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I don't make an alt build for exemplaring - all my characters are built to be as exemplar friendly as possibly down to any level. With so much low and mid level content, why would anyone make a build that gets broken the instant you join a non-50 team?
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Originally Posted by joebartender
I don't think in 5 years I have even met someone that had an exempt build for down to level 20.
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@Roderick
Wait... The arc is supposed to be worth 5 merits? When I ran it it only gave me two on my tanker... Or the rewards-window told me I got two.
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Serving Vengeance:#419748 (For Villains/Vigilantes) (Drama/Mystery) (Viable Within Canon)
Dark Moon Rising: #13170 (For Heroes/Vigilantes) (Horror/Mystery) (Non-Canon)
You get 2 for completing the arc, outside of the reward window. If you choose the Reward Merit reward, you get 5 more. If you choose the Reward Merit x4 reward, you get 20 more.
Though it seems that villainside is broken and doesn't award the 2 outside the reward window.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Originally Posted by _Klaw_
I'm happy to exemp to 20 but I play MM's.
I don't know if it's the same for hero side but have 3 slots empty for attacks in the final battle. |
Honestly, at least for the 3rd mission with the boss, Villain side is considerably easier even though you get more waves at the end post-Boss.
And yeah, the Boss gives a ton of exp.
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Originally Posted by Caulderone
I guess I'm number 4, or so, then. I have two builds on my main, one being a Level 1 to 29 build.
Anyway, just an FYI, I was able to claim the 10 Threads twice. I heard in another thread that you can claim each reward twice per week. I have no clue if the is WAI, though. |
Let's call the "threads", "astral merits", "hero merit", "rewards x4" options you can choose from the 'special rewards.'
The first time a character plays a particular sig story arc, you get 'special rewards.' After that, once per week, each character can get 'special rewards' once per week by playing any one sig story arc.
So say your main, SuperDude, has waited until the first four sig arcs are out to start playing them. You play arc #1. That's the first time, so you get special rewards. You then play it again. You'll get special rewards again - that's your one-a-week. You then play #2. Special rewards (since it's the first time SuperDude's played arc #2). You play it again. No special rewards (you already used this week's on arc #1). Then you play #3. Special rewards (for first time you played #3). Then #4. Special rewards.
Then you wait a week. You play any one of the four (doesn't matter which), on SuperDude. Special rewards. Play any one of the other sig arcs before the week is up, no special rewards (since you've used up your once-a-week special rewards, and you've already played every one of the arcs, so none of them can ever be a 'first play of the arc' for SuperDude again - at least not until arc #5 comes out).
M.A. Arcs
Intended for high level play: The Primus Trilogy (Arc #s 10931, 283821, 283825), "Freakshow U" (Arc #189073), Purification (Arc #352381, Dev's Choice!
)Intended for low level play: "Learning the Ropes" (Arc #100304), "Cracking Skulls" (Arc #115935), "The Lazarus Project" (Arc #124906)
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It doesn't ignore difficulty. As noted by one other spawn size varies and I dropped from +3 to +0 and mobs went from red to white.
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Originally Posted by Hube02
I don't have builds for exemplarin to any level. I just take my 50's and deal with it and I do not turn my difficulty down...
By the way, the new story completely ignores your difficulty settings so that wouldn't matter anyway. |
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I can be found, outside of paragon city here.
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I did not test the spawn size, but after reading this thread I tested the Level and it dd not pay attention to me setting it at either -1 or +1 on level.|
Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
It doesn't ignore difficulty. As noted by one other spawn size varies and I dropped from +3 to +0 and mobs went from red to white.
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and while I'm here....
Villain side... does anyone else have the timer of the last mission start ticking town before the cut scene starts? Happens to me every time and it is complete impossible for me to get out in what remains when the cut scene ends. They may as well just do away with the timer for me and kill me when the cut scene ends. Maybe it would be a little less frustrating.
I just teleported straight to the black market
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
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Haven't had that problem and I've done it 3 times so far. I have Ninja Run and it only takes a few seconds to make it to the exit.
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Originally Posted by Hube02
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Villain side... does anyone else have the timer of the last mission start ticking town before the cut scene starts? Happens to me every time and it is complete impossible for me to get out in what remains when the cut scene ends. They may as well just do away with the timer for me and kill me when the cut scene ends. Maybe it would be a little less frustrating. |
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When the caverns collapse, has anyone found a way out? I just end up using my Oro portal, or suicideing to the hosp. I didn't know if there was a super-secret way out that I have yet to discover?
Make a man a fire and keep him warm for the day, SET a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life.
Incarnates: K'lir(Fire/Dark Corr):Hot-House Flower(Plant/Fire Dom):Kinrad X(Kin/Rad Def):Itsy-Bitsy Spider(Crab):Two Ton Tony(Mace/WP Broot):Teeny Weeny Widow(Fortunata/Widow) : Zeroth Law (Ice/Fire Tank)
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Back at the entrance, when you are facing the door, turn left and there is a door there that opens. There is a bit to get through to the actual exit from there.
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Originally Posted by Kinrad
When the caverns collapse, has anyone found a way out? I just end up using my Oro portal, or suicideing to the hosp. I didn't know if there was a super-secret way out that I have yet to discover?
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Justice Blues, Tech/Tank, Inv/SS
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Fighting The Future Trilogy
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It's 10 actually.
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Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
2) Is there a minimum level for the Arc?
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Has that door existed on prior maps with that same CoT entrance room? It seems that, after hitting the front door, you should have been given a way-point to that door... as it'd either be completely obvious, or completely obscure. I ended up running all the way back to the end room and exploring, then checking out the lava room (since there's usually a portal there as well). Time ran out for me, but I didn't die |
Originally Posted by Justice Blues
Back at the entrance, when you are facing the door, turn left and there is a door there that opens. There is a bit to get through to the actual exit from there.
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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I have tried it (unintentionally because I didn't think to adjust my settings) with both +3 level mobs and increased spawn size. It definitely DOES take your difficulty settings into account.
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Originally Posted by Hube02
I did not test the spawn size, but after reading this thread I tested the Level and it dd not pay attention to me setting it at either -1 or +1 on level.
and while I'm here.... Villain side... does anyone else have the timer of the last mission start ticking town before the cut scene starts? Happens to me every time and it is complete impossible for me to get out in what remains when the cut scene ends. They may as well just do away with the timer for me and kill me when the cut scene ends. Maybe it would be a little less frustrating. |
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Yeah took me 30 mins on my first time because I fought ambushes, but 15 later by skipping them. And both runs on a completely unslotted level 14 (15 on second run) human PB |
Originally Posted by Kinrad
I ran this arc on 11 alts yesterday for the Alignment Merit, none of them are built specifically to exemplar. The Ambushes in the second mission can be completely skipped by popping 2 purples and running to each of the glowies and clicking it. I don't think this are took me more than 15 minutes on any character except my first Hero and Villain, and that was because I stopped to read it.
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Huh. Thanks for that! |
Originally Posted by Justice Blues
Back at the entrance, when you are facing the door, turn left and there is a door there that opens. There is a bit to get through to the actual exit from there.
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Make a man a fire and keep him warm for the day, SET a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life.
Incarnates: K'lir(Fire/Dark Corr):Hot-House Flower(Plant/Fire Dom):Kinrad X(Kin/Rad Def):Itsy-Bitsy Spider(Crab):Two Ton Tony(Mace/WP Broot):Teeny Weeny Widow(Fortunata/Widow) : Zeroth Law (Ice/Fire Tank)
How can i run a Sig arc?
( i just returned and still catching up on stuff but cant seem to find how to start this 
Im VIP btw
On blue side, the contact is a Lost named Theoden. He's standing outside the police station in Skyway. He may, or may not, show up on your map since the map settings got borked with Issue 21. You may have to adjust your map options for him to show up.
On red side, the contact is a CoT ghost named Alastor. I forget which zone he's in as I don't play red side that much and have only done his arc once.
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Alastor is in Cap au Diable, on the waterfront piers in that stretch between the south ferry and the Black Copter.
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
On red side, the contact is a CoT ghost named Alastor. I forget which zone he's in as I don't play red side that much and have only done his arc once.
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I don't pay a lot of attention to exp. But a normal boss gives me 269 prestige. This dude gave 24k prestige. That is a really, really big difference.
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Originally Posted by Ultimus
Did anyone else notice the boss at the end of the arcs gives a ton of exp? I play on +2 and he gave like half a level of exp to me at 30... I then ran it again at +4 which took a while (Popped a ton of reds and accuracy) and the boss at the end (The lost boss) gave me nearly a full level of exp...
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"Hmm, I guess I'm not as omniscient as I thought" -Gavin Runeblade.
I can be found, outside of paragon city here.
Thank you everyone at Paragon and on Virtue. When the lights go out in November, you'll find me on Razor Bunny.
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It does, but it seems to use the task force difficulty lock code; at least, neither "-1 level" nor "no bosses" work (at least as of the last time I ran it with those settings enabled).
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Originally Posted by Mr_Morbid
I have tried it (unintentionally because I didn't think to adjust my settings) with both +3 level mobs and increased spawn size. It definitely DOES take your difficulty settings into account.
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Awesome thanks.|
Originally Posted by Ironblade
On blue side, the contact is a Lost named Theoden. He's standing outside the police station in Skyway. He may, or may not, show up on your map since the map settings got borked with Issue 21. You may have to adjust your map options for him to show up.
On red side, the contact is a CoT ghost named Alastor. I forget which zone he's in as I don't play red side that much and have only done his arc once. |
<3'n the new look on the last map
Ran it on a lvl 10 Def and cleared the whole arc in 12:42. just bumrushed the first two mish and hove kited the bosses on the last.
Did anyone else notice the boss at the end of the arcs gives a ton of exp? I play on +2 and he gave like half a level of exp to me at 30... I then ran it again at +4 which took a while (Popped a ton of reds and accuracy) and the boss at the end (The lost boss) gave me nearly a full level of exp...