SkarmoryThePG

In response to PoliceWoman's review

Glad you enjoyed. I'll take the liberty of addressing concerns.

First off, I've decided to (soon) do a small rewrite of contact dialogue, to make the mission a bit more personal for him. Before, I actually aimed for it being similar to a normal, no strings attached contact mission, but I feel a small sacrifice there will make the arc more enjoyable.

I am, myself, a fan of no more clues and souvenirs than necessary. Thus, I often put stuff that isn't critical but foreshadows/explains in the global spam. Personal preference.

I woulda sworn I explained the stolen relic's significance somewhere. Or rather, lack thereof. You don't know what it is, but they wanted it, and they're not getting into it. I'll admit, I dropped the ball as to exactly why the Raiders would be in the Warriors' faces. I'll have to work on that too.

I'll have to tweak the end mission dialogue to explain what you learn from Aristodemus, thanks for pointing that out.

The workers (three of them) were a continuity joke mostly. There's more glowies that hint at what befell Ransom, but placing his actual body far in is impossible. The initial draft of the mission had you running into Ransom on the way to the exit, but that proved too unreliable.

I didn't feel the arc deserves a souvenir. Dime a dozen two-parter missions from contacts don't get them.

I've an idea or two for the motivation part. Watch this space.

The specialized equipment (an optional glowie!) is part of the point. They fell back to the Lockhart Aerohart office because they know it'd have the necessary equipment.

Again, thanks for the favorable review, glad you liked, and looking forward to another exchange in the future, perhaps?

PS: I just checked. Not only is Ransom still set to run at quarter health (I was surprised your defender caught him and you didn't mention), he IS set to only require the boss to complete. I blame the I17 conversion.

It's, in his opinion, the single worst arc he played. It's his opinion, and his right to compare others to it.

Finally got myself away to do that one arc. Holy crap that's a high WTF/min quotient. Also puntastic. Some stealthed, some quite good, some both.

It's good if you like sneaky references to both CoH lore and the Captain Awesome videos, tons of puns and absurdist, very absurdist humor. It's also very meta. Which is not a bad thing.

Hee. Glad you liked

Eva Destruction should play "Sky Kings' Ransom" (232308) because, just like her apparent preference, it involves absolutely no reference to pie.

Curious, how does your queue look like atm?

What do the critics have to say?

Talen_Lee - **** - "(...) didn't make me stop thinking or stop having fun."
PoliceWoman - **** - "(...) just long enough to tell the story it wanted to tell, and no more."
Lazarus - ***** - "Does it's job well as a quick mini-arc."

And the players?

Eva Destruction - "(...) nice little story (...) overall worth playing."
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Arrite. Played Papers and Paychecks. Feedback'd. Loved it, even if the "good" ending is less satisfactory in comparison. Added it to the earlier love for Teen Phalanx Forever! and Warrior's Journey. Any hope of tossing #232308 - Sky Kings' Ransom onto the list? It's a shorter than not 20-24 heroside.

Anything that's autohit.

Long-lasting debuffs.

Stacked -def.

Anything with -rech.

Anything with -spd that lasts longer than the mob that used it.

Heavy -tohit.

Heavy -end.

#232308, Sky Kings' Ransom, can kinda sorta not really count.

#232308
Sky Kings' Ransom
By @Most Definitely Skary



One false step fells a dancer.
One loose word sinks a ship.
One mistake leaves a murderer weak and exposed.
One chance to bring him to justice.

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-Designed for solo play.
-Solo friendly.
-No customs.
-Canon-based.

I am going to shamelessly pimp my 20-24 heroside arc, Sky Kings' Ransom, #232308

Nerf? Easy. Roll back the AoE upgrading.

For the record, I meant 'university' as in the day job location, not just crafting station.