Neji_Hawke Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 AE Tittle: The Rathian Returns Arc ID: 57024 I just want some reviews and thoughts on how this AE is going. It is still a work in progress, I am still cleaning up, adding bio info to characters and testing. Any thoughts on how I can improve it or if something is missed spelled please let me know. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranebump Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) I'll give it a run when I get a chance. Upcoming weekend is busier than usual. Was this the arc on Mollywauk's twitch channel? Edited September 19 by cranebump 1 Looking for SFMA content over multiple arcs? Search for the following under "cranebump." LONG FORM: Ordinary People [3 parts] Investigation of a series of thefts leads you deep into a vengeful plot that threatens all of Paragon City. Will you and Kings Row's "ordinary" heroes be able to stop it? Leviathan [5 parts] The assassination of a local politician with national aspirations sets off a media frenzy among everyone's favorite reactionary network, NewsAnon. Among their targets? You. Mobius [5 Parts]: Visions of past, present, and possibility collide, as you and the Autumn Wards unravel the mystery of the 7-year time gap. Fallout (3 Parts) When your initial investigation into a theft at a local S&L reveals a connection to its stolen tech, the drawn-down Autumn Wards bring you in to investigate. The Cage Series [3 parts]: The Iron Widow is back! Or...is she? Your vigilante philosophy is put to the test in this tale of shifting loyalties and outright deceit. The Bleed [3 parts]: Your investigation of arcane fissures in IP leads you to uncover a 100-year old secret shrouded in magic, blood, and betrayal. Noble Mettle [2 parts]: A Sky Raider raid on the Paragon Commodities Commission turns from simple kidnapping to a complicated scheme involving mercenaries, "Communists," economics, and chemistry.. One Shots: Of Guns and Asa Ronan; The Tenuous State of Grace; Garden of the Will; Gravity; The Book of Bond's; The Lost Girls; Injustice Systems; Wednesday’s Wyverns; Of ‘Dine and Men; Dark Legacy; Shadow and Silver, The Re-education of Westin Phipps, Potter's Field; Magnjficence; Squalls and the Comet, Turf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji_Hawke Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 Yes. And thank you for running it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyksie Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 (edited) This doesn't have quite as many spelling errors as some arcs I've played. And, the Mary Sue isn't quite as blatant. Edited September 20 by Kyksie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranebump Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 A Kyksie sighting! Feel honored, Neji.:-) 1 Looking for SFMA content over multiple arcs? Search for the following under "cranebump." LONG FORM: Ordinary People [3 parts] Investigation of a series of thefts leads you deep into a vengeful plot that threatens all of Paragon City. Will you and Kings Row's "ordinary" heroes be able to stop it? Leviathan [5 parts] The assassination of a local politician with national aspirations sets off a media frenzy among everyone's favorite reactionary network, NewsAnon. Among their targets? You. Mobius [5 Parts]: Visions of past, present, and possibility collide, as you and the Autumn Wards unravel the mystery of the 7-year time gap. Fallout (3 Parts) When your initial investigation into a theft at a local S&L reveals a connection to its stolen tech, the drawn-down Autumn Wards bring you in to investigate. The Cage Series [3 parts]: The Iron Widow is back! Or...is she? Your vigilante philosophy is put to the test in this tale of shifting loyalties and outright deceit. The Bleed [3 parts]: Your investigation of arcane fissures in IP leads you to uncover a 100-year old secret shrouded in magic, blood, and betrayal. Noble Mettle [2 parts]: A Sky Raider raid on the Paragon Commodities Commission turns from simple kidnapping to a complicated scheme involving mercenaries, "Communists," economics, and chemistry.. One Shots: Of Guns and Asa Ronan; The Tenuous State of Grace; Garden of the Will; Gravity; The Book of Bond's; The Lost Girls; Injustice Systems; Wednesday’s Wyverns; Of ‘Dine and Men; Dark Legacy; Shadow and Silver, The Re-education of Westin Phipps, Potter's Field; Magnjficence; Squalls and the Comet, Turf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyksie Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 (edited) 19 hours ago, cranebump said: A Kyksie sighting! Feel honored, Neji.:-) Yep, for the most part I've given up reviewing arcs. Back on Live, there were 392 new arcs every week, so people needed some sort of guide as to which were worth their time and which sucked. Here we get 2-3 arcs a month, and almost all are consistently good. As for The Rathian Returns, the player (reduced to level 34 for some reason) is talking with a contact named "Bunbree", who tells us how "the Rathian" fell, so we go to Croatoa to watch, or maybe we're traveling back in time or something. We beat off loads of Tuatha to rescue the guy and then get hit with an EB ambush. Then to Neutropolis to click eight glowies and fight another EB, then a warehouse where we fight Arachnos, click nine glowies, then fight a Skull EB who spawns near the entrance and runs when low on health, mission failed. Finally we go to Atlas, where we smash three "death cauldrons" and fight an eb who is invisible until you are on top of him. The arc is clearly a love letter to the author's chars, but I can forgive that because it doesn't remind us how awesome they are every thirty seconds. I can almost forgive excessive glowies, tough EBs without warning the player, and a boss that requires ten minutes searching. What I can't forgive is the million billion spelling errors. If you're making pancakes for someone, first make sure that the skillet is clean and the pancake mix didn't expire during the Bush administration. If you're going to give someone a ride to work, clean your kids' vomit off the back seat first, maybe spray a little Febreze or something. And if you're making an AE arc, especially a story focused one, give it at least one pass through a spell checker first. Edited September 21 by Kyksie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerroirNoir2 Posted Friday at 03:07 PM Share Posted Friday at 03:07 PM To be honest @Kyksie I don't know where you found the time! My own output has slowed down considerably given some changes in real life and there's not much I can do about that right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranebump Posted Friday at 05:32 PM Share Posted Friday at 05:32 PM 2 hours ago, TerroirNoir2 said: To be honest @Kyksie I don't know where you found the time! My own output has slowed down considerably given some changes in real life and there's not much I can do about that right now. +1. Doing even 1 review in just minimal fashion takes as long as just running several solo mishes (y'know...just playing the game). Doing an in-depth one, even of a single arc, is a full day's work (and then some, if you do what TN's been doing). 1 2 1 Looking for SFMA content over multiple arcs? Search for the following under "cranebump." LONG FORM: Ordinary People [3 parts] Investigation of a series of thefts leads you deep into a vengeful plot that threatens all of Paragon City. Will you and Kings Row's "ordinary" heroes be able to stop it? Leviathan [5 parts] The assassination of a local politician with national aspirations sets off a media frenzy among everyone's favorite reactionary network, NewsAnon. Among their targets? You. Mobius [5 Parts]: Visions of past, present, and possibility collide, as you and the Autumn Wards unravel the mystery of the 7-year time gap. Fallout (3 Parts) When your initial investigation into a theft at a local S&L reveals a connection to its stolen tech, the drawn-down Autumn Wards bring you in to investigate. The Cage Series [3 parts]: The Iron Widow is back! Or...is she? Your vigilante philosophy is put to the test in this tale of shifting loyalties and outright deceit. The Bleed [3 parts]: Your investigation of arcane fissures in IP leads you to uncover a 100-year old secret shrouded in magic, blood, and betrayal. Noble Mettle [2 parts]: A Sky Raider raid on the Paragon Commodities Commission turns from simple kidnapping to a complicated scheme involving mercenaries, "Communists," economics, and chemistry.. One Shots: Of Guns and Asa Ronan; The Tenuous State of Grace; Garden of the Will; Gravity; The Book of Bond's; The Lost Girls; Injustice Systems; Wednesday’s Wyverns; Of ‘Dine and Men; Dark Legacy; Shadow and Silver, The Re-education of Westin Phipps, Potter's Field; Magnjficence; Squalls and the Comet, Turf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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