Architect Entertainment: The "Play My Missions!" Thread

[Galactoman]

I know i14 is still on Test, but we definitely need a thread like this.

So far I've made two short missions:

"The Battle Against Baron Von Rotten"

and

"Take Out The Human Flashbulb"

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Post yours!

[Oddball]

Hopefully published on Test later on will be the TERRIBLY named "The Theory Of KILLativity".

[WingedAvenger]

Arc Name: Play Time
Arc ID: 2026
Synopsis: The Toy Collector is unleashing a wave of crime upon the city. Have you got what it takes to put an end to her nefarious schemes?

[Charon]

Just testing my first arc now... That said, wouldn't we be better with a whole forum for our arcs? Then one thread won't get cluttered up with a million comments for a million different people, heh.

[itsthesheppy]

Just testing my first arc now... That said, wouldn't we be better with a whole forum for our arcs? Then one thread won't get cluttered up with a million comments for a million different people, heh.

Agreed.

[Galactoman]

Just testing my first arc now... That said, wouldn't we be better with a whole forum for our arcs? Then one thread won't get cluttered up with a million comments for a million different people, heh.

I agree as well, but I figured I'd get the ball rolling. ;)

[Charon]

I just published my first arc. I'd love anyone here who's interested in playing through it to let me know what you think. It's a few days work and I think I'm pretty proud of it, haha.

Particulars:

Name: A Case for Mr. Mystery
Synopsis: A villain shrouded in mystery has what should be a very simple task for you and some schmoes from the Isles. Should just be some quick cash for very little work... Right?
Arc ID: 18273
Morality: Villainous
Length & Difficulty: Five missions, each containing an EB. Missions two and five contain AVs, but aslong as you're not playing on Relentless, they should appear as EBs. I've soloed the entire arc with Mr. Mud and it was challenging, but not impossible.

Let me know what you think!

[Bitter Babe]

Will have to try it out Charon.

Also just talked to Burbs and he does plan on making a forum for people to put their arcs in. It will be in the CoH/CoV area. He thought he mentioned that in the I14 thread somewhere.

[GargoyleKDR]

Emperor of America
by @Bayne

Arc ID: 18492
Morality: Neutral
Level Range: 40-50
Length: Very Long (5 missions)

* Mission 1: Defeat All, Defeat Boss
* Mission 2: Rescue Hostages, Defeat Boss
* Mission 3: Ally, Defeat Boss
* Mission 4: Timed Mission, Activate Glowies
* Mission 5: Ally, Defeat Boss

Synopsis: Mendor Silos sends you on an Ouroboros time travel mission back to 1946 to assist the Freedom Phalanx in liberating Washington, DC from Nemesis during his plot to become the Emperor of the Americas.

Difficulty: Moderate.
Time Sink: Varies by AT. Probably 60 to 90 minutes on average.


- B.

[itsthesheppy]

Just finished and published "Pandemonium". I'm very proud of this one. Stop a fiendish plot! Fight many villains! Smash robots! Gain Statesman's praise!

And above all, tell me what you think!

[Half Life]

Someone want to check out mine? Not sure how tough it is, i was able to solo it on my MM, but a few parts were tough (Last Boss for instance). Most of the named villians are characters of mine (as im sure most of you have done).

Its far from being completely done, but its a start.

Called: Sidekick Search
Length: Very Long
Morality: Heroic

Charon, i checked yours out, very nice. I had fun.

[FrostyPox]

I've published two arcs:

A Four Mission arc called "Take Five". Lame name, definitely, but it was all I could come up with at the moment. Newborns in a Paragon City hospital have been disappearing.

Mission 1: Defeat all, find two glowies
Mission 2: Find a glowy
Mission 3: 4 Destructable objects
Mission 4: Showdown with an AV

Second arc is called "A Swarm of Plagues". Three missions. Zombies are attacking a warehouse known to hold magic artifacts. They don't seem to be Banished Pantheon Zombies, and Vahzilok isn't known to be interested in magic.

Mission 1: Defeat all
Mission 2: Find the glowy
Mission 3: Defeat an AV

Lemme know what you think of them. I'm sorta proud of the first one, kind of ambivalent toward the second.

[Charon]

Thanks to SK, Flashbulb and HL for playing my arc and leaving me five star ratings. Really appreciate it and glad you enjoyed playing it. :)

[itsthesheppy]

I need to play yours, Charon.

[itsthesheppy]

Half-Life, just played yours. Good stuff. Loved the last mission. I walked in and Half Life was laying on the ground, surrounded by goons, who were all choking to death on his radioactive cloud.

[Cryogentic]

I'm back again thanks to the new issue :cryo:

It's so much fun! :D

Already made a story arc of my own called "Dimension Stability"

Played a few of other peoples and going to play more. I think the issue is going to keep me around for a long while.

[WingedAvenger]

I'm back again thanks to the new issue :cryo:

Welcome back! And this is the sort of thing that's good to see. :)

[Poison]

I didn't want to post my arc here, since I'm doing a major overhaul, making it longer and more epic. And more fun, of course :D
But the new version will go live when the issue does, so if you want to check it till then:

Arc: Rock & Revenge
Length: Short
Morality: Heroic

[Cryogentic]

I didn't want to post my arc here, since I'm doing a major overhaul, making it longer and more epic. And more fun, of course :D
But the new version will go live when the issue does, so if you want to check it till then:

Arc: Rock & Revenge
Length: Short
Morality: Heroic

Yay, the only thing I didn't like about it was it was over so fast.

[Astartus]

My Arcs:

Arc name: Cuddles for a little girl
Plot Synopsis: Little Cindy's teddybear has been stolen. But by whom, and why? Go out and get some answers.
Morality: Heroic
Length: Short
Mission Goal: Grab Glowy, Defeat Boss
Level Range 1-14

Arc name: Movie star, oh movie star
Plot Synopsis: Hollywood is confusing the minds of the poor civilians with the false hope of happy endings and the constant victory of the good and the honorable. Maybe you should show them the real life. But making a movie takes some muscle work, and you are just enough muscle for the job.
Morality: Villainous
Length: Long
Missin Goals:
Mission 1: Grab Glowies
Mission 2: Take Hostages, Grab Glowies (timed)
Mission 3: Destroy objects, Defeat Boss (timed)
Mission 4: Defeat all, Destroy objects
Mission 5: Protect objects (never tested before)

[Sokarus]

A little arc I'm working on. Inspired by Mass Effect, It basically takes place outside of the CoX-lore, and has you working in a position similar to a Spectre.

Warning:Large images.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd309/Sokarus/Mission%20arc/screenshot_2009-03-28-21-56-45.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd309/Sokarus/Mission%20arc/screenshot_2009-03-30-21-39-11.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd309/Sokarus/Mission%20arc/screenshot_2009-03-29-15-05-13.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd309/Sokarus/Mission%20arc/screenshot_2009-03-30-21-36-09.jpg


Not published yet, Gotta fix some grammar and the like, but stay tuned. :cool:

[Charon]

I'm going to have some serious free time this weekend. All of my housemates are going home for the Easter break and I can't get home til Tuesday. So I figure I'm going to spend it running Mr. Mud through various Guru-made arcs. I'll post here and give feedback on all the ones I complete. :)

[Gold Rush]

...Must....resist...temptation....

[Grae Knight]

Looks good. I am waiting for all this to go live before I try it out.

[Poison]

Just for everybody's info, I've unpublished my arc. The newest patch have completely ripped it apart, my NPCs aren't working anymore, half the HTML codes I used aren't working and my descriptions are gone. I've been repairing stuff every 2nd patch now, so I'll just wait till the whole thing is live before bothering with it.
Once it's live though, I'll post the info again and it'll be the updated version.

[Emerald Sky]

The html codes you used aren't working? Where can you put in html codes?

[Solos]

I've played Poison's and Charon's so far and i think i left feedback for both of them.

Here's mine!

Old Habits Die Hard
by @Solos

Arc ID: 14911
Morality: Villain
Level Range: 1-50
Length: Medium (2 missions)

* Mission 1: Click glowie
* Mission 2: Defeat bosses, destroy objects

Synopsis: A routine heist goes embarrassingly wrong. You'll have to work fast or risk becoming the laughing stock of the Rogue Isles!

Difficulty: Easy (there's a couple of custom bosses but if you can't kill them you should think about respeccing!)
Time Sink: 10-20 minutes


It's dev choice so if you hate it you'll have to actually tell me if you hate it, 1 starring won't budge the rating. Also please point out spelling and grammatical errors so that they can bug me with no chance to fix them! Oh yeah and don't exit it the first mission as soon as you click the glowie like some morons do!

[Poison]

The html codes you used aren't working? Where can you put in html codes?

You can use font codes to change the color, make text bold/inverted/etc. and add linebreaks.

[itsthesheppy]

Mine only has one vote.

A three.

And no comment.

:(

[Emerald Sky]

You can use font codes to change the color, make text bold/inverted/etc. and add linebreaks.

Oh that's pretty slick. I guess it would be if it was working...lol.

[collegeb]

http://home.comcast.net/~patuleia/482.jpg

[WingedAvenger]

Today I tested out "Pandemonium" and "A Case for Mr. Mystery".

Pandemonium:
I couldn't get past the first mission. Terrorform was a sufficient challenge but Reflex defeated me quite handily multiple times (in our first fight, he two-shotted me). I had to come back from the hospital several times before I finally won. By the time I got to Victor, I knew it was hopeless. After more defeats I had to give up. For what it's worth, the villains seemed cool and creative, but the high difficulty in the first mission made this a tough "hook" to buy into for the rest of the arc.

A Case for Mr. Mystery:
Really great storyline. I noticed a couple of minor bugs, mostly with the pathing of my allies and their willingness to help sometimes (several times Uppercut would just float there and not attack), but these aren't the fault of the author. If I could change one thing I wouldn't have the 3rd mission be a kill all, because those Sabre's hit HARD! :p I loved the revelation at the end, well done.

I'll test out some more Guru arcs soon.

[Charon]

Actually, I just removed the Kill All element of Mission 3 today. I also made the two objectives in the final mission linked, so the drop off point doesn't spawn until you've rescued Uppercut. Both Uppercut and Deadbeat are supposed to be set to aggressive... So, far from standing there and doing nothing, when I played the arc they did nothing but get me into trouble. ;)

[itsthesheppy]

Today I tested out "Pandemonium"


Per your feedback I went and took a look at Reflex's powers. Even on standard, the stats of his SR and MA don't change any. He loses some powers but the big ones... melee defend, range defense... are all still there, so he'd be just as hard to hit even if he was set to 'easy'.

I'm curious though, did you try it solo? I did write in the arc description that it's not meant to be soloed and that people playing it should bring friends. I built it to be more like a (very short) task force. Every mission has at least an EB in it. The end boss would be intensely hard if soloed. I ran it today on my regen with my friend's regen and he had a little difficulty with Reflex as well, and that was on heroic. SR is just hard.

What difficulty did you try it on?

Edit: It occurred to me that practiced brawler and elude may not be necessarily in character for Reflex, so I knocked his SR down to 'Hard'. I should stress, though, that a team is typically needed for this.

[Half Life]

Well, now that I14 is live, just a plug for anybody who wants to check out my arc again, would love some constructive criticism for sure.

Look for and please play "Sidekick Search". rate and let me know how you liked it.

Thanks, look forward to trying everyone here's creations tomorrow.

[Knightward]

I put out On a Boat! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU) The arc ID is 3333.

[itsthesheppy]

I posted 'Pandemonium'. I toned down Reflex a bit. I'm afraid he may be a little TOO nerfed now, though. I'll have to play through it again to get a feel.

In any case, bring a team. It's not meant to be soloed. :)

[Half Life]

Well, im on your last mission Shepp, but Pandemonium keeps running around and i cant do enough damage to kill him, he stops, attacks once, then goes on a 3 mile run, comes back, attacks once, goes on another run.......its pretty damn annoying


Will post more once im finished


Ok, finished it, ended up having to keep him permenantly taunted to keep him from running. Good arc, tough solo, but not too tough, Good balance.

[itsthesheppy]

Yeah, he ran around a lot when my friend and I fought him on our scrappers. I have no idea why, but it made the fight pretty exciting.

[Meltman]

He's not set to ranged, is he?

(I have noticed alot more running again in this issue, however.)

[itsthesheppy]

He's not set to ranged, is he?

(I have noticed alot more running again in this issue, however.)

Nah, he's set to melee. A custom villain in an arc done by a friend of mine did the same thing. After taking some damage he started running all over the place. We were worried at first that he was making for the exit, but turns out he was just running around like a loon.

[Galactoman]

I haven't done your arc since it was on Test, but I had no problems with Proxis running around. I had a problem when he popped off Unstoppable... but then he crashed and I had him. I HAAAAAAAAD 'im!

[itsthesheppy]

According to Vixen Valor, she and her friend (blasters) totally wrecked Reflex, but had a lot of trouble with Terrorform. Go figure.

[Galactoman]

So I've copied over my two short AV-Fight vanity missions:
"The Battle Against Baron Von Rotten"

and

"Take Out The Human Flashbulb"
and while The Baron has gotten a rating of four with no comments, HFB's down to 3 stars, and I logged on this morning to like four /tells from people complaining that the mission was too hard.

I'm torn on this. I don't like my missions getting bad ratings; but at the same time, one of the main reasons I find MA exciting is BECAUSE people can make more challenging missions than the standard fare.

The mission isn't impossible. So far I've beaten it solo with an ill/emp controller and a mercs/traps mastermind, both of which I consider pretty good considering that the ambushes ignore pets and zero right the heck in on the player character... a dangerous proposition for an invisible controller and a typically-deadly one for any sort of mastermind.

I guess I've already made up my mind on this one; I'll take a low rating if I personally think my mission's fun. I just wonder... Should I be putting disclaimers on my missions that say "Warning: This is hard. Not for ticket-farming."? Do people need that?

[itsthesheppy]

The issue I think you're having is that it's a single one-mission arc. I've noticed that those arcs get lots of play, probably because people are going for the ticket bonus at the end of the arc, and aren't looking to invest a lot of time. They also may be running the missions on invincible. I mean, HFB tore my tanker to pieces, but that was on invincible, I didn't go into unstoppable, didn't use any of my temp powers, etc.

[Green Tower]

They also may be running the missions on invincible. I mean, HFB tore my tanker to pieces, but that was on invincible, I didn't go into unstoppable, didn't use any of my temp powers, etc.
I'm having this issue and have to sadly lower my difficulty. HFB beat the bejezus out of my Thugs/Poison Mastermind. He has a huge advantage in close quarters.

[Bitter Babe]

Just a thought here, maybe each of us should make separate threads for the missions we create, this way you don't have to go searching through this one to read feedback, etc. I think that's one of the reasons Burbs made a different section for MA

[itsthesheppy]

I think we're all afraid of being percieved as being egocentric.

So of course I'll be the first.

[Charon]

Haha, second. ;)

[itsthesheppy]

Haha, second. ;)

:yoy:

:(

[Bitter Babe]

Haha, we are gurus of course we are egocentric ;) :P Just trying to make it easier for you creative people out there :)

[Astartus]

I upgraded my arc "Cuddles for a little girl" to have a bit more background so the players learn what is the Gems secret.

Now it is 3 missions "long", with a custom Boss at the end.

[Havok]

Arc: The Arachnos Defector
Length: Short
Morality: Heroic
ID#: 21191

Made it last night to test things out. Short and sweet. Only 1 play/positive review so far. Hope you guys enjoy it.

[Galactoman]

Once all the family holiday business is over tomorrow, I'm definitely gonna go through everybody's arcs. So far I'm having a blast with Mission Architect.

[Cloud Runner]

Arc: The Arachnos Defector
Length: Short
Morality: Heroic
ID#: 21191

Made it last night to test things out. Short and sweet. Only 1 play/positive review so far. Hope you guys enjoy it.

Really dug it dude. Power Man was sick!:chuckle:

[Half Life]

Try out my new lowbie arc. Still has a few minor spelling errors, but the arc is pretty well done i think. This is a really good arc for helping out your sub level 15 characters. Give it a shot and let me know how you like it.


Name: New Gang in Town
by @Half Life
Length: Very Long
Morality: Neutral

[Havok]

Really dug it dude. Power Man was sick!:chuckle:

Thanks man!

[Graphite]

Hmmm, RL has been preventing from having any form of a digital life. I don't even have time to check email or Facebook! But with i14 live, I definately want to get into the swing of things.

So... dumb question, but I'll ask all the same...

With Graphite now being a Mender, Hero of Time and all that, would anyone be interested in some Future Frolicking? Basically I can run threads of alternate timelines and the what not. Ether that or save the planet from Paradox B. Or maybe somewhere anywhere in between.

I just know my ingame RPs never got much "loven."

And pleeeeeeease tell me we can set up missions with the 5th!

[Astartus]

Yes, you can set up missions with the 5th column.