Mission Architect Sunday Special: Story based teaming in AE!

[ZamuelNow]

 

For today's Mission Architect Sunday Special we ran: 
@Ankylosaur's Robolution (#25870) Bargain sale bots!
@PW's Attack of the 50 Foot Villain (#46840)  Massive monster mayhem!

 

Small turnout but big fun.  Probably the last time MASS will be attempted in Pocket D since it doesn't draw in more than the RWZ and feels more cramped.  At least the asterisk on "MASS has run on all shards" can be removed.

 

NEXT TIME...

 

MASS returns to Indomitable on July 6.

[Zhym]

5 hours ago, ZamuelNow said:

 

For today's Mission Architect Sunday Special we ran: 
@Ankylosaur's Robolution (#25870) Bargain sale bots!
@PW's Attack of the 50 Foot Villain (#46840)  Massive monster mayhem!

 

Small turnout but big fun.  Probably the last time MASS will be attempted in Pocket D since it doesn't draw in more than the RWZ and feels more cramped.  At least the asterisk on "MASS has run on all shards" can be removed.

 

NEXT TIME...

 

MASS returns to Indomitable on July 6.

Argh!  the MA Sunday Special was on Excelsior tonight and I missed it!

I'm going to have to start putting these things on my calendar or something.

[ZamuelNow]

12 hours ago, Zhym said:

Argh!  the MA Sunday Special was on Excelsior tonight and I missed it!

I'm going to have to start putting these things on my calendar or something.

 

The next time it hits Excelsior will likely be next year (presumably March).  But this brings up a worthwhile discussion point: Is there anything that would help in making these more visible or easier to remember?

[Zhym]

15 minutes ago, ZamuelNow said:

 

The next time it hits Excelsior will likely be next year (presumably March).  But this brings up a worthwhile discussion point: Is there anything that would help in making these more visible or easier to remember?

March?!  Oh my, that's so far away.

As to your actual question, though: short of me putting these on my calendar, I don't know.  The number of SFMA runners may be small enough that we could set up a group chat in the forums and/or a chat channel in-game? 

 

And FWIW, I wonder if these runs would get more participation if they were more frequent.  It's hard to remember an event that only happens on your "home" server once or twice a year.  Compare that to the nightly Hami raids, Mastermind Monday, Tanker Tuesday, etc.  Sometimes lots of people would show up, sometimes they wouldn't, but a weekly meetup would be a lot easier to remember.

[ZamuelNow]

26 minutes ago, Zhym said:

And FWIW, I wonder if these runs would get more participation if they were more frequent.  It's hard to remember an event that only happens on your "home" server once or twice a year.  Compare that to the nightly Hami raids, Mastermind Monday, Tanker Tuesday, etc.  Sometimes lots of people would show up, sometimes they wouldn't, but a weekly meetup would be a lot easier to remember.

 

I don't run them weekly because I can't run them weekly.  I would be more than glad for someone to take the star on other shards since I tried to make the setup something that could be replicated.  Though there may be a chicken vs egg situation on attendance since Indomitable runs monthly.

 

Might make a chat channel in game since there was one back in the retail days.

[Zhym]

4 minutes ago, ZamuelNow said:

 

I don't run them weekly because I can't run them weekly.  I would be more than glad for someone to take the star on other shards since I tried to make the setup something that could be replicated.  Though there may be a chicken vs egg situation on attendance since Indomitable runs monthly.

 

Might make a chat channel in game since there was one back in the retail days.

I didn't say it was a workable solution.  :) 

 

And yes, I think there's a chicken-and-egg situation there.  Sunday Special is not well attended because it's infrequent, and it's infrequent because it's not well attended.  If other people stepped up to run it every week, would it be better attended?  It's hard to say.

[Forager]

On 6/15/2025 at 4:32 PM, ZamuelNow said:

MASS returns to Indomitable on July 6.

 

I showed up in RWZ at 2... did I get the wrong spot?

[Glacier Peak]

1 hour ago, Forager said:

I showed up in RWZ at 2... did I get the wrong spot?

ZamuelNow had to cancel:

 

[ZamuelNow]

19 hours ago, Forager said:

 

I showed up in RWZ at 2... did I get the wrong spot?

 

Sorry about that.  Woke up feeling sick and didn't think to post the cancelation in this thread.  Next will be Everlasting on July 20 and Indomitable's next will be August 3, I believe.

[ZamuelNow]

 

For today's Mission Architect Sunday Special we ran: 
@TwoDee's NPI: Input Error (#24425)  Heroic origins in Praetoria!

 

Everlasting managed to beat Indomitable's record of the most team members.  Unfortunately, it slowly whittled down due to real life so we attempted but couldn't complete @Leese's Through Rose-Tinted Glasses (#22) for the second arc.  MASS will attempt it again since it looked promising.  Likely on Torchbearer's next run since Indomitable is in the middle of a multipart arc.

 

NEXT TIME...

 

MASS returns to Indomitable on August 3.

[Darmian]

2 hours ago, ZamuelNow said:

 

For today's Mission Architect Sunday Special we ran: 
@TwoDee's NPI: Input Error (#24425)  Heroic origins in Praetoria!

 

Everlasting managed to beat Indomitable's record of the most team members.  Unfortunately, it slowly whittled down due to real life so we attempted but couldn't complete @Leese's Through Rose-Tinted Glasses (#22) for the second arc.  MASS will attempt it again since it looked promising.  Likely on Torchbearer's next run since Indomitable is in the middle of a multipart arc.

 

NEXT TIME...

 

MASS returns to Indomitable on August 3.