During story missions I use whoever I need (which is pretty much always Merlin with either lunchtime or 2030), but during events I'm pretty much looking by names as well. People like Qon, Jrod, T-rex etc have strong farmers and often have MLB CEs.I actually do choose my support based on the name.. I mean, in most cases I am only looking for a Monalisa CE to farm doors, so I prefer choosing a support I "know" instead of the random people that got in along the way. Right now about 1/3 of my FL are here from Era and I try to remember the ones that have different ign from their handle here (Koschei, Kei and Jinko for example). I know you are one of two Ritsukas in my list. Anyway, this was part of the reason for me to stop lurking and start participating here in the thread.. I feel the game now is more fun as it has become a more shared experience for me. My irl friends would probably not understand the allure of it anyway.
Isn't it what Kojima described Death Stranding as? A game that emphasises co-op, without actually playing at the same time as someone else. Something like that anyways.