LOLBAT is awesome!

My girlfriend and I have been working on getting our highest toons to 50 and hadn't really gotten into AE missions too much. I'd done a couple in the past and found them to be less rewarding which to my understanding is due to an xp nerf to keep people from making farming missions.

We tried LOLBAT (don't have the arc# or the exact name) but it was VERY entertaining but most importantly got us about the same xp as running regular missions.

So I have a few questions for those vets that spend a lot of time in AE whether building or running missions. First let me start by saying I'm not looking for so called "farming" missions. I have nothing against them or the people running them but from what I understand even running them puts your toons in danger.

1. How can I tell if mission is going to give me "regular" xp or the smaller percentage that seems to go along with some AE missions? I've read it has something to do with custom toons but don't really know what that means.

2. Can anyone recommend any that are duo or even solo friendly?

3. Is there a running list somewhere (other than in game) of recommended missions based on character lvl? I had tried LOLBAT before on a lower lvl toon and while it SK'd me up to 38 not having my powers matured I got destroyed lol.

EDIT: saw the sticky that answers #3

Cool, thanks! Seems like a decent amount of work to find some good arcs but it also seems that some are well worth it!