Darth_Khasei

You add them via a boss encounter. Sounds like an interesting arc.

Ex, you have been good for COX. Good luck on your new venture.

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To be fair, I haven't run across that many blow-my-socks-off missions in AE that I absolutely have to run. I've had a few like Footsteps Initiative or Tangle in Time which were good to run, but, for the most part, they're not ones I would do repeatedly over and over, and actually finding more than a handful of good ones with the current interface is an enormous challenge. Not being able to sort by number of votes casts hamstrings this a lot.

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Have you tried Above Mars The Welling Part 1? give it a shot.

Ok so now lets get down to business. Every map in the MA has controlled spawn points at a set numbers per map. That is one way to control things.

Now we can conceed that the devs are NOT stupid right? Ok so when they made the tool they made it "auto ex/sk" with a reason in mind right? Just look at what Synapse wrote about the fix to teaming xp and you see they wanted us to have easy teaming with the MA.

Now move back to spawn points for a second. You don't think they thought about people setting up maps of ALL types of farms? I mean you can fill a map with ALL AV's and have a go.

So what's my point? My point is why do people think the devs are dumb? I mean that is essentially what people are saying now. Like they did not know people would make farms with the tool please....

In terms of the few that have rekindled the same old anti-farming rethoric, I just point to I13 and I14 released by the devs as the reality and its as far from their position as you can possibly be.

ROTFLMAO!!

You do realize there is a cap for tickets for a single mission to stop people for gaining more tickets than the devs feel is fair right? Ok so you didn't know, because of course if you did, then you would not be spouting off about cheatcodes and exploitation because that is utter rubbish.

When facts don't support the initial statements made resorting to drama and hyperbole is the only avenue I see.

I regards to "farms" being overshadowed by better content, they ALREADY are. You see there is this little thing called the Developer Choice. These are the arcs getting the first few pages of EVERYONE'S search and are the only missions with 999+ plays. I don't see ANY farming missions in that mix of things, so where 'IS" the focus you are talking about?

Oh in your head, I see...

Yeppers thats the way it works and its a great addition to the game.

You mates are just mean. evil

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Hall of Fame being loseable is ludicrous!

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Yeppers.

Nice backpedal after using words such as cheatcode and exploitation, but whatever mate. Cheers.

Some said that too. I think it is too early to say its a large problem, but problem it is none the less.

I don't know how long you have been palying COX, but after playing 2 1/2 years of the in-game content (ie. EVERY SINGLE DEV MADE SA IN THE GAME), its time for something new and fresh.

The devs understand that the best way for ALL types of players of COX was to do a mission builder that allows the users to use the tool in a VARIETY of ways that "THEY" see fit.

People ARE doing just that and there are COUNTLESS amounts of arcs outs there of ALL varieties. I see this as WAI(working as inteneded).

I think it is pure comedy that some people instead of using the MA tool the way "they" want to or finding the types of missions they like(they are there the search tool blows but they ARE there), are busy looking at what others are doing.

That is a total waste of time and certainly wasted effort if the end desire is to control how others use the tool and play the game, TOTAL.

This is funny and sad at the same time. Some people did point this kind of thing out during test and the usual suspects said it would not happen. Well...

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I don't how that possibly effects your ability to make or join a team. Because it does not. People need to just face it, farms are a permanent fixture.

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I can't see the LFM for regular teams because the LFM for Farms is so thick it's blowing them off broadcast. Same as what happens in PI.

And no, farms would not be a permanent fixture if the devs would just grow a spine and do something about them.

Frankly, I don't care if you farm. You can play your game as boring as you want to. Stop spamming broadcast with it and I wouldn't care a whit about it.

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ROTFLMAO! Now you are just being silly. You have NEVER seen me spam broadcast one darn thing, get your facts straight mate.

They provided you with an ignore spammer button that allows you to make your broadcast as free as you want them to be.

People that fail to use the tools provided then whine in the forums, well...they need to use the tools and stop blaming others for "your" lack of action.

What does "no good reason" mean? Unless its a locked AV you never "have" to face an AV on any arc unless you choose too.

I was thinking cheeky but that'll do.

I don't how that possibly effects your ability to make or join a team. Because it does not. People need to just face it, farms are a permanent fixture.

I really didn't get that post. You farm and you find certain farming you do better than other farming? Wha?

I think he has a legit reason to suspect the two people griefed him. It would not be the first time. I don't think its unreasonable to feel the ratings were just the reflection of the way those two felt. The lack of comments hurt that case as do the other 5 stars for the other 8 or so.

Preference griefing is what I suspect, the same kind of preference griefing that lead the devs to lock DC's at 5 stars.

In terms of the tree, the arrogance tree? Yeah, you got that all covered mate.

You must "NOT" understand because the two people that left no comments are the one's he is wondering "if" they are griefers. He also stated:
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Now, I know not everyone will like your arc.

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Hardly the statement of an "arrogant" person, hardly. You just barked up the wrong tree on this one mate.

Once again yet another source of comedy for farmers to use for joke fodder.

Farming is here to stay so people need to accept that fact and move on. In terms of "expliots" the devs are always interested in closing those up and should.

BTW, there is a "SINGLE MISSION" ticket cap. The cap is there to prevent ANYONE from making a mission where they get an abnormal statistical advantage in ticket drops.

Creating a better arc would be what he was loooking to do. Much to his disappointment the people that one starred the arc left no feedback that he could use to "make a better arc".

Arrogance, no the OP was not being arrogant at all.

People are just strange mate. I was on an 8 man pug last night doing arcs. We did what was one of the better arcs I've played to date including test, but it was a dark theme arc.

At the end we were all chatting about how great the arc was and that it was indeed a 5 star arc etc.. Despite staying the entire time and seeming to enjoy themselves a RL couple were saying they didn't like it and it gets 1 star. One of the team asked them why, they said dark themes were against their religion.

I was like hmm.. thats strange it said dark theme in the description, it was a 5 mission arc and they stayed the entire time. They particpatd in the misson chatter and appeared to be having a good time joking about the arc etc...

I didn't say anything but I thought it was pretty messed up to one star that great arc. However, others in the group were questioning the reasoning and it got ugly with the couple leaving angry citing freedom of religion.

While I respect ANY religion, I felt that them one starring this arc had more to do with Human issues than any deity they worshiped.

That mate is "people". People are great aren't they.

Yeah they know, the timing of the fix is unknown.

AI bug. ETA on fix unkonwn.