Recommended Story Arc?

[ImperialZombie7]

20 hours ago, GM Impervium said:

There are some contacts, particularly for Nictus/Soldiers of Arachnos, who have new missions every five levels.

Also, a few Contacts besides that have a low-level story arc, and a higher-level story arc (Monty Castanella of the Midnighters springs to mind)

im not playing villian so that dont really help?

[TerroirNoir2]

And all that before you look at some of the great work players themselves have created in Architect Entertainment. I know some of my favorite stories are found there.

[UltraAlt]

6 hours ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

i am already doing some stories

 

Okay. I thought you were asking for recommended story arcs.

My confusion.

 

6 hours ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

im a bit confused as to why its a problem

 

Why what is a problem?

 

6 hours ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

i dont play with anyway

 

I don't understand what you are saying.

Perhaps there is a problem with translation.

 

It might be better to reply with your own language - if English is not your primary language - and we can see if we can better communicate through that.

 

Okay. now you started responding to your own posts?

 

5 hours ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

I have donee plenty of story stuff i dont understand how this dumb system work, the one and only time i talked to a signature story arc npc they told me to come back at lvl 40

 

Okay, so if an NPC tells you to come back at level 40, then your character isn't a high enough level for that content/part of their arc. You need to level up to that level before getting another mission from that contact.

 

5 hours ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

nah it was in atlas park, so i assumed signature arcs where mid to high level content

 

Oh, you were trying to run "Who will die?" or whatever that thing is called.

Yeah, that is not a "regular" content.

 

If you want to run story content on your level ... and you are almost level 40 ... 

I don't have a level 39, but I have a level 38.

Let's look at the mission contacts that the character can pick from at that level.

 

Opening the contact list, I see that I have active missions for Ginger Yates (Her level range is 35-39). If I go to one of the other contacts listed, they may simply give me another contact and then go inactive, so let's ignore them for the moment.

 

 

The next thing I'm going to do is to click on "Find Contact" - this will list contact mission arcs that are appropriate for a level 38.

Scrolling through these the options are:

Archmage Hellewise, Atherton Cromwell, Fireball, Trilogy, Sir Lionel, Sir Lionel, Mistress Maria, Levantera, Ginger Yates, Montague Castanella

 

 

From that lot, I would go with Levantera or Trilogy if you are new to the game.

Levantera is an introduction to Vanguard and the Rikti invasion. This sets your character up to fight against the Rikti invasion in the Rikti War Zone.

Trilogy is different and fun.

 

 

You can teleport directly to a contact from the "find contact" list by click on the "teleport to contact" button.

 

 

 

Edited August 8, 2024 by UltraAlt

[ImperialZombie7]

2 hours ago, UltraAlt said:

 

Okay. I thought you were asking for recommended story arcs.

My confusion.

 

 

Why what is a problem?

 

 

I don't understand what you are saying.

Perhaps there is a problem with translation.

 

It might be better to reply with your own language - if English is not your primary language - and we can see if we can better communicate through that.

 

Okay. now you started responding to your own posts?

 

 

Okay, so if an NPC tells you to come back at level 40, then your character isn't a high enough level for that content/part of their arc. You need to level up to that level before getting another mission from that contact.

 

 

Oh, you were trying to run "Who will die?" or whatever that thing is called.

Yeah, that is not a "regular" content.

 

If you want to run story content on your level ... and you are almost level 40 ... 

I don't have a level 39, but I have a level 38.

Let's look at the mission contacts that the character can pick from at that level.

 

Opening the contact list, I see that I have active missions for Ginger Yates (Her level range is 35-39). If I go to one of the other contacts listed, they may simply give me another contact and then go inactive, so let's ignore them for the moment.

 

 

The next thing I'm going to do is to click on "Find Contact" - this will list contact mission arcs that are appropriate for a level 38.

Scrolling through these the options are:

Archmage Hellewise, Atherton Cromwell, Fireball, Trilogy, Sir Lionel, Sir Lionel, Mistress Maria, Levantera, Ginger Yates, Montague Castanella

 

 

From that lot, I would go with Levantera or Trilogy if you are new to the game.

Levantera is an introduction to Vanguard and the Rikti invasion. This sets your character up to fight against the Rikti invasion in the Rikti War Zone.

Trilogy is different and fun.

 

 

You can teleport directly to a contact from the "find contact" list by click on the "teleport to contact" button.

 

 

 

Yes i understand all this already, im not this high level from doing nothing for 7 months, The confusion im having is how to do SIGNATURE STORY ARCS FOR CHRISTS SAKE I HAVE SPELLED IT OUT ALREADY, But everytime I ask people just say to start over which makes no sense, Like all i want is info on how to get the signature arcs started jeez, why is this so hard to understand 

[ImperialZombie7]

2 hours ago, UltraAlt said:

 

Okay. I thought you were asking for recommended story arcs.

My confusion.

 

 

Why what is a problem?

 

 

I don't understand what you are saying.

Perhaps there is a problem with translation.

 

It might be better to reply with your own language - if English is not your primary language - and we can see if we can better communicate through that.

 

Okay. now you started responding to your own posts?

 

 

Okay, so if an NPC tells you to come back at level 40, then your character isn't a high enough level for that content/part of their arc. You need to level up to that level before getting another mission from that contact.

 

 

Oh, you were trying to run "Who will die?" or whatever that thing is called.

Yeah, that is not a "regular" content.

 

If you want to run story content on your level ... and you are almost level 40 ... 

I don't have a level 39, but I have a level 38.

Let's look at the mission contacts that the character can pick from at that level.

 

Opening the contact list, I see that I have active missions for Ginger Yates (Her level range is 35-39). If I go to one of the other contacts listed, they may simply give me another contact and then go inactive, so let's ignore them for the moment.

 

 

The next thing I'm going to do is to click on "Find Contact" - this will list contact mission arcs that are appropriate for a level 38.

Scrolling through these the options are:

Archmage Hellewise, Atherton Cromwell, Fireball, Trilogy, Sir Lionel, Sir Lionel, Mistress Maria, Levantera, Ginger Yates, Montague Castanella

 

 

From that lot, I would go with Levantera or Trilogy if you are new to the game.

Levantera is an introduction to Vanguard and the Rikti invasion. This sets your character up to fight against the Rikti invasion in the Rikti War Zone.

Trilogy is different and fun.

 

 

You can teleport directly to a contact from the "find contact" list by click on the "teleport to contact" button.

 

 

 

Im literally alredy doing the vanguard stuff, your spelling out the stuff i literally never asked about -_-SIGNATURE STORY ARCS! How many times do i have to specify what im asking for, this is why i decided to just ignore what most of y'all saying cause all anyone says is im playing wrong and wants me to do is abandon the character i made and wont just say hey go here 

[ImperialZombie7]

On 8/3/2024 at 3:48 AM, GM Crumpet said:

There is so much to do as you level and a lot of fun stuff designed for the level range it's meant for. I love Freaklympics and the Vahzilok Plague. I love the Laura Lockheart stuff. The Hollows arcs and Faultline arcs are both fun and explain some of the early lore. Everything can be done via Ouroboros if you missed it, but you are limited to the maximum level of the particular story and you lose powers that are above the level range. If you don't have IO's or attuned enhancement sets you also lose the benefit from them. As far as I'm aware (and someone will take great delight in telling me if I'm wrong) the IO's and SO's scale to the level of the mission too.

 

Where we differ to other games is that there isn't one storyline that goes all the way through the game, and there isn't a vast amount to do once you hit the level cap. There is level 50 content, and getting your incarnate abilities to maximum is always fun, but sooner rather than later all you have left is some trials and raids. 

Makes sense, I just been doing the quests the game has led me to through the natural progression but I was curious how story arcs work and everyone keeps beig all start over with a new character, aand im just here like no, Its just like wow such a simple question has resulted in so many unhelpful opinions making it even more confusing than it was before i asked, i almost regret asking 

[UltraAlt]

3 hours ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

The confusion im having is how to do SIGNATURE STORY ARCS FOR CHRISTS SAKE I HAVE SPELLED IT OUT ALREADY

 

3 hours ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

your spelling out the stuff i literally never asked about -_-SIGNATURE STORY ARCS! How many times do i have to specify what im asking for

 

You don't know what you are asking for or can't explain it clearly.

Your thread is named "recommended story arc"

You asked in the first post "does anyone have a recommendation for which arc to start first?"

But you don't like people's responses and say people don't understand.

You don't know what you are trying to ask about or can't explain what information you are looking for clearly.

 

You did ask about a signature arc in Atlas.

You said "I have donee plenty of story stuff i dont understand how this dumb system work, the one and only time i talked to a signature story arc npc they told me to come back at lvl 40".

 

People are trying to help you, and you are hostile in return.

I'm willing to give you another chance, but not in this thread.

 

You apparently don't want help from me ... and it seem like you don't want it from others either.

 

Edited August 8, 2024 by UltraAlt

[Without_Pause]

21 hours ago, Ukase said:

Even with turning off XP, I don't think there's a way to do EVERYTHING organically. This is why Ouroboros is such a great asset. 

Ouroboros lets you redo things which offer a badge. Turning off XP doesn't truly let you do everything as there are missions with decision points in them, but I also highly don't recommend trying to do 'everything.' At least on blue side because as someone who solos a lot, there's a ton of wasteful missions blue side. A ton. More so when you factor in doing radio missions to simply level up and do bank missions to get temp powers instead. Ouroboros feels like the greatest hits version of doing missions. Doing that and the zone related arcs are what I would focus on. 

[ImperialZombie7]

13 minutes ago, Without_Pause said:

Ouroboros lets you redo things which offer a badge. Turning off XP doesn't truly let you do everything as there are missions with decision points in them, but I also highly don't recommend trying to do 'everything.' At least on blue side because as someone who solos a lot, there's a ton of wasteful missions blue side. A ton. More so when you factor in doing radio missions to simply level up and do bank missions to get temp powers instead. Ouroboros feels like the greatest hits version of doing missions. Doing that and the zone related arcs are what I would focus on. 

Yea I been doing the zone stories as I go, some super cool stuff happened to me over time and thanks 

[ImperialZombie7]

1 hour ago, UltraAlt said:

 

 

You don't know what you are asking for or can't explain it clearly.

Your thread is named "recommended story arc"

You asked in the first post "does anyone have a recommendation for which arc to start first?"

But you don't like people's responses and say people don't understand.

You don't know what you are trying to ask about or can't explain what information you are looking for clearly.

 

You did ask about a signature arc in Atlas.

You said "I have donee plenty of story stuff i dont understand how this dumb system work, the one and only time i talked to a signature story arc npc they told me to come back at lvl 40".

 

People are trying to help you, and you are hostile in return.

I'm willing to give you another chance, but not in this thread.

 

You apparently don't want help from me ... and it seem like you don't want it from others either.

 

My problem is I have clarified myself enough times, people are saying I’m missing out on stuff I’m not missing out on, I been doing the level based story content in the zones, and I’m not hostile just don’t care for the people trying to tell to completely restart my character for nothing 

[ImperialZombie7]

2 hours ago, UltraAlt said:

 

 

You don't know what you are asking for or can't explain it clearly.

Your thread is named "recommended story arc"

You asked in the first post "does anyone have a recommendation for which arc to start first?"

But you don't like people's responses and say people don't understand.

You don't know what you are trying to ask about or can't explain what information you are looking for clearly.

 

You did ask about a signature arc in Atlas.

You said "I have donee plenty of story stuff i dont understand how this dumb system work, the one and only time i talked to a signature story arc npc they told me to come back at lvl 40".

 

People are trying to help you, and you are hostile in return.

I'm willing to give you another chance, but not in this thread.

 

You apparently don't want help from me ... and it seem like you don't want it from others either.

 

Literally the only thing I wanted to know was how I could do signature story arcs so I can go see the missions where the crazy stuff like statesman’s death happened and not one of you can stop to listen when I say what I want long enough to give me a proper answer and it’s ridiculous, I am not going to delete 7 months of character leveling and story experiences and badges. Either answer my actual question which I have asked like 7 times at this point or don’t even now you are just ragging on me instead of answering the question 

Edited August 8, 2024 by ImperialZombie7

[Darmian]

7 minutes ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

Literally the only thing I wanted to know was how I could do signature story arcs so I can go see the missions where the crazy stuff like statesman’s death happened and not one of you can stop to listen when I say what I want long enough to give me a proper answer and it’s ridiculous, I am not going to delete 7 months of character leveling and story experiences and badges. Either answer my actual question which I have asked like 7 times at this point or don’t even now you are just ragging on me instead of answering the question 

The Story arcs you mention are available in the LFG tab, you just have to move to the right in the selections. Some will be locked to you depending on your level but they're all there, all the Who Will Die? and Pandora's Box arcs.

 

I think the confusion stems from the fact that these are Signature Story Arcs, as opposed to Story Arcs, the latter being literally every other story arc in the game.  Anyway, enjoy!

Edited August 8, 2024 by Darmian

[ImperialZombie7]

Just now, Darmian said:

The Story arcs you mention are available in the LFG tab, you just have to move to the right in the selections. Some will be locked to you depending on your level but they're all there, all the Who Will Die? and Pandora's Box arcs.

Omg thank you so much, everyone has been misunderstanding my question and thinking I leveled my character without doing the regular quests in the zones and so keep going oh no you missed everything restart and no matter what I said All I got was arguing, thank you for finally telling where I gotta go, and yea I figured it would depend on your level. Anyway once again thank you Darmain, you are wonderful. You have no idea how much of a relief it is to get a simple answer after almost 2 weeks.

[tatmia]

14 hours ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

nah it was in atlas park, so i assumed signature arcs where mid to high level content, i mean i have gotten ton of story content without them it just doesnt make any sense the way the people are explaining it

Okay, it makes sense now.   3 of the contacts for the Pandora Signature Story Arcs are located in Atlas.  One of them requires  you to be at least 30 to start, and the other two do require a level 40.   So yes, if you had approached them and you weren't at that level, they will tell you to come  back later.  

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Pandora's_Box_(SSA)

Signature Story Arcs were introduced later in the game (not long before shutdown) and were for subscribers or purchased.  They behave a bit different than the in-game story arcs that people have been explaining to you.

In the future, if you want to do a SSA on a lower level character, the Who will Die series starts at level 10, although I usually wait until my 20s to start them as the EB at the end of the first arc can be a little tough at level.

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Who_Will_Die

[ImperialZombie7]

1 minute ago, tatmia said:

Okay, it makes sense now.   3 of the contacts for the Pandora Signature Story Arcs are located in Atlas.  One of them requires  you to be at least 30 to start, and the other two do require a level 40.   So yes, if you had approached them and you weren't at that level, they will tell you to come  back later.  

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Pandora's_Box_(SSA)

Signature Story Arcs were introduced later in the game (not long before shutdown) and were for subscribers or purchased.  They behave a bit different than the in-game story arcs that people have been explaining to you.

In the future, if you want to do a SSA on a lower level character, the Who will Die series starts at level 10, although I usually wait until my 20s to start them as the EB at the end of the first arc can be a little tough at level.

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Who_Will_Die

You mean I coulda done who will die already? And yea I’m familiar with the games history, and cool I guess I can start the pandora arc since I’m 37 so should be fine then by the time I finish I might be able to do the others 

[ImperialZombie7]

11 minutes ago, tatmia said:

Okay, it makes sense now.   3 of the contacts for the Pandora Signature Story Arcs are located in Atlas.  One of them requires  you to be at least 30 to start, and the other two do require a level 40.   So yes, if you had approached them and you weren't at that level, they will tell you to come  back later.  

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Pandora's_Box_(SSA)

Signature Story Arcs were introduced later in the game (not long before shutdown) and were for subscribers or purchased.  They behave a bit different than the in-game story arcs that people have been explaining to you.

In the future, if you want to do a SSA on a lower level character, the Who will Die series starts at level 10, although I usually wait until my 20s to start them as the EB at the end of the first arc can be a little tough at level.

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Who_Will_Die

Also I won’t be locked out of any of them for being above lvl right? Cause if i haven’t done them it wouldn’t make much sense but everyone else is convinced I can’t for some reason. 

[Darmian]

Just now, ImperialZombie7 said:

Also I won’t be locked out of any of them for being above lvl right? Cause if i haven’t done them it wouldn’t make much sense but everyone else is convinced I can’t for some reason. 

No, you won't be locked out for being above level, don't worry about that.

[ImperialZombie7]

4 minutes ago, Darmian said:

No, you won't be locked out for being above level, don't worry about that.

Oh thank Jesus freaking Christ, every one else be sitting here making me freak out expecting to do this content with a new character and I was just like why? That wouldn’t make any sense as a feature to include, also where is the LFG tab located?

Edited August 8, 2024 by ImperialZombie7

[TerroirNoir2]

@ImperialZombie7, sorry!  I misunderstood your initial question.  But I stand by my recommendation of AE stories having some great stories in there.  I recommend @Darmian's AEs actually! There's a massive (Like about 40+ missions) story they've done.

[ImperialZombie7]

1 minute ago, TerroirNoir2 said:

@ImperialZombie7, sorry!  I misunderstood your initial question.  But I stand by my recommendation of AE stories having some great stories in there.  I recommend @Darmian's AEs actually! There's a massive (Like about 40+ missions) story they've done.

What’s AE’s? I’m always interested in recommendations 🙂 

[Darmian]

The LFG tab is along your Chat box.

 

 

Just after Email there.

[ImperialZombie7]

Just now, Darmian said:

The LFG tab is along your Chat box.

 

 

Just after Email there.

Omg, it’s been hiding there the whole time!! Bro wow now It makes sense.

[Darmian]

2 minutes ago, ImperialZombie7 said:

What’s AE’s? I’m always interested in recommendations 🙂 

Sigh.  It's nice to be recommended.  The ones @TerroirNoir2 is talking about are the first ten listed on my Signature (along with the Arc IDs to find them in the Architect Entertainment console) although personally I think I did better work in later ones!

 

Anyway, enjoy the Signature Story Arcs.

[ImperialZombie7]

4 minutes ago, TerroirNoir2 said:

@ImperialZombie7, sorry!  I misunderstood your initial question.  But I stand by my recommendation of AE stories having some great stories in there.  I recommend @Darmian's AEs actually! There's a massive (Like about 40+ missions) story they've done.

And you’re good fam, it seems everyone misunderstood it, nothing personal I just start to get annoyed when despite my post getting a lot of attention only to still have ask over and over and over all for like a week and a half of “you’re playing wrong, delete your character, start over” and not one answer to my repeated question lol 

[ImperialZombie7]

Just now, Darmian said:

Sigh.  It's nice to be recommended.  The ones @TerroirNoir2 is talking about are the first ten listed on my Signature (along with the Arc IDs to find them in the Architect Entertainment console) although personally I think I did better work in later ones!

 

Anyway, enjoy the Signature Story Arcs.

Ohhhh are AE’s the player made architect missions?! I saw one of those consoles when I decided to go to pocket d just to se what it was and I was like: “uhhh looks like stuff I should figure out later “ lol. And yea every creative improves over time, but that only makes the earlier work more valuable, it’s what gets you to the better stuff 🙂