BadJuJu

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So, with the release of the Martial Arts Booster pack I decided to make a new scrapper. This is him:



His name is Kid Scorpion, and he's a teenage Natural MA/WP scrapper. The only problem is, he doesn't have an origin or a backstory. All he's got are some powers and a funky homemade costume.

So, my challenge to any MA writer that wants to try it is: Write me an origin story. It should be appropriate for a level 1 - 5 character, and answer some of the fundamental origin questions for any hero: How did he get his powers? Who are his enemies? Who do the villains kidnap when we need to crank up the drama? Why does he wear that crappy costume? and where in the **** did he get a working nemesis staff?

Your reward: Umm, I'll say thanks, and tell you you're awesome? If I choose your arc as the best of any that I get, I'll play and rate another of your arcs of your choosing and recommend it for Dev's Choice.

So come on someone, tell me a story!

Edit: I took the natural origin for the throwing knife, the actual origin story wouldn't necessarily need to limit itself to an actual "natural" origin.

A lot of people don't even use the base feature at all, and only a tiny fraction of those that do are builders, so I can't see spending resources on such a narrowly targetted Booster being very profitable.

I also think it will be more about what players create rather than what teams want. I already would never play a tank, just because to me they're low damage makes them ungodly boring. GIven the option to play a Brute hero side, I see the tank becoming near extinct just because the options are more fun to play. That doesn't mean existing tanks won't get teams, just that there will be few new ones.

Curious if you're still taking members or not. Don't have a character on Triumph, but sounded like fun.

I've always liked the idea of Doms, but never liked their actual implementation that well, so I tested this a little, and looked over the numbers. The nerfs outweigh the buffs, leaving Doms still the worst, most underperforming AT in the game as far as I can tell. Still no reason to play one.

From the Wildcards series of books: Damsel. Just a regular girl, but if she felt a strong enough attraction for a guy, she could give them super powers, or greatly increase powers if the guy already had some.

Because games aren't comics. Games have to consider things like advancement, balance, team utility, etc.

Simple solution: Stop trying to fight them, and let people make all the farms they want. Then allow people to tag their mission as "Farm" or "not Farm". This will allow people to filter out farms if they don't want to see them, and everyone can play their own way and be easily able to find the types of missions they want.

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you know, i15 was probably supposed to be with Custom critters in i14, haning i13 split to "power and responsibiliy" and 'architect" screwed the schedule, i15's low amount of...stuff is the outcome

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You're double dipping...they already blamed I14's lack of non-MA content on the custom creatures being added.

Is this the EB?

Confirmed- I'll be there

@Dk242

Looking for an active VG that teams regularly on Freedom, especially one that has does SFs on a regular basis. Not looking for handouts or PLing, just people to do the group content with. I have a few 50s, but mainly I'm leveling an SS/SD brute right now.

@DK242

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Originally posted in The Sequels : 2-3 Missions Only Arc Reviews
The Internet is for Crime
Author: BadJuJu (Aka @DK242-B)
ID: 53385

I rated this arc * * *

Good: Funny in places, 'contact' text well written.
Bad: Mediocre and long(ish) middle mission, maybe a bit too much like the TV arc.

The contact for this arc is the Computer. The description for this arc was "Listen to the computer. The computer is your friend." so I was hoping for the Paranoia Computer. I was disappointed (though I was called a Commie at one point so that helped) when I found that the contact was a Computer, in a similar way to the Television or Radio.

The writing style is a lot like the style used by the Television, and that is no bad thing. It has you reading a blog that tells you about problems going on in the world. Problems from the point of view of Computer. One such 'problem' is a raid on a set of computer pirates. This mission is eaisly the best, with most of the most amusing elements found here. It also pokes fun simultaeneously at the pirates and RIAA, and starts to look like some good social satire.

Mission 2 is drag. It's the most 'serious' mission, and has some nice custom mobs in it. Sadly this mission falls right into the middle ground. It isn't funny enough to get any marks that way, it's not hard enough to get any marks for challange, there is no 'in mission' story and it has a fair number of objectives on an outdoor map. The contact's lead up to the mission is pretty good, but other than that - I'd remove it.

Mission 3 gets back into the swing of things, having a very funny lead up (well to me anyway) - and the boss in mission is also quite funny (though does anyone get the reference of "Taste vanilla rain!" in relation to computing, or ice). Sadly he's the only speaking role in the final mission, and it feels a little empty other than him.

This arc was very close to getting 4 *'s, entirely removing mission 2 would certainly have done it as would have a little more going on in mission 3. There is great potential here, I may well be keeping a look out for more @DK242-B arcs.

In short an amusing arc (especially if you liked the TV), that simply needs a boost in the middle to make it a very good arc indeed.

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Thanks for the review

Oh, Vanilla rain was me making fun of this

If the navigation "plural" text is identical between two diff objectives, then it will auto combine those.