Morcalivan7
04-15-2009, 12:15 AM
I was looking over the Mission Architect page wondering if I should bother trying to create my CO character origin into a series of Dark Shroud missions to set up the character for CotE. For the most part it looks good. But then I get to the pages where they say you're limited to three stories?
What's that mean exactly? Does that mean a maxium of 3 arcs with 5 missions each? Or 3 missions with 5 objectives each? I'm not sure if I can fit getting in all my villains to get beaten up before the 15 mission limit without making it look silly or enlarging the size of the missions to annoying proportions.
I'm also curious as to the limits of custom characters. From what it sounds like, I can create minions, Lts and Bosses with their own powers and difficulties and mix and match them, while also adding my AV as 'elite bosses'? There was a comment about watching my file size which is also one of the reasons I've yet to log back in as well.
I probably should though this through and written up and out of game mission using the MA overview examples to get an accurate answer. But basically for my first arc I would have let's say the contact Marcus Hood hire superhumans, hero and villain alike to track down a new gang of chemmed mutants called Abominations (temporary hulk and she-hulk knockoffs) who are using the Venom serum from Alivan Pharmaceuticals. In order to confirm a tip about a stockpile of Venom being real they need to locate the gang and take samples from their stash to confirm the connection and therefore trusting the source of the information from the mole in the Dark Shroud organization. Possible side missions of freeing civilian runaway girls within the mission.
They would then follow that information back to it's source, in the process framing the gang as the informant, protecting the mole and cutting off the gang's future supplies. Meanwhile they find the Widowers (camouflaged rail gunners) at the supply warehouse and must confiscate the stash which triggers an ambush from the Arachnids (spines cyborgs assassins). So far, no Elite Bosses. And enemies are still on 'Standard' which from what I've read is the closest to easy mode for custom characters?
During the comotion the mole is able to acquire new information, and the "Superhumans for Hire" are then sent to the no so secret anymore labs where the Venom is produced. They must destroy the lab and fight off Socket (elite boss) for the first time. Socket is a katana/regen scrapper. After defeating him, he will recover and escape due to his regeneration. You will be scoled by Marcus Hood and be given a chance to make up for it by doing another mission that will focus on trying to track down Socket after having recovered his pool stick katana (clue or souvenire?). This will lead you to a pool hall where you shake down the thugs for information.
This will lead you to your final mission where you will encounter the Widowers base of operations. Once you mow through the widowers and ambushed by arachnid patrols, you will be met with both Socket and Pheramone, the one who has chemically and psychicly brainwashed the widowers into her super soldiers. When Socket's health is low he will try and escape, which will be hard to stop due to his regeneration and having to deal with Pheramone. If solo, you merely follow Socket attacking. If on a team you can possibly split up.
When you defeat the two you come back to the contact having redeemed yourselves after Socket's initial escape by capturing two for one to be taken into interrogation that will hopefully lead to further information about the larger Dark Shroud organization and their activities.
And that's where the other 'stories?' come in. So I have a question. Is that a single story? Does that mean I have 10 more missions total to flesh out the Dark Shroud and have the hired heroes/villains defeat Lord Morcalivan and put an end to the Dark Shroud?
And, can I have Statesman as a hostage? I wonna place that heart warming pic of Daehart (the radiation cannon arm guy) Darren Heart stepping on a defeated Statesman in-game if I can. That'd make my day. Hell, that'd make my month, possibly worth resubscribing just for that. :chuckle:
I was hoping, why bother writing up a large bio of DS for CO when I can litterally play it out in CoX? Or am I being too hopeful of MA's abilities? Are there any limits to the custom villains, combinations of these customs together, Lts, Bosses, File Sizes, etc... that I should know about?
Edit: One more thing, would the Custacian be able to fit into the game in any way? Heard Maltas and those steam guys were allowed in. Could I modify their designs to fit the Crustacian walkers? (the crab looking thing)
What's that mean exactly? Does that mean a maxium of 3 arcs with 5 missions each? Or 3 missions with 5 objectives each? I'm not sure if I can fit getting in all my villains to get beaten up before the 15 mission limit without making it look silly or enlarging the size of the missions to annoying proportions.
I'm also curious as to the limits of custom characters. From what it sounds like, I can create minions, Lts and Bosses with their own powers and difficulties and mix and match them, while also adding my AV as 'elite bosses'? There was a comment about watching my file size which is also one of the reasons I've yet to log back in as well.
I probably should though this through and written up and out of game mission using the MA overview examples to get an accurate answer. But basically for my first arc I would have let's say the contact Marcus Hood hire superhumans, hero and villain alike to track down a new gang of chemmed mutants called Abominations (temporary hulk and she-hulk knockoffs) who are using the Venom serum from Alivan Pharmaceuticals. In order to confirm a tip about a stockpile of Venom being real they need to locate the gang and take samples from their stash to confirm the connection and therefore trusting the source of the information from the mole in the Dark Shroud organization. Possible side missions of freeing civilian runaway girls within the mission.
They would then follow that information back to it's source, in the process framing the gang as the informant, protecting the mole and cutting off the gang's future supplies. Meanwhile they find the Widowers (camouflaged rail gunners) at the supply warehouse and must confiscate the stash which triggers an ambush from the Arachnids (spines cyborgs assassins). So far, no Elite Bosses. And enemies are still on 'Standard' which from what I've read is the closest to easy mode for custom characters?
During the comotion the mole is able to acquire new information, and the "Superhumans for Hire" are then sent to the no so secret anymore labs where the Venom is produced. They must destroy the lab and fight off Socket (elite boss) for the first time. Socket is a katana/regen scrapper. After defeating him, he will recover and escape due to his regeneration. You will be scoled by Marcus Hood and be given a chance to make up for it by doing another mission that will focus on trying to track down Socket after having recovered his pool stick katana (clue or souvenire?). This will lead you to a pool hall where you shake down the thugs for information.
This will lead you to your final mission where you will encounter the Widowers base of operations. Once you mow through the widowers and ambushed by arachnid patrols, you will be met with both Socket and Pheramone, the one who has chemically and psychicly brainwashed the widowers into her super soldiers. When Socket's health is low he will try and escape, which will be hard to stop due to his regeneration and having to deal with Pheramone. If solo, you merely follow Socket attacking. If on a team you can possibly split up.
When you defeat the two you come back to the contact having redeemed yourselves after Socket's initial escape by capturing two for one to be taken into interrogation that will hopefully lead to further information about the larger Dark Shroud organization and their activities.
And that's where the other 'stories?' come in. So I have a question. Is that a single story? Does that mean I have 10 more missions total to flesh out the Dark Shroud and have the hired heroes/villains defeat Lord Morcalivan and put an end to the Dark Shroud?
And, can I have Statesman as a hostage? I wonna place that heart warming pic of Daehart (the radiation cannon arm guy) Darren Heart stepping on a defeated Statesman in-game if I can. That'd make my day. Hell, that'd make my month, possibly worth resubscribing just for that. :chuckle:
I was hoping, why bother writing up a large bio of DS for CO when I can litterally play it out in CoX? Or am I being too hopeful of MA's abilities? Are there any limits to the custom villains, combinations of these customs together, Lts, Bosses, File Sizes, etc... that I should know about?
Edit: One more thing, would the Custacian be able to fit into the game in any way? Heard Maltas and those steam guys were allowed in. Could I modify their designs to fit the Crustacian walkers? (the crab looking thing)