Arrgh

Leveling and levels in City of Heroes and City of Villains is a true pain. I seem to have the greatest of skill to hit those in-between levels that friends and acquaintences are nowhere near and thus must either solo or be SK'd in the game continuously and feel like a burden on the rest. I saw it from the other side when I was the L-40 mentor to L-15 Timetripper (Kill) and watched rather helplessly as she got routinely slaughtered by the Carnival of Shadows in short order. My efforts were about worthless as I am not able to draw aggro like a good tank or scrapper and my flash doesn't always stun everyone, and so Timetripper was facing two sometimes three or more enemies alone, and as a low level SK'd, she didn't have the number of attacks needed to help herself out of the jam. I felt pretty bad about that debt she accumulated, and I see why even the best of friends are reluctant in that circumstance to SK such a disparate member. I think it would be nice to have two or so characters that were a dedicated unit that could stick together as a team, so everyone could have a good time together. I think this was one reason dark renaissance fell apart beyond the RL meltdowns of a former member, people didn't have anyone to work with.