Another "review mine/I'll review yours".
By
Gryfyn,
Posted on: 2009-09-08 05:03 in Mission Architect
Rats! I replied to this once and my post got eaten. Lemme try this again.
Ok Marc! You're on. I'll play your arc if you'll play mine.
Arc Number: 320225
@Werpan
Title: Trick or Treat?
Level: 1-54
Missions: 3, includes custom enemies and NPCs. 1st mission includes a lieutenant level named "defeat boss," the second mission has a boss level named "defeat boss" and the third mission has an elite boss. She is a hard one to take out alone.
Some things I am specifically looking for feedback on:
1) Should I change the maps, especially of the first 2 missions, to indoor maps? The rescued NPCs do not leave the map in the map I chose and it bugs me! I am also not all that keen on outdoor maps...
2) Is the difficulty of the mission appropriate? Challenging without killing you (more than once anway...)? Are the minions hard enough without being too hard?
I have not had a lower level character play my arc and I would really appreciate any comments you have for your (almost) lvl 10.
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Gryfyn
Rats! I replied to this once and my post got eaten. Lemme try this again.
Ok Marc! You're on. I'll play your arc if you'll play mine. Arc Number: 320225 @Werpan Title: Trick or Treat? Level: 1-54 Missions: 3, includes custom enemies and NPCs. 1st mission includes a lieutenant level named "defeat boss," the second mission has a boss level named "defeat boss" and the third mission has an elite boss. She is a hard one to take out alone. Some things I am specifically looking for feedback on: 1) Should I change the maps, especially of the first 2 missions, to indoor maps? The rescued NPCs do not leave the map in the map I chose and it bugs me! I am also not all that keen on outdoor maps... 2) Is the difficulty of the mission appropriate? Challenging without killing you (more than once anway...)? Are the minions hard enough without being too hard? I have not had a lower level character play my arc and I would really appreciate any comments you have for your (almost) lvl 10. Thanks! |
A very nice arc. I think you could have done a bit better on the descriptions, especially with "captured hero" in the first mission. A name for him would have been good, too.
I found the mission just challenging enough for me. I'm not used to playing a melee character (I prefer blapping), but I didn't feel overwhelmed. Even the Elite Boss, while a challenging fight, was not too bad (although, you did warn me ahead of time, so I was able to load up on Enrages and Sturdies).
As for your first question: I'd say for the first mission, you'd want to keep it outside. It's immediately after the kidnapping, and it makes sense that you'd find the villains outside, on their way back to their lair. The second mission could be done in a cave, or even in an abandoned portion of Orebanga.
The third mission, I'd say keep outdoors. It's in Croatoa, which is a weird zone all by itself, so having it in the plaza does work. Also, the map wasn't too large as to make finding defeating all the enemies impossible. Putting it indoors, in my opinion would remove the feeling that one is in Croatoa. If you're not making Croatoa a huge portion of the story (for example, it could just as easily be Perez Park), then you can put it inside.
All in all, I'm giving you a 4 out of 5 :0)
Marc
So, I saw Coulomb2's Pro Payne thread, and I thought that would be a good idea to try as well. I'm currently leveling my own character strictly in MA (in fact, I'm in the middle of Coulomb2's "Learning the Ropes" arc), and I'm looking for missions to review. The difference is, that I'd appreciate it if you guys would also review the arc I have listed in my signature, as well as give me constructive feed back in this thread on what you think. I'm going to try and do one or two arcs a day, and they will be done mostly in order. Right now, my character is only lvl 9 (though I hope to be lvl 10 by the time I finish this arc), so keep that in mind.
Marc