Zikar

Thank you so much

Name: Marked Man
Alignment: Villainous
ID:3463
Levels: 40+
Description: After you steal a gemstone, it's immortal guardian marks you for death. Find a way to take him out or be destroyed.
Length: Long, 3 medium missions, 1 large.
Enemies: Custom Enemy Group, Circle of Thorns.
Note: One required Elite Boss. Not very difficult though.

I hope you enjoy.

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WARNING: DO NOT PLAY
Arc #2007, "The Green Brew"
tl;dr: 1 star. Offenses: Killer GM

Green Dwarf (author insert) needs you help in creating the perfect....

...beer.

That's probably worth at least four stars immediately from the frat members.

Your first stop is Oranbega, to retrieve some magical water from one of its springs. Guarding the place is "Sinadria", one of the Dwarf's exes, who spawned frontloaded. At first glance she looked like a Succubus EB but is actually a custom with a lookalike costume (well done), a Claws/Couldn'tTell. I ended up needing to use Elude as the fight got pushed into the next spawn down the corridor. This was a small map and the glowie spawned about in the middle.

Your next task is to retrieve some special barley from a Redcap-infested field in Croatoa. Upon entering the map the nav bar instructs you to find "Alsae", who turns out to be a Grain Nymph ally (Boss, Plant/Thorn). Rescuing her triggers the spawn of the real target, Redcap Boss Iron Heel. Unfortunately this means you have to grovel over a large outdoor map again, and even if you choose to ditch the ally your stealth is blown off. Upon completion Alsae gives you a sack of barley and "another present to remember her by", If You Know What I Mean.

The next ingredient is hops...from Praetorian Earth. The nav bar says "Find the Alpha Wolf and assert your dominance"....um....riiiiiight.... Taking him out triggers the spawn of EB "Loup-Garou", a Super Strength/Regen. Thanks to the current AI silliness the first thing he did was pop Instant Healing, meaning the first 60 seconds or so of beating on him just didn't count. After a effort roughly akin to felling the mightiest tree in the forest with a herring, he bought it.

Next up was a trip to Eden for yeast. You are warned to bring END insps and to stay out of melee range...nice thing to say to a Scrapper. I also noticed going in that this mission is level-locked to 50, which actually EXed me to 49. The objective target is, I kid you not, a gorram Blue Mitochondria. I did try to fight it but, as a Scrapper, that was just not happening. At this point I bailed out of the arc and one-starred it. If zero was an actual option I'd have used it.

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I have to disagree with you on this one - I played this arc and had a blast! I was on my Dual/Regen Scrapper - all i had to do to the Mito was stay above him (i have fly) and used my Black Wand Vet power to kill him, his ranged attacks were not very powerful and with my Instant Heal and he was dead long before its timer was up - the mission after the Mito was also great with a lot of suprise twists - i might suggest if you dont have one of the vet ranged attacks you try buying the revolver temp power - if your not in Melee he is a piece of cake! As for the loup-garou he was also easy and i am only lvl 42, his bio text was an amazing either legend or piece of fiction - whichever it was it read great!

I gave it 5 stars for creativity. wonderful flavor text (if you bothered to read it) and actually making me have to find creative solutions to the problem!

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I gave his arc 5 stars. Of course, I was a Blaster and was pleasantly surprised that what I was expecting to be a tough battle (the mito) actually took about 15 seconds without using any inspirations.

I'd say if you have ANY ranged attack (including temp/vet powers) then give this arc a try. It's really fun.

Hello all, I have three creations, see what you all think!

Arc Name: Royalty and the Lumbering Dead
Arc ID: 1099
Faction: Clockwork, Vahzilok
Difficulty Level: Easy/Medium
Synopsis: Hero arc. The Clockwork and Vahzilok are working together!

Arc Name:Controlling the Hunger
Arc ID: 1267
Faction: Devouring Earth
Difficulty Level: Medium
Synopsis: Hero arc. The Devouring Earth are acting strange... well, stranger than usual. You'll need to discover what they are up to!

Arc Name: Marked Man
Arc ID:19468
Faction: Custom, Circle of Thorns
Difficulty Level: Medium
Synopsis: Villain Arc. After a robbery goes terribly wrong, both you and you contact are marked for death by a demon. Save yourselves!

Hmmm, if any Dev is still around, how is failing a mission handled?

Does the arc carry on as normal or does it end or can you choose?
I also assume you can write text for a "fail" situation (I noticed one text box called "Return Success Dialogue" but not "Return Failure Dialogue"... although I'd guess by having one marked "Success" it probably means there is a "Failure" too, it's just not in the image.

Finally, Souvenirs... are they in? I've heard rumours but it hasn't been confirmed yet.

Also, if they are in, is it possible to write up a "failed" version of the Story arc, or will we have to describe events rather neutrally to make sure we don't conflict with what actually happened

Second?

Edit: Nice write up

D:

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Newer Mightier Ultimate Avengers Part 1

Newer Mightier Ultimate Avengers Part 2

THIS IS SOOO FUNNY! lol

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Hulk sitting naked on the sofa made me laugh.

Greetings Synapse!

You should add some detail in the crashing thing about the "driver stopped responding" crash, since it seems fairly common (is there even an actual fix anyway?).

See you around Lighthouse, best of luck to you!

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All joking aside - it was said elsewhere that Power Balancing changes wouldn't affect PvE at all.

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I think either what you read was incorrect or you misunderstood. I'm quite certain the PVE specific changes that were made for I13 will affect PVE, while 95% of the PVP changes have no effect on PVE (I say 95% to hedge my bets, actually.)

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I'll take those odds!

Or rather, I'll bet that some people will still complain about it effecting PvE, whether it does or not

Also, finally, after 4+ years: First after a Redname!

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Issue 13 is taking on a life of its own

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... THEY'VE CREATED SENTIENCE! RUN! RUN FOR THE HILLS!

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Take The Homosexual Agenda done by a web comic artist who played the game, for example (name escapes me; most of you probably know who I'm thinking of).

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Mac hall/3 panel soul.

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He was a flaming Corrupter...

Heheheh...

Comics are a lot of work, getting one for free isn't going to happen.

If you're not happy with Youtube's quality, just add &fmt=18 to the end of the address, you'll get better quality.

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiZFHi_7Hls&fmt=18

Out of curiosity, why do posts (not threads) need to be 'constructive' as long as they are on-topic to the thread and not inflammatory?

Sometimes you just want to show support, or make a little joke.

We're not developers or other such officials, and these boards aren't designed for that purpose... we're just users who all play the same game... a friendly community in this case is much more necessary that a constructive one...
I can understand not wanted an entire thread of "/signed" and "I agree."s but I've never actually seen that happen... we as a general rule don't have problems with spam or lack of discussion...

The CoH community is in general a friendly and fun place to be, don't remove that just because it's not "constructive".

I posted elsewhere but was told to come here... so I will... because I'm impatient

Well, been looking on the net and Microsoft.com for ages and aside from a virus that I had to expunge I can't find a thing that will let Windows Movie Maker import MP4s... y'know the ones you can download from Youtube (with the right tools)...

So, my question is two fold.

1: Anyone know what I need to get WMM to accept or WMP to play MP4 files?
If that isn't actually possible...
2: Know any free video editing software that accepts MP4 files?

Obviously all solutions must be spyware/virus free

Thanks in advance!

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If you're soloing, you should be on Unyielding or lower. Problem solved as the AV downgrades to an EB.

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*facepalm*

Threads like this show just how far CoH has come, no more stinking AVs solo!

That's so much guys

To note:
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The eyes look like they are a pale light gray and I am a sucker for gray eyes.

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His eyes are actually a result of powers and he doesn't actually have any pupils, just sort of a grey circle where his iris and pupil would be

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Zikar, you never left...

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Well, these forums anyway

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Nice!

The right (his right) shoulder pad appears to be in front of the chest piece, when, I think, the chest piece should be in front of that shoulder.

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Yeah, I see what you mean there.

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lines are nice and show 3d curving. Are you planning on adding any shading? That woudl help the 3d illusion a lot.

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Nice! You might just want to add more folds to the cape. And as mentioned above, are you considering doing some shading?

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I'm not considering more shading at the moment, but that's mainly because I suck at it and need to develope it a bit more.

Thanks for the comments all!

Hey! Anyone remember me?

*cough*

Anyway, I have a picture a recently did Link.

Now, I must ask you for comments, criticisms and suggestions!
I know some people can't handle that stuff but I can, so let loose! Can't improve otherwise

I made this pic for someone a while ago.

Link

Hope that helps

Awesome!