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I tend to recall getting my ass kicked in Darmian Arcs, rather than the other way ‘round. Don’t get me wrong, I rarely outright die. But, by the time it’s over, Ive had more close shaves than Sweeney Todd

A bit of that and first Dr Strange film I’d say.:-)

Finished 1st part of 2-Arc story. Am delaying release until both are done. Here's the capsule: [SFMA] Villainous you is recruited by Longbow straightarrow Sefu Tendaji in promise of a someday favor. But a murder in the stormy present quickly obscures your future prospects, by placing you at the focal point of a massive conspiracy disguised as a civil defense plan. Fancy that. Me doing a conspiracy arc.:-)

It may as well not be, since Johnny Sonata has those mystical protection wards surrounding it.

Then we better be f'in good, for f'in sake!

Prompting him to write If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free. I think that made Sting feel better about what happened, but the stalker song is still pretty popular. But it's not the worst wedding song. That would be this one: 🙂

Molly, God Bless 'im, but he misses a ton. He's often not soloing, so I'm sure he's pushing through partially because he’s leading a team (and let’s face it — some of our stuff can be, erm...wordy [we're writing a story, right?]). Unfortunately you miss stuff that can enhance the story. For example: when he ran Cage Match, there were significant Mish begin/end clues that served as my version of "cut scenes," which, if read, would've foreshadowed the Mish 5's finale. When he did check his screen for them, he was a mish or two past when they were relevant, so he decided to skip them and move on. For my part, I was philosophical. I'm thinking, Okay, we probably could use those a bit less text maybe? At the same time, I'm thinking, Man...there's a lot of story missing here. In the end, I guess I had enough for the story to make sense, since Molly DID go on to part 2 (Grudge Match). That was really cool, as it meant he wanted to "finish" the story. BUT...he later mentioned doing the finale (Match Point), but never returned to it (pretty sure he did something from futuretails, whose stuff we seem to see almost every week, which, if nothing else, speaks as much to how nice Vale is, since the player-author is basically right there, nudging for their arcs to be run. From my perspective, it feels like a squeaky wheel thing. But who knows? It's Molly's channel. He can do what he wants. Way I look at it, if anything of mine gets run, esp. on Twitch, it's just gravy. The fact that a major portion of a particular episode in the stream is devoted to it is a public service. But, to be on point here -- make no mistake: TN's writeups are special. There is NO comparison here. It's its own kickass thing. It's part of Engineria's journey. There's a history there, like a sprawling set of novels. So, when it comes to whose space is the Regnum Rex of Reviews*, there's no contest. It's TN. *I'm fairly certain this is improper usage.

Same. My redside char is running old contacts/mishes that I don't remember AT ALL, and I'm like, Huh...this ain't bad. Speaking of: Darla Mavis. This is a legacy contact, right? Recently ran this, and I swear to God, I don't remember her arc at all. (and man - she mean, y'all. I like it!).

I don't think you need to tweak any of them, honestly. I didn't have settings cranked up all the way. Someone who wants the pain can always jack it up to +4/x8. I just did +0/x3.

I wouldn’t say they were all easy, but my brute was never in danger. I think the boss that started with a K (I want to say Korax, but I honest,y don’t remember) could have been tough if I hadn’t stunned him with my energy melee.did that to him twice. Malephor lasted a long time, but never made much of a dent in my health. I was playing a 50 Brute with no incarnate abilities, but lots of IO sets.

Finished the arc. Disposed of the bosses (ignored the patrols). That map's always a tough one due to visibility. Len aggroed one of the bosses and nearly disposed of them himself. I walked over and took out the minions. The only thing I might do is make boss objectives "boss only" defeats, rather than having to deal with the minions. They didn't fly away on me, but I can see something like that happening and maybe annoying some players. Overall, it looks clean and finished. Players who like taking out multiple mobs on open maps will enjoy the multitude of enemies. The ambush mish in the Praet tunnels was probably my favorite, since I had to think fast when the ambushes showed. Plus, one of the allies, Bargest, had such a long run to the exit, I kept picking him up as I went. He'd stop and say, "I smell something," and there'd be bad guys nearby, so it felt like he was scouting ahead. 🙂

Just finished the ally mish. Picked up allies. Cit was a "prisoner" prior to the bait set. Then all hell broke loose. Handled it. Picked up Arc Flash and the MM. Ran into the enemy General on the way out. The team did a pretty good job wiping out stuff on its own. Allies were useful to deal with early ambushes. I was wondering why the general wasn't an objective, though. Some of the crew early on. P.S. One of the allies is a real dick.:-) (Oh, so you admit I'm right, etc.) Too bad I couldn't power crash him in the mouth.:-)

AGREED! I totally forgot about this path. Did it before, some time ago. Fun and very effective. (Now I have to do one again, damn you).:-)

I keep hoping thatI can get members of my table top group. So far nothing more than dabbling. I honestly think in a way that the game is too much for them. There are a lot of buttons and slots and everything else. I would like to say that all of this is user-unfriendly, but there is no way I can know since I’ve been doing this long enough to where everything is second nature, and I’ve completely forgotten what it was like when I first played. Except for three slotting sprint on a low level character, which is a level of mendacity that one never forgets:-)

Yes. But your ignorance should save you from the Sharkhead body bag pile. They knew too much, you see…:-)

Oh, come on. We can be old AND stupid. (Why settle for less?):-)

Will using Cit as an escort in this way avoid the whole circular logic issue that sometimes causes scripting conflicts?

Another vote for Fulcrum Shift. Seems almost unfair I (we) get buffed, while you (they) get gimped.

This where we could really use physique sliders in order to properly portray the "magnificence." Also the battle cry needs to be longer, so you can include this gem: “The day I realized it can be smart to be shallow was, for me, a deep experience.”

I rarely play Inc content, and I think I may be outright done with building any more Incarnate toons. So #'s 1-3 don't mean much anymore. I DO use the Emp Merits to get the snazzy super insps and sell them on the market for seed cash (I'll keep a couple few level boosters for emergencies). Primarily Use #4 to get the AT Enhances (though I will convert some to salvage to sell, if I must have Inf on the spot [and am not willing to jump on a "seed toon" that moment]. I sell every #5 I get.

If I get a chance, I'll take a look at it. That said, I wouldn't be too surprised about a lack of responses. It's rare to get progressive guest feedback on a work in progress. You could try forming a team and running it through, then asking for responses. @Darmian has taken people through his arcs, though I think they were considered "finished."

Halfway, as of last night. No seed money from other toons. I’m not allowed to do P2W double XP. But no one said anything about logging out at the Day Job XP buffs.:-) And I can use the market as normal.

Well…them zombies gots to eat SOMETHIN’.;-) (wife dared me to solo an MM to 50, redside, since she knows I don’t like messing with pets and because I don’t run straight villains very much. Every one of the pets is a “Will” as well. Shakespeare, Wheaton, Shatner, Trent, etc. She wanted me to name one of them ‘Will Bur” and I was like, “who’s that?” The pig from Charlotte’s web. Yeah, we said no to that one. It’s already a painful experience.):-)