SpyderNoir

Have a happy birthday, Arwen!

I hope you had a happy birthday, Philly Girl!

Thank you all for the kind birthday wishes! I especially enjoyed the images that speak to my spidery and noiresque facets.

Although I suspect that more participants will show up tomorrow morning than we see here, I would suggest that people try to have Shivans and nukes if possible. I don't know if these Heroes really are tougher than their in-mission counterparts, but they always seem like it to me.

Okay, I've looked at who needs the badges, and I've settled on Operative Acier (level 50 Bane Spider) and Durante Ragno (level 50 Fortunata) as the two characters I'll bring.

Happy birthday, Kensei and Kerse!

I definitely want to get some of these badges on my villains. I'll fill in the details later.

Hi, Messanjah. Nice to see you again. I hope you enjoy your time back this weekend.

Have you tried Gap.com? They have a feature that allows you to search by size.

Disclaimer: I don't know if Gap is "cool" or not. I'm not really much of a fashionista... or... what would the male version of that be? I think it's a Kit Fisto.

Have a happy birthday, Fan!

Happy birthday, Ele!

Henceforth the phrase "the Swiss way" shall be Justice vernacular for "some way that confuses everybody, and maybe kind of works, even though nobody understands it."

Ohh... I love the LGTF! Unfortunately, I'll be at a wedding that day. Have fun, all!

I should be home from school by then. There's a chance I'll be a tad late, but no more than five minutes, or so.

I'm very interested in this, especially the new "Mo" badges.

Blueside, I can offer a Peacebringer (my badge character), a Warshade, or a Scrapper.

Redside, I can offer a Bane Spider, a Fortunata, or a Robot/Forcefield Mastermind.

I just re-read what you said about the pentad and my heart sank. "The 5 non-epic ATs." But my badge character is a Peacebringer!

Upon conducting further research, however, I've found that the septad (which includes epic archetypes) also grants the badge. Would you consider running a septad instead? If not, I will still provide whatever I can to help others get that badge.

Arwen, you're awesome! I've been meaning to put something like this together for a while, but I keep putting it off. Since you've taken the initiative, I'd be happy to join. I'll bring Naphil, my level 50 Peacebringer.

I'm in with Naphil, level 50 Peacebringer, for both. I'd be very interested in doing the "Master of" TF, if possible.

I'm in with Operative Acier, my level 50 Bane Spider.

Looks like I don't have anybody quite in range. That being the case, I'm going to do what I always do: send in a level 50 Kheldian.

I'm in with Durante Ragno, my level 50 Fortunata.

Missy's in too; she'll confirm later, but I believe she wants to bring Miss Anthropic, a Plants/Thorns Dominator.

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You don't want to bother playing it? After you've already been "paid" to do so? How "honest" is that Lazarus? You made the initial offer to review the arcs and stated the "payment". After the "payment" was made you now want to include your likes and dislikes as criteria for playing it in the first place and make that part of the rules?

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That criteria was included in the first place, the submitter ignored it.

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If the criteria were intended to be construed such that the inclusion of one of the "dislikes" would change or void the "review-for-review" transaction, I'm afraid that was not clear to me. Quite frankly, I read the list of dislikes and knew that you wouldn't like the level jumping, but I decided to take my chances anyway; it didn't occur to me that you might decide to delay playing the arc simply based on one of these dislikes.

Also, in the interest of improving my arc, I have converted the level 1-15 mission into a level 40-54 mission. This was possible because, as a few people have suggested, I didn't really need to use the group I was using and I could find an acceptable substitute. As that is not the case for the level 20 missions, they remain level 20.

I very much appreciate your insights, PoliceWoman. When I made my arc, it never even occurred to me that people might be angry with the changing level ranges because they would earn less XP. I suppose I've played only level 50s for so long that I forgot about XP as a motivating factor. Similarly, after doing the range of Task Forces and Strike Forces innumerable times, I've grown accustomed to fighting at a lower level than that at which the character is capable. This arc's story was conceived with reference to enemy group identities, not levels. Even where I recognized that changing maximum levels might be jarring, I never anticipated the amount of displeasure it seems that some people feel when forced to a lower level.

The information for this arc follows below, but the primary purpose for this thread is to continue a discussion begun in "Honest Lazarus's Discount Reviews!" in a more appropriate place.

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If you can't be bothered to explain yourself then I can't be bothered to play your mission to see what you did. It is virtually certain that it is either the case that what you want to do can be done without munging level ranges or your story is "just a bunch of stuff that happened".

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Sure, I can be bothered to explain myself. What would you like to see explained? If it's "why does your arc have level ranges that jump around?" I can PM you the precise details. I won't provide them here because they reveal aspects of the arc's story that are intended to be revealed gradually and even after all of this, it's possible that somebody may wish to play it.

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That's not an answer. Life is short, we don't have time to play every arc. I've already got almost thirty requests pending for reviews. If you want me to take the time to play your mission you have to give me a reason to want to play it. So far you're giving people reasons not to want to play it.

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Life is short. You're right. And gaming time is even shorter. I am not familiar with your reviews or how you decide which arcs to review, but I know that Lazarus offers reviews as part of a quid pro quo exchange: you review one of his, he'll review one of yours. His time is valuable just like yours or mine, but I have paid him for his time according to the rules that he himself set out. I had hoped that his review would be favorable and that other players would choose to play it based on that review. Yes, I now realize that jumping level ranges are something that particularly annoy this reviewer and I might have done things differently knowing what I know now.


Arc ID: 252484
Arc Title: Regicide
Author: @Spyder Noir
Morality: Hero
Number of Missions: 5
Description: A mysterious Clockwork presence has emerged. The PPD discovers its nature and sends you out to meet this new threat. But does your contact, Detective Guerrero, really have it figured out? You'll have to examine the clues yourself to decide exactly what's going on. Intended player level: 40-50.
Warning: maximum level changes throughout arc