Since the original post for this arc was purged before they marked this forum to save, thought I'd repost the thread.
Arc Name: Saving Synapse
Arc ID: 1003
Faction: Heroic
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Hellguard
Difficulty Level: Medium (1 EB)
Synopsis: Mender Silos has discovered that in the near future, a mad villain is going to use Synapse's speed powers to destroy the timeline. Silos tasks you to go back in time to prevent the origin of Synapse, but you are unsure that you can live with the consequences.
As a Dev Choice arc, it's obviously very heavily plaid, and here's a small sampling I've received on it:
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High quality story. Consistent with official lore. No blaring spelling/grammar issues. Well balanced missions. Deserving of a Developers Choice designation. Giving you 5 stars.
Great stuff! I can see why the Devs picked it. I rarely give out five stars but this arc earned it
Nice arc. The mobs were particularly well designed to work together, at least the lt-minion combo. The healing was very annoying, which made me change my standard method of pound on the lt's and footstomp the minions to death. Played it on unyielding with an inv/ss tank, no problems. the storyline was compelling, as well.
Great story and great use of clues. Silos was also perfectly written.
Great story and NPC dialogue! You did 2 things I normally don't like. A defeat all and telling the player what they decide to do. However, in both cases they were done well enough that I didn't mind. This arc definitely deserves its spot as "Dev's Choice."
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Now, the arc gets its fair share of complaints. Some of them are even deserved. The biggest two complaints that I hear (and fully agree with) are that I don't warn you about the EB in the 2nd mission, and that the last mission is (unnecessarily) a defeat all. If I could edit the arc (without unpublishing it, of course) I would do so gladly to rectify those things as well as a handful of others. I've learned quite a bit about the MA since making this arc during Issue 14's Open Beta that I would love to apply to it, given the chance. At least with Issue 15 arcs will have an automatic "EB warning" so hopefully that complaint will go away.
Since the original post for this arc was purged before they marked this forum to save, thought I'd repost the thread.
Giving you 5 stars.
The biggest two complaints that I hear (and fully agree with) are that I don't warn you about the EB in the 2nd mission, and that the last mission is (unnecessarily) a defeat all. If I could edit the arc (without unpublishing it, of course) I would do so gladly to rectify those things as well as a handful of others. I've learned quite a bit about the MA since making this arc during Issue 14's Open Beta that I would love to apply to it, given the chance. At least with Issue 15 arcs will have an automatic "EB warning" so hopefully that complaint will go away. 
Arc Name: Saving Synapse
Arc ID: 1003
Faction: Heroic
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Hellguard
Difficulty Level: Medium (1 EB)
Synopsis: Mender Silos has discovered that in the near future, a mad villain is going to use Synapse's speed powers to destroy the timeline. Silos tasks you to go back in time to prevent the origin of Synapse, but you are unsure that you can live with the consequences.
As a Dev Choice arc, it's obviously very heavily plaid, and here's a small sampling I've received on it:
[ QUOTE ]
High quality story. Consistent with official lore. No blaring spelling/grammar issues. Well balanced missions. Deserving of a Developers Choice designation.
Great stuff! I can see why the Devs picked it. I rarely give out five stars but this arc earned it
Nice arc. The mobs were particularly well designed to work together, at least the lt-minion combo. The healing was very annoying, which made me change my standard method of pound on the lt's and footstomp the minions to death. Played it on unyielding with an inv/ss tank, no problems. the storyline was compelling, as well.
Great story and great use of clues. Silos was also perfectly written.
Great story and NPC dialogue! You did 2 things I normally don't like. A defeat all and telling the player what they decide to do. However, in both cases they were done well enough that I didn't mind. This arc definitely deserves its spot as "Dev's Choice."
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Now, the arc gets its fair share of complaints. Some of them are even deserved.