Lazarus

A lot of 50's already do play AE arcs, this change would only make it so that non-50's would no longer want to play them. It would fix NOTHING.

No, we can very well hate on the Devs for coming up with really dumb solutions that have obviously not been thought through.

I'm becoming rather glad that these people are game developers and not engineers. I'd hate to see what their solution would be for fixing a road with a few potholes in it.

Some people just cannot comprehend that in a video game there is a lot more to a story arc that just story. This breaks the gameplay aspect of the story arc, which in turn for many affects the story aspect. There is a balance between the two that is needed for a story arc to achieve it's potential.

Your story arc can have the greatest story ever, but if the gameplay is tedious and the player is getting rewarded less than they would in another arc with a weaker story but better gameplay and rewards, which do you think most players are going to chose to spend their time on and tell all their friends about?

Remember that you're writing VIDEO GAME CONTENT, not a short story. If you just want to focus on the later that's what the RP forum is for.

Most authors try to strike a balance, and heavy-handed nerfs like this keep screwing that up while doing little to hurt the farmers that they target. And that gameplay aspect is extremely important if you want your arc to appeal to as many players as possible. It's been pretty obvious time and time again which most players care more about.

Someone tell Kalinda then that she's been breaking the rules for the last several years, having a mission with 6 Wolf Spider allies in it.

And this retarded nerf doesn't make the distinction between buffbots and combat allies at all. Hell, it doesn't tell the difference between battles with friendlies in them and buffbots either!

Of course they trademarked CoH 2 already. Why would they wait for some troll to snatch it and then try to make a profit by selling it to them when they finally do decide to use it? Companies trademark a lot of stuff that they may never use in the near future, just in case.

Sorry Fred, but you're in a very small minority. Most players are not going to bother even trying AE arcs if they give crap XP, and even if the story is the greatest thing since sliced bread (which is still a debated topic) they still won't bother to play it a second time if they will get no reward for it. I've written 8 arcs but I wouldn't bother playing AE at all if there was no XP, not when I have so many more rewarding things to do with my limited playtime. If my characters don't advance and nobody wants to come play the AE arcs with me (removing the social aspects of playing an MMO) either then there is no point in playing them.

And you are damn naive if you think this did anything to stop farming, the actual farmers have probably already rewritten their arcs by now. The only people this hurts are the legit authors.

I just saw Venture's post and have to add that my example did also have 3 friendly boss spawns who are there to add flavor when the map becomes overruns with enemies who were waiting to ambush you. Apparently they are counting as well.

Still friggin' blows!

Adding another example, a level 50 mission with 7 minions to rescue and then fight the EB who captured them. Even before I got to the first ally I was getting less than 1000 inf from each Arachnos minion. Dr. Aeon (the EB) only gave 2000 inf, and the bonus tickets for completing the mission? 6.

Yeah, SIX tickets for clearing a large map.

And once again it's a fix that will hurt non-farm arcs far, far more than the actual farms.

Devs can never hit the target right.

MA Allies are not a problem, what is an exploit are allies who cast constant buffs like Sonic Dispersion and Dispersion Bubble or use Leadership (certain Longbow bosses) but are set to not attack at all. What they should be doing is FINALLY coding it so that a critter who has not been rescued or is set to never attack does not turn its toggles on in the first place!

All this does is screw over a lot of arcs just because they happen to have an ally in it, even if you don't rescue the ally.

Way to go Devs.

And you just inadvertently killed a bunch of legit missions with this. Does this XP decrease apply just from having the critter inside the mission or does it apply when you rescue the ally? Now people are going to be ******** even more if you include an optional ally, even if it's for story purposes.

'Cause a lot of people have been waiting ages for one or both of those sets and by making them available NOW they get a large number of sales before the expansion is even out.

And I wanted my Pistols NOW!

Plus AE Tickets are much more convenient for getting many pieces of hard to get invention salvage, it's nice being able to buy the exact rare or uncommon item you need right here and now without dealing with often overinflated market prices.

Indeed, even with 8 slots making a 1-mission "arc" (can you even call it an arc?) seems like a waste of potential when I have more ideas for 4/5-mission ones than I have room for.

Anyhow:

One Mission Arc
The Extadine Lab #2595 by @Vanden

Two Mission Arc
Becky's Revenge #60197 by @New Age Ronin

Three Mission Arc
Drakule vs. The Werewolf Bikers From Hell #340316 by @LaserJesus

Nevar enuff Rikti!

Serves you right for trying to solo a level 35 arc with a level 28 Blaster. A Corruptor or Dominator, especially of the proper level, should have no issues with difficulty whatsoever.

When I set a level range on an arc, I really do mean that you should be of at least that level. Complaining about stock mobs is rather silly as well when nothing tougher than a boss appears and you deliberately handicapped yourself.

Been there, and even more amusingly those two people turned out to be on the same team.