Halloween Mission!
I ran your arc on my level 47 scrapper. I can tell you worked very hard on your mission. You did many things right, but as a first timer also made beginning mistakes. No worries, we have all made them and they are definitively fixable. Feedback follows:
- Add some color to the mission briefing text
- Instead of "Accept" change it to something more fitting of the mission
- Set your level range. You now have 1-54. I would set the minimum to 25-30
- Witches should have a witch hat rather than a stocking cap
- Many of your characters (that look great and have nice bios) are overpowered. You should be careful about giving out build up, aim and the tier 9 powers at the very least especially to minions and Lts.
- 3 EBs guarding one person is way too tough
- People tend to hate chain objectives when they are overused or if they seem pointless
- Your helper characters are too strong. Once I freed Stuperman he one shotted most baddies before I even got near them.
I also just want to mention some things I really liked. The bios and overall look of the customs were great. Having clues tied to several objectives was a nice touch. The dialog was good and I thought the information about the contact was great.
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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Thanks for all the feedback!
Some things I had to make concessions on such as the witch's hat. I do not have that costume piece and I guess I need to buy the magic pack to access that. I intend on buying every pack and bought a couple this month. Will buy a couple of more next month etc... until I have them all.
As for colored text that will definetely be fixed!
The mission is meant to be easy. Really even designed for a kid to even handle. It's meant to be played with Arch Villain ON hence the need for 3 boss allies to help you. Like going to a haunted house was my main goal. Actually that was my first idea but thought it'd be too boring
Also thanks for the ratings! It opened up the mobile AE for me and that was awesome!
Rereading the feedback- 3 elite bosses guarding. I'm trying to figure out where that is- the kids are guarded by regular mobs. The first Superguy is guarded by regular mobs and once you have Stuporman- The Credible Bulk spawns with 2 Elite Bosses which are dialed down a ton. Stuporman can handle them both and you should have him before the first Elite Boss spawns.
After The Credible Bulk is freed you have both Stuporman and him to help you free Thatman who is also guarded by 2 Elite Bosses.
The reason I put your allies as so tough is because you need 3 of them to take out 1 Arch Villain (The Stinky Pumpkin). I ran through it 20 or more times to get the right balance.
Really it goes back to it being kid friendly and available for levels 1-50. Since it's Halloween and a Halloween mission I didn't want to exclude anyone from the mission.
Just wanted to say I added color to the mission and that REALLY brought things to life.
So just letting everyone know I did some improvements and any more advice would be much appreciated.
Well I'm not sure if it is kosher to advertise your stories here but I thought I'd give it a shot. You know how it goes you put a lot of time into your project and it never even gets a rating. Can be a bit depressing. I try/play/rate as many ARC's as possible in between creating my own stuff.
About me a little bit. I've been involved with helping create games since the early 90's. Even before that really if you count writing text adventures on the Atari 800.
From MUD's to Quake 2 mod work, some machinima, HL2 stuff. Even got into Computer Gaming World a couple of times (Now PC Gamer) for some of my mod work with LMCTF 2&3/Action Quake 2/Assault Quake 3.Taken a back seat in recent years due to various reasons. Mainly life and you don't get paid when you make games as a hobby.
The AE building is amazing to me. It's given me a great way to scratch my game creating itch without having to be obligated to some major project. I do my best to try and make my creations as professional as possible. The randomness and limitations of the mission generator prevents polishing to a high degree but that's just how it goes. It's a bit buggy and we have to live with that.
Now that I've rambled on I offer you to try my Halloween mission. It's only going to be around until Novemberish. Put in over 50 hours of work at the very least. It is short and will probably only take you 10-15 minutes to finish. This mission is just for some Halloween fun and designed for everybody despite skill/level/whatever.
The Halloween Weenies vs The Stinky Pumpkin ARC ID# 448348
It's not for farming it's to get you into the Halloween spirit. I'm 39 years old and it's still one of my favorite holidays. The story revolves around saving a bumbling super group who got in a bit over their head.
Well that's it for now. I also created another short mission Sidekicks Forever and while a lot of work went into it I plan on redoing it at some point since I've bought extra costume pieces/maps etc...
What I'm working on now will be my best work I hope. I've already put in a hundred hours on my latest creation and looks to be several hundred by the end.
I don't know how much interest is out there but I plan on creating missions and ARC's for fun. If nobody ever tries them then that's how it goes but I will continue to create them.
Thanks for listening.