OzzieArcane

I would but they can't really examine the arc if I don't publish it and I don't like the idea of publishing an arc that isn't working right.

I know you're talking about the Hellions... I had them working right before Issue 16. But I guess I'm going to have to look into this again. There are level 10-20 Hellions you can put in a custom group. I figured out they're the Hellions from the Steel Canyon fire and that's why they don't effect the regular Hellions group but there seems to be a bug that'll make them spawn as the regular Hellions sometimes(Making them cap at level 14) but this seems to only happen if they're in a custom group by themselves. Maybe I'll make the custom group in the first mission include the Big Evil soldiers alongside the Hellions, I mean even with them spawning at higher levels they're viewed as weak story wise and I could write it off as them needing to be looked after.

The Clockwork weren't supposed to be there. I was sure I had removed them but that change must not have saved to the published story.

This will be explained more thoroughly in my next arc. But Evil Incorporated and Big Evil are actually two different groups. Evil Incorporated is basicly President Evil's answer to Crey but as you'll see in the next arc he has Demons, Werewolves, and Ninja mercs instead of some of the things Crey has. Big Evil is a military group bent on world domination, similar to like say Cobra from GI Joe. The reason they were originally red and black was to imitate the way the Crimson Guards look, but after you guys ran it the first time I realized it made them look exactly like higher level 5th even though the ones in the 10-20 range are usually all black.

The ninjas were only there to symbolize the aspect of President Evil's ninjas being present(The actual character I use is a Ninja Mastermind). The two groups won't be mixed together in the next arc however. Their regular groups range from 25-54. I made "Big Evil Recruits" specifically for this arc since I won't need a group that ranges from 10-20 for the later arcs.

The next arc is almost done, but on testing I'm noticing a lot of spawning problems with levels due to the level range. So I'm gonna hold out until that gets fixed. All in all thanks for the wonderful review and I'll look into fixing a few of the errors you brought up.

This is what's happening to me as well. Odd...

I don't think it's an anti farming measure. It's been like this since MA went live, back when you couldn't rename standard enemies if you put them in your group.

I'd find that understandable if I weren't soloing. Let's take a look at one of my custom groups as an example. It contains

Minions
Night Wolf 35-39
Dark Wolf 40-54
Infiltrator 35-45 (Male and Female versions)
Scientist 32-41
Cockatrice 45-54
Cage Consortium Guard 20-29 and 30-40

Lieutenant
Behemoth Master 29-35
Behemoth Overlord 36-54
Elite Securty Agents 30-35 (Both genders)
Special Agent Sharpshooter 30-54 (Both genders)
Basilisk 45-54
Cage Consortium Officer 20-29

Boss
Hellfrost 25-35
Succubus 30-45
Blade Prince 35-45
Warwolf 35-54
Gorgon 45-54
Far Fire 26-29 and 30-40

Now I know it looks crazy, but the point is. For some reason when I run this with my level 50 tank, none of the enemies that would spawn over level 45 spawn. Not the Chimera Ninjas, not the Warwolves, Not the Behemoth Overlords. But I get an insane mix of just about everything that spawns under my level range.

Just curious what is it about Malta that gives you trouble? I'm curious because a custom group in an arc I'm working on has a few Malta in it. But it's only the Engineers, Tactical Operatives, and the human lts and bosses (Not the Gunslingers). Course I may not even have this arc up any time soon depending on how long it takes to fix the bug that's affecting custom groups with standard mobs.

I think a lot of people's beef with it is that the Devs don't seem to care much about adding new DCs to the game. It's almost like they added something inspite of knowing they wouldn't have time to deal with it.