Cerulean_Shadow

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I have completely reworked my arc after finding the correct set of maps I wanted. Can I please get feedback?

Title: Keeping the Open Circle closed
Arc ID: 26046

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Just tried to play this and it wouldn't let me. I click play and it acts like it is letting me, but the mission doesn't come up.

Am about to go through the missions in this thread and check out some of them. I would appreciate anyone who is interested checking out mind as well:


Attack of the Monsters of Legend
Arc ID: 82060
Morality: Neutral
Brief Synopsis: Abraham Van Helsing, legendary arch-nemesis of Count Dracula, has been kept alive all these years by gypsy magics, and he's recruited you to help save the world from the reunion of a deadly triumvirate; Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Wolfman. Dracula and Victor Frankenstein have combined their resources to raise Victor's monster and put together a plot to rid the world of costumed heroes and villains once and for all. But was there really a fourth member at the meeting between the Count, Dr. Frankenstein, and the wolfman, as Larry Talbot, his memories seen through the shrouded mystery of his alter ego, hazily recalls? There just might be more to all of this than it seems...

If you're a fan of the old Universal monster movies or just monsters in general, you should enjoy this.

I would certainly love feedback on mine: (and I will give feedback on some of the ones listed here as well!)


Attack of the Monsters of Legend
Arc ID: 82060
Morality: Neutral
Brief Synopsis: Abraham Van Helsing, legendary arch-nemesis of Count Dracula, has been kept alive all these years by gypsy magics, and he's recruited you to help save the world from the reunion of a deadly triumvirate; Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Wolfman. Dracula and Victor Frankenstein have combined their resources to raise Victor's monster and put together a plot to rid the world of costumed heroes and villains once and for all. But was there really a fourth member at the meeting between the Count, Dr. Frankenstein, and the wolfman, as Larry Talbot, his memories seen through the shrouded mystery of his alter ego, hazily recalls? There just might be more to all of this than it seems...

If you're a fan of the old Universal monster movies or just monsters in general, you should enjoy this.

What someone said above, about the kajillion farms leaving little room for good, well-written arcs to be noticed... is how I feel. I put a lot of time and effort into my Attack of the Monsters of Legend arc (see sig, below) and have had a total of six people bother to rate it. Everyone is busy farming.

It probably is unfair to say that the Dev's Choice arcs are buddies of the Developers. But it is also frustrating to NOT feel that you have the chance to receive said award, simply because you don't have enough time in the day to play a billion random arcs and leave messages begging them to play yours, or that everyone is too busy farming to look at anything else.

I would welcome feedback on any of my arcs, especially the Attack of the Monsters of Legend one. I did get one very thorough feedback via PM here (thanks Frozen_Northman!) who bothered to give me props as well as constructive criticism, which I very much appreciated. Most are just the one-liners through the game, and those are rare; of the big whopping six people who rated the arc, four didn't bother to leave any sort of feedback at all.

I'm also seeing mindless farms with misspellings everywhere and billions of Rikti comm officers that have 5-star ratings by hundreds of people. That is most frustrating of all, and really makes me reconsider why I should even bother creating good, playable, story-driven missions.

I DO want my arc considered for inclusion in the Dev's Choice. My work, like anyone else, will always have room for improvement. If you (player, developer, whoever) play it and think something can be improved, tell me. I have used 99.92% of my allotted 100k, (I was at 127% by the time I realized there was a limit - bye bye custom minions!) but will certainly take any suggested changes into consideration.

If anyone wants to take a look at it:

Attack of the Monsters of Legend - Arc # 82060

Thanks for listening.

Perhaps in your case it isn't true. But several of those "Dev's Choices" arc... just aren't that special, which makes the selection process questionable at best.

I suspect some of the Dev's Choice arc are authored by buddies of the developers, but that's just me.

I didn't know that - thanks!

I am having a difficult time getting people to play my missions, because they are always farming. I create because I want people to experience that creation, and thus it's frustrating. (Everyone who has played it has really enjoyed it.) So here's this:

Play my arc below, and rate it fairly. PM me or post yours here, and I will do the same for you. Tell me what you enjoyed, and what you didn't. See a typo? Tell me. I will do the same for you.

Name of the Arc: Attack of the Monsters of Legend
Arc #: 82060
Morality: Neutral
Brief Synopsis: Abraham Van Helsing, legendary arch-nemesis of Count Dracula, has been kept alive all these years by gypsy magics, and he's recruited you to help save the world from the reunion of a deadly triumvirate; Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Wolfman. Dracula and Victor Frankenstein have combined their resources to raise Victor's monster and put together a plot to rid the world of costumed heroes and villains once and for all. But was there really a fourth member at the meeting between the Count, Dr. Frankenstein, and the wolfman, as Larry Talbot, his memories seen through the shrouded mystery of his alter ego, hazily recalls? There just might be more to all of this than it seems...

If you're a fan of the old Universal monster movies or just monsters in general, you should enjoy this.

I wouldn't call any of my arcs high-brow - Attack of the Monsters of Legend (arc # 82060) is about Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolfman, for crying out loud. But there is a narrative there, a (hopefully entertaining) story for those willing to read it.

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For Cerulean_Shadow and others who feel similarly:

I'll point out that in the real world of writing, tons of excellent, serious fiction gets passed over in favor of erotica. Lots and lots of erotica. And supermarket romances.

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This is very true, and probably the reason that, despite having a very successful non-fiction writing career, I have yet to be able to sell any of my novels.

Name of the Arc: Attack of the Monsters of Legend
Arc #: 82060
Morality: Neutral
Brief Synopsis: Abraham Van Helsing, legendary arch-nemesis of Count Dracula, has been kept alive all these years by gypsy magics, and he's recruited you to help save the world from the reunion of a deadly triumvirate; Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Wolfman. Dracula and Victor Frankenstein have combined their resources to raise Victor's monster and put together a plot to rid the world of costumed heroes and villains once and for all. But is there more to this than it seems? And was there really a fourth member at the meeting between the Count, Dr. Frankenstein, and the wolfman, as Larry Talbot, his memories seen through the shrouded mystery of his alter ego, hazily recalls?

This isn't a farm. Don't play if you're looking for a farm. If you want a well-written, interesting story with plenty of custom enemies and and one very useful (if non-combative) ally... this just might be the arc for you.

I've created what I feel to be a great story, (The Attack of the Monsters of Legend, arc # 82060) and I've gotten a lot of compliments on the four-mission arc, but it's still the farming missions that win out and get the ratings. For someone who enjoys presenting a good, solid story, it is kind of discouraging.

Thanks guys!

I've made a custom group, and the boss never spawns. Is it because I'm running the mission solo? ie: will the bosses spawn with more members on the team?

Thanks!

Yay, it works. Thanks so much!

Thanks, I am off to try that right now!

I know, I guess I should have mentioned that. Nothing happens when I press /, *, or - and click on the ground.

I'm using your basic robot txt files and everything works fine. However, I tried to add binds to summon the bots that I found on paragonwiki and I can't get them to work.

Here is my robot.txt file:

<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>numpad0 bind_load_file b:\coh-bind\mastermindful\all.txt
numpad1 bind_load_file b:\coh-bind\mastermindful\battle.txt
numpad2 bind_load_file b:\coh-bind\mastermindful\protector.txt
numpad3 bind_load_file b:\coh-bind\mastermindful\assault.txt
divide powexec_name Battle
multiply powexec_name Protector
subtract powexec_name Assault
add powexec_name equip robot
numpadenter powexec_name upgrade robot </pre><hr />

I can press /, *, -, +, and Enter all day long, and nothing happens. Any idea why these don't work?

Thanks!