Icy_Spark

Best Heroic or Vigilante:

1) A Very Special Episode #457506 by @Wrong Number
2) When The Words Stop #494099 by @Clave_Dark_5

It's clear from this data that MA has went the way of the dodo and that the dev's have abandon it except to slap in new maps/foes here and there. A real shame too.

Why on earth does this thread not have a sticky on it???

Best Arc - Heroic or Vigilante
1. The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society #344596 by @Wrong Number
2. In Pursuit of Liberty #344916 by @Gypsy Rose

Best Arc - Villainous or Rogue
1. Fear and Loathing on Striga Isle #350522 by @FredrikSvanberg
2. The End of Saturday Morning #391934 by @Zamuel

Best Arc - Comedy
1. Drakule vs. The Werewolf Bikers From Hell #340316 by @LaserJesus
2. The Ms. Manners Task Force #416951 by @Wrong Number

Best Short Arc: 1 - 3 missions
1. Talos Vice #338380 by @PW aka PoliceWoman
2. Murders in the RWZ Morgue #452144 by @FredrikSvanberg

Best Lowbie Arc: designed for levels 20 or lower
1. A Hero in Need...is a Friend Indeed! #375018 by @Wrong Number
2. Holding Down the Fort #379065 by @LaserJesus

Best Original Group Design
1. The Wickerwork from Against the Wickerwork Khan #346904 by @Clave Dark 5
2. The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society #344596 by @Wrong Number

Playing through the arcs others had nominated definitively unearthed some gems I had not found before. I recommend them all!

Fire's jargon was not a mystery to me at all, but it was a fun little read anyways.

IMHO the bigger mystery is why some dev has not yet Dev's Choiced this arc. Hello....McFly....anybody home?

I think I19 has breathed new life into the game in general. I've definitively seen more people on on average.

My picks.

* Best Arc - Villainous or Rogue
The End of Saturday Morning #391934 by @Zamuel

* Best Arc - Heroic or Vigilante
In Pursuit of Liberty #344916 by @Gypsy Rose

* Best Arc - Comedy
The Ms. Manners Task Force #416951 by @Wrong Number

* Best Short Arc: 1 - 3 missions
Talos Vice #338380 by @PW

* Best Original Group Design
5th column (WW2/clone version in mission 5)
The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society #344596 by @Wrong Number

People are going to farm and if MA is not an option they will just go back to repeating Dreck type missions (whichever works best for their character). I don't think the Devs have a problem with that type of "farming" since it has always existed, but it is the exploits they, rightfully take issue with and if you think about it for a second it makes total sense. The game needs to make money and if people can get to 50 in an afternoon it is very likely going to cost them.

One of the sad side effects of the exploits is that many causal players hear "they nerfed AE and the exp sucks now" and think it relates to all of AE and not just whatever exploit was corrected. This causes many people to ignore AE and they are missing out on some really great content. Having played this game for over 5 years now, I can say that AE is one of the greatest and most fun things this game has to offer. It just needs some cleaning out of abandon arcs, a better search engine and an image makeover.

Icy

Wrong Number,

I replayed this because you said you completely changed the last mission. All I can say is wow. Seriously, I don't want to give anything away, but great, great addition to the arc. I also noticed a few other changes to the arc and they imho were good changes. I found one very minor typo (you left a "." off the end of a sentence) which I sent you in game.

Icy

Happy Birthday!

I had a chance to play this today and I really enjoyed it. Having Statesman be the one that lost his powers and then having him deal with a low level hero for help was certainly interesting.

I felt like a true aspiring hero after this arc.

Icy

I like bronze rolls 30-35. You still get Steadfasts, Eradications, Karma, etc. and can also get lots of the higher level good stuff.

Does not seem like much in the way of activity here so I'm not sure if this thread is still used. Anyways, my nominee for Dev's Choice is:

The Golden Age Secret of the Paragon Society by @wrong number ID#344596

Why? Because it really captures the feel of a classic golden age story, it is engaging with some great characters and is a very polished well written arc.

Happy b-day!

Best New Arc

2 points = @Jail.Bird The New Paragon Society Reborn #355351

1 point = @FredrikSvanberg Fear And Loathing On Striga #350522


Best Author

2 points = @Sister Twelve

1 point = @Celestial Nemesis

Another part of the problem is that the names given for each rating are misleading. Four Stars says the arc is "Excellent". Anyone giving that rating I bet think that they are giving the arc a positive boost when in fact they are damaging any chance that arc has of being played. The shorter version is that any rating lower than a 5 decreases an arcs chance of being played and that is just a very poor system. I am certain that most players do not think they are hurting an arc by giving it four stars.

I was sad to hear this too (despite the generous stuff he gave me!). Good luck wherever you land!

I had hoped I would be able to be able to play all the arcs in more categories, but RL comes before CoH. These are the ones I did manage to get done.

Best TO Range Arc (1-15)
The Marconeville Horror #178278 @Footloose
Mercytown, the one with the fish #6017 @Tangler

Best SO Level Arc (25-40)
Escalation #6143 @FemFury
Teen Phalanx Forever! #67335 @PW

Best Short Arc (1-3 missions)
Of Sound Body and Mind #13107 @Mr. Mud
The Monster Hop #27861 @Big Daddy Vio

Best Comedy Arc
In Poor Taste #259920 @Wrong Number
Seeking Men #169114 @Fatare