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The text is only readable once team leader accepts it.

So yes to fixing that, bigger yes to make the debriefing readable by everyone.

I think I have to agree with JD here though. A lot of the newer devs arca are great. But there are a lot of complainers out there and you cannot please everybody. And a few 1's make it very hard to keep on that 5 if not downright near impossible.

In fact. I dare the devs to try with an unknown name.

You got some good points which I cannot deny.

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So what's the problem?

These innovative and fun missions/arcs should have already been in the game - as part of the CoX Universe. If players can do this with just a few days of practice, why do we not already have new missions, new mobs, new zones, new arcs, new missions in the game?

If it's so easy to do .. why hasn't it already happened?

Yes .. MA may be fun, but it is simply not part of the CoX Universe as it stands right now.


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It was never easy. They made this great tool to replace a spreadsheet. So their developers could work on new missions.

They gave it to us because they saw how much potential it had. I hope we get more new content as well.

A lot of stories out there are based upon the cox universe. Building upon it. Making it into fan based canon. The devs however can, if they like elevate one of those arcs to true canon by implementing them in the game. I personally like to use existing NPC's and elevate them to contacts for my arcs.

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As an example, I levelled my Elec/Elec Brute from 23 to 27 tonight. I didn't leave the AE building, except to level and get new enhancements. If I 'died' in a mission, I simply went to the AE hospital, loaded up with inspirations from the handy Insp vendor by the hospital door and jumped right back into the virtual mission a few steps away.

As far as game immersion goes, it's game breaking - pure and simple.

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Very true, however the game is 5 years old. It could use a new boost and I think this is it.

Eat your Cake and be happy Sing. Watch out for the bunny. Might be a big bad wizard.

You are not the only one getting gank starred Bovine. Seems it happens quite often if I may believe our oversees friends. Happened to me as well. That arc has recovered and ratings have gone up. I was rather distraught by it. It hurts when your arc where you put so much time in gets rated lower then some trash arcs with undeserved high rates. But then you get someone saying that they loved your arc and things are right again

Most of the villain arcs are excellent imo. Most of those would fall into the 4 star section or better.

Including Kalinda and Burke. We only truly hate those because we did them to often.

In the list above I did not see Radio Free Opportunity, Marsall Brass with the PTS (THE tm mark about Cap au Diablo) and where are the excellent arcs Form St Martial? I found the ones based on the Golden Giza to be fine as well.

happy Cakeday. Don't let the bunnies steal the eggs.

Sherlock Grin at your service.

/signed very much signed

The problem with giving a rating is that you cannot change the rating. So if the person improved his arc it is still stuck at that low rating you give it. Even if it is no longer valid.

So if you see an arc that just need a bit of polish to get that extra star, perhaps it is better not to rate it but leave a comment so he can improve the arc.

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It's probably more at home in the Mission Architect's section

And then there are the 1 star grievers who like to give 1 stars to persons just for the fun of it. Happened to me just minutes after publishing it. You can only hope things level out. But when you see a mission with 1 star. That doesn't say a thing!

Well as non English speaker I know how hard it is to get every mistake out of the arc. It still is not done yet despite a lot of help so far. It doesn't help that a lot of corrections keep hanging in limbo without getting saved properly, damn caching.

I have to agree that with the current browser a rating of 4 is not good for getting found. Guess what happens when some joker rate you a 1. Some like to grief people that way, happened to me and now one of my arcs is stuck at 3.

But Alvan, have you seen how many 5 star arcs there are? Sad thing is that amongst those you wont be found as well.

Ok going well, so far we got:

Red 1-15
The Blackmarket wants you: ID 1064.
Mercytown: The One With All The Fish: ID 6017
The Rogue Islands sewer system: ID 5482

Blue 1-15:
A Darker Dawn ID: 2502
Twisted Tales - Part One - Storyland in Danger! ID: 12937

Blue 20-30
The Secret of the Curse of Pirate Jefferies' Treasure Island ID: 14030

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at least we wont have to "sprint" around mercy to get our mishes

will check after servers come back online.

btw : what level are the toons at the start of the black market arc?

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I did it with a level 2 mm and with a level 2 brute. I had some trouble with the boss in mission 4 and turned him into an lt instead. If you got trouble with him give me a warning.

I didn't receive a single comment. Even from one who in fact did had send a comment and told me about it as he tested my arc on my request.

I was on Union and he on Defiant.

They didn't day anything about a patch just maintenance did they?

Ok, I am trying to level a toon from 1 to 50. But it is hard to find good arcs to do so. Basically we need a list for just that purpose. Preferably with a story that makes sense for a lowbie as well. And tested with a genuine lowbie, not an exemplared lvl 50. There is a big difference.

So let me start with this list:

Level 1-10
The Blackmarket wants you: ID 1064. Red Side.

Can you help out Mia to get some odd jobs done so she can concentrate on trading instead of keeping corrupt Rippers, Longbow and some snakes out of her hair? As reward you will get a fancy ID that makes those Arachnos Arbiters happy. Saves bribing the whole time.

Lets get a nice list together. I still have 45 levels to do with Trolly.

I put myself to the challenge to level one only through MA missions. Poor deluded and quit a bit stoned Trolly is trying that task. Though it is hard to find good lowbie arcs! Even the one I custom designed for lowbies needed a bit more tweaking down (it should be good now though )

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Slightly off-topic @ Spades; Since when was Ouro co-op? Oo

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Whoops. Should be Cim of cause.
And I agree that the co-opness in Cim is less strong then in RWZ

The skull mask, the mantle, I can see good use for that hooded cloak as well. Plus new cossie pieces for my girls to play with. Don't forget the fun sounding power and costume change emotes.

I feel the need to buy this one asap.

ITS UP

Sigh, great stuff limpet. I will definitely try out the devils chord. Very nice posters.

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That would be logical khorak if the terminals were inside the compound not outside of it.

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I like the idea that we're claiming to be using logic, but ignoring that every single building is an identical massive construct, even in an interdimensional invasion warzone, with the conclusion that possibly the system is considerably more extensive and complicated than 'a few consoles'.

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That might be true. The problem is that the buildings don't fit in a lot of places they are placed. They could have worked a bit on that problem.

The RWZ building is an example. If it had been replaced with a bunker like building then sure but this building is to fragile to be of much use in a warzone.

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Just more proof that they quit caring about the story in this game a long long time ago...

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Or maybe that the playerbase is so stupid and eager to moan that they didn't just fail to realise that a total immersion VR environment would be a revolution in troop training, and one of the greatest tools available to Vanguard thanks to it, but that the initial in-universe explanation for the Mission Architect specifically pointed out Positrons interest in the technology as a training simulator. Obviously it doesn't make any sense at all that Vanguard would have an interest in flawlessly realistic but non-fatal training available for their soldiers.

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-Throws down arms and kneels before the Might of Khorak-

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That would be logical khorak if the terminals were inside the compound not outside of it.

Hey sarge we got new rookies!

Excellent bring them to the non lethal simulators!

Ehm sarge?

Yes?

We lost most recruits trying to reach the building.