This is what Hero 1 says about this stuff, though personally, I agree with you that the total would still be the same.
[ QUOTE ]
Is there a point at which you see the amount of content becoming a problem in and of itself?
Not really. We have a lot of good systems that scale well for our content. Storage size is not an issue -- they're small little text files. We did the math: if everyone in the in the game made three mission arcs and maxed out their file size for stuff we would store 9GB on the server. In the day and age where a terabyte is a hundred bucks, 9GB is not that big of a deal. That's not really the issue. If anything it's more of an issue the amount of content that starts to go back and forth through the network. And we're good right now, we're doing a lot of stuff in beta to keep memory issues controlled. There's a lot of code stuff: they're working on it to make it run smooth is how it translates to.
[/ QUOTE ]
http://www.massively.com/2009/04/06/...-depth-part-4/
Please fight My Brute: http://2hero.mybrute.com
Mission Architect 54161 - Michael Mundano, Megan Malloney and the Secret Senate.
Mission Architect 91838 - Constantinople Jones' Family Secret. A One Mission Story arc.
Aye, I would like to be able to publish more arcs. I can understand why they dont make single arcs bigger (even if I dont like the limit! 
)
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
 |
[ QUOTE ]
I can understand why they dont make single arcs bigger
[/ QUOTE ]Oh yes, nobody wants another Doc Q Task Force.
You'ld have lots of small single missions out and thus increasing the amount of arcs 
Harder to find the good ones then, until they sort out the search engine its /unsigned from me sorry.
@Damz Find me on the global channel Union Chat. One of the best "chat channels" ingame!
It is impossible to find good missions already, making it possible for people to spam MA with even more non-thought through content is anything but desired, really!
Personally I would love this
Sadly I don't think It will be happening soon since there is a lot of random and useless arcs already
But then again who doesn't enjoy some randomness here and there?
[ QUOTE ]
It is impossible to find good missions already,
[/ QUOTE ]
Difficult but not impossible. I've definitely seen a subculture of writers taking part in the "Mission Architect" chat channel.
Please fight My Brute: http://2hero.mybrute.com
Mission Architect 54161 - Michael Mundano, Megan Malloney and the Secret Senate.
Mission Architect 91838 - Constantinople Jones' Family Secret. A One Mission Story arc.
Larger file sizes would be nice, but I would rather see buyable arc slot like we can buy character slots.
Why buyable? I think that if people pay 5 for the priviledge to publish an extra story, they will put effort into creating a good story. Sure we might get some vanity published arcs but I think we will survive that.
And more money to Paragon Studio hopefully translates into an even better future for CoH.
[ QUOTE ]
Larger file sizes would be nice, but I would rather see buyable arc slot like we can buy character slots.
Why buyable? I think that if people pay 5 for the priviledge to publish an extra story, they will put effort into creating a good story. Sure we might get some vanity published arcs but I think we will survive that.
And more money to Paragon Studio hopefully translates into an even better future for CoH.
[/ QUOTE ]Actually, I like this idea better than mine.
Yea, a fee, small enough that you can afford it if you can afford the sub and big enough that you won't buy arcslots willy-nilly is a perfect solution. Another idea along those lines is some extremelly tough to get accolade...
Would it be out of the question to change the limit of publishable content from 3 Arcs total per account to 300kb total per account? The maximum amount of data would still be the same as it is now, but it allows people who don't use as many custom mobs to upload more arcs.