How to *get* a team (quickly)

I get a team within a few minutes of logging in, every time.

This is how I do it (your mileage may vary):

Make some macros:
/macro Find Search
/macro LFT t $target, Want another for your team? (Warshade $level)
/macro LFM t $target, Want to join a mish team?
Stash them off on some tray which you do not use during normal play.

Then, when you log in:
#1. Flip your team status to "LF Any", hit your Find macro, select the relevant level range (etc), sort by level.
#2. Click on a name (already teamed and not "not accepting invites"), hit LFT macro.
#3. If no reply, then repeat #2 (with a different name), every ~15 seconds.


Team seeking:
- If the search list is truncated, then you need to select half the ATs and search again (then select the other half of the ATs), I use "all except Blasters and Scrappers", then "only Blasters and Scrappers".
- If there are no teams running in your level range, but you spot a clump of teamed players which are higher level, you can always ask them and see if they will sidekick you up. They get another body to increase the mob spawns, and you get decent exp, win-win. Worst case, they say "no thanks" (and it costs you nothing).
- Spamming broadcast and flipping your team status to "LF Any" does not work terribly well, but it does not hurt to give it a shot. Just do not wait around for that to come through, get cracking on sending those tells out, because tells *do* work. And using macros makes sending tells so easy.

Team leading:
- If there are no teams running in your level range, but a good number of unteamed players hanging around, you could always (gasp) form your own team. Make use of your LFM macro, and have at it.
- If you are the team leader, be aware of the levels of the people in your team. If you have sidekick space and a team opening, and you get a tell seeking teamage, the answer is "yes" without exception. Help the new arrivals get sidekicked up and "recalled" in to the mission.
- Do not sit around forever waiting for a "pefect" team of size 8, instead start killing and add people as you go!
- If seeking people for your team, you can send out multiple LFM tells at once (to different people), basically as many as you have current openings.
- If you are on a team and someone starts complaining about something which you cannot control, be ready to replace them when they drop.

General:
- If the team just is not working for you for whatever reason, then just politely drop it and go find another, do not torture yourself or waste your time.
- If you team as often as you can, then you will find yourself teaming with the same people over and over, and getting to know them. And they will also get to know you, and (assuming that you are an effective teammate) this will make finding teams in the future that much easier. I always send my "LFT" tells to the names I recognize first.


If anyone is having difficulty finding teams fast when they log in, then I hope that the above helps!