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So far, Indom has been the shard I've been the most successful at getting non farm AE formed. Been cycling servers so we'll see how things continue.

Giving a reminder that this Sunday is the day! Looking forward to seeing who all from Excelsior shows up for this.

Mission 2 Pickling Herbs & Spices This is a large cargo crate you used to sneak onto the Sky Raider ship. Blast your way out of here! -I think this is the original description for the box? Most wouldn't notice but just noting. pickle tank This is weird high-tech tank-thing is just about human-sized, but what would they be for? -I think this is also the original description but the main thing I noticed is that the name is lowercase. Mission 4 Voodoo Programming Voodoo Programming is naively constructed code that you hope will work, despite a completelack of proof that it will. -'complete' and 'lack' need a space between them. Mission 5 6 Office Furniture Needs Protecting -Grammatically incorrect but in a way I've seen official missions do. Should be something like '# Pieces of Office Furniture To Protect' Now, it's quite possible I'm fundamentally the wrong person to critique a radio style mission. If I get a chance, I'll try to run this with a team and see what they think.

Currently, Legacy Chain starts at level 5. I'd like to see them lowered to level 1. The low level versions are mostly 'dude with sword' and it would be good for villains to fight the heroic mages than Circle of Thorns all the time.

I'm an embarrassingly slow leveler but I'm deep in the planning stages for Capitaine Haïti. I guess stating intent ahead of time helps avoid two people choosing the same country.

While I haven't read the comics yet and there's in game plots I've missed, I'm a little weirded out that people thought that Miss Liberty was a teenager. But I think that ties to the comment that not all of the game's writing is good combined with comic book time. I've always felt that Longbow was the game's best faction due to the ability to tell so many different stories with them ranging G.I. Joe pure heroics to vigilantes going too far. The problem is that the devs seemed to only want to go darker. While the Horrors of War is a great storyline, in a lot of ways it feels more like a way to showcase (again) that Nemesis is a racist madman as opposed to showcasing Tendaji's goodness or Dietrich's change of heart. Then the issue where real world perception of things like the military and police affects the view of the game's factions. I think the PPD in particular get hit by this on multiple different layers but I think that may require a separate post.

It seems like someone else noted typos so I won't dwell on that unless you want. Instead, I'll focus on structure. I'll say that the arc has some quiet things that pull it away from it's stated mission of feeling like radio mission. The really quiet thing is the insistance on no clues. While I have more experience with newspapers than radios, they often still have clues. Mind you, the clues are simple and it's only one per mission if they exist, they still exist sometimes. In fairness, people probably ignore them on teams. Chris having the exact same outro four missions in a row feels...unfinished? I know that it's to keep things moving but, eh. On difficulty, I would be careful with the Kallisti Wharf offices since the spawn placement is rather dense. Otherwise, it was fun overall. Conceptually, I liked the fireworks mission the most. Will there be a newspaper variant in the future?

That's sooner than I thought it would be added. But I hadn't done a Wikipedia dive in a while and now I've got ideas. I'll try to be ready in time.

While not perfect, I try to test with a variety of ATs. Particularly, including at least one non melee. I've noticed more than one person mention using a Tanker to test and I wonder if that's skewing things. That said, my weakness is heavy reliance on Test mode which obscures problems that are more noticeable on something published.

I haven't done a souvenir clue yet due to trying to figure out just what would be good additional information to give as tips that doesn't directly fit in the mission itself. Any suggestions from those who have run it? I'm thinking text length is definitely one to bring up.

Not as many people this week but we managed to finish out Heart of Words. The group enjoyed the story and the way it connected to game canon.

For today's Mission Architect Sunday Special, we ran: @Valevard's Heart of Words: Conclusion (58415). A pocket dimensional climax of memory! In after arc discussion, was noting that there's a noticeable lack of shorter story based arcs which makes running two for MASS difficult. I'll see just what I manage to find because NEXT TIME... MASS has its first run on Excelsior on March 16. Due to the raid schedule, MASS will be an hour early at 1-3PM Eastern. Also, I believe this is after Daylight Savings Time for the US.

Sadly, I'm either going to be 10-15 minutes late or I'm going to miss this.

Decided to bring Technician Hugo since I got an outfit ready. May swap if we do two. Never run this before so looking forward to it.

Sunday (2PM) will be the next Mission Architect Sunday Special. We'll be finishing off the Heart of Words arc series.

Like to try for next Saturday but I don't know if I'll bring Technician Hugo (Arsenal/FF Controller) or Ebony Gyro (Elec/Elec Blaster). I think the former I might be able to better match the theme due to the powerset but I'm not sure.

I'd say that might be part of the problem. I've noticed a brief delay after saving/republishing AE arcs so working on two back to back could cause problems. Even when leaning on autosave (which I rarely do since I inherently don't trust autosave in games with a manual save) I make sure I initially make a manual save so the named files don't overwrite each other. Out of curiosity, when did you download Homecoming? Since launcher has changed, you might somehow have two save locations.

I'd also like to be able to set objectives to be available waypoints on the map. Would certainly make many outdoor maps better.

Asked about available times and the first Mission Architect Sunday Special for Excelsior will be Sunday, March 16 at 1-3 PM in the RWZ. This is an hour earlier than when it's run on other servers in order to avoid disrupting the MSR.

Hey! I don't know how many of you visit the Mission Architect section of the forums but I'm putting a version of the Mission Architect Sunday Special thread here for awareness and any questions people might have. MASS is a story focused AE event that cycles through the various shards. The first for Excelsior will be Sunday, March 16 at 1-3 PM in the RWZ.

Sorry about the name error. Just corrected it.

For today's Mission Architect Sunday Special, we ran: @First of Equals' Allegedly, Your Death (65297). Vigilante justice in a caped crusade! Got some PUG interest despite the competing calls from the seasonal event. Pending on the week, it might be best to plan for one arc if it's running long or the group is running low on time. NEXT TIME... MASS returns to Indomitable to finish the Heart of Words series on March 2. The next one will likely be Excelsior but I need to find out if I'm going to move it forward an hour or only run from 2-3PM.

Hmm. Is there anything at 1PM?

Does Excelsior have anything that regularly runs on Sundays between 2-4PM Eastern? I'm asking since I'm running an event through Mission Architect that's cycling through shards and while the time has been perfect for Indomitable and Torchbearer, I lack that knowledge for other shards.

Had plenty of fun today. Ebony wound up just short of hitting 50.