Squad Leader Archive
Thread: How to make the most of this profession (long, but helpful)
Good job highliting all the skills and their usefullness. 
I'm going to add a section entitled "Making the most of /sysgroup" a.k.a. "Alias and collors.
You can set up aliases in the game to make communication easier. You can also add color to your system messages in order to make them stand out more. I'll attempt to walk you through the process.
1) What do you want to say? Think of something that you say (or will say) a lot. My personal favorite is "Hit the spawn!" (It boggles my mind how often people continue to shoot up the lair after it pops. Death ensues).
2) Pick a color. I like to color-coordinate my messages. Red = urgent, yellow = warning, etc. I would call this an urgent message, so it gets colored red. Each color has a code. These are the ones I can think of off of the top of my head:
\#ff0000 = red
\#000000 = black
\#00FF00 = green
\#FFFF00 = yellow
\#0000FF = blue
\#00FFFF = light blue
\#FF00FF = purple
There are a bunch more out there.
3) This is what you will end up typing in to set up your alias: "/rh /sysgroup \#ff0000\ Hit the spawn!" Allow me to explain how we got to that. First, pick two letters. I chose "r" because the color is red, and "h" because the message starts with that letter (hit the spawn). This is your "/rh"; the alias command. Remember it. 
Next is the command: /sysgroup. Then a space and the color code. We are doing red, so the code is \#ff0000. Then type your message.
4) When you go to use the command, all you have to type is "/rh", and you will system message, in red, Hit the spawn!
5) You cannot create an alias for every situation, but there are, what I call "general purpose" color aliases. Lets say that Johnney_n00b is running around pulling aggro like a moron. He's not noticing your tells. What do you do? You need a general purpose alias. This one will be red. It is almost the same as above. Here are your alias keys:
use /rr for red, /yy for yellow, /bb for blue, etc.
So lets do a red. All you have to do is Key+command+collorcode, or "/rr /sysgroup \#ff0000" Now to send a message you must type "/rr [text]" I the case of Johnney_n00b you would type "/rr Fall in soldier, or you will be washing urinals for a month!" It aught to get his attention. If not, boot his butt.
I hope that was understandable, and that I didn't go in too many circles.
Well (five hours or so later) I cought my own mistake.
3) To set up the alias one would type "/alias rh /sysgroup \#ff0000\ Hit the spawn!"
My bad. 
I think you missed the point
I don't expect anyone to ever cry for a Squad Leader nerf, but I would love for Squad Leaders to make that their goal, because if everyone is using their abilities to the fullest, then we will start to garner the respect we deserve.
This is some good stuff for all new squad leaders. We all know our profession needs major work but at least your guides can make SL somewhat useful to the group.
Salahsur wrote:
So do these skills get stacked onto your attacks as well, or do they only apply to the other members of the group? I could think of few things that would help my regular Jedi-hunting BH group more than a member that can boost our accuracy and movement speed...
sorry for the delay, but yes, the SL gets all bonuses too. So I would contact your local Master Squad Leader today!
/salute
grats on the position, btw. I'm glad to see they made the right choice on the SL Correspondant.