Excellent Arcs

Arc #39008, The Time Bandits by @IanTheM1, is a clever use of little-seen canon characters and a good bit of wit. I enjoyed it immensely.

The Wentworth's Thanksgiving Day Parade
ID: 347683
Author: @Djinniman

This arc was extremely creative and it really made me smile. It is only 2 missions, so it won't take long to play.

Working my way through some of these, I've seriously enjoyed Suppression, The Echo, Talos Vice, Blowback, and Freaks, Geeks, and Men in Black. I hope to find characters in the right level range and hit up the rest of them.

Exploding Planet
ARC ID:200411
Author:@ Fantastic Foe

Reason: I have never played any other arc like it. It created a whole new world, complete with a language and at the same time was so funny. I loved this arc!

Warning: You may fail in the last mission. I cheated by getting help and beat it by 1 second (yes it is timed and i normally don't care for timed, but it this case it fit).

Tons of fun

Some quick, one-mission arcs that are at 4 stars and that I enjoyed:

#1814: Science is a Harsh Mistress!
One of the first MA arcs I played when it went live, and it holds up still.

#2595: The Extadine Lab
It's just so cute.

#1526: The Bestest Radio Mission Ever
Pretty much all the radio missions in one.

MacGuffin Delivery Service
ARC ID: 1567
Author: @Lazarus

Reason: From the title to the last line, for me nearly perfect. Great story! Great fun to play!

Chronicles of the Old Realm: The Lord of Dread
#2890
@Robin Everheart

It could perhaps stand to have a smidge more text but the visual design and the contact voice do a good job of setting up a more classical style of fantasy. That said, I also offer one of my arcs

Dhahabu Kingdom and the Indelible Curse of Hate
#367872
@Zamuel

as a fantasy epic set in an African themed realm.

Here are two arcs (currently in the 4 stars category and more then 3 missions:

"Duplicity" by Soul Storm. Arc ID: 85847
"Shadows in your mind" by Soul Storm. Arc ID: 47625

And my own arc (4 stars):
"Trouble in the Music Buisness" by Lady Arete. Arc ID: 63175

Thank you for considering my Arc for you list.

As listed above, it is...

ID# 2890 - Chronicles of the Old Realm: The Lord of Dread

To add a little more background to it, this is a low-fantasy setting story arc of 3 missions and is based on a portion of a story I've played around with for about 15 years now. It's not a directly represented part of the real story as I had to adapt and compromise to what the Mission Architect will allow.

I made this a long while ago as indicated by the low Arc ID number but I never really advertised it much.

It's largely inspired by Conan the Barbarian and Norse mythology with a tinge of Record of Lodoss War and Heroic Legend Arslan.

I hope those that play it will find it enjoyable and I would appreciate any criticism and the pointing out of typos in the narrative.

I have another arc based on 16-bit "Beat'em Up" sidescroller games from the late-80s/early-90s like Final Fight and Streets of Rage. If you'd like to try it, just search my Global at the AE console...

@Robin Everheart

Someone asked me if they could submit one of their own 4 star arcs to the list even if they could not find a 4 star arc by an active player that they wanted to recommend. This got me thinking.

My motivation for creating the thread was to help us find great 4 star arcs to play and to help authors of 4 star arcs get feedback and plays for their arcs. So I decided to add another option that allows authors to submit their own 4 star arcs.

Play an arc on the list that you have not played yet. After playing it, PM the author with some in game feedback. Then post on this thread which arc you played and what you liked best about the arc. In that post you can submit your own 4 star arc to the thread.

I'll mention a few I think

Past Echoes of Tomorrow #379399 by @Equation aka Arbiter Fabulous

This was submitted for Aeon's second challenge and it's very well written with several of the characters going through their own arcs throughout this... arc.

Chris Jenkins: Attorney at Law #204942 by @Johphiel

An older arc that's held it's age well. A simple one-mission arc with a lot of fun lawyer humor in it.

Task Force Mutternacht #349522 by @twelfth

Made for the first Aeon's Challenge, and if I remember correctly it was one of my favorites that wasn't dev's choiced.

There's several more that are pretty nice, but I don't think the author is active anymore.

I was pretty sure I'd seen you around the forums, that's why I listed you. But I've got several others from authors I haven't seen around in a little while, or quite a while. Like Suedenim, Anachrodragon and Londerwost, the Cheshire Cat, and Tahlana.

I want to add

Holding Down the Fort
ID: 379065
by LaserJesus

This arc was so much fun. It kept me wanting to play all the way through. It was full of details and there were lots of things added to make the story come alive.

Today I played "Blowback", #4643.

This arc was very well written, full of detail and at a perfect play level for me.

What I liked best was the style of writing, which kept my interest all the way through. It evokes emotion without being over the top.


NOTE: I played on a 50, so I am not sure, but it does seem to be impacted by the "fix" in some of the missions at least. For me it was still definitely worth playing.

I played many well 4-stars arcs I would like to recommend here. But I am at work and can't access their numbers.

its a dragg having the good storylines or challenging arcs being repped down by farmers. In the beta my arc got only 5-stars from every player... then when it went live it got either 5-stars from people who actually played it, or 1 star from people who went in and stepped out! Because of this It is now a 4-star arc.

Recently rewrote it because of the 'finally' double size. A time travelling HORROR story I might even have to label 16+ of the blood and violence in it. Shamelessly plugging it here...

Rise of the Blood Countess
#3805
by @elizabeth bathory



When I get back home I will add a nother 4-star I didn't wrote myself but liked to this list too.

Awesome poster image Liz Bathory.

I'm wondering if mine should be removed since it's moved up into the 5 star range.