User blog comment:Legionwrex/Problems with Multiplayer./@comment-70.143.68.84-20121223063526/@comment-1388547-20121223090116

For your point number 2, it really does sound like you have a bad connection, in which case real-time online gaming might not be your thing, period.

Volus are set up to be good at supporting roles, but I was just playing the volus adept earlier, and he can be a lot more effective than you'd expect. I put the N7 Eagle VII on him, and he was able to dish out some substantial weapon damage in his own right, as well as locking down enemies in Stasis and completing teammates' biotic combos. I'm actually looking forward to playing the volus vanguard some more, and you don't get much more front-line than that.

As for teammates who don't revive, I can understand where they're coming from -- I don't revive players if they die someplace far away from me or if I don't think I can get them without dying myself. My willingness to revive also depends on how well the downed person is playing; I'll go the extra mile for a good teammate, but an incompetent player or a lone wolf often doesn't get a revive unless I can do so easily. That comment on Rambos is well put -- if I die by myself, I assume I'll have to revive myself.

On the subject of Vanguards who charge all over the place ... they're very powerful on Bronze, okay on Silver, and dead in a hurry on Gold unless they exercise good judgement. If you don't like them, play on a higher difficulty level where that play style is less effective. Or play versus Collectors, since Collectors are death on Vanguards.

Legionwrex, in general it sounds like you're playing on a low difficulty level and getting poor-quality teammates and gameplay as a result. I mostly play on Gold, or sometimes Silver if I'm looking for an easy match, and I don't run into anywhere near the amount of problems you describe. I'd suggest graduating to a higher difficulty level and meeting more competent players, making friends with people whose play style you like at your current difficulty level, or quitting MP if you're really that dissatisfied.