MA Super Team Starting and we want you!
By
ArrowRose,
Posted on: 2009-10-06 09:07 in Mission Architect
If anyone is interested, I think it might be fun to run through some of the new lowbie arcs being created for Dr. Aeon's 2nd challenge.
I have a new Storm/Sonic defender on Triumph at lvl 9 ready for such an event if people like the idea.
Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.
I would love for something like this to be made on a Euro Server. Get on it peoples!
Claiming the Isles (The Nemesis Strike Force), Arc 448371 - Rogueish action from the Prussian Prince of Automatons himself!
Full team yesterday! We ran the following:
Von Story by @Taihao Fuxi Arc ID: 358697 Note - We quit this arc for many reasons including over the top enemies.
For the Beautiful People by @Frozen Burn Arc ID: 367921
Death to Disco! by @Wrong Number Arc ID: 84420
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
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Pretty sure there is one, already, Tangler started it a week or 2 ago. Here's his thread, you may want to PM him and see how they're doing.
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Originally Posted by Battleguard
I would love for something like this to be made on a Euro Server. Get on it peoples!
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Craft your inventions in AE!!
Play "Crafter's Cafe" - Arc #487283. A 1 mission, NON-COMBAT AE arc with workable invention tables!
Sunday we had a small turnout so we played thru Sister Twelve's newest Dr. A challenge arc
ID #375420, Night Calls the Weaver, by @SisterTwelve.
S12 crafts a very deeply detailed story with a definite tone and voice of its own. The story is still in it's final proofing stages but looks like it will be a solid contender when it's all done.
I don't want to leave a review of it, as it's still being worked on, but it's definitely worth a run-thru for those story-driven players.
Be warned, this arc is very prose-heavy...it took us 2.5 hours to complete, reading & proofing every bit of dialogue, each clue and the very detailed (and I would contentend, 'vital') contact busy text. The time mostly came from reading, as the actual mission objectives were standard, quick, and appropriate for an arc at such a low level...nothing too difficult.
Due to the amount of reading, personal nature, and access to Busy text, I'd suggest this arc be played solo.
Craft your inventions in AE!!
Play "Crafter's Cafe" - Arc #487283. A 1 mission, NON-COMBAT AE arc with workable invention tables!
This Week's schedule:
Tuesday 6:00pm EST - Dr. A. Contest Arcs
Saturday Noon EST - Dr. A Contest Arcs
Sunday Noon EST - Open Teaming
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
I forgot to post this yesterday. A near full team. We played:
The Heart of the Matter by @StratoNexus Arc ID: 374662
A Hero in Need...is a Friend Indeed! by @Wrong Number Arc ID: 375018
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
Full team again today. We did a couple of arcs from our request thread. They were:
Circuit Breaker {Fathom, Part 1} by @White Arrow. Arc ID: 360268
Clan Destiny by @Soberguy Arc ID: 349053
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
This Week's schedule:
Tuesday 6:00pm EST - Open Teaming
Saturday Noon EST - Open Teaming
Sunday Noon EST - Open Teaming
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
This evening we had four people show up. Many were getting in those last minute touches to their challenge arcs no doubt. 
We played:
Punk 'n' Pie by @DesdinovaB Arc ID: 148487
Magic Carpet Ride by @Captain VaIor Arc ID:
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
Full team, three plus hours of MA fun. We played:
The Hidden Agenda [Agent Six Task Force] by @Master Koga Arc ID: 356334
Ares Strike Force by @Nylonus Arc ID: 356041
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
Today, a near full team and two arcs. They were:
Hell's Wedding. by @Vypir Arc ID: 365750
Turg Fiction: IX by @Turgenev Arc ID: 351787
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
Saturday was a fun time with a full team. Not sure where WN found 'em, but we ran 2 player-made TFs (or at least tried to.)
First up was:
The Hidden Agenda [Agent Six Task Force] by @Master Koga Arc ID: 356334
I was a bit wary before we even loaded up the arc due to the typo in the description and the warnings of extreme AVs, EBs and such. But I love Agent Six and was hopeful it'd be good.
Turns out, I was right to be wary. Agent Six sends you off to investigate "a secret group that apparently control the US government behind the curtains and have a mysterious hidden agenda for global control." (author's words, not mine.)
The setup never gives the player any motivation to do the missions, the briefings are chock full of bad spelling & grammar, and the premise was just not well thought out:
- Why didn't Agent 6 do this herself?
- Why is the secret contact we're meeting in Paragon City instead of New Mexico, where the secret group is?
- Why is he meeting on (not 'in', apparently) a warehouse in Atlas instead of just taking the tram to Founders & meeting with Agent 6? I mean, he's already come all the way from New Mexico! Why not travel the extra 5 minutes to Founders?
- What's the secret contact's connection to the super-secret group?
- How did the secret contact get the info on this super-secret group?
- Why did he contact Agent 6 instead of the hero of New Mexico?
- Why do I care?
Okay, so I could look past all the flaws in the setup but the missions are a mess, too.
- Custom enemies with stacking smoke grenades and stuns.
- Extreme AVs, & EBs for really no reason.
- Recolored enemies in a custom group, but with standard bios.
- Sappers in a recolored custom group, which means they will spawn in every group instead of a few random ones.
- Secret contact has 'hapless citizen' standard bio.
- Mission 2 requires us to sneak into a base...and defeat all. Isn't that pretty much the exact opposite of being stealthy?
- Oh, and the Defeat All is on a large map, ugh.
After many a defeat and one of the most untimely Zeus Titan ambushes ever, we all decided this story was going nowhere and quit.
I guess we'll never solve the mystery of the mysterious shadow group from New Mexico that secretly controls the secret government and has a secret plot to control the globe, secretly, but nobody's ever heard of them...except Agent 6 and some random hapless citizen with everything you need to know about the super-secret mystery shadow group in one convenient file that he got mysteriously, somehow...
But for some reason, I think we'll get over it.
** 2 Stars - 1 for each time the author spelled "once" as "ones," which I found extremely funny for some reason.
So, fresh off that train wreck, we load up:
Ares Strike Force by @Nylonus Arc ID: 356041
The concept of this one sounded interesting. Essentially it's a shorter remake of the RSF and the story of bickering Gods.
I liked that the dialogue was very tongue-in-cheek and that Ares spoke in a modern, colloquial manner, it's a nice twist, but it's strange that he still dresses in gladiator clothing. You'd think his wardrobe would reflect modern times as his speech pattern does.
The set up was good, except it lacked a proper motivation for the player. Just a simple edit like, saying he's chosen the player as his champion because his/her past deeds have drawn his attention would fix that right up. Also, that's something that could be developed in further missions and dangled like a carrot to give the player a reason to stick his/her neck out thru the arc.
I really enjoyed the map choices and the missions earned the 'challenging' rating, but didn't go over the top. A standard team should be able to handle them, but soloists beware.
The only thing that really stood out as needing attention was mission 4. There was no real set-up for it, it kind of felt thrown in...if it was deleted the story would probably be better for it.
It just felt 'rushed' or out of place.
- Why are PPD in Olympus?
- Why don't the other Gods talk in the same modern speech pattern as Ares?
- If it's this easy to storm Olympus and defeat the Gods, why haven't we done it before and what's stopping us from beating up Ares and taking his place as a God, ourselves?
**** 4 Stars -That last mission and the lack of player motive knocked it down a notch.
I missed Sunday's action, so someone else will have to post their thoughts on those arcs.
Craft your inventions in AE!!
Play "Crafter's Cafe" - Arc #487283. A 1 mission, NON-COMBAT AE arc with workable invention tables!
I just realized that I forgot to post on Tuesday. We had four people show up and ran:
The Hero of Kings Row by @Circuit Boy Arc ID: 230187
Note - I am planning on having the MA Super Team's normal team times on Saturday and Sunday unless people would rather do other stuff during 2x weekend.
WN
Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
Well, I was sick as a dog all day Saturday and Sunday so not only did I miss most of the double exp, I missed the MA Super Team this week. My husband was there on Saturday and told me the following were played:
A South Side Story #49035
Dhahaba Kingdom and the Indelible Curse of Hate #367872
I am not sure if the team ran on Sunday or not.
WN
Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
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I need to compile my info since I managed to take a full team through this and wanted to give Master Koga more feedback. Of note, the Titan ambush isn't the hardest part of the arc...
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Originally Posted by BackFire
After many a defeat and one of the most untimely Zeus Titan ambushes ever, we all decided this story was going nowhere and quit.
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Only Fred and I this evening, but did that stop us? Now way! We ran a few from the current PC award nominees:
Jabberwocky by @Rodion Arc ID: 1573
The Extadine Lab by @Vanden Arc ID: 2595
Becky's Revenge by @New Age Ronin Arc ID: 60197
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
On Sunday we had a few people and ran
To Serve Cookie by @Ullikummis - some 4D arc ID.
It was simple, I thought it was funny with a bunch of custom food police and various food inspectors, and Ulli himself was a big ugly hulking Brute that talked like cookie monster. They all had pretty funny bios, but had low XP and were still a little on the annoying side.
We were in overflow mode today and split into two teams. The teams ran these arcs:
Caveat Emptor by @ojin m Arc ID: 385510
Don't Freak by @Gypsy Rose Arc ID: 384767
Invasion on Earth BX1132! by @ARH Arc ID: 98943
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
Sob. I hate my mouse sometimes. It's got a 'back' button that I accidentally just pressed instead of the 'submit reply' one. 
Start again lol.
Today, I actually managed to run an arc with the MA Super Team!
It was
Headhunters -- An OPA Adventure
by @Grammar Merchant
Arc ID 353468
I used my (lvl 8 at the start) kin/Elec defender, Bootstrap:
The plot was essentially 'kil skulls', and involved stopping them from raising Something Awful from the dead. There were 2 Defeat Alls, and 1 Defeat All In Last Room, so we did a LOT of skull-cracking! 
Bootstrap went from lvl 6 to lvl 13 during the arc, which should give you some idea of how long it was. TBH, I felt it was just long enough. The Skulls were an easy enough mob group to mow through. There were 2 AVs in the arc, but neither was much trouble for our buff and debuff-heavy team. We suffered no team-wipes at all, though occasionally one person dropped for a few moments. I personally felt that the challenge (It's intended to be 'challenging for teams', according to the description) was spot on, although admiteddly I do like a milder form of challenge than most.
The story could use a little polishing, and some of the mechanics are a bit unfinished (one of the mob groups is called 'bosses', which seems to be a holdover from writing perhaps?), but there are no giant howlers, no surprise fails, nothing is actually broken and some of the dialogue is amusing.
In short, IMO if you're looking for a longish arc that gives some hefty XP without being a boring ol' farm, you could do a lot worse than this. I rated it 4 stars.
Eco.
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)
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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Near full team today. We ran the following:
Headhunters -- An OPA Adventure by @Grammar Merchant Arc ID: 353468
The End of Saturday Mornings by @Zamuel Arc ID: 386240
Note - Be sure to check out MCM's review of An OPA Adventure above.
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
After a couple false starts we gathered a near full team and ran some High Roller missions...they both happened to be LaserJesus'.
The Rise of Drakule, ID #51357 by @LaserJesus
and LJ's Dr A Challenge arc:
Holding Down the Fort, ID #379065 by @LaserJesus
Apologies to Army General who was a random invitee while we were waiting for everyone to show up. Honestly, we don't normally die that much >.<
Craft your inventions in AE!!
Play "Crafter's Cafe" - Arc #487283. A 1 mission, NON-COMBAT AE arc with workable invention tables!
We had another great turnout saturday with a full or near-full team for the runs.
After a misfire playing Mission Roulette (someday I'll learn) we reset and ran an arc from a returning MA Superteam member who joined us for the day, Teh Hippeh:
More Tsoo Shenanigans -Part 3, ID #316576 by Teh Hippeh
Then we had a quick round of High Roller and Bubbawheat chose an old favorite that has actually held up quite well over the updates:
Wicked, Wicked Wonderland, ID #1224 by Ancient Spirit
Just a heads up: I'll be busy next weekend at Wondercon so someone needs to take the horns if WN doesn't show.
Craft your inventions in AE!!
Play "Crafter's Cafe" - Arc #487283. A 1 mission, NON-COMBAT AE arc with workable invention tables!
I was there for the first arc we ran yesterday. I'm not sure about next week, we will see how I feel. I've stopped working on the MA promotions/events I have had in the works too for now. MA has kinda soured for me the last couple of weeks so I have been taking a break.
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story
I just realized that I did not post the schedule for this week. We met on Tuesday as mentioned before and as for the rest of the week:
Saturday Noon EST - TBD
Sunday Noon EST - Open Teaming
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Check out one of my most recent arcs:
457506 - A Very Special Episode - An abandoned TV, a missing kid's TV show host and more
416951 - The Ms. Manners Task Force - More wacky villains, Wannabes. things in poor taste
or one of my other arcs including two 2010 Player's Choice Winners and an2009 Official AE Awards Nominee for Best Original Story