Jophiel

No, Victory. The night before, we did a Manticore, slogged through the purple bugged Paragon Protectors and were about half done when we hit the AE bug. After waiting 45min on a petition, people gave up for the night.

Last night, we got AE bugged again but it was the very first mission so it was easy to start over.

It's kind of funny -- I made 14 levels which was great but, honestly, making seven levels would have been a banner weekend for me. I guess part of the 2xp thing is that people are driven to team and play so, even without the bonus, you put in more "productive" time than usual.

Have you tried offering them art?

Agreed on this. One thing about seeing someone advertising a sale is that you know they at least have openings in their queue. I've seen DA pages from artists I would like to commission but their journals are so poorly updated or are just such a mess that it's impossible to tell when if they're accepting. As you said, I could start sending notes and stuff asking but, more likely, I just move on. Exceptionally long queues turn me off but I suppose the artist shouldn't feel too bad about that since, if they have thirty or fifty pieces in their backlog, they don't need me.

I'm also subscribed to some artists because I'm waiting (hoping) for a sale some day because their stuff is just out of my mental budget. Not that it's not "worth" what they're asking, it's just more cash than I can justify spending on CoH art.

Agreed. All things being equal, I'd rather support a local artist but all things are rarely equal. I'll also note that, for me, most of my contact with the local talent is through them posting "I'm having a sale" or someone showing off their commissioned work and linking to them. I have signatures turned off because I find the level of signature graphics distracting and too attention grabbing when I browse from work. Unfortunately, this means I miss anyone who even has a simple text link to their DA page in their sig.

Really, I agree with most of your thoughts. Artists who specialize in females or robots or whatever don't bother me much -- I just mentally file them away for when I want something done of that type of character. I think it goes without saying that most people would look at an artist's gallery and think "Do I like this stuff?" before ordering it and any local artist who does shoddy work because they're in a hurry from a sale is doing themselves a disservice given that artwork will wind up posted here or on one another's DA pages, etc. An artist from out in the woods might get away it, but a more local one is telling the community (part of their supposed customer base) "This is what you can expect from me".

I am susceptible to taking a chance on an exceptionally low priced offering just to see what the artist is able to do with my character. A good sale price might entice me to do that. I haven't been upset about the results yet.

That chick is my TA/A defender, Tally-Ho



The "monocle" is actually a reticule but the artist flipped the image part way in because he had her left handed instead of right handed and the hardware from the reticule was covered by her facing the other direction. Originally he had it in the piece:



Artwork by PlayWorkArt

Did you learn NOTHING from the "Are you a male or female?" thread?? Nothing at all???