Published my first arc today, pretty happy with how it turned out but would like to have some feedback and criticism to help me fine-tune it a little further before live. As the name suggests the main threat of the arc is a custom group based on Gx the Space Gremlin's backstory, but I left him out of the actual arc to save space and keep the arc fast-paced (decided a detour to highlight my character would've only slowed things down and not really added anything to the story).
Arc Name: Attack of the Space Gremlins
Arc ID: 20991
Alignment: Heroic
Length: "Very Long", 4 missions.
Description: A derelict spacecraft has been drawn into Earth orbit. Both the U.S. government and Arachnos, among others, seek to lay claim to whatever secrets it may hold. (Recommended Level: 40-45, soloable with caution but team recommended. AV in last mission. Feedback & criticism appreciated.)
Note: First couple times I tested this after publishing, a required objective didn't spawn in the first mission; tried again today and it worked fine. If you run into this, please let me know.
Do you UHVU?
Orpheus Initiative | Parts Unknown
League of Misfits | The Reciprocators
I just published my sequel to "Kidnapping Kelly the Kow" based on the blackmail letter you get as the souvenir at the end of the arc.
It is called "Blackmail" #21165 and continues and finishes the story that the first arc started.
I'd love to get some feedback on the 2nd arc, as well as hear what people thought of the entire story as a whole.
speakinmg of that what are some of the souvenirs you cangive?
i know nothing good but still its interesting concept
as Ood Sigma said....We will sing to you, Doctor. The universe will sing you to your sleep. This song is ending. But the story never ends.
My Arc!
Operation: Black Heart, Acts I and II
Arc IDs: Part 1: 17874, Part 2: 20957
A favor for a friend puts Maxwell Christopher onto an evil plot that could shake the city to its core. Can you crack the conspiracy linking the city's villains to it? What is the "Black Heart"? And how far will they go to protect that secret? Can you help the FBSA agent find out the truth?
Looking for feedback! Due to being written before we knew the details of the Architect, it's a little awkwardly split up. I'd love to see some opinions.
Also, Ascendant, did Saul Rubenstein's Discount task force. Bloody brilliant.
Has been killed by the DoT on Throwing Knives and proud of it.
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Regards,
Ex
Woo! Thanks, Ex!
We'll always have Paragon.
ty EX
as Ood Sigma said....We will sing to you, Doctor. The universe will sing you to your sleep. This song is ending. But the story never ends.
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Awesome Ex, thanks!
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Arc Name: The Delilah Pact
Arc ID: 21577
Faction: Villainous
Creator Global/Forum Name: @SoulTrain 2020 / @Soultrain
Difficulty Level: Medium to hard, no customs, mobs in last mish are nasty though.
Synopsis: An accident during a routine job sends your fate spiraling in an unexpected direction.
Estimated Time to Play: 2-3 hours
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This is an arc for villains (or mercenary heroes). It starts out normal, sort of, and then gets a little odd. I will warn you, it's deceptively standard fare during the second-fourth missions... and then mission 5 is the tricky one. Haven't tried it on a team, but since ALL of the mobs are stock, they should scale just fine.
"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."
I've posted on the MA forum already, but ... two-part story here, collectively known as Jamie Salladon's Task Force. Now with 50% more completed cover images (for the first half ... the second half's image is still in progress).
Cover Image 1!
ArcID: 3962
Title: Temporal Anomalies
Description: The Clockwork are behaving even more oddly than normal, and a seemingly ordinary mission to deal with them exposes a much larger threat. Note: I assume you have completed the Synapse Task Force, or at least know the revelation about the Clockwork therein.
Length: Four missions, no defeat alls
ArcID: 4804
Title: The Inversion Point
Description: You have exposed a threat to the city. Now you must discover who is ultimately behind it and put a stop to it.
Length: Four missions, one is a defeat all on a smallish map.
These arcs should be soloable, at least with non-support characters and judicious inspiration use. I'm going for story, not difficulty. Any feedback is most welcome, but especially let me know if you find the enemies in either arc (especially the first one) are too hard with a team (at a reasonable difficulty level).
Feedback thread here
Also, the arcs have been added to HighTreason's Arc search site. Their pages are: Temporal Anomalies and The Inversion Point
Edit: I've updated the ArcIDs to their Live Server numbers. (The old numbers were 16189 and 17153.)
Thanks a bunch Ex, with the flood of missions that this community will be turning out I imagine this will be a thread that gets a lot of traffic.
Hi Virtue!
I have set up a new global channel called MA Arc Finder.
This global channel is open to all and is intended for across all servers to help players promote, locate or get tech help with Mission Architect story arcs.
I would like to get an operator for each server so after you join please send me a global tell if you are interested in that role.
NOTE - This Channel is meant to be CROSS SERVER. It is intended as a way to help locate arcs you might want to play and to promote your own arcs beyond your home server. It is in no way meant to replace individual server channels.
@Wrong Number
Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
Here's a repost of my missions, with their live mission IDs:
Arc Name: Death for Dollars!
Arc ID: 1050
Faction: Custom
Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
Synopsis: The makers of arcade classics 'Destruction Cinema' and 'Absolute Mayhem' bring you the action-packed, gore-filled Virtual Reality show, 'Death for Dollars'!
Estimated Time to Play: 20-30 minutes (3 medium sized missions)
And its team oriented version, which has an identical story, but differs in the following ways:
Arc Name: Death for Dollars Extreme!
Arc ID: 1100
Difficulty Level: Very High (intended for teaming, play the other one if you want to solo it)
Estimated Time to Play: 45-60 minutes on a decent team
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Arc Name: Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare
Arc ID: 1218
Faction: Custom
Difficulty Level: Medium ("standard" custom critters, with a "Hard" Elite Boss at the end-- play on heroic if you want him to be toned down to a Boss)
Synopsis: Dr. Duplicate, a villain with a notoriously large ego, has taken over the Paragon Dance Party (people still go there?), and dared you to take it from him!
Estimated Time to Play: 10 minutes-- 1 mission.
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Arc Name: Win the Past, Own the Future
Arc ID: 1429
Faction: Multiple
Difficulty Level: High (several AV/EBs, ending with custom ones in the last mission. This is meant for a team.)
Synopsis: In the midst of a riot, someone has escaped from Ziggursky Penitentiary. Discover who it is, what his plans are, and find an unlikely ally in your quest to stop a plan that will otherwise leave the world in a terrifying state.
Estimated Time to Play: 30-45 minutes-- 3 Missions in total.
Please try my custom mission arcs!
Legacy of a Rogue (ID 459586, Entry for Dr. Aeon's Third Challenge)
Death for Dollars! (ID 1050)
Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare (ID 1218)
Win the Past, Own the Future (ID 1429)
A Jaunt Into Dataspace
Arc ID: 1438
Summary: Go rummaging through Crey's files with a little help from a friend.
Length: Medium.
Difficulty: Very easy solo. One optional difficult boss fight in Mission 2. Should scale up to provide a decent challenge for bigger teams.
Focus: Story-driven.
Tone: Light-hearted (some jokes, not entirely silly)
Does It Tell Me What My Character Is Doing/Thinking? Yes, a few times.
Notes: The AE search claims it's "Long", but I can solo it on my Storm/Elec Defender in 40 minutes.
My goal was to make this arc as fun as possible. The main focus of it is the middle mission, where you're searching through Crey's file servers. Every glowy has at least a 50% chance of holding something interesting, so if you like to read clue text you will not get bored!
There are a few places where I mention what your character does or thinks, so if that's your pet peeve, don't play this arc. (I have no way of knowing if your character *does* care whether they're in a database or file server, or they don't know any forensic accountants/happen to be a forensic accountant themselves.)
Edit: Apparently the Dataspace Security is very annoying to mid-to-large teams. The Lieutenants have Elec Blast and Kinetics (only at Standard, but it still means Transfusion for everyone), so it can get pretty sap-heavy. Looking into ways of fixing this.
Character index
A repost with Live IDs. Operation: Black Heart: Acts I and II
Act 1: 1621 Act 2: 1629
A favor for a friend puts Maxwell Christopher onto an evil plot that could shake the city to its core. Can you crack the conspiracy linking the city's villains to it? What is the "Black Heart"? And how far will they go to protect that secret? Can you help the FBSA agent find out the truth?
Looking for feedback! This arc was written before we knew the specifics of the Architect, and a lot of it is a bit awkward due to text limits and mission limits. I'm happy with how it came out, though.
Has been killed by the DoT on Throwing Knives and proud of it.
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Here's a repost of my missions, with their live mission IDs:
Arc Name: Death for Dollars!
Arc ID: 1050
Faction: Custom
Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
Synopsis: The makers of arcade classics 'Destruction Cinema' and 'Absolute Mayhem' bring you the action-packed, gore-filled Virtual Reality show, 'Death for Dollars'!
Estimated Time to Play: 20-30 minutes (3 medium sized missions)
And its team oriented version, which has an identical story, but differs in the following ways:
Arc Name: Death for Dollars Extreme!
Arc ID: 1100
Difficulty Level: Very High (intended for teaming, play the other one if you want to solo it)
Estimated Time to Play: 45-60 minutes on a decent team
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Arc Name: Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare
Arc ID: 1218
Faction: Custom
Difficulty Level: Medium ("standard" custom critters, with a "Hard" Elite Boss at the end-- play on heroic if you want him to be toned down to a Boss)
Synopsis: Dr. Duplicate, a villain with a notoriously large ego, has taken over the Paragon Dance Party (people still go there?), and dared you to take it from him!
Estimated Time to Play: 10 minutes-- 1 mission.
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Arc Name: Win the Past, Own the Future
Arc ID: 1429
Faction: Multiple
Difficulty Level: High (several AV/EBs, ending with custom ones in the last mission. This is meant for a team.)
Synopsis: In the midst of a riot, someone has escaped from Ziggursky Penitentiary. Discover who it is, what his plans are, and find an unlikely ally in your quest to stop a plan that will otherwise leave the world in a terrifying state.
Estimated Time to Play: 30-45 minutes-- 3 Missions in total.
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A repost with Live IDs. Operation: Black Heart: Acts I and II
Act 1: 1621 Act 2: 1629
A favor for a friend puts Maxwell Christopher onto an evil plot that could shake the city to its core. Can you crack the conspiracy linking the city's villains to it? What is the "Black Heart"? And how far will they go to protect that secret? Can you help the FBSA agent find out the truth?
Looking for feedback! This arc was written before we knew the specifics of the Architect, and a lot of it is a bit awkward due to text limits and mission limits. I'm happy with how it came out, though.
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From this point on this is live...
have fun
as Ood Sigma said....We will sing to you, Doctor. The universe will sing you to your sleep. This song is ending. But the story never ends.
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From this point on this is live...
have fun
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"A Jaunt Into Dataspace" is Live, too!
Character index
Art Attack Has been republished on Live:
Art Attack
by @Turkey Lurkey
Arc ID: 3663
Length: Short
Morality: Heroic
Description: Some of Paragon's most notable artists have been kidnapped! It's up to you to save them!
My Frostfire arc will be up as soon as I unlock a few more things....
TL
Arc Name: Statesman's Task Force
Arc ID: 4659
Creator: @TurmoilX
Alignment: Heroic
Difficulty Level: Moderate - Difficult
Synopsis: A mini version of the famous STF. TONS of detail was put into this 5-mission arc; from the boss diologue, to the best visual reconstruction possible (Many maps and such, just couldn't be copied as they don't exist in the MA), to the entire story dialogue.
Number of Missions: 5
Hail Emperor Cole!
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(TurmoilX - 50, Fire/Emp Troller) (Emily Meyer - 50, PB) (Olias - 50, Necro/Dark MM) (David R. Scion - 50, Crab) (Haruaki Kaido - 50, SS/Stone Brute) (Chaos Bot - 50, AR/Kin Corr)
Edited my previous post to include the Live Server ArcIDs, 3962 and 4804.
Now on LIVE!:
The Revenge of Frostfire!
by @Turkey Lurkey
Arc ID: 5383
Morality: Villainous
Level Range: 7-15 (one mission is 1-54, but that's because of the map limitations)
Length: The system says "Very Long", I disagree. Took me about 45 minutes to run through on my MA/Regen scrapper. Depends on your build. If you're the ghosting type, it will take you less. So don't be scared by the "Very Long".
Description: Poor Frostfire! Always being captured by gangs of heroes. Well, he's had enough! Help him get his revenge!
Mission 1: Lvl 7-15. Patrols, Rescue.
Mission 2: Lvl 1-54. Boss, Defeat All.
Mission 3: Lvl 7-15. Ally, 4 Bosses.
Mission 4: Lvl 7-15. EB, Defeat All.
Intended to be a villain version of the Frostfire arc. This has not been tested with a team, so let me know how it turns out if you run it with one. Comments and feedback encouraged!
TL
Reposted for live!
Arc Name: If At First You Don't Succeed
Arc ID: 5923
Faction: Heroic
Creator Global/Forum Name: @NeverDark
Difficulty Level: Medium/Low
Synopsis: A routine mission to stop an Arachnos thief uncovers a mad plot to restore a supervillain to his former glory!
Estimated Time to Play: 30 mins to an hour
It's changed quite a bit from beta, so please let me know how everything works out. Thanks!
We'll always have Paragon.
If you get a chance, check out Justice Hut: Attack of the Terrorist Toppings.
It's a cartoony arc, meant to resemble an episode of The Tick without drawing directly from it.
The story is about Justice Hut, the worst supergroup in Paragon, and their adventure to thwart Ridickulo, an evil mastermind, from taking over the city's food supplies using an army of animated pizza toppings.
Arc Name: For the Glory of Godby: Part 1
Arc ID: 6235
Faction: Heroic
Creator Global/Forum Name: @IanTheM1
Length: Very Long. Expect anywhere from 45 to 90 minutes depending on how fast you can go.
Difficulty Level: Balanced difficulty. Final mission is slightly challenging. Features Carnies and Custom Enemies.
Synopsis: Help Agent Crimson investigate the mysterious Godby Organization and get to the bottom of one of their latest plots.
Looking for plays, feedback, whatever. I'd love to hear about how fair the Godby Organization is as an enemy group.
Never surrender! Never give up!
Help keep Paragon City alive with the unofficial City of Heroes Tabletop Role Playing Game!
Arc Name: The Will of Crom
Arc ID: 19132
Creator: @Ascendant
Alignment: Villainous
Difficulty Level: Moderate.
Synopsis: The infamous supervillain, Doctor Lazarus Crom, has requested your assistance in recovering a very important artifact from his past.
Number of Missions: 3
Link for Feedback
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Now, more than ever, Paragon City needs heroes. Do your part to save it.