Sewer Mission Etiquette

The reality of the Sewer Missions in Atlas is that once the team has gone in 4-5 encounters (say past the side dead-end tunnel full of Vahz), someone joining from the front door is not going to make it unless they have some invisibility power, healing power, or travel power.  That being said …

1. Once you join a Sewer Team, it’s incumbent upon you to make your way to the sewers with all deliberate speed.  People are going to wait for you, and the longer you hold them up, the more impolite you are being.  Joining the team is not the time to hit Wentworths, hit Miss Liberty, hit the store, hit Azuria, and go order pizza.
2. It’s polite to wait for a decent length of time for the last person to make it in the door before hallooing off after bad guys.  Folks joined expecting to be part of the team.  Be a team mate toward them.
3. It’s polite to head back toward the door if you’re only in a few encounters and someone dies or joins the team new.  It’s both polite and wise to do so when it’s 3-4 members of the team heading back from the hospital.
4. It’s impolite to insist that folks head back to the door for you when they’re a dozen-plus encounters in.  Not only is it time-consuming, but they’ve probably far outleveled the greens/blues at the entrance and so would lose XP-over-time.
5. It’s very impolite to act snarky when folks won’t come back for you in a case like #4.  It’s even more impolite to continue to rag on the team leader by private tells after quitting the team in a huff.  It’s even more polite to do so after the team leader offers an apology.

Thus endeth the lesson.