MrCaptainMan
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They just need to let us buy more slots. MA Arc Slot Booster pack. 5 slots $9.99 or sth.
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Fascinating arc. Thank you.
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Quote:I'm a noob at this marketing stuff, but I seriously think that Marketeers have a minimal impact on the majority of the playerbase. A friends just started playing. i gave him 50mil on his first toon, and then he started a new one an d forgot that he could email himself inf. At around lvl 24 this cvame up, and i asked him what he;d been doing for inf. he said he'd just been listing everything he found, salvage and recipes, for 5 inf in WW (I told him that this was an easy way to get rid of it if he didn't want to bother getting into the market and IOs just yet) and he'd amassed enough inf that way to keep him enhanced just fine.Originally Posted by ricktu
I don't think I have ever seen so much effort to rationalise a morally ambiguous act. By their own admission marketers end up stinking rich. Which means people are paying more than they need to without you. That 600 million per day doesn' come out of thin air it comes from the virtual pockets of other players.
Okay so you add a little stability to the price ranges. This stability obviously comes at a great cost to the rest of us or else how could you make so much money doing it?
You guys have fun playing the market and this is a game so go for it. But for crying out loud stop trying to sell us on the fact you're the good guys. The cold hard facts are for every hundred million you make out of the markets is a hundred million the rest of us had to pay more than we really had to.
I think that the majority don't even know there are marketeers, tbh, in the same way that a lot of players don't know about the forums.
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Did I miss the thread on this in the MA forum, btw?
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Quote:There's a Mission Architect forum and the MA Arc Finder channel ingame if you want to find decent non-farm arcs. Plenty of people don't have difficulty finding good arcs to play using these resources.Originally Posted by GMan3
Why not read it? As for posting, why not post? I will tell you why I did it though . . . BOREDOM. Waiting on other things to happen so I am not getting into a mission I might have to end, instead I read the forums and post something when it suits me.
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I'd like to nominate
The Murders In The RWZ Morgue
by @FredrikSvanberg
Arc ID: 452144
for the Short Arc Category.
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They should just let us buy it from the NCSoft Store.
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I'd say that Roland of Gilead makes a pretty good 'Incarnate shootist' type. The descriptions of his shooting in the Dark Tower books go a bit beyond the normal, I'd say. He's magnitudes better than any 'normal awesomely good shooter' type.
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Wow, that's cool. I got to the login and password thing and stopped. I'll give it another look.
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I have to let this thing connect to an online site and send info from my PC to it?
Hm. Without wanting to sound critical or gift-horse-looking-in-mouth-iof-ish (since i can see how cool this is for people who don't mind connecting to third-party sites), is there anything like it that works purely 'offline', as it were? I'd love an automatic badge-tracker of some kind, but I'd rather not have to have another login + password cobo to manage.
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I tried to make each verse refer to a separate Issue, but I think some overlap occurred.
My GF says I have too much spare time on my hands.
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Now I'm grinning smugly at praise from the great Marcian Tobay!
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Quote:It's 'We didn't start the fire', but yes, lol.Originally Posted by virtue
To the tune of we didn't light the fire?
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Why do I stay?
With apologies to Billy Joel:
Marcus Cole, P.I., Rikti Crash Site, Sewer Trial,
Malta Sappers, Carnie Strongmen, Portal Corp and you
CoT Trial, Capes at twenty, Crystal Titan, badges many,
Respec, Sidekick, Enter Rularuu.
Striga Island, Council fools, Epic ATs, power pools,
Lusca's in, Epic win, Clockwork building Paladin
Sky Raiders, Super Spy, Ravenstorm, Moonfire,
Bonny Morass, Long Jack, Volcano base, global chat!
Why do I stay subscribing?
Well it's not surprising
When the bar keeps rising.
I'm gonna keep subscribing,
I'll be logging on until the game is gone.
Katie Hannon, Sonic Blast, raving Trolls, Red Caps,
Archery, Trick Arrow, debtless level twos
Shiva Strike, SG-Base, Warburg rocket, nukes from space,
Dominators, Masterminds and Brutes and Stalkers too
Grandville, R.V., thugs, Mu Mastery,
Mace Blast, School of Sharks, melee with Electric sparks
Guard the bank, Pocket D, Fusionette and Jimmy T,
Faultline reborn, PSYCHOCHRONOMETRON!
Why do I keep on playing?
There's no way to stop it
Other games can't top it
I'll always keep on playing,
I'll be wearing capes untill there's no more updates.
Auction House, Black Market's in, Hamidon is back again,
Recluse' Helmet Souvenir, Rise of the marketeer
Rikti War Zone retcon, Lady Grey, Hero 1,
Rikti bombs in Atlas Park, Zombies rising after dark
Ouroborus, Mender Silos, Flashback, poor old Cyrus,
Reconstruction, Power Slice, Strength of Will, Ablating Strike
Fortunatas, Crabs and Banes, Purple IOs, Extra trays,
Midnight Squad, another zone, Giant mechs in Ancient Rome!
Why don't I stop my alting?
There's so much to do here
I will never be through here
I'm gonna still be alting
When I'm full on Freedom there's ten more to choose from
Dayjobs, second build, World of Pain, Soothe's heal,
Level Pacts, Shield Defence, Villain PPP Respec
Super Leader, Architect, PvP Invention Sets,
Dev's Choice, Hall of Fame, 5-Stars, Buttcapes
Fifth Column rise again, Super Booster costume change,
Barracuda, Doctor Kahn, nerdrage at the badge farms!
Why do I keep on paying?
'Cos the money's well-spent
On this fantastic content
I'm gonna keep on paying
For my server transfers and the Boosters I use
Powerset Proliferation, customize your animations,
Team size set for eight, Pet persistence on
Doppelgangers, Ultra Mode, Dual Pistols, tails that move,
Demon pets, Hell On Earth, email spammers gone
Going Rogue, Alignment shift, market merges, finding Tips,
Heroes in the Rogue Isles, Villains checking blueside
Alpha Slot, Incarnate, Great Escape, Syndicate,
Primal Earth prepares for war, GIMME GIMME MORE MORE MORE!!!
Why do I keep subscribing?
It's pretty clear to me that
Everyone should see that
City of Heroes is awesome
And in another window
I'm-a just about to
Log on, and on, and on, and on, and on...
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Quote:Rofl I'm off to roll up The Mustard Kid! Brown-tinted Rad Emission, I'm thinking.Originally Posted by Sailboat
Just out of curiosity, are you the Mustang Kid with a typo, the Mustard Kid with a typo, or does Mustand mean something I'm unaware of?
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Quote:Lol I was just letting off some steam after running a HIDEOUS malta rescue that was really an ambush (I eat my tray full for the endboss, and then after he';s down he gets up again with a different name. Cheers for that, devs) and a Carnie Master Illusionist fest with KoA ambushes added for Xtra /teethgrind.Originally Posted by DeviousMe
Your wishes have been granted. Welcome the Nemesis Army, Crey, Longbow, Rikti, Council, 5th Column, and the Devouring Earth.
Seriously though, I19 will have more tip missions. Be patient.
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Can we have some tip missions for lvl 50 heroes that arent Malta, Carnies or the damn Knives of Artemis, please?
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I'd like to nominate
The Ghastly Secret Of Dreams
by @Clave Dark 5
Arc ID: 386861
for the Comedy category.
It's rather bonkers IMO, reminded me of a Marx Bros or 3 Stooges runabout. The custom group is great, and the endboss is barking.
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Quote:You're right, I've been a bit over-sensitive maybe, and you did offer some broad suggestions. I apologise.Originally Posted by Lazarus
You really need to quit your assumption that only good criticism can be constructive. I offered a lot of suggestions for improvements but you glossed over them and are only pointing out negative things I said.
Thank you for the correction.Quote:
The word you want is FORESHADOW. Lampshade Hanging is a totally different concept.
I think your 'damn the torpedos, I tell it like it is, a thrashing never did me any harm!' approach should balance out my admittedly carebear-ish attitude, eh? As Zamuel said, a thickish skin is a good asset for a MAuthor, and I for one don't wish to cause any acrimony in the club. Please accept my apologies for harping on, Lazarus. There's room for all sorts of opinions, I've no right to impose my views on you like that.Quote:
Which would be a shame as I see a lot of promise in it, but not if it's going to be treated as the Cafe of Sensitive Egos.
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Quote:And I think you're being too nitpicky about things like that. Homework? This isn't school, and it's not supposed to be work, is it?Originally Posted by Lazarus
Comedy has different constraints. A silly arc like "Two Chicks At Once" is flagged as a comedy so Recluse and the other Arachnos characters acting silly and out of character works because it's supposed to be absurd within the confines of the plot.
I pointed out that Recluse seemed oddly out of character in "Another Nemesis Plot?" because it was supposed to be a serious story. When the plot is supposed to be serious you expect the canon characters to be portrayed as accurately as possible, you expect the author to do their homework.
I think that saying stuff like 'There's nothing positive about this arc at all' is pointless. What do you hope to accomplish? Nectrotech's going to say 'Oh, ok, i'll delete my arc then, sorry.', is he?Quote:
You and I obviously have very different thought processes and grade on different criteria. You focus on one detail, I look at the entire whole. If enough parts seem out of place to me I begin to question the entirety of it.
You make it sound like TIME IS MONEY, DAMMIT! WHY AM I WASTING MY PRECIOUS TIME ON THIS???Quote:
I also felt that mission 2 was a bit of a waste of time for the player and the plot as well. Missions 2 and 3 could very easily have been rolled together, given a longer briefing/debriefing, and it would have made little difference to the plot as well. If this were not in the AE building and I had to travel to all of these missions I would have found it rather annoying that I went all this way to kill two enemies in a single room, click one terminal, and then be off. It didn't feel like a mission, it felt like padding, and on top of that it didn't tell us anything really significant to the plot. All it told us was that Nemesis is still using steam power for his knockoffs of Council and Malta robots, not exactly a big revelation there.
One of the reasons you are spending your time on it is precisely to offer constructive criticism aimed at improving it. We're supposed to be helping, not just listing what's wrong with the arc and signing off with a 'C minus, try harder next time'
You're not flying around the city, so talking about what you would have found annoying if you were is surely irrelevant?
And earlier, you complained that it didnt make sense as a robot factory. OK, fair enough. I made a suggestion about that. Maybe you could offer a suggestion to add some clue or sth to that mission which would make it seem less pointless? You're a really talented MAuthor yourself, give us some more cool ideas, Laz.
or in other words:Quote:
My biggest issue though was all the new custom Automatons in the 5th mission which never appeared in the previous 4 missions. Why did we have all this build up with the Council and Malta knockoffs only for the final mission to have 3 5th Column Mechs and a ton of these androids that came out of nowhere? They should have been introduced much earlier, if not have the entire arc be about them instead.
"One big confusion I suffered when playing the arc was the 'sudden' appearance of the pain Automatons etc in Mission 5. It's nice that you've put some customs in, new mobs are often cool to encounter, but I think maybe you need to lampshade them earlier in the arc. Putting say a single encounter with them, perhaps in mission 2 (which needs a little more, i feel) would also give the player a taste of something unusual, and then he'd not be surprised to find them en masse in the final mission."
See, there's different ways to say 'I don't like Mission 5'. I guess you'll accuse me of pussyfooting around or sugar-coating or sth, but I see this Club as not a review thread but more of a workshop Criticism is sometimes better received when it's worded gently.
Incidentally, in Mission 5 there were Malta Titans and Rikti Heavy Suits as well as the 5th Mek men, and all three were mentioned in the clues in Mission 1, IIRC.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Residentx10
If we gonna do this we need to create groups for each genre of arcs.
Comedy has no value to me here in CoH. Anything, "cute" I run quickly away from....was that comedy?
I don't think we need different groups. If something's not to your liking, don't play it. With one arc a week, the odds are rare that there won't be two that are serious enough for you, I'd think.
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There's a global channel called 'MA Arc Finder' that's very welcoming and supportive to MA authors and those playing arcs. Please come join us to chat about great arcvs you've played or to advertise your own arcs, ask for and share advice on arc writing, or just to chew the fat.
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Quote:Reading your thread on the protector forum made me realise that there may be a lot of people who don't know about the MA Arc Finder Channel. I was also slightly dismayed to see that you only recently realised there was an AE specific forum despite having a May 2005 start dateOriginally Posted by Bad_Dog
It's weird this thread was started one day before mine and we were both thinking along the same lines.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=243441
I'm wondering if we should combine efforts?
Where this idea had been forum focused I was thinking more from in-game focus, but the idea is about the same. Players play arcs and provide feedback.
I might go post a head-s up on all the server forums...
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Me too. I didn't think it was server specific. If we're soloing, it can't be, can it?
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Yay! Congratulations, dude!
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