I would like this too, maybe even add an "Arc of the week" feature.
Of course, an arc that got "arc of the week" would be horribly grief-voted by players.
True. Here's hoping they'll do something about that, such as at least requiring players to complete an arc before they can rate it.
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True. Here's hoping they'll do something about that, such as at least requiring players to complete an arc before they can rate it.
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Yeah, it's not like that's going to break anything. If you don't like the arc, quit it. If you complete the arc, then you get to rate it, no rate griefing please, kthxbye.
But for the suggestion, multiple monitors for different categories would be cool, like "Arc of the week" or "Most played today" or "Random dev choice" stuff like that. I'm not sure about the clicking on the moniter part though, that'd be kinda hard to do if the display was switching every couple minutes.
Just something that occurred to me; we already have the software in place for automatic advertising through in-game billboards; why not apply something like this to the Mission Architect as well?
Here's my thought: somewhere in the architect buildings is a large monitor that functions as an electronic billboard. It cycles (say every 10-30 seconds) between player-submitted/mod-approved posters story arcs. Possibly also have a functionality wherein if a player clicks on the billboard, it instantly begins the arc it's displaying (or, alternatively, brings up a menu similar to the AE interface we have now, but displaying the last few arcs on display).
This would allow designers willing to put the extra effort in another means to promote our arcs, and players a little extra something to go by in deciding whether or not to try any particular arc.
Thoughts?