Johnny Sonata and the %$^%&@# Hitmen

Lazarus · 10-05-2009 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker

You might like to argue that with the search facility, players can look for missions they might enjoy. Sure that's very true, but the search isn't especially intuitive, and it also takes time, and then there's the biggest question: What to search for? Not always the easiest question to answer.

The search system is still set up in an ***-backwards fashion even after the improvements of issue 15. Let's start with that useless "Arcs My Level" option that is hidden away and how it doesn't filter out all the arcs made by people too lazy to not set their arcs to be 1 to 54. It should be allowing you to set a level range and be right there in plain view when you start searching like it is for the Market interface.

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Originally Posted by EU_Damz

*looks at the random button* I see youuuuuuu!

That will be useful when it stop giving me the same arc 4 times in a row, then a different arc, then that first arc 2 more times, then a few arcs, then the first arc 3 more times, etc...

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Originally Posted by Eva Destruction

*Sigh*
Part of the point of publishing arcs is to have people play them.

Exactly, it's like baking a great cake and then not having anyone eat it. Most creators take joy in sharing their work and watching others enjoy it.

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Originally Posted by Westley

If people want to play your arcs, they WILL find them. If they are just happy running around playing whatever's in front of their faces.... do you REALLY want those kind of dimwits playing your arcs?

Or would you rather have people with enough mental competence to actually use the FILTER features playing your arcs?

If they don't know that the arc exists then they cannot search for it. Since not most players don't read the forums or monitor the Architect channels, search is the only way for most people to find arcs. As it stands, the interface is so poorly designed in the first place that most don't bother or are not even aware of the addition functions.

At the very least the front page should be a randomized list of 5-star and 4-star arcs with more than X number of ratings (for random example, 20). Dev Choice and Hall of Fame should come after, or better yet be on a separate tab. If it would cause too much overhead to randomize the first page every time someone opens search, maybe just compile the list every day instead and make it the spotlight secton.

Westley · 10-05-2009 06:12 PM

Who said anything about searching? I said filtering.

Scarlet Shocker · 10-06-2009 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Radium

Perhaps once the players finish reporting the 800 pages or so worth of farm missions, then the Devs have a decent chance of finding new missions to nominate.

My money's on the fact that they're all too busy on GR material right now.

So you reckon the Dev's haven't even looked at the MA from a players PoV since MA launched then?

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

Leif_Roar · 10-06-2009 02:34 AM

What I'd like to see would be to have the front page show the 20 (or so) most recently played arcs, with the hall of fame, dev's choice and guest authors having their own lists (sorted in reverse chronological order) available on dedicated search tabs.

While we're at it, why not give the player the ability to create new, permanent search tabs , each with its own name and search criteria.

BBQ_Pork · 10-07-2009 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by EU_Damz

*looks at the random button* I see youuuuuuu

The random button?
I use that for the lulz.