Ozmosis

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Thank you, Oz!!!

I remember him though, from when we first moved to Protector. What an @$$ he was!

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And that's the nice way of putting it

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HWSNBN* was an interesting character. I won't go into details, because I honestly don't remember. I drank enough of Night Reaver's rum to purge the memories.

* HWSNBN = He Who Shall Not Be Named

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HWSNBN (a.k.a. Trident Boi) was a Protector player circa issue 3-4. He was basically seen as a trouble maker, tho I think that reputation was given to him by himself, to make him feel like the bad boy, cause the rest of the server was mostly left scratching their heads whenever we tried to understand what he was trying to do.

I remember Trident Boi's posts on the forums, which usually always turned out to be giant, aggressive, eye-bleeding walls of text; with no paragraphs, no punctuation and even less sense. His in-game chatting was much of the same.

After a while, Trident Boi kinda became part of Protector's mythos, like Badge never really existing and only being a story to scare emp defenders at night, or Ish doing pantless poetry. People would say HWSNBN* (tm) would return and attack us with senseless babble if someone would mention his name more than 3 times in one post (or something along those lines )

Bah! Link doesnt work if your across the border...

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Were there fish puns?


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Sadly no. And no references to Milk and Oreo Cookies, Chuck Norris, Badge, or Team Debt Cap. So .. maybe it was better than the good old days???

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It could have been worst, there could have been mention of Trident Boi!

I put in a couple extra hours of designing in the U.H.F. base to get it ready for the base tour. I still need to put a few more things in, hopefully I can get a few things done before 7pm eastern

Happy birthday T!

I'll make sure to tune in and post a bunch of requests live then

I'm willing to open up the U.H.F. base for tours Kyo. I just need a heads up in advance so I can take a few things down.

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this game should lower its monthly fee to $9.99 instead of 14.99 imo. its getting old. its 5yrs old now. any game this old should not be going for 14.99/month still. if the rate wasn't so high i would keep my subscription going for a longer time. since its so high i will only subscribe for one more month before quiting.

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Go ask the WoW community how much they pay for their 5+ year old game. While your at it, ask them how many FREE expansions they've gotten since launch.




Seriously.

I tought I heard this was fixed, but when I used hibernate today, instead of my iceberg, I got an ice cube...

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot happened to Hibernate?? I looks like I'm held now, instead of hibernating...

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Any possibility for some type of acrobatic type of movement as a new movement power?


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Why not ask for hyper-digging while your at it...

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Honestly, I'd like a travel power set that'd actually make sense for natural characters. Perhaps some sort of mini-vehicle power: pneumatic jump, gyrocopter pack, motorcycle.

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Pogo Stick power activate!

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they made jump/jet boots havent they?

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Who would have thought that the true moral dilemma wasn't "Good or Evil" but "Badges or Super Group"?

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LMAO!

It's funny cause it's TRUE!

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Big Brother Midas and Brother Midas, in a word.... badges.



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oh HELL!!!

[censored][censored][censored]!!!!

Sigh....

Ya... my badger might have to.

Perhaps she's going undercover?

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*Nod* My poor superleader...I wonder what crossing over does to supergroup membership?

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Im curious to see hyow this will work too... my super leader toon has the date of the SG creation next to his name, so im none too motivated to loose that.

I haven't put alot of thought into this yet, but the main reason I would do it would be for badges. It would also depend on the consequences of switching.

As for story lines reasons... I can easily see Ycebergg crossing the lines, given the proper motivations...

I'm willing to throw in Ycebergg if you think he'd work.

The Arc ID91456 thread.

Second poster has been added.

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Maybe you were just mostly dead?

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I believe the term is "dead-ish"

Might have been taken down cause of a bug, something like objectives spawning in walls or something. I'm sure that map will make it back, let's just hope it's sooner than later.

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http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....=1#Post13429389

Posted about this error. No one seems to be replying to it. But it's going to make many arcs now unplayable.

It's also ridiculous that they made a 300 character limit to character descriptions when some of their characters By default are longer then that.

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We've seen the reports and are looking into it.

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Ran into this problem with Numina and Ghost Widow as well.

I'm not big on farming. I like the game, and I like playing thru it's content.

That said, I also would like to point out I'm a serious badger. I go out of my way to try and get as many badges on my main as I can...

The MA brought with it numerous new badges. Most of which are fairly easy to obtain ( I mean by the legal methods ). However, some of them are basically impossible outside of farming, or coersion. Not to mention some will be downright impossible period( what are the odds of getting an arc into the Hall of Fame with so many arcs out there? And I won't even get into the odds of getting DevC'ed). This, makes things incredibly frustrating, for everyone.

I decided to test the odds a bit. I have 3 published arcs at the moment. One is a 5 part arc, story driven and designed to be a challenge (see sig). The second is a one mission story, has alot of opportunities to earn progress for badges, but still story driven and difficult. And the last is a straight out farm, no story, no content.

My main arc took me 2 weeks of hard work to make and was published the day after MA went live (i started work on it in beta); the second took me a day to make and was published a week ago, the third took me 15 minutes and was published yesterday. Out of all three arcs, the third (my farm) has had the most reviews, the most people played and has gotten me the most progress towards the writer badge...

Now, seeing these facts, we can see how this affects everyone: People looking for good content can't find it cause it gets buried in all the farms. People making content in order to get badges are forced to make farms cause players don't do 5 mission arcs to get badges, they do the one mission farms.

Even if the devs nerf the heck out of the rikti dolls, or what ever else people will be using, people are still going to make farms for reasons other than exp.

What needs to be done is to find a way to filter out content in the MA better, giving players a better chance to find the good (read: hard worked) content. We also need to change the requirements on the badges that ask for "# of players that have run your arcs" and "# of stars rated on your arc", this will help reduce the famrs a bit.

AE System
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Welcome to Architect Entertainment -- Neutral
Death for Dollars! -- Neutral
Bare Knuckles of Rage (9304)
Signal to Noise -- Neutral -- 67277
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Allegory
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Who is Kidnapping the World's Great Philosophers? -- Neutral -- 86347
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Character/Supergroup Origins
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Birth of a Fossil -- Heroic
Secret Origins(Tech) The Snake Women of Epsilon V (42221) - Heroic
Noah Reborn -- Heroic (2370)
Polar Emergence Neutral Government User Interface Network (PENGUIN) #29205 - Heroic
Jumping in Feet First - Heroic - 1345
Midnight Bells Toll ----Villanious
A Hero is made, Not Born. -- Heroic -- Arc# 20863
A Mother's Nightmare -- Heroic -- #6955
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Classic Super-Hero/Super-Villain
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THE BOMBER --- Heroic --- Arc 16607
In The Shadow of Statesman --Neutral--1160
A Show to Die For! --- Heroic --- 30645
Check... and Mate #15095 - Heroic - Mini Task Force
Teen Phalanx Forever! -- Heroic (67335)
This Life Immortal - (5756) Heroic
Paradox Paradox - (69221) Heroic Stop yourself and Stellar from being erased!
Sidekicks Can Be A Pain In The Cape - (28430)
'Tis Nobler in the Mind - Heroic
Deadly Sins! - 99366: fairly tough arc, can be solo'd.
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Comedy
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The String Thief, Arc ID: 15726 Neutral 1-54
Mean People, Arc ID:16690 Neutral 1-54
The Extadine Lab -- Heroic (2595)
MacGuffin Delivery Service (1567) -- Villainous
ParaCon -- Heroic (1684)
The new and improved Lord Recluse Strike Force -- Villainous (though I wouldn't recommend against a hero )
The Fire Bunnies - Neutral, They are only bunnies after all...
You Say It's Your Birthday! (3630) - Neutral
Trademark Infringement -- Heroic (2220)
Hail to the King Neutral (34640)
Walk On the Wild Side - Neutral - 3580
Shirley You Jest (25474) -- Neutral
The Invasion of the Bikini Clad Samurai Vampiresses from Outer Space! - Heroic - 61013
Gnomish Madness (30204) - Heroic
Doctor Nadir and the Hellion Heist (49661) - Heroic
Laugh? I Thought I'd DIE! - Heroic
The P.U.G. Strike force (arc 35585) -Villian
A Translator is the Wind or the Thunder in Turns -- (2936) - Heroic
What's in a Name? - Villainous
None More Black, Dude! (#86312) Neutral
Rise of the Drakule - Neutral
Return of the Revenge of the Son of Drakule Part 2: First Blood - Neutral
Martian Chimpanzees and the Cyborg Cheerleaders of DOOM! (Arc #69947) - Heroic
Daytime Divas - #94504 Where else can you get a hair extension as a souvenir?
Death to Disco! - (Neutral, 84420) A short arc that has time travel, silk shirts, platform shoes, Jimmy Carter and a chance to save Rock and Roll.
Too Many Bunnygirls! - ID#101165(neutral). Time to stop them once and for all.
Invasion on Earth BX1132! - Neutral - 45+ - #98943
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Comedy/Drama
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Fashion Apocalypse - Neutral - 14840
The Running of the Bulls -- Heroic 29973
A Super Team is Born -- Heroic
Cause of How Some Silly Stealed My Wings #1481 -- Neutral
How to Survive a Robot Uprising -- Heroic (12669)
Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare -- Neutral
It's a Nice Day for a White Wedding (9059) -- Neutral
TURG FICTION: Ghost in the Machine, Act I - Heroic (althoughs romantic villains could try this too )
Rum Runners of Bloody Bay (3691) - Heroic
Have a Blap, Blap, Blappy Day Kids! (2019)
The Toypocalypse! (49280) - Heroic
Fishing for Fame with Red Herring - Heroic (66861)
Putting Out Fires: A Corporate Satire (20100) - Villainous
The Rise and Refall of Pets'n'Things.com - Heroic - 1061
The Cat's in the Cradle (8776) - Villainous
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Crime/Gangs
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Bricked Electronics -- Heroic (LIVE! 2180)
The Bravuran Jobs -- Villainous (16809)
The Black Flag Is On The Rise (Pirates!) - Villainous
The Monstrous Regiment of Lesbian Hellions -- Heroic (27178)
Win the 2009 Freak-Lympics (2150) - Villainous
Ninja Crimewave! (2142) - Heroic
Whitehawks (Arc 49364) -- Heroic
The Internet is for Crime (53385) - Villains
Plastic Pistol Peril (1135) - Heroic
Friends in Need (Of Body Parts) - Villainous (31005)
A Little RnR - Heroic (17523) click for Promotional Poster
Mechanical Mayhem - Villainous (76721)
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Drama
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The Conciliators: Simone -- Heroic (4010)
The Fan Club -- Heroic
Matchstick Women -- Heroic -- 3369
Of Mentors and Legacy - Heroic - 1589
Digital Love -- Neutral -- 3571
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Global Domination
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Axis and Allies -- Villainous (1379)
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Heist
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Celebrity Kidnapping -- Villainous (1388)
Easy Money -- Villainous (31490)
The Great Diamond Heist -- Villainous (96169)
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Historical (Realistic)
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Wrinkle in Time -- Heroic(68920)
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Historical (CoH Lore)
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The War on Superadine - The Regulators in their 1980's drug war (Heroic) (Arc 7959)
Origins - Volume 1 (57077) -- Heroic
The Once and Future King (#71601) - Heroic
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Holiday
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City of Ho Ho Ho #18775 - Heroic
Hectic Holidays -- Heroic (36999) also comedy
Santa's Missing List - 34961
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Horror
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Astoria in D Minor (41565) -- Heroic
Dark Dreams (3615)
D!E COUNT DADDY MACULA D!E! (10619) -- Heroic (1970's Action/Horror)
Don't Play With The Dead (31813) -- Neutral
The Amulet of J'gara (1709) -- Heroic
Project: Perilous - Into the Chthonian Pit (#3586) - Neutral (Unless you happen to be a mad cultist, in which case, go nuts!)
Small Fears -- Heroic
Lights, Camera, Scream! (#68627) - 3 Mission arc that get's you into the B-Horror film circuit.
Duality --Heroic -- 84105
Hunting the Hunters --Villainous -- 93362 - Help a vampire find out who is hunting his people
Creepy Crawlers - Arc ID: 82553 (Lv 41 - 52, a short, solo-friendly ghost story. Best played alone.)
I Will Dance On Your Grave - Arc ID 92630 – Any level, no EBs or AVs, Voodoo, Necromancy
Movie Monster Madness.. - 102058
Something Comes to Yarmouth(58812) - Heroic, levels 25+ (masearch link)
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The Zombie Apocalypse Task Force: Something wicked this way comes.


Large-Scale Crisis
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Alpha and Omega (100400) -- Heroic
Is it Live or is it Memory-X - Arc ID #70210 - Heroic
This Is War, Part I - the Revenge of Hro'Dtohz -- Neutral
Win the Past, Own the Future - Heroic
A Warrior's Friend - Heroic
The Clockwork War -- Heroic (18672)
Flight of the Valkyries - Precursor (20272) -- Neutral
The Human Hive (#1632) - Neutral
War of the Worlds - The Anakim Invasion - Part 1, Neutral (15006)
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....ue#Post13304513
War of the Worlds - The Anakim Invasion - Part 2, The Terran Revolt, Neutral (46711)
url=http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=13304455&an=0&am p;page=0#Post13304455
Bleed the Freak - Arc ID #6919 - Heroic
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Magic
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The Magical Miss Fitz (5079) -- Heroic
Chains of Blood (5492) -- Heroic
A Deal with Destiny -- Heroic
The Broken Chain (82378) -- heroic
Croatoa's Great War: The Parfait Family Reunion -- Neutral -- 71880
Rex is Missing! - Heroic - 51702
The Tannhäuser Gate (Arc 96322)
I Will Dance On Your Grave - Arc ID 92630 – Any level, no EBs or AVs, Voodoo, Necromancy
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Military
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Redoubt Operations #1: Fires over Kalago -- Heroic
Red Storm Rising (Arc 4912) -- Heroic
Whitehawks (Arc 49364) -- Heroic
Axis and Allies -- Villainous (1379)
Vanguard AQUA (58475) -- Neutral
Wings of Deception, 101926
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Misc. Adventure
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The Portal Bandits (3326) -- Heroic
A Glitch in the Wyre- Arc 73197-- Neutral (Fun for both the good kids and the bad kids too!)
The Council Cargo - Arc ID: 36951 (Heroic, Lv 26 - 31, solo or team)


Mystery
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Blowback (18575) -- Heroic
Dream Paper -- Heroic (13030)
Dream Paper 2: Restless Sleep -- Heroic (16797)
Dream Paper 3: Broken Dreams -- Heroic (13064)
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Hunter of Beasts: It begins with a riot... Arc ID: 110465 - Heroic

Mythology
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Atlantis Attacks! -- Neutral (30898) -- Click for Promotional Poster
The Seelie War -- Heroic
The Unseelie War -- Villainous
Tales of Cimerora, volume 1 : Of feathers and fur -- Heroic
The Aegis Affair - Heroic - **** - 16376
Witches and Warriors (53006)- Heroic
Rites of the Maenads (61159) - Heroic
The Parable of the Fruit Salad -- Heroic -- 65369
The Eye of Balor (88176) - Heroic
Madness And The Minotaur - Neutral - 90124
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Nemesis Plots
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Brass Reaver: Part 1 -- Neutral
The Handbag Plot -- Heroicish -- 36414
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Player-Chosen Outcome
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Hunting the Dark Dragon -- Heroic
Playing Gods -- Heroic (51106)
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Sci-Fi
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Above Mars - Part 1: The Wellington -- Neutral (13215)
Adventures of the Space Marines -- Neutral
Adventures of the Space Marines 2 -- Neutral
The Adventures of the United Earth Rangers -- Neutral (29549)
The Continuing Adventures of the United Earth Rangers -- Neutral (70237)
The Final Nemesis
The Knights of Rularuu -- Heroic (75386)
[color= #bbff88]Reach for the Stars -- Neutral (78904) [/color]
Spaced Invaders --Heroic(56856)
That Mysterious Buzzing Sound - 12774
The Balance of Power - 26931 - Neutral
welcome to donut world - 1233 heroic
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Un-themed Survival/AV/Time Challenges
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The Meatgrinder -- Neutral
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Puzzles/Riddles
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Grim Riddles (#1396) - Heroic

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My biggest concern is why are there isn't any feedback on lower star ratings?

I have no problems with someone reserving a star or even two if they didn't enjoy my arc, but when I see lots of 5 star comments etc... and then all of a sudden I lose a star on average without any feedback. It likely means that someone has abandoned my arc or rated it poorly.

Both arcs have over 30 plays easily so having it drop so suddenly without feedback is kind of worrisome. I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

Is it common to get bad ratings without feedback?

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one simple answer: fear.

Everytime someone posts a comment on your arc, it sends it to you via tell with their global. If someone rated your arc a 1 star, they wouldnt leave a comment cause some would be afraid of the "oh yeah! then I'll just one star one of your arcs Mr. Jerky McJerkypants!" reaction... On the other hand, they want you to know if they gave you a 5 star, cause they hope you will return the favor.

The other big problem: badges...

My arc was made to be a tf, it takes between 20 minutes to an hour to play. Yet, 2 minutes after posting it, I got 3 starred. This is due to someone jumping in it, and quitting once they entered just to rate it ASAP to get the early bird badge (you need to rate an arc that has 10 or less votes on it).

So yeah, as it stands, the AE system works, but it just isnt perfect.

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Arc Name : The Zombie Apocalypse Task Force: Something Wicked this way comes.
Arc ID : 91456
Morality: Heroic
Faction: Custom
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Ozmosis
Difficulty Level: first 2 missions:1-54, last 3: 40-54. I highly recommend you be 30 or higher.
Synopsis: Short version: zombie invasion. It is soloable, but the bigger the team, the bigger the challenger, and 8 man team on invincible will be overrun.
Estimated Time to Play: 20minutes- 1:00, depending on team size.
Link to More Details or Feedback: poster to come

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New Arc ID. I had to take it down and republish it, due to spelling mistakes, grammar and such. I also noticed I made 2 mistakes in the story telling, wich are now fixed.

Also, here is mah snazzy new poster!

Arc Name : The Zombie Apocalypse Task Force: Something Wicked this way comes.
Arc ID : 82052
Morality: Heroic
Faction: Custom
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Ozmosis
Difficulty Level: first 2 missions:1-54, last 3: 40-54. I highly recommend you be 30 or higher.
Synopsis: Short version: zombie invasion. It is soloable, but the bigger the team, the bigger the challenger, and 8 man team on invincible will be overrun.
Estimated Time to Play: 20minutes- 1:00, depending on team size.
Link to More Details or Feedback: poster to come