Lucianna

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Okay, got a question. I waited until now to ask so that I could test it and see if I needed to ask ;-)

Are there any plans to add SB3 to the choices of costume boosters included in the Architect box?

(I've already got Cyborg and Magic looks great, but Science is really more my thing.)

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I'd like to know about this. Just purchased the Architect Edition to reinstall easier and I have both of the early Booster Packs. Not wanting to waste the serial code, I haven't applied it yet. My impatience might get the best of me...

OP, a correction. Rikti Farming: Destroyed.

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I would like the files size increased for MA arcs.
I have a story worked out which involves Outcasts. But I'm forced to lvl 20 max if I use the standard Outcast group. I don't want my missions to be limited by the lack of stamina, which happens if the difficulty is set higher then Level 1. (you get X'd down to 19 on higher settings)

So I tried to create my own Custom Outcasts, which could be higher then lvl 20. But a single mission, on a "Small" map took up 69% of my files space. I still have 3 more missions to create.

I've decided to abandon the arc I had planned. Non of the other factions fit what I had in mind.

However, aside from the very tiny file size limitation, MA is a very cool feature. IMHO.

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A couple things. Map size has really no effect on the file size. The biggest thing that determines the space used is custom groups. Have you finished making all your custom characters? Because if you have, or you only have a couple more to add, you mostly likely have plenty of space for three more missions, unless you add lots and lots of dialog.

A single custom character takes up not quite 8%. Check out some of the guides on the forums for more detail. I see no reason you should abandon your arc. With a little planning it should be just fine.

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I give it three more days before the Devs put a complete moratorium on open Publishing rights, possibly coupled with a complete wipe of all mission currently published. With the devs then having to pre-approve what gets published. Otherwise, the MA system will be populated solely by farmers as farm mission become the only thing people can readily find.

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Not going to happen. There are too many missions. MA is far too big to police that way. I agree something needs to be done, but what? I don't know.

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If you play on Heroic then the AV will spawn as a boss.

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If you play on heroic an AV will spawn as an EB. At least this is how it occurs in my arc. EB spawns as a boss and the AV spawns as an EB.

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Is there a way to increase the spawn count to include more of the enemies I've created, or is this just because I can only test solo, and in teams I'll see a lot more?

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You can test an unpublished mission with a team. Just form up and start your own mission. Remember nobody gets xp/inf or tickets, but you do earn MA badges.

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But I gotta ask ... what if I'm a chick?


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*cue up the Barry Whites*

I wrote Sunglare/Mizel to be bisexual, so the attraction isn't limited strictly to gender. NO, you won't be bazoinking in arc 3.

(...although if I could get Sister Psyche from the ITF in a test mish, well, I might make a one-off for private play. XD)

This might be a good time to ask: Any females care to comment on how I played her off? Handled well? Clumsy?

Re: "Those annoying Lieutenants". That's probably the biggest comment I get on this arc. I've scaled then down as much as I can, I swear - but on the updated version (where I correct a few grammaticals and tighten up a few things), I'll switch the Lt's to Bosses, and vice versa.

Solowise, some people have no problems with them; others get frustrated. I hear all of you on it (I've been logging comments for review!), and I promise that a tweak-up to address that one big concern is in play.

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I gave you my feedback in game Word choice; it's all word choice.

I think the whole gender/sexuality issue has to be considered along side the character's situation ((trying not to get spoilery)) and how it might change someone's views just for the sake of human contact, perhaps.

Strangely I've found I have more to comment on in a high quality arc than a lousy one. It's very good, but I see how it could be better, if even little.

Did you ever get a map for part two?

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[*] Exiting an MA mission with Domination up will cause Domination to drop. The Domination bar will still be full, but the Domination power will not automatically recharge.

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This occurs for all click powers. When they fixed the toggle-drop on MA mission exit bug, they neglected to do the same for clicks. Easy check to confirm the bug: enter a MA mission, activate Hasten, exit mission. Hasten will no longer be active, and you will have to wait through the entire recharge time again. The same thing occurs for Group Invisibility, AM, any tier 9 armor like Unstoppable, click-based mez protections, etc.

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This is really killing me on my MA scrapper. Multiple times I've gone into a mission and had no status protection. It doesn't happen every time, just most times. I haven't found a pattern to when it does/doesn't work correctly, yet.

((Reposting after working out bugs and finally getting republished))
Arc Name:Hero Buddies!
Arc ID:16985
Faction:Hero
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Lucianna
Difficulty Level: Medium- stealthy characters in mission two
Synopsis: More Freakshow madness. The Freak called the Escalator has started a project called Hero Buddies and you're the first buddy!
Estimated Time to Play: Very Long-About an hour


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Arc Name: The Rending of the Veil
Arc ID:16330
Faction: Neutral
Difficulty Level: Hard- EB/AVs in finale
Synopsis: Just next to our world something waits in the darkness. And someone wants to bring it here.
Estimated Time to Play: About an hour

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I liked the missions, but I didn't really understand how the whole "Hero Buddy" thing impacted on the plot as a whole. The last mission was well-done.

Also, the third mission gives you two clues for the same thing (actually one for beating the Escalator, and one for beating the mission, but beating the Escalator completes the mission, sooo...) Also, Lazzor complains about his spleen in the third mission, but Freak tanks clearly have had the part of the body in which the spleen resides removed, so I know off about 4 stars for that.

Oh, and the $name tags in the NPC dialog of the second mission don't work.

And maybe it's just me, but my contact didn't seem like he cared whether I did the missions or not.

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Thanks for the feedback. I thought I fixed the clues and the $name. Maybe it's not saving right. I actually changed contact mid-stream was more worried about information than personality. If the plot doesn't work..yeah that's my fault. Time to stop worrying about technical details and work on story!

"The Escalator"
Arc ID: 7849
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Lucianna
Faction: Heroic
Difficulty: Medium, finale can be tough
Length: Very Long, an hour-ish
Synopsis: The Freak known as the Escalator is causing trouble and he's asking for you by name. Actiony arc with a chaotic finale.

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My turn:
Arc# 1175 "For Whom the Belles Toll"
3 mission arc

Inter-dimensional drag queens are wreaking havoc in Paragon City and it's up to you to stop them! Can you save Paragon City from bad wigs and glitter!?

Yes, it's a silly story and it's supposed to make you laugh....a word of warning though my sense of humor runs on the corny side and the dialogue reflects that. I hope you have a giggle while playing it and let me know what you think.

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First, I love the costume work you did. Peyote especially stands out. Humor is good, it's a little one note for my taste, but the mission complete pop-ups were great!

Thought the Pocket D map was buggy, so it was a nice surprise to see it. Flotilla spawned twice, I'm not sure if that's what you wanted; I'm guessing not. It was all very easy, which isn't an issue for me.

Clicked on every mob wanting to see their descriptions and there weren't any. I doubt you're running low on space so get in there and fill them in.

Overall very good. Hope no one gets their panties in a bunch over the drag queen thing.

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Mission:

"Don't rain on my parade!"
Arc ID: 4754
Length: Short
Missions: 1
Genre: Humor

Description: Arachnos had staged a devious kidnapping to disrupt the 23rd annual Freedom Phalanx Parade! Do you have what it takes to save the day?

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Nice arc, very funny. The hostages aren't very grateful are they? For some reason I expected this to be outside. The map is the only part missing personality and I know there's not a lot to done about it.


If someone could take a look at my arc I'd appreciate it. Warning: I have a habit of making dumb typos and dropping words.

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Mission:

"The Escalator"
Arc ID: 9276
Genre: Action!
Length: Very Long
Missions: 5
Description: The Freak known as the Escalator is causing trouble. (Medium difficulty with a chaotic finale)

Edit: Updated arc ID after making some improvements

Seriously, we're still in closed beta? Arrggh!

Thanks!

(Quick warning-Some twisted imaginary here))

Tronique, cyborg futurist and a recent brain surgery patient stood enraptured in the mall food court. Her synaesthesia was bombarding her with the taste of the colored lights and the sounds of tinsel and garland strung across the ceiling beams. One woman, calling for her children to come and sit, had a voice that smelled of cinnamon. Tronique started toward her but a gentle hand on her shoulder stopped her.

Dr. Cassidy Winters, aka The Neurosculptor, rested her hand on Tronique’s shoulder and spoke to her a voice usually reserved for speaking to the insane: an appropriate choice on this occasion. “Stay here. You’ve nearly got us thrown out twice.”

“Say ‘twice’ again. I like the way it slithers out of your mouth and across the floor.”

Dr. Winters sighed. Artistically resculpting someone’s neurons had unexpected results-when the patient lived-but Tronique’s procedure wasn’t even done and already the woman was problematic. “Can you please stay here, dear?”

“Why am I here again?”

The doctor hoped it was a literal, and not philosophical, question. “I wanted to see how you’d respond to all this stimuli. And I need to pick out something from Cook’s Electronics. If I leave you alone…” Dr. Winters decided that Tronique would be easy enough to find it she wondered off. It was doubtful there was another six-foot two woman in a patchwork outfit of leather and armor bits painted black and neon pink. The silvery/purple sheen of her hair would also be a good indicator. “Don’t move dear. I’ll be back shortly.”

Tronique, who was studying the shapes made by crying babies, failed to notice the doctor’s departure. She was entranced by the triangle of a little girl crying and reaching for a toy, until a voice broke her from her reverie. “Hello Esther.”

Suddenly Tronique was lucid. She turned to face the speaker, silver words coming from her mouth before she saw who she addressed. “No one’s supposed to call me that. How do you know that name?”

“I know everything about you.” The man who spoke was large, nearly round. He wore a white shirt and red pants with suspenders. A red jacket with white trim was slung over his shoulder. “And frankly, I wish I didn’t.”

Tronique blinked. “Santa?” She laughed. “I’m hallucinating aren’t I?”

“Perhaps,” said Santa, “but artists and people seeking guidance have turned to hallucinations for inspiration for millennia. Not that Santa would ever suggest such a thing. Just take what I have to say to heart.”
“You came to talk to me? But I’m…”

“Deplorable? A murderer? Evil? Wicked? Naughty?” Tronique managed a weak nod. “I have the list, remember? The downside of knowing who’s naughty and nice is that I get to read about all the horrible things that people like you get up to. A zombie plague inside a mall-nine hundred and seventy people…eaten. I’m an old man whose job is to spread cheer and because of people like you I have to read about things like that.”

“It was a prank,” she said weakly.

“A prank doesn’t have to kill nearly a thousand people. When you turned Willy Wheeler into a blueberry it didn’t kill him. More pranks like that would be better. I’m not asking you to reform-I’m not setting myself up for that kind of disappointment-but it would be nice if next year I don’t have to read about your severed head choir or whatever other murderous idea you have.”

“Wait…” Tronique said meekly. Santa sighed; why did he blurt that out? “You’re disappointed in me?”

“How could I not be? I’m all about Peace on Earth. Goodwill to Men. You’re all about zombie musical numbers and taking the over world. You’re gifted. You have a talent with technology that is incredible and mind unlike anyone else. And you waste time with killing and stealing. Theatrics! Murder! Making people miserable! I hope one day that you realize you can get more satisfaction from making the world better and not worse.”

“I don’t understand.”

“I know; I know you don’t. But Father Christmas has to try. If we sent the Ghosts, you’d only trap them and use them to terrorize people. Here.” He thrust a shopping bag into her hands. “This is for you. In the New Year try to be nice. If I can live with elves for three-hundred and sixty-four days a year without killing someone, you should be able to do the same.”

Tronique looked into the bag; it was filled to the top with coal. “Santa?”

“Yes?”

“Why is it that while I’m talking to you I’m not seeing or hearing or smelling or tasting odds things?”

“Maybe…maybe this was important enough for you to focus. I have to go now. Remember, Be Nice. And Merry Christmas.”

“Merry Christmas.” Santa turned and walked away and the flood of sensation returned. The Christmas lights sang out. The mathematical formula for the smell of cheap orange chicken floated by.

“Tronique?” The doctor was back. “Who was that you were talking to?”

“That was a figment of my imagination.”

“No, it wasn’t. It looked like a mall Santa.” The word Santa left the doctor lips as a storm of snowflakes.

“Why would Santa talk to me?”

“Why indeed? What’s in the bag? Have you been shoplifting?”

“I don’t know.”

Dr. Winters took Tronique by the hand like a child. “Let’s go back to lab and finish up your procedure. Then you can get back to whatever it is you do.”

A man walked by with an arm load of packages. Each carried a different scent and it caused Tronique to scrunch up her nose. “I don’t like Christmas.”

The doctor drug Tronique toward the elevator. “It’s not for everyone.”

Is it Tuesday yet?

Couple of questions: What server are you on and what's your character name? I play on Virtue and get my fair share of weirdos. Of course my main is named Pin-Up, so it tends to attract weirdos. My RP background before MMOs came from online chat and you see a lot of that behavior there, so for the most part I just shrug it off. There are a lot of great RPers in this game; it might take a little work to find them ((check your server forums, they're out there)).

This is a great game with a great community. Please don't let the immature ((That's right immature, not overly mature. Mature adults know how to be courteous and discreet and know what is and isn't appropriate with strangers.)) people drive you off.