Constructive Criticism!


Aisynia

 

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well one person did play it last week, gave me 1 star, i republished later, now someone just played again and gave me 3.

neither left comments soo no idea what they didnt like. I could care less about ratings, id rather have comments.. Though i really dont put much in a low rating if no comment is left, Perhaps they just dont like me

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There was a thread in a section that disappeared, and I had a list of things that may keep people from playing an arc (or at least keeps me from playing.)

Your arc hits quite a few. First the title says Origin of, that's a turnoff right away. When I query and get a few thousand hits, I skip certain things in titles right away. I don't really want to play someone's personal favorite hero's origin story. That may not be what yours is, but that's what my brain filter thinks.

Another one is a very long arc with careless spelling and grammar errors in the description. I skip those because I think that the whole thing will be sloppy. A short arc with a few errors I may take for a spin. Questions in a description sound exciting when one writes them, but when reading them they aren't nearly as exciting as good action sentences.

I'm intentionally playing low end arcs and search for Hellions. A custom group as the main in a low end arc is discouraging. Again, I may sample it if it is a short arc, but I don't want to start playing an arc with the first two missions being standard mobs only to be floored by ninjas in the third.

Btw, your contact "Enrika" is a girl's name; Enriko or Enrico would be the masculine version.

Just some thoughts that may help you repackage it to get more people in the door and perhaps better feedback down the line.


 

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I get a lot of 5 stars on my stuff, but hardly any feedback. I love getting rated 5 stars, but I really enjoy talking to people about it, it helps me improve the arc. Cavatina up there has done an amazing job in helping me improve the Tannhauser Gate.

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Glad to help, I love your arcs personally but I'm still gonna point out bugs when I see em because its more helpful than babbling madly about how awsum an arc is.


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If I'm seeing 3s the arc gets pulled.

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So you don't want to know why it's only getting 3's and what might get it 4's and 5's? How curious.


 

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well one person did play it last week, gave me 1 star, i republished later, now someone just played again and gave me 3.

neither left comments soo no idea what they didnt like. I could care less about ratings, id rather have comments.. Though i really dont put much in a low rating if no comment is left, Perhaps they just dont like me

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There was a thread in a section that disappeared, and I had a list of things that may keep people from playing an arc (or at least keeps me from playing.)

Your arc hits quite a few. First the title says Origin of, that's a turnoff right away. When I query and get a few thousand hits, I skip certain things in titles right away. I don't really want to play someone's personal favorite hero's origin story. That may not be what yours is, but that's what my brain filter thinks.

Another one is a very long arc with careless spelling and grammar errors in the description. I skip those because I think that the whole thing will be sloppy. A short arc with a few errors I may take for a spin. Questions in a description sound exciting when one writes them, but when reading them they aren't nearly as exciting as good action sentences.

I'm intentionally playing low end arcs and search for Hellions. A custom group as the main in a low end arc is discouraging. Again, I may sample it if it is a short arc, but I don't want to start playing an arc with the first two missions being standard mobs only to be floored by ninjas in the third.

Btw, your contact "Enrika" is a girl's name; Enriko or Enrico would be the masculine version.

Just some thoughts that may help you repackage it to get more people in the door and perhaps better feedback down the line.

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Umm can you tell me whats mispelled? Cause i honestly didnt notice anything..

I did change the name Origon, to Rise.. But basically cause its more the Rise to power.. its not my favorite hero btw.. its a brand new villain that i made up for a muliple arc theme.

I did change the question, to a statement.. No idea if that would help..

I also added what the custom group is.. Its a Mage only CoT spawn for some capitives, and i removed Spectral followers from CoT mobs the final mission to make it easier... I also have one troll for a little comedy in the first mission, holding a girl captive trading words.


BTW, i knew a guy named Enrica.. Sooo *shrug.. guess maybe its like jamie, or jessy, or those? I dunno im not spanish.

also the lenth if very deceptive, those maps are pretty small in size, the first is only 4 rooms, the last is one main cave room and some halls, another is a lot smaller than the size states. It takes about 1-2 hours depending on team size and skill lvl.. about 15 mins a mission bascially.

You could always try it and see if its as bad as you think... maybe you will be surprised.. As far as spelling and grammer, ive been going over it and fixing anything i see wrong.. Or anything people tell me. Ive spent over 40 hours on this arc soo far between writing and testing.. I would hope its not too sloppy, and semi polished.


 

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Umm can you tell me whats mispelled? Cause i honestly didnt notice anything..

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You might want to run all your text through a spell checker. I just found one online here. I ran your post above through it and found 13 mistakes (not counting stuff like CoT and BTW). Maybe your in-game text is better; I don't know. Just wanted to throw that out there as a suggestion.


 

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I love getting comments on my arcs. I make it a point to reply to every one I get, thanking them both for playing my arc and for sending feedback. If they had a criticism or concern about the arc, I also respond to that. Most of the comments I've gotten have been supportive and helpful, and I've made several adjustments to address things that commenters brought to my attention.

As for giving feedback on arcs I play, I *usually* do. If I don't get the impression that the person who wrote the arc actually put some time and care into its creation, I generally won't bother. If they didn't care about their arc to begin with, they're not going to give much thought to my comments. I haven't run across many arcs that fall into that category, however, probably because they're easy to spot and avoid based on the mission description.