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    Crane's World

    in Mission Architect

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    35 minutes ago, SeraphimKensai said:

     

    It was pretty fun, even when facing three groups at once that had bosses either running hurricane and dropping freezing rain/snowstorm or running lightning field and sapping endurance while complimented by minions that shot out swarms of bees and lieutenants stacking trip mines all over.

    Heh. "Fun," eh?:-)

     

    Team experience is SO much different than solo. I find feedback like that fascinating. What's a bit of a cakewalk on default is suddenly an uh-oh...

     

    Priceless stuff. Thanks again!

    Adding an ally

    in Mission Architect

    Posted · Edited by cranebump

    If you set the map enemies to empty, then set the ally surrounding group to empty (and then “single” if it appears), they will be auto-rescued. You’ll then just need to go to them to pick them up and have them follow.

     

    as for your map, you can populate with patrols, bosses, destroy object, etc. 

    Crane's 50th arc

    in Mission Architect

    Posted

    Thirty Thousand Seconds [ID: 64072] L44-50

    Trapped in a psychic cage by a powerful villain, you assume the identity of the legendary Aristotle Frost, navigating your way through the last hours leading to his tragic fall.

     

    No notes or spoilers or anything for this one. 

    Not the usual noir, or intricate semi-real world intrigue. But (perhaps) a veil of tears -- in 4 parts.:-)

    It's intended to be soloed.  Hope you like it. (and, uh...lemme know what typos I have THIS time).:-)

     

    Thanks for the support,

    Crane

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    A Common Theme - Contacting [appropriately] new players or old players returning...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Sure, there can be mitigating factors (like technical ones) for someone on your team just not responding to important communications. But someone hopping on a team, then intentionally choosing not to respond to reasonable comms isn't exercising a "playstyle." This is a behavior called, um, I think the technical term is...Oh, yes!  "Being a dick."

     

    Nailed it in one!:-)

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    What is Meant by "Weak" or "Underperforming" Powersets?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by cranebump

    4 hours ago, Without_Pause said:

    Sometimes you need to be a dick.

     

    Hmmmm....trying to recall a specific situation where I was a dick because I needed to be...

     

    Hmmm...

     

    Nope. My choice. I just was one. Every. Single. Time.

     

    (yay, me?):-)

     

    [For the record, I thought the "not to be a dick" phrase could've just been omitted from the question, Isn't 'underperforming' self-explanatory? Other than that, agree with W_P's assertion that qualifying a repugnant statement with an inverse assertion is just plain hypocritical (and a bit insulting). I didn’t think the post was repugnant though]

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    Crane's Short Reviews

    in Mission Architect

    Posted

    23 hours ago, TerroirNoir said:

    Hmm. Not only is @cranebump apparently writing four excellent AEs PER DAY, he's now overtaking me in the one thing I know how to do on this damn forum!  Insert Muttley noises about here.

    Noooooo. Not even close. I am a pale shadow of your transcendent Enginerianess.:-)

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    Crane's Short Reviews

    in Mission Architect

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Zhym said:

    And I used to think I was nitpicky for hating timed missions and kill-all missions.

     

    Congratulations; you've won the "petty peeve" contest!  Beating me at that game is quite the accomplishment.

    Thank you. Thank you very much.

     

    (pst...semicolons are stupid):-)

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    Prestige and subscription

    in General Discussion

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    2 hours ago, Luminara said:

    Furthermore, the conflation of money with improvement is erroneous.  There are far too many bad games out there in the wild, developed by people paid to do it, to believe that hiring a developer or two (which would be all they could afford), or putting the money into their own accounts, would make the game "better".  Money isn't an assurance of quality these days, nor does it buy commitment or familiarity with the engine and all of its glorious flaws.

    Bingo. Very much Bingo. Bingo was its name-o.

     

    (did I mention bingo?)

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    Where does HC come down on historical characters in AE/MA?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by cranebump

    Welllll...I personally haven't used specific people in any of my arcs. But I did create one that featured a parody of certain types of "news organizations." Turns out the talking head* that was spewing anti-superhero sentiment was just a tool for the actual string pullers/power brokers. 

     

    Not that my that would mirror anything in real life...at all...:-)

     

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    Spoiler

    Whose name just happened to be Tucker Hannity.

     

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    Crane's Short Reviews

    in Mission Architect

    Posted · Edited by cranebump

    Once a Hero [ID: 37945] by @Lord of Robotics

    In this well-constructed L20-29 arc, your contact is Psychic Witch. She wants you to check into a new drug on the scene, called Dreaming. Skulls have it. It’s not good. For them or anyone. Your adventure in bustin’ takes you through some rescues and such, where you discover that the drug seems to put people into a - ready for it? - dream state.:-) The real mystery of course is where all the weird monsters are coming from when they do (witches and such, zombie types, and some reskinned baddies, along with many customs). Eventually you discover that [REDACTED] is behind the drug, and that their experiments have [REALLY LONG AND SUPER REDACTED]. It’s an excellently constructed arc, with real care and attention to detail. It is uniformly solid. Has a bit of a twist, but it’s well-telegraphed. I particularly  liked the hero NPC brothers you run into on the Croatoa map. My one single petty gripe – there’s a semicolon. I hate semicolons. People don’t speak in semicolons. And, like Vonnegut said…[ahem] But I digress.:-) This is great work. A dreamy 5 stars for this one, and a non-horrific Seal of Approval.

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