SupaFreak

Updating that this service is still available with a 3 day notice and that I now have level 50s transferred to the following servers: Exalted, Freedom, Virtue, Victory, Liberty, Union & Defiant.

That is all.

Thanx!

No worries, Kelenar. I'm very much aware outside elements and real life play a factor in this online superpowered universe.

May take a while for them to allow the costume in A/E. Not sure the Incarnate armor is even allowed yet.

Yea, "Phantom" in name or .critter file is now invalid for me. Joy!

Author's Update: 10/19/11

Personal notes: I haved been extremely busy at work as we are gaining major ground in our business partnership and I've been busy relocating / moving over the last 6 weeks (had limited CoH time), but I have been thinking over the approach I had planned for this series of arcs and decided to simplify it even more than I initially planned.

I asked myself, "Aside from me, who are these arcs for?"
I answered, "Duh, stoopid... Incarnates!"

So, I've decided to scrap the initial format...

Initial Plan
(10 missions per line / new contact per part):
Part 1s: 5 missions (level ranges 22-27 / 35-40)
Part 2s: 3 missions (levels 45- 50 / guest appearances)
Part 3s: 2 missions (levels 50-54 / guest appearances)

For a much more intense combat format...

New Plan
(5 missions per line / new contact per part):
Part 1s: 1 mission (level 50-54 / guest appearances)
Part 2s: 2 missions (level 50-54 / guest appearances)
Part 3s: 2 missions (level 50-54 / guest appearances)

Sweet, so I've raised the bar there. So, where else am I raising it?

Enemy Group Difficulties
Old Skool = Easy to keep it solo-friendly.
New Skool = Medium - Hard (with the exception of some Front locations and ambushes during combat) to make it Incarnate-friendly.

Required Combat Allies w/Follow
Old Skool = Balance them at @100% rewards
New Skool = 2-3 attacks max to reduce reward hit, yet still give them flavor and purpose.

Arch-Villain Ranks
Old Skool = Save 1 for each finale.
New Skool = At least 1 per arc.

Q & A
Q: Why the changes?
A: Simple. Architect Entertainment isn't widely popular for text-heavy story arcs. It's in my opinion that a large amount of people want action and challenge in the driver's seat, including me.

Q: Does that mean your missions will be farms?
A: Not that there's anything wrong with "themed enemies" for your superpowered characters to fight, but these will not be easy in the sense of what I've encountered. I mean, you may be able to "farm" the revamped "Black as Midnight: Team Spirit" arc if you aren't put off by certain powers stacking and the occassional Confuse and Fear... but no, I'm not guaranteeing "max tix" or designing the arcs for any certain builds.

Q: How much of a story is there going to be for those who enjoy that?
A: Enough for any one person to understand it all that they will need to read bios, clues and NPC text throughout all 14 missions spanning all alignments. Play just the 5 Hero missions, you'll only know what the Hero knows at the end. Play just the middle 2-mission Rogue arc, and it'll probably feel like you jumped on a PuG. Regardless, I hope to present both a challenge and enjoyable mission experience that feels like it's part of something more grand than what you've just experienced.

The Current Revamps

The redo of "Black as Midnight: Team Spirit" (Hero) as a 1-mission arc is now in Feedback stages. It's basically mission 1 of old with expanded map and elements of missions 2 & 3 in the mix. Old missions 4 & 5 will be reflected in upcoming arcs, since the overall planned story is still the same... just to be presented in a quicker manner. (Yes, I still have old arc saved to file)

I've ran it solo at +0/x8 with the following level 50 (+1)s:

Ice/Axe Tanker
Plant/Storm Controller
Shield/Mace Brute
Ice/Energy Blaster
Ice/Earth Dominator
Spines/Nin Stalker
Traps/DP Defender
FF/Elec Defender
Soldier of Arachnos
Merc/TA Mastermind
Illusion/Emp Controller
Elec/Psy Dominator
Thugs/Pain Mastermind...

Tested with these Non-Incarnates at standard settings:

Level 15 Energy/Time Corruptor
Level 24 Beam/Poison Corruptor
Level 30 Fire/Fire Corruptor

Guest Appearances
"Black as Midnight: Team Spirit" is currently hosting 2 guest appearances.
BrandX as Ally in Front who is after the same Circle of Thorns mage as you. (triggered via glowie)
Aniketos Pium as an Ally in Back who is following a lead on an assassin you're about to encounter. (triggered via glowie)

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I don't want Tips & Tributes forced upon you... so... if the Collection "Glowie" doesn't seem relevent to what's in Navigation... then you may not want to click it if you don't want to risk gaining an EB Ally or EB Foe.

"Dead by Midnight" (Villain) is going to be redone and renamed shortly.

PEACE!

Progress Update: 10/19/11

2 have been notified of their pending appearance based on their approval.

And with that, I want to also note the following:

Ally Requests:
Player Allies will have 3-4 damaging attacks so that they do not steal too much rewards.
Defensive capabilities set to max are fine.

Enemy Requests:
Player Enemies may have more attacks than Allies, due to the fact they provide rewards.
Player Enemies can be capable of status protection, if their powersets allow.
Player Enemies will not exceed 100% rewards by more than 10%.

And remember, all winners are Elite Boss rank except for the top 2 who will be AV rank.

Thanx!

As of 10/19/11

I have received feedback and the costume codes for:
Rift-Dancer
WarMain
Brutticus
BrandX
Aniketos Pium
1st. Son
Future Shock
Doctor Mindclaw
Pax Sepulcri
Elite Dreadnaught
Yan Qing
Ghaidhi


I have not received feedback or the costume codes for the following:
Shadeknight
Spirit of King's Row
Robot H3 NRi (unknown Global - prize not yet sent)
Vibror (unknown Global - prize not yet sent)
Wounded Dark (unknown Global - prize not yet sent)
Pronghorn
Crey Comet
Apolinus
Liora Kate
Hokta Rune
Burnt Matchstick
Malevol-ant
Nefarios Ghast
Sally Lee Brown

I will be updating the info on all AExcellence posts this weekend to reflect the CoH:Freedom situation.

Guardian will remain my primary home, but I now have on the following servers:
Exalted: Lvl 50 Vigilante
Victory: Lvl 50 Vigilante
Freedom: Lvl 50 Villain (probably will make Rogue in time)

Pending: 3 character transfers

Freedom is upon us... and I've got some "I never get played!" 50s ready to transfer to alternate servers. Seen there's going to be a 6 Character Transfer deal during the Head Start and I plan to take advantage of that. Any takers on which server(s) I should invade first with my deadbeats? o.O

I'd be interested, Bubba. Very similar in some ways with what I do with "Mission: AExcellence".

Wish I could be there tommorrow on Sept 4th... but sadly I'm working to try and meet a schedule at work. Hope you all have a good turnout and a good time.

Yea, since I went AWOL for nearly 6 weeks... think I should go back and try "Small Fears" since the TeChameleon made a show when I couldn't.

Ran thru Zamuel's work-in-progress arc that was temporarily published to receive rewards for participants. Gotta say there's some clever use of mechanics at this point, very nice looking customs and no dull moments. The Zam man just needs to finish writing the NPC text, clues and mission dialogue for the 3 missions of the arc we witnessed... but the arc is looking to be another quality arc by Zam.

Thanx Backfire. Settled in at new residence too, but gotta find a way to get cable modem back. Wi-Fi isn't cutting it for my City action. Feels like I'l back on dial-up during prime time here.

I kept track of my Tickets for the heck of it.

Mercytown (Team Size = 7?)

M1 = 124 Tix @6 mins
M2 = 64 Tix @9 mins
M3 = 369 Tix @7 mins
M4 = 109 Tix @8 mins
M5 = 578 Tix @11 mins

Total of 1244 Tix in 41 mins of action time (@30 Tix a min)

Outbroken (Team Size = 5?)

M1 = 156 Tix @9 mins
M2 = 455 Tix @13 mins
M3 = 152 Tix @12 mins
M4 = 146 Tix @11 mins
M5 = 0 Tix @4 mins

Total of 909 Tix in 45 mins of action time (@20 Tix a min)

For me...

1. Defenders
2. Stalkers
3. Dominators
4. Controllers
5. Soldiers
6. Scrappers
7. Widows
8. Tankers
9. Brutes
10. Masterminds
11. Corruptors
12. Blasters
13. Warshades
14. Peacebringers

I kinda tend to spend... absolutely nothing wrong with the basics... but I like the media toys I got. All personal preference. Total cost for the programs for me has been around $120 I believe.

Video recorded using Fraps
Audio recorded using MAGIX Music Maker 12 delux
Final edit done using Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 HD

Like Bubba said... Fraps videos will be consume a lot of space... I tend to delete my Fraps footage once I finish a product and I try not to keep too much Fraps footage for long.

Good luck and have fun on your CoYouTubin!

Ran through Lord of Storms new arc with him tonight... potentially freakin' AEwesome arc from my viewpoint. Finale is unlike any I've personally encountered yet. Tried to talk him into helping the dim-witted like me understand the complexity of it all more... hafta see if he makes any modifications.

It's up to the character's owners. If no text is submitted, I will do my best to reflect the character's attitude and motivations based off their submitted bio.

Knowing whether players want their characters to be ally or enemy (or even betray) is a huge step in knowing which of the remaining 6 arcs the winners will appear in.

I'll try to touch base with the player via PMs here and see if it'll help any at that point.

And don't forget... if a character's owner plays the arc and requests changes or modifications... I'm cool with that. I know it's very difficult at this juncture to know exactly what's going on and how you feel your character would act / react...

PEACE!

Shades/Glasses/Goggles

Very rarely do I like to show the eyes.

Anyone who saw my old videos from last year know that I pronounce it correctly... There were skits where a goody-two-shoes said it right and the rebel said it wrong. Scrapperlock isn't goody-two-shoes, hence why I said I'm going to say it wrong the whole time.

BTW, love the quote from Sailboat!

Oh crud.... I'm back! And so is this and I'm ready to run thru an arc with the author on Wednesday night if anyone's interested!

Prizes were sent out this morning to those who listed Globals (via boards or PM)... 3 pending...

Posting the Costume Code is real simple.

Go to Tailor or Facemaker ----> Save buttom ----> Name your costume

Go to Program Files---> City of Heroes---> costumes (folder)

Open---> Your costume file ---> Select All -----> Copy

Private Message me here ----> Paste ---> Lick Forums