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The last time I watched television this happened

I can't believe no one noticed this earlier!

Since everyone loved my last bug explanation:

Level capped experience being converted into influence was broken because of an off by one error. (49 is never >= to 50)

Exemplaring converting experience into influence was broken because the experience was being added to influence before influence was being set (note these lines were a lot further apart):
Influence += Reward->Experience;
Influence = Reward->Influence;
GiveInfluence( Player, Influence );

The concept if anyone is curious for, pohsyb or (pohsib):

A dilapidated and malfunctioning robot abandoned by his inventor (a different character that tries to mix magic and technology, but usually fails). Left alone, the robot has an epiphany and becomes a religious zealot believing that the universe is really a giant computer and that god is binary.

This half-mad glitchy robot begins proselytizing his beliefs (with violence if necessary) and soon begins to work actual miracles (explaining any powers he has whenever I roll him) indicating there may be something more to his beliefs than pure lunacy.

Many thanks to Poison for this fantastic creation. It like he reached into my mind, plucked out my thoughts and beautifully forged them into artwork!

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Είμα&#9 53; και πάλι στο κουτί ! Επίση ς, δεν γνωρί ζουν ελλην ικά.

Edit: that was supposed to be greek...oh well, just as unreadable

This series of arcs is my favorite thing to come out of the architect.

I love the way the different episodes could all be played from different characters, heroes and villains weaving together a meta-plot.

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You'll get a nice bonus once you finish the entire arc.

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This is correct. Longer arcs have a higher end of arc bonus XP/INF and a better random roll at the end.

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Question: Can I make a mission arc end two different ways based on beaten or failed final mission like so many CoV arcs do, and if so, how?

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If you set the contact fail dialog you can get too different responses, but thats about it currently

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Is it possible to make an ally who fights alongside you until a trigger is activated and then leaves? Is is possible to have glowie that you need a fighting ally to activate?

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Nope

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If not, can a fighting ally be "rescued" and leave the map?

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Theorhetically yes, add an ally set Combat Abilites to "agressive" and Ally Behavior to "run to nearest door" they should take off to the door fighting anything they meet.

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Can I make a mission that doesn't spawn anything until you trigger some kind of event, like the trap for Nocturne in the Faultline Dam, and if so, how do I achieve that? I don't seem to have any control over regular spawns, other than saying what enemy group they are.


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There are two main spawn types in most missions. One is used for ambush, boss, patrol or destroy object details, the other is used for battle, rescue, escort, ally, or defend object details. (Some maps have additional spawntypes that are not overrideable by the MA).

Lets pretend you picked a map with 15 of the first type and 15 of the second type. If you wanted it to be empty until your trap is hatched, you could add a patrol detail with quantity 15 and and a battle detail with quantity 15. Next, add a collection detail and have both the patrol and battle trigger on completion of the collection.

Really Nice Write Up. Some fixes for ambushes are comming down the line too.

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Do our arcs leave souvenirs?

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You can make souvenir clues.

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If yes, can we filter out normal/MA souvenirs?

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Player created souvenirs appear on a new tab and are deletable.

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Can we make NPCs gossip about our missions?
Can we force the player to find the mission entrance?

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No

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- When you say across all servers does that also include the European servers?

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Yes

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- What about localization/internationalization?

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TBD

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What happens to arcs if the player who created them goes inactive?

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Nothing.

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Not sure if it's been covered, but since we are using existing map sets, is there any way to manipulate the mission's lighting?

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No, but good idea...

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I just have a couple quick question. I know Castle had mentioned earlier (some weeks prior to today) that some powers wouldn't be available, such as SoA and Kheldian powersets... however the Massively article has this as a bulletpoint:

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Give enemies any powers you want. (Emphasis added)

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Has the position stated by Castle earlier changed? Or are Kheldian powersets still unavailable for custom minions? Is there any chance, if they are NOT being included now, that they WILL be included reasonably soon in the future? One of my arc ideas necessitates access to the Warshade powersets.

(*hopes that they WILL be available!*)

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This is a bit misleading. You can chose 2 powersets that include almost all powersets available to players, but you can mix-match them in ways not available to players. (Ex: Fire Blast + Invulnerability ).

Not as great of a bullet point, I know. We would love to expand this system further, but we cannot by release.

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Can a single mission arc have more than one contact? For example, after completing Mission 1 from Contact A, you are directed to Contact B who gives you Mission 2?

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No.