Putting a 'farm' mission in my story arc? Advice?

I'm working on a story arc, and one of its missions would work well in terms of the narrative if it looked and seemed like a 'farm' mission. I don't actually want it to be useable as a farm, however. I'll be putting it as one of the later missions in the arc so that the other slower lower-reward missions have to be done first, but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts or advice as to how I should approach its design. It would be ironic if my 'farm' parody got reported as a farm!

I assume that the customs for it should have 2 melée sets and no flight? Is that a typical sort of farming setup?

Eco

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

I originally planned to just try to simulate the battle maiden map, but now that AEvfarming seems to have taken over PI in this aspect, my job got harder!

T might not be clear from my OP, but I am not trying to make a viable farming mission-I'd like sth that looks like one but isn't worth it.

Eco

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

if you have never had an arc banned... and your arc has 5 missions in it with the farm NOT being the first... then I would say go for it... but be warned... greifers will definitely report it because that is what damn griefers do...

when your arc gets banned, if you never had an arc banned you can call customer support and they will review it... if they like your story with your farm included, they will flag it as unbannable and the griefers can go to hell... otherwise you will have to change your farm to a non farm and they will unban it (first time only after that I dont really know what they will do)...

ps definitely dont use the word farm in the title or text... griefers scan for that

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Heh. Check out missions 1, 2, and 5 of arc 232235, "Power Progression"... Council radio, Battle Maiden map, and a mash-up of AE farms, all in one arc. (And germaine to the plot.)

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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

Qr - I think I'm going to try to make a mission that isn't actually farmable for any gain that a real farmer would be interested in.

Eco

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

Again, if the mission is in the MIDDLE of a non-farm-oriented arc, it's not a farm.

If farmers have to slog (sorry for the perjorative) through a bunch of non-farm content to get to a farmable mission in an MA arc, they'll simply move on to greener pastures.

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Again, if the mission is in the MIDDLE of a non-farm-oriented arc, it's not a farm.

If farmers have to slog (sorry for the perjorative) through a bunch of non-farm content to get to a farmable mission in an MA arc, they'll simply move on to greener pastures.

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Wow! What a great name for a farming arc... "A Farm With Greener Pastures."

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Wait, they are banning missions that they deem farms? That's stupidly subjective. Plenty of one mission farms get under this radar by having some silly simply story attached.

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Custom critters should be DB/something. DB seem to be the weakest melee sets.

In-game critters should be Freakshow.

Use the "City Map 02" map for a quick mission.

I'd try to toss in a random Rikti Communication Officer in there somewhere if possible.

Toss in the words "Meow" or "Rikti Doll" in there somewhere. Maybe "cow" as I've seen that word pop up recently.

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Play my MA arcs!

Tracking Down Jack Ketch - ArcID #2701
Cat War! - ArcID #2788