GM Vayek

Oh yes, I'm aware 🙂 It can also largely depend on your individual network speed, and computer performance. As you say, I was more making the point that its just a quick process. And my meaning for the 1 second was that you only needed to be actually logged into the character for that brief of a time. Not the actual log in time. But the time spent logged into the actual after after the loading. It's just to make the character recognized as having been signed in more recently than whatever number of days offline.

Also as a player, I love playing Kheldians and Stone Armor. and this update is such a game changer for players like me! This one update is worth all of page for 4 for me haha

The trouble with this is that there are plenty of active accounts with 50+ lvl 1 name holders that are inactive for like 2 years. So, an account wide thing doesn't help curb that particular issue. However, with it being per character, once you load into your character select screen, you'll see little notifications beside characters at risk. And a person could avoid this by simply logging into each alt just once a month for about a half second.

Hi everyone! First of all, as always, I thoroughly enjoy all of the content you guys are creating! We really enjoy playing through all of them and seeing all the creative stories you guys come up with. Having said that, we've selected some more story arcs for Dev's Choice that we really enjoyed! The author(s) will receive 1,000 Reward Merits and a Golden Title. I will be in contact with you shortly regarding your rewards! Please keep in mind if you have previously submitted an arc it is still a potential Dev's contender, we have not yet been able to review them all and are working on an active list. We will continue to update you on selected arcs, so check back often! Any previously awarded "Dev's Choice" arcs, will be moved to "Hall of Fame". After testing the current selection, be sure to filter for these to checkout some other great arcs! The SUPERBrawl Games Arc ID: 16818 Created by: @YourOlPalVoodoo Number of Missions: 5 Level Range: 40-54 Description: "Your fame (or infamy) has granted you an invitation to compete in the SUPERBrawl games, where super-powered beings compete for cash, prizes, and glory! You will answer host and producer Chester Tickle's challenge?” Dev Review: "Get into the games! Get into the sport! Can you hear that crowd cheering.....for the other team? Get in there and show 'em how it's done!" The Reports of My Death Are Entirely Accurate Arc ID: 34044 Created by: @The Peacock Number of Missions: 5 Level Range: 1 - 54 Description: "Every superhero has a story about how they died and were brought back. This one is yours.” Dev Review: "A creative arc, filled with suspense, drama, romance, and heartbreak! It was a really neat idea, and I may be exaggerating those other points..." Hero Corps: Artifact Smuggling Arc ID: 43497 Created by: @PresidentDSG Number of Missions: 3 Level Range: 1 - 54 Description: "Rare Cimeroran artifacts are turning up all over the criminal underworld- Most of them are new.” Dev Review: "An auction gone ary. Powerful people making power plays. Bullets flying, artifcacts, and hangnails..., it's all so exciting!" Check out these arcs and let us know what you think! Special thank you to all the GMs that help us test out each of these arcs! Your time is incredibly appreciated. Additionally, if you have any arcs to review for Dev's Choice feel free to message them to @GM Sparky via Forum Message or Discord. You can also post any recommended arcs for us to review here:

This may seem silly, but would be willing to entirely shut down your antivirus/firewall programs, then try to launch the game? Not just confirm they let files pass. Sometimes the simplest explination is the best.

if you need to make revisions, just go ahead and message me ill re-flag the arc as dev's choice

Due to a clerical error in records (switching from the old system to our new current system), I personally missed that one of the previously announced arcs was a winner in the past. I have since corrected that error, and updated our records to avoid that in the future. Thank you to those who took notice and informed me. I really do appreciate you all.

Hi everyone! First of all, as always, I thoroughly enjoy all of the content you guys are creating! We really enjoy playing through all of them and seeing all the creative stories you guys come up with. Having said that, we've selected some more story arcs for Dev's Choice that we really enjoyed! The author(s) will receive 1,000 Reward Merits and a Golden Title. I will be in contact with you shortly regarding your rewards! Please keep in mind if you have previously submitted an arc it is still a potential Dev's contender, we have not yet been able to review them all and are working on an active list. We will continue to update you on selected arcs, so check back often! Any previously awarded "Dev's Choice" arcs, will be moved to "Hall of Fame". After testing the current selection, be sure to filter for these to checkout some other great arcs! The Warburg Connection Arc ID: 34211 Created by: @Take One Number of Missions: 5 Level Range: 46-52 Description: "Alan Desslock needs your help to handle some business in Warburg. What at first seems like a normal spying and bloody murder turns out to be something much more personal.” Dev Review: "If you're into villain-side content, this is a great prequel arc to Arbiter Daos' arc involving the Scorpion Gang. Overall definitely enjoyable!" The Genesis & Geneticists of the Coming Hamiggedon Arc ID: 26387 Created by: @Ankylosaur Number of Missions: 5 Level Range: 41 - 54 Description: "Dr. Andros Soineanu's genetics field research team has gone silent while investigating the Devouring Earth for Arachnos. Help him recover them and continue his research for Project Fury: Plant-Hybrids!” Dev Review: "Enjoyable comic book themed story with a strong ending and fun unique characters." Check out these arcs and let us know what you think! Special thank you to all the GMs that help us test out each of these arcs! Your time is incredibly appreciated. Additionally, if you have any arcs to review for Dev's Choice feel free to message them to @GM Sparky via Forum Message or Discord. You can also post any recommended arcs for us to review here:

Hi everyone! First of all, as always, I thoroughly enjoy all of the content you guys are creating! We really enjoy playing through all of them and seeing all the creative stories you guys come up with. Having said that, we've selected some more story arcs for Dev's Choice that we really enjoyed! The author(s) will receive 1,000 Reward Merits and a Golden Title. I will be in contact with you shortly regarding your rewards! Please keep in mind if you have previously submitted an arc it is still a potential Dev's contender, we have not yet been able to review them all and are working on an active list. We will continue to update you on selected arcs, so check back often! Any previously awarded "Dev's Choice" arcs, will be moved to "Hall of Fame". After testing the current selection, be sure to filter for these to checkout some other great arcs! The Golden Age of the Paragon Society Arc ID: 3408 Created by: @WrongNumber Number of Missions: 5 Level Range: 25-54 Description: "Every citizen of Paracon City has heard of the adventures of the Paragon Society, a hero group that was active from the 1930's through the 1970's. The last surviving member of this group has asked for your help investigating a secret involving the 5th Column that dates back to World War 2. [SFMA]” Dev Review: "An extremely enjoyable arc which involves stopping the 5th Column from restarting an old experiment. This whole arc has that Justice Society of America feel from the classic comics and is just overall well organized and consistent. I would definitely recommend this be played by anyone who enjoys beating up 5th Column and that classical comic style.” The House of Gaunt Saints Arc ID: 37489 Created by: @Darmian Number of Missions: 5 Level Range: 20 - 25 Description: "In the shadows of Praetoria a secret war rages as Praetor Sinclair seeks to wipe out traitors who have allied themselves with the forces of Primal Earth and attempt to sabatage the Emperor's plans. There can be no mercy. [A Praetorian SFMA set prior to the War.] [Tenebrae 3]”. Dev Review: "This arc is all about Praetor Sinclair's attempt to permanently deal with Mr. G aka Doppelganger aka Praetorian Protean. There are several twists and turns, some interesting custom mobs, and overall a well written story that fits right in with praetorian content. Darmian's traditional formatting is once again present, and as always is excellent and really improves the readability of the story/clues. I'd definitely roll up a praetorian and go through this arc chronologically with the other praetorian arcs." Gravity Arc ID: 42775 Created by: @cranebump Number of Missions: 5 Level Range: 30 - 35 Description: "[SFMA] DATA calls on you to lend a hand with a current conundrum. As always, though, there's more on the horizon than initially appears. Can you bring yet another sinister plot crashing to Earth? Or will your unseen foe achieve their sky-high aspirations?”. Dev Review: "A fun arc where you uncover a strange plot by a rogue Crey scientist. The missions were enjoyable and the story was quite solid. All in all, I'd definitely run through the arc again!" Check out these arcs and let us know what you think! Special thank you to all the GMs that help us test out each of these arcs! Your time is incredibly appreciated. Additionally, if you have any arcs to review for Dev's Choice you can post those recommended arcs for us to review here:

YES! Keep encouraging more people to create and submit arcs. We love the arcs!

To my knowledge, there's never been any occurrence of this in our contests. We individually test every arc that's submitted

Gotta be a Santa or a variant of Santa's name.

Those are descriptions easily found in the AE search when you click on the missions in-game

Hi everyone! First of all, as always, I thoroughly enjoy all of the content you guys are creating! We really enjoy playing through all of them and seeing all the creative stories you guys come up with. Having said that, we've selected some more story arcs for Dev's Choice that we really enjoyed! The author(s) will receive 1,000 Reward Merits and a Golden Title. I will be in contact with you shortly regarding your rewards! Please keep in mind if you have previously submitted an arc it is still a potential Dev's contender, we have not yet been able to review them all and are working on an active list. We will continue to update you on selected arcs, so check back often! Any previously awarded "Dev's Choice" arcs, will be moved to "Hall of Fame". After testing the current selection, be sure to filter for these to checkout some other great arcs! Police vs. Aliens 2: Nictus Evictus Arc ID: 43278 Created by: @Ankylosaur Number of Missions: 5 Description: "Your old Transcended pal, Col. Buddy Bolton of the PPD, left a message on your phone. You haven't talked with him since fighting Nictus on Praetoria! Call him back to see what he needs?" Dev Review: "This arc was so loved by our GM team that it was nominated for testing for Dev's Choice, and it's earned a well deserved place in the ranks of other Dev's Choice winners. Not to give you any spoilers, but there's a Nictus or two in there! Jump in and enjoy yourselves in this story arc - we sure did." Kheldian Uprising Arc ID: 36583 Created by: @NyxiaSnow Number of Missions: 5 Description: "'The path of the Dark' ensured their continued presence up until now through the manipulation of people and world events to ensure the survivgal of their race... It's finally high time someone shed some light on this 'Path' once and for all." Dev Review: "A mysterious benefactor urges you to help save the world. Can you survive the enemy's plans? We really enjoyed this bit of story telling prowess, and we hope you will too." New Heroes of Paragon Arc ID: 42432 Created by: @Electricboots Number of Missions: 5 Description: "'This is my first arc. Basically, read the clues and the NPC chat to give you an idea of what's going on. 🙂 This arc is probably more fun solo or on a small team. At x8 difficulty things look a bit "too much". Also, it's easier to follow the story is you are a team lead or solo." Dev Review: "Cheesy and enjoyable from beginning to end! This reminds me a lot of comic books from younger years. It was wholesome fun, and loved all the custom characters tossed into the mix. Well done!" Check out these arcs and let us know what you think! Special thank you to all the GMs and Admins that help us test out each of these arcs! Your time is incredibly appreciated. Additionally, if you have any arcs to review for Dev's Choice fell free to post any recommended arcs for us to review here:

This contest was an absolute pleasure from beginning to end. We had so many amazing submissions that it really made things hard for us to pick the winner. But pick a winner, we did. Close to the Sun Arc ID: 43275 Publisher: Psychopithicus Arc Description: Feeling that something is amiss with the timeline, Montague Castanella asks for capable individuals to venture into the ancient land of Cimerora to investigate. It soon becomes clear, however, that something is happening that could irreparably warp the future, and must be stopped before it starts. Review: "This arc focused on Montague’s power to sense changes in timelines. In these missions, you’ll tango with what should have been against what is. As past and future fold in on themselves, all you can do is enjoy the ride!" Congratz to our winner! and a huge thank you to everyone who submit your amazing arcs. Everything was so much fun to play through. You are all rockstars at content creation! Please keep up the amazing work, and please keep giving us more great stuff to dive into!