A Question to anyone that has played Trademark Infringement (arc 2220)
By
ArrowRose,
Posted on: 2009-09-07 06:45 in Mission Architect
If that's the only argument against this idea, then you should do it. Greater variety makes for a better arc, in my opinion.
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Upping the mix would be good imo but you'd have to alter the text of the arc to refer to 'wannabe supers' instead of villains. Add something about them all determined to fight to keep their trademarks and that'd be fine for me. Others may differ, but you cant please everyone.
Combining the two custom groups into one may give you more space to play with too. Perhaps you could put another boss encounter or two in so solo players can see them.
Eco
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I'd say mix them to up the variety. They are all villains so there's no need to separate them.
I would agree. Mix them up.
@Gypsy Rose
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I'm going to be different and say they should be separate factions, if only so you can have Hero Wannabe versus Villain Wannabe battles. (Of course, they would all be hostile to the player characters.)
It's been awhile since I ran through this, but if you haven't already, have a few fixed spawns of particular wannabes who utter thinly disguised versions of the original hero's battle cries.
"I'm at the soft cap for what I do, but what I do isn't very nice!"
"With great pizza comes grated cheese!"
etc
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Hi all,
MCM's review and the uneven mix of customs that can spawn has got me thinking and I could use some input from those of you that have played this one mission arc.
To refresh memories, Trademark Infringement is the arc where a trademark lawyer goes coo-coo and starts issuing trademarks willy nilly. As a result, lots of lame, rip-off wanna be characters show up and it is your job to stop them.
The way the customs are set up they are broken into two groups. The main group is The Wannabes and it has in it 6 minions, 3 Lt.s and a boss. The other group, which the main boss belongs to, is the Hero Wannabes and it has 2 minions, 1 Lt., a boss and the Big Bad (Copycat) who is set to "Do Not Auto Spawn".
My question is: Should I combine the two groups into one group?
This would up the mix throughout the mission of characters hopefully, but the down side is that it would mix hero and villain Wannabes. Would it be a negative to see a Thor ripoff and say a Catwoman ripoff in the same group or since they are all "bad" no matter what they may think of themselves would this be ok? I don't want to increase the mix if I am them losing a star because "You mixed hero and villain ripoffs".
Just another point, I have around 1% space, so anything other than some text can not be added.
Thanks for your responses.
WN
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