The Most Fun I've Had on a Mission - Gone
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Posted on: 2009-05-12 07:30 in Mission Architect
Did you unclick the radio button that says to the effect of "filter out arcs I've already voted on"? It's a pretty common solution to arcs that are "missing".
Dec out.
Whether or not this is a simple case of having the arc filtered out... I too am concerned that the mechanics that make difficult missions possible will be eliminated.
I ran a few boss farm type maps on several of my characters over the last few days. And while the reward rate was better than what you get fighting minions, I also died. Quite a few times. And this is on characters who are used to tromping through TFs solo with no danger whatsoever.
It's possible that boss rewards need to be adjusted somewhat, but I really, really hope that all-boss and all-lieutenant spawns aren't eliminated, and that we retain the ability to fix enemy levels at 53 and 54.
And for a while things were cold,
They were scared down in their holes
The forest that once was green
Was colored black by those killing machines
Freaks are known for being worth extra xp and being easy
if you are building a challenge - freaks are probably not what you are going to choose
try arachnos, longbow, or CoT
They aren't deleting boss farms. They're deleting farms that give you an unfair advantage and make the content (which should be challenging) trivial.
If they wanted to curb boss farming, they could make custom groups have a requirement of at least one minion.
My concern is that they are preparing to do exactly that, or at least considering it. I really don't want that to happen.
To Dug: it sounded like these weren't actually Freaks. Or maybe by "custom group" the OP meant a custom group with stock critters in it?
And for a while things were cold,
They were scared down in their holes
The forest that once was green
Was colored black by those killing machines
Custom groups with selected stock critters in them are the major issue with AE, assuming you feel there is an issue... its what lets you single out a mob like the Rikti Comm Officer and have nothing BUT that mob in large groups.
If it were just freakshow rather than a custom group that included specific freakshow, then it wouldn't be a farm at all, because it would be no different than any dev-created or randomly created mission that used freaks.
Another possibility is if the arc used a map that was among the ones pulled. Possibly the author pulled it down to revamp it.
I ran through the Mosh Pit too.
...I didn't make it.
It was AWESOME. I have never had so much fun getting my teeth kicked in before.
I hope it comes back.
That mosh IS there. You have to uncheck the option to hide arcs you have played before
Ok, now I'm SO going to play that arc. Thanks! 
August 31, 2012. A Day that will Live in Infamy. Or Information. Possibly Influence. Well, Inf, anyway. Thank you, Paragon Studios, for what you did, and the enjoyment and camaraderie you brought.
This is houtex, aka Mike, signing off the forums. G'night all. - 10/26/2012
Well... perhaps I was premature about that whole 'signing off' thing... - 11-9-2012
**grabs his tank** Lets Rock!
A couple nights ago I played a mission that, by far, was the most fun I've ever had in an MMORPG.
Setting the stage:
My duo partner and I were level 49. I am a pretty IO'd out Claws/Regen scrapper and he is a Plant/TA controller. For the most part, the last 10 levels have been a cake walk and, to tell the truth, somewhat boring due to the fact that there wasn't enough challenge.
That all changed the other night when we found a mission called the Mosh Pit. The description sounded interesting, that it was a tough freak mission and the mission objective was to survive. Dreck was the AV. We had one filler for the mission so it was set for three.
So we go in and the first group we see is about 20 Freak (actually a custom group that was identical to Freaks) Champion Slicers. I'm like... "I have a bad feeling about this." But we jump in anyway and start the attack. It's going "ok" when the ambush comes in. Now the two of us are up against close to 30 Freak Lts and things get tough. I hit IH to survive for a few seconds then my buddy goes down. I'm still hanging on, but eventually I go down too. I rez myself then hit MoG and start out again. Since I have the aggro, my buddy rezzes and we finish off the first spawn. Whew!
The rest of the mission contains a mixture of spawns (all Lts)with about half being just like that one. Since we expect the ambush now we manage to make it through with a minimal of deaths and fight the AV.
This was one of the most challenging and fun missions I've ever played so yesterday I log back in to play it with another character and... it's gone!
I can only assume that it was taken down as the equivalent of a boss farm, but it certainly wasn't that. This mission represented a challenge that we were unable to get anywhere else. It represented a fun factor that I hadn't experienced before.
Now this mission, and I assume any others like it, will be banned as inappropriate farms? What's the purpose of the MA if not to provide fun and challenge unattainable elsewhere in the game?
I'm very disappointed and hope that future missions won't be banned simply because they are different.
Current:
Fridgerato - Traps/Ice (Frdm)
Gadgetron - Grav/TA (Lbrty)
Ice/Kin Guide