ZamuelNow

After the contest is over, how will Novice bases get categorized in the Tour bases? Separately, how did you get the black void in the Tour base entryways?

I think there's a lot I think the AE story writing community can learn from the base building community. For a while, I've been trying to learn. The first thing is that we're not organized. While the role of Community Rep has been retired, base building has (had?) highly visible members who can communicate with the devs about things the community needs. They also exist to inform the community about things. Perhaps most noteworthy are the base directories. It solves one of the ways where the two communities share an issue--finding player content. AE's search engine is flawed but at least it exists for us. Finding bases to visit requires outside sources, so those are maintained. I had been planning to compile a spreadsheet but hadn't had the time due to all the other AE things I'm working on.

It sounds like you're the last person to blame. I thank you for what you did during your time. And if you ever return--not even as a GM but as player who enjoys CoH--we'll certainly welcome you home.

*leans back in chair* Why not try the arc out and see?

The color cheat sheet is useful if you're trying to match things like villainous red lightning, considering we can't customize the colors of our customs' powers:

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 Victory will be Sunday, May 18 at 2-4 PM EST in Pocket D. Usually it meets in the RWZ but trying something different this time.

For today's Mission Architect Sunday Special, we ran: @cranebump's Of Guns and Asa Ronan (41018). Villainous crime on the Family's dime! @Darmian's Spirals: Part One (55109). A Resistance mystery goldside! Indomitable went the distance with two beefy arcs. The team also got to provide realtime feedback for the author during play. We also got to see a way of handling contact exit text in a way the whole team can view it. We'll see if any new tips and tricks are revealed because... NEXT TIME... MASS has its first run on Victory on May 18. After Victory, MASS will have completed a rotation of the shards!

One of the most fascinating things about base building is the awareness of space. Assuming the base is for an SG of only around 10 people or less, you technically don't need a massive amount of space but some options require more or less space than you realize. I'll likely have more thoughts after I start touring others and after judging is over.

Your character name: Maximum Mutant Your Global handle: @ZamuelNow Are you the owner: Yes Are you the builder: Yes Your base’s name: Radical Sewer Zone The shard it is located on: Indomitable The passcode for entry: SEWER-12045 The category your base is entering under: Novice Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: N/A Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: While Prestige is no longer active, I still opted to design a base using only the default plot size. Both for challenge and for minimalism, while having more going on than just the single room style of base building. It's origin themed and "Mutant" was the most clear idea I had. There were two major inspirations for the style of the base but I also want it to stand on it's own. Some things I couldn't pull off but I'm mostly satisfied with the workarounds.

Bumping the portal alignment question in case anyone else who's working on an entry runs into the same issue:

Looking for where an item is in the editor, if it exists. I was looking for the sewer pipe with grating like the entrance/exits to missions in the sewer. Not expecting the door to be functional but looking for that geometry.

Out of curiosity, is this published yet? Also, always remember to adjust the XP slider so it's giving values for lvl10 instead of the default (lvl 25?). Also, remember you can customize some standard enemy color schemes. My arc Consideration of Knowledge shows some examples but if yours is published we can stick our heads in and offer feedback.

Something I saw on Discord once when a similar conversation came up. Though it would be nice if there was another dedicated hospital map.

With this being a recurring bit of feedback, I've opted to remove these. In the grand scheme of things, it's not needed. Plus, future projects might play in the space of having players in a role and I'd rather not overdo it elsewhere.

We concluded the first Reunion edition of the Mission Architect Sunday Special! Everyone had fun and just what exciting arcs were run today? @Poltergeist Prince's AE Radios: Paralegal Work for Chris Jenkins (66810). Assorted legal assistance! Small turnout but definitely had big "nice to see something in AE that's not a farm" energy. And there were farmers in Pocket D so coexisting is possible. I wonder if numbers will increase for these on the next loop. NEXT TIME... MASS returns to Indomitable on May 4.

Small but enthusiastic turnout. Look forward to when it wraps back around to Reunion.

Today was fun. The captain theme gave me an excuse to do a Wikipedia dive that I haven't done in a while.

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 Reunion will be Sunday, April 20 at 2-4 PM EST (UTC 7-9PM) in Pocket D. Usually it meets in the RWZ but trying something different this time.

I'll be joining with Capitaine Haïti Shield/Rad Tanker.

For today's Mission Architect Sunday Special, we ran: @PW's Two Tickets to Westerly (#1678). A young couple in peril! While small, Indomitable has remained relatively consistent. Don't know if it's due to people who know me there or if it catches attention since it isn't competing against as much on the shard. We'll see because... NEXT TIME... MASS has its first run on Reunion on April 20.

It's not that you can't say it in a work of fiction, just that there's a fuzzy line with the CoC. And AE has been hit with weird restrictions before. The specter of the Marvel case hangs over the game. Why risk it?

Thoroughly enjoyed the arc. Flowed well without clues. Pity we only have that one official hospital map but it worked for the story. Mildly disappointed the "150 year old patients" moment wasn't a reference to the Bad People, Good Intentions arc (as of now in CoH, the MediPorter covers the elderly and disabled). Though it works fine as is, noting that the Council doesn't know what they're doing as opposed to the concept of attacking one group hurts others that are more vulnerable. Didn't see any typos and the only thing of note was: SWAT Officer - This hapless citizen is in over his head. Which seemed generic for an officer but most might not notice.