Justice Blues

The problem I have with that attitude is first, not everyone has a large group of friends/SGmates in the game, and second, if they do, those people are likely to be too close to the author to be as objective as a complete stranger. Some won't want to hurt a friend's feelings, others already know the story or what the author is attempting, so don't point out problems that others will have following it.

On the contrary, I do need your input. If I want to make my arcs or my writing skills in general better, I need to hear feedback from people. Yes it is good to have first readers, but it is better to have a large variety from people with different tastes. I have fixed mistakes, gotten ideas, and, IMHO, greatly improved my arcs because of feedback both here on the forum and in game. I have also ignored some of it, because it was trying to change the story from what I was telling to something else. (The other stories would probably be very good, but they are not the one I am trying to tell. I might not tell that story well, but it is the one I want to tell.)

I personally do give feedback on arcs I play. I 1-star and quit farms when I hit them, but otherwise I try to give suggestions for improving an arc or problems I see while playing. One thing I have enjoyed when I play is setting the search parameters for "Looking For Feedback" and clicking on the one result search button. Sometimes I don't have much to say in those arcs, others I end up sending 4 or 5 tells about things I see in the arc.

I am not sure how I missed that you had reviewed this last month. But thanks for the review and the kind words. Especially since you seemed to follow the story with no problem. Which is really good to hear after gettting feedback asking why something happens that is explained in 2 or 3 different places in the text.

And I have been here since the first day of launch. If I get in a closed beta, I enjoy it, if not, then not. Being here a long time is not really that special, there are a lot of us around, more than they can probably use for the beginning part of a closed beta. The only time long time subscribers have gotten rewarded for that is COV Beta (And I was like the 3rd wave invited into that) and GR when its beta starts. Otherwise, we do not know the criteria for getting invited, they will not tell us. (Except for some obvious ones like Arcanaville. Not having her in a closed beta with power changes would be sub-optimal. )

So just play the game, if you get an invite, go test, if not, have fun on live.

The problem with that comparison is, Leslie Thompson is alive and well, and as far as I know has never been shown to "die" in any of the Batman stories she has been in. (Although I did skip the books for many years, so she may have died and came back at some point. She is definitely alive now though.)

The simple answer is, you can't. If there are no standard mobs for a level range, then there aren't. Most villain groups you can fake it by creating some customs to span the gap, like the Family. But that is obviously out with Snakes. You are going to have to pick what levels you want the arc to cover or else get some bad reviews from people that play it while in that gap.

Yes it does provide the ability. Go to your User CP (Upper right corner of the page), click on Edit Options (in the column on the right side of the page), and at the bottom of that page, under Miscellaneous Options, set your Message Editor Interface to either Standard or Enhanced, then Save your settings at the bottom of the page. For the record, if you really want to know about how things work on the board, you could try reading the FAQ, where they have information like this.

Not let the map accept too many Middle objectives?

I had the same problem with an arc I created, except I didn't want any of the Crey Tanks in it because of the time period I had it set in. So I created a custom group that contained only the non-Tank Crey mobs and made up some customs that could cover the gap after 45. Since I15, I just lowered the level range to the correct levels for avoiding the unwanted mobs, allowing me to mix my custom group and the regular Crey, which helps my story. Now I just need more slots so I can publish it.

This. Once you put something out for public view, and it doesn't matter what it is, then you have to put up with hearing what the public thinks about it. Whether it is "Your custom characters have stupid names", or "You are over using a hackneyed cliche", or "You have a great story and plot", that is what the public is saying. You may think they are crazy, you may think they are exactly right, or you may think they have good points, but they have every right to feel the way they do about what you published. And they have the right to express those feelings, even if you don't like them.

I got a 2 star from Talen, because he didn't like the way I used the villain group. I disagreed with him, but he has every right to feel that way. We each think the other is wrong, but I don't think he was out of bounds with his reasoning or his ratings.

As someone with 3 published arcs, I have only 2 problems with any feedback I get. 1) There isn't enough of it. 2) When someone tells me there are lots of typos, please, tell me what at least some of them are! Can't fix them if I can't find them, and I have been looking for the last 4 months!

Duh! I didn't understand what he was asking. Now that I see it, bookmarking the English section does look like the only way to get what he wants. Having the ability to set it in the User CP would be a good thing.

I believe there is now also a setting under the Mission Parameters that you can set the map to spawn empty. For times when you dont' want the possibility of all those patrols actually showing up.