To the creator of the PUG Hell arc
Well, thanks for the comment. Glad you found it entertaining.
What exactly is munchkinism though???
I have a few small updates I need to make to improve the story and based on some feedback I need to adjust the custom critters a tiny bit.
X-Porter still doesn't know about the arc, have not seen him online.
By munchkinism, I mean that certain powers/abilities were boosted to extreme levels, while other abilities were token; some would also call it min-maxing For example, the healer villain healed very well, while the electrical attacks were nothing more than a slight distraction. Another player I had experimented in the arc with kept complaining of nearly dying quite often from damage-over-time attacks from the fire demon, even though he himself was quite weak in other areas.
Still, it was a true-to-life illustration of how players will focus on a single type of power and leave other abilities in the dust. And, like in any PuG, such players are often as much a danger to their team as they are to their enemies. Thank you for allowing people to look at that dynamic from an outside perspective.
Thanks again for the comment.
I made the arc all in good fun. It is just supposed to poke some fun at something we have probably all experienced: a bad Pick-up-Group. I don't hold any ill will towards people who design their characters like the ones in my arc. I feel that it is their toon, and they should make it and play it however they want.
Having said that, I did want to make it realistic, and I am glad you were able to take something out of it. It is comments like your, as well as a couple I received through tells that help me tweak the enemies I designed. For instance, the 'Token Controller' was a Lt. - which obviously contradicts her name, and somebody pointed that out, so I made her a minion and weakened her considerably. I also added a catgirl claws scrapper in.
I want the arc to be fun but also make people nod and think, "Oh, yeah, I've been there!" so any more constructive critsism would be helpful as I continue to try and improve it.
This arc sounds like pure win! How many hours til 5?
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X-Porter finally showed up and saw it for the first time last night. He loved it. I've recently tightened up some of the story and tweaked the custom critters. Glad everyone has enjoyed it so far.
That was the worst case of munchkinism I have ever had to fight against. Still, it was entertaining.