Arc 517859: Crime is Art and Art is Crime

I'm baaaack...

With the release of Freedom and the ability to buy as many story slots as I want, I'm pleased to present the story lovers of AE the first arc in my Twoflower Drives a Dump Truck of Money Up To Paragon Studios Front Door Initiative!

Starting with the Freedom headstart, I'll be rolling out tons of new arcs for you. For now, using the one slot I have left, I present...

How's a crook to stand out in a crowd of crooks? The answer is to make your crime innovative. Artistic. Something audacious and thought provoking, which will intrigue critics while it terrifies the populace! Sven Dali, the mad sculptor, is out to do just that... the ultimate artcrime!

An amusingly aesthetically insane hero arc, suitable solo or in teams, for levels 35-50.

(Although the arc is complete, I do welcome feedback to fine tune it!)

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COMING SOON as part of the Twoflower Drives a Dump Truck of Money Up To Paragon Studios Front Door Initiative...

• The Copy-Paste Heroine Scenario (Hero Dramedy Arc 40-50)
• Grunty McFisterson's Two-Step Guide to Winning Respect (Villain Comedy Arc 1-15)
• Life and Limb (Hero Drama Arc 20-30)
• The Do-It-Yourself Crime Syndicate Project (Villain Drama 1-15)
• The Do-It-Yourself Weather Dominator Project (Villain Dramedy 30-33)
• New Ragnarok City (Hero Incarnate Arc)

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Don't forget these other great arcs already in the system:

• An Internship in the Fine Art of Revenge (Best Villain Arc '09) (#255146)
• The Do-It-Yourself Laser Moonbase Project (Dev Choice!) (#1931)
• The Do-It-Yourself Casino Heist Project (#404549)
• The Do-It-Yourself Doom Army Project (#410418)
• The Household Chores of the Damned (#4562)
• The Hydroponic Psychotropic Freak Out! (#1960)
• The Best of The Rest of What's Left (#2539)
• Behind the Smiling Spark of Madness (#255144)
• Zero of the Day (#341250)

One thing I forgot to note:

There's currently an AE bug in COH Freedom which prevents publishing of nearly every arc that uses custom enemies. That's why I hurried this one out the door ahead of schedule with the one slot I had left -- it may be some days? weeks? before I can publish the others I teased in there.

It's perfectly understandable, bug addressing takes time, but there may be some delay. Hang in there, folks, and enjoy the stories we have.

Welcome back Twoflower! Can't wait to play the new arcs, they sound fun-tastic as usual

In the meantime I realized there's a couple arcs there I haven't run yet! Shame on me >.<

Wow, I haven't even run close to half your arcs yet. The ones I have done have been great, going to have to get on the remaining old ones.

Thanks. I'm super thrilled about Freedom for AE -- even in the face of bugs or filters or whatever, I'm planning to write a ton of new stories. I'll be sure to announce them here in this forum and will include ArcIDs for all the old ones, too.

Aah, I see a few new valuable lessons to be learned for the aspiring villains....

Glad you are back!

I've published version 2 of this arc! It's better than ever before, hopefully!

Changes:

* Fixed various typos, animation faults, and leftover text from a prior draft of the arc.

* Mission #2 revamped. Clarified the involvement of the enemy faction in question, changed the boss fight and means of finding Sven Dali, added more optional objectives.

* Removed Rikti drones ("Abstract Art"). They added some visual variety, but eh, I won't argue with a half dozen complaints.

* Changed the souvenier to something more appropriate.

Just ran the arc. Really enjoyed it.

I appreciated that beyond the straightforward objectives, there were lots of things that generated clues which provided additional detail for depth.

Big fan of the dialogue, especially from the final mission bosses.

Thanks for putting out a great arc.

best regards,