, will a skiff do the same? If someone is able to 'wait for the troops" he will ask what he needs. If he can't wait he will just ask for "Any"... That is a simple behavior among the team.
I enjoy sending the troops as requested again and again, over and over again. Why? Becouse that creates a bonding between you and another players that do the same and you will find yourself full of friends in the heat of the battle supporting your SC in the higher levels of the game where it is ESSENTIAL to have that support.
- Show up sometimes only to donate
That is something that distinguishes the best of the bunch. Plain simple... There are plenty of moments where we are not fully availlable to stay online and rather let that protection time run while the refinery fills up. You don't have spare droids waiting resources to work... Under those circunstances i calm down, make some troops and apperar sometimes online just to donate. If each player does that, the squad becomes so good that you hardly ever need to wait more than a couple of minutes to fill up your SC. Isn't it good to quit the game without sn endless wait for defensive troops before shutting down the gadget?
- If you are oficial, honor it!
I really noticed that oficials sometimes treat the other oficials in a different special way. It's like a code of honor among them. The Oficial is supposed to be that gentleman kind described above that heads above the selfishness of the world.
Before my actual squad i suffered in a squad were there was an abandoned leader, and an oficial who would insist in send out of the Squad good players without a visible inteligent reason. It took a few times for me to discover who was him based in the timings of occurrence and last time log of the players. Being an oficial is a badge that you are exemplary pal, otherwise you would not had received it, so honor it and do not use it in a bad way nor expect your-self to be someone special that deserves all the donations and do not need to retribute... It's the opposite, an officer is someone that helps the squad trough donations at will.
I think it is mandatory to have an external channel of comunication among the leader and the oficials. Luckily our Jedi Family squads have a Line and a FB page.
- And if i get stuck with those troops that i "would donate"
Yes, it happens a lot with those who make a lot of troops to donate "as requested". It is inherent to those who build as requested that sometimes, someone was already buiding that specific troops and donated first. It is not the end of the world, other day i got stuck with 2 snipers, 1 bike (and rebell bikes sucks compared with the empire ones) and one skiff (reasonable damage but so fragile), i still managed to make a good 2 star 90% attack becouse i had air support and offensive troops in the SC. just put that unit in the back of the troops or send it to that corner destroying unprotected buildings and they will help for shure. Even when calling the enemyes troops outside the base for combat will make them usefull. The fact that sometimes you will get stuck with those troops becouse you are a good donator are offset by the gratefullness of other players in donating to you always the can retribute, and that is very good during conflicts where you need support to advance at maximum speed...
The above words express only my opinion and not a officially endorsed law from any squad. Forgive-me my typing errors (not a native english speaker but loves the english language). Forgive-me if someone got offended, it wasn't purposefull.
May the Force be with you:
Humberto Hepp (Rápido).