http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:59:46 +0000 MyBB http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3170 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:52:00 -0500 Bob Schroeck]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3170 I've published my arc (tagged as "Looking for feedback" since I'm not
100% satisfied with it, but satisfied enough...)

Anyway, I'd be very grateful if folks would give it a play and comment/rate it, please.

Thank you.
(ETA:  I tweaked the arc a little this morning, and the number changed
when I saved it.  Please note the new number in the threat title.)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> I've published my arc (tagged as "Looking for feedback" since I'm not
100% satisfied with it, but satisfied enough...)

Anyway, I'd be very grateful if folks would give it a play and comment/rate it, please.

Thank you.
(ETA:  I tweaked the arc a little this morning, and the number changed
when I saved it.  Please note the new number in the threat title.)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3169 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:22:00 -0500 Bob Schroeck]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3169 The problem here (other than the aesthetic one) is that I didn't set the collection item's location to "back" -- I set it to "middle".  But it insists on spawning in the end room.  Setting it to "front" makes it appear in the front, no problem.  And with the right map I might well do that if I can find no better solution.  That, or set it to random, but that would be a less satisfactory solution.  Oh, and I've made sure I don't have too many other things located in the middle zone, which I suspect would bump it to one of the other zones.
Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone's seen this behavior before, and if it's a bug, if anyone knows a better workaround than the ones I've come up with on my own.
Thanks.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> The problem here (other than the aesthetic one) is that I didn't set the collection item's location to "back" -- I set it to "middle".  But it insists on spawning in the end room.  Setting it to "front" makes it appear in the front, no problem.  And with the right map I might well do that if I can find no better solution.  That, or set it to random, but that would be a less satisfactory solution.  Oh, and I've made sure I don't have too many other things located in the middle zone, which I suspect would bump it to one of the other zones.
Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone's seen this behavior before, and if it's a bug, if anyone knows a better workaround than the ones I've come up with on my own.
Thanks.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3168 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:49:00 -0500 Bob Schroeck]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3168 Thanks!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> Thanks!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3167 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:43:00 -0500 Bob Schroeck]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3167 -- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> -- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3166 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:46:00 -0500 Star Ranger4]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3166 And I think I have just the story to tell...
The Ransom of Terrence Knight.
However, to make this work the way I really want I need a couple of .Costume files, one from Terr for how he wants to look and one from Sweno(?) (or who ever it is who plays Rhea) since GE is gonna be the contact for the arc.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children]]> And I think I have just the story to tell...
The Ransom of Terrence Knight.
However, to make this work the way I really want I need a couple of .Costume files, one from Terr for how he wants to look and one from Sweno(?) (or who ever it is who plays Rhea) since GE is gonna be the contact for the arc.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3165 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:05:00 -0500 Baseload]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3165 In these regards, my brain thought it might be interesting to have other people write AE arcs for other player's toons.  In a way, allowing a randomness for character advancement you may not find in either repeat grinding, writing your own toon's AE arcs, or just writing Fic (Not that there's anything wrong with Fiction...just sayin...)
Would anyone be interested in doing this sort of thing?  Or even one or two people to test the idea and see how it works?  I'm not suggesting we have folks make endless grind/farm maps or fill a map with bosses just to challenge someone.  but rather, content driven stories for one shot runs geared towards specific characters.  Try to help put that RPG feel back into the MMO
What do folks think?]]> In these regards, my brain thought it might be interesting to have other people write AE arcs for other player's toons.  In a way, allowing a randomness for character advancement you may not find in either repeat grinding, writing your own toon's AE arcs, or just writing Fic (Not that there's anything wrong with Fiction...just sayin...)
Would anyone be interested in doing this sort of thing?  Or even one or two people to test the idea and see how it works?  I'm not suggesting we have folks make endless grind/farm maps or fill a map with bosses just to challenge someone.  but rather, content driven stories for one shot runs geared towards specific characters.  Try to help put that RPG feel back into the MMO
What do folks think?]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3164 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:25:00 -0500 Star Ranger4]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3164



Arc of the Year Winner

• Sabrina's Tale, Arc ID: 1237, Architect: Redbone
  

Arc of the Year Nominees

• Sabrina's Tale, Arc ID: 1237 ,Architect: Redbone
  
  
  
• Tales of Croatoa: A Rose By Any Other Name, Arc ID: 178774, Architect: Silvers1
  
  
  
• The Most Important Thing, Arc ID: 266877, Architect: Aisynia
  

Best Hero Story Winner

• The Most Important Thing, Arc ID: 266877, Architect: Aisynia
  

Best Villain Story Winner

• Internship in the Fine Art of Revenge, Arc ID: 255146, Architect: Twoflower

Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children]]>



Arc of the Year Winner

• Sabrina's Tale, Arc ID: 1237, Architect: Redbone
  

Arc of the Year Nominees

• Sabrina's Tale, Arc ID: 1237 ,Architect: Redbone
  
  
  
• Tales of Croatoa: A Rose By Any Other Name, Arc ID: 178774, Architect: Silvers1
  
  
  
• The Most Important Thing, Arc ID: 266877, Architect: Aisynia
  

Best Hero Story Winner

• The Most Important Thing, Arc ID: 266877, Architect: Aisynia
  

Best Villain Story Winner

• Internship in the Fine Art of Revenge, Arc ID: 255146, Architect: Twoflower

Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3163 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:38:00 -0500 OpMegs]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3163 it!"

The final chapter of the BGC inspired mishes, which's been sitting in final form for some time in my box waiting new Architect slots is finally live.

This one's also the first to take serious advantage of the adjusted options for custom mobs, allowing for bosses that may have one power to make them
difficult and not others. For instance, none of them self-rez, unlike the initial build.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."]]> it!"

The final chapter of the BGC inspired mishes, which's been sitting in final form for some time in my box waiting new Architect slots is finally live.

This one's also the first to take serious advantage of the adjusted options for custom mobs, allowing for bosses that may have one power to make them
difficult and not others. For instance, none of them self-rez, unlike the initial build.
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3162 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:25:00 -0500 OpMegs]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3162 his lair and they'll beat every last one of them. Who could turn down an invitation like that?"

This is actually posted on Uni's account due to the fact that while I have plenty of Architect ideas, I have finite slots, and Uni has her standard three
slots, but no ideas, so she loaned me one. Needless to say, I didn't use the in-game Outcast models to populate it.

While soloable, the two primary antagonists, Keystone and Frostie himself, may prove problematic to solo players not ready for them. And anyone that wants to
try it on 8 Man Unyielding may hate me later. :lol
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."]]> his lair and they'll beat every last one of them. Who could turn down an invitation like that?"

This is actually posted on Uni's account due to the fact that while I have plenty of Architect ideas, I have finite slots, and Uni has her standard three
slots, but no ideas, so she loaned me one. Needless to say, I didn't use the in-game Outcast models to populate it.

While soloable, the two primary antagonists, Keystone and Frostie himself, may prove problematic to solo players not ready for them. And anyone that wants to
try it on 8 Man Unyielding may hate me later. :lol
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3161 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:23:00 -0500 dark seraph]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3161 of AE, enjoy


]]> of AE, enjoy


]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3160 Sun, 17 May 2009 11:10:00 -0500 Matrix Dragon]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3160
The Skulls twisted death cult requires their recruits to earn their place with murder, and it falls to you to stop it.]]>
The Skulls twisted death cult requires their recruits to earn their place with murder, and it falls to you to stop it.]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3159 Sun, 17 May 2009 00:16:00 -0500 Rev Dark]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3159
There are times for keeping your game face firmly fixed. When others were looking to you for leadership, you could not let it slip. You had to maintain the
aura of calm, focused control, and by doing so, let it pass like an infection to those around you. When the world around you was descending into utter bat-shit
madness, to the point where the appearance of the Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts and Hookah smoking caterpillar would signify a turn towards the comfortably
normal, you had to keep your game face on.

Thibor has a carefully trained game face. Anyone who had spent any time with dogs knew how difficult it was for the canine, or in his case, lupine, face to
conceal emotion. Doggie expressions were so obvious.; happy dog, unhappy dog, sick dog and of course Irish setter. His team looked to him. His team needed him
to be the solid rock on which they would build their attack.

Even now, they were arranged behind him. Waiting for the word.

He has seen the enemies. His team had seen the enemies. He turned to his team.

His game face faltered. Then gave way. The look of shocked horror matching those around him.

As one they turned and fled, tumbling through the portal and back into the bustling Architect Enterprise lobby.

Thibor let loose a long and profane burst of Romani; the incredibly descriptive and anatomically unlikely phrases were a balm to his battered psyche. He felt
cleaner for it.

"Okay." Thibor rasped. "Is never, ever, running one of Jackie's custom missions ever again. Agreed?"

It was unanimous.]]>
There are times for keeping your game face firmly fixed. When others were looking to you for leadership, you could not let it slip. You had to maintain the
aura of calm, focused control, and by doing so, let it pass like an infection to those around you. When the world around you was descending into utter bat-shit
madness, to the point where the appearance of the Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts and Hookah smoking caterpillar would signify a turn towards the comfortably
normal, you had to keep your game face on.

Thibor has a carefully trained game face. Anyone who had spent any time with dogs knew how difficult it was for the canine, or in his case, lupine, face to
conceal emotion. Doggie expressions were so obvious.; happy dog, unhappy dog, sick dog and of course Irish setter. His team looked to him. His team needed him
to be the solid rock on which they would build their attack.

Even now, they were arranged behind him. Waiting for the word.

He has seen the enemies. His team had seen the enemies. He turned to his team.

His game face faltered. Then gave way. The look of shocked horror matching those around him.

As one they turned and fled, tumbling through the portal and back into the bustling Architect Enterprise lobby.

Thibor let loose a long and profane burst of Romani; the incredibly descriptive and anatomically unlikely phrases were a balm to his battered psyche. He felt
cleaner for it.

"Okay." Thibor rasped. "Is never, ever, running one of Jackie's custom missions ever again. Agreed?"

It was unanimous.]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3158 Wed, 13 May 2009 05:54:00 -0500 Niteflier]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3158
Arc Name: Save the Skulls!

Arc ID: 168980

Morality: Heroic

Creator: @Niteflier

Difficulty Level: Easy

Synopsis:

Someone has dropped off crates of firearms in Kings Row! Now all the little old ladies that had their purses snatched are looking for revenge!

Level range is 1-14, so bring your lowbies!]]>
Arc Name: Save the Skulls!

Arc ID: 168980

Morality: Heroic

Creator: @Niteflier

Difficulty Level: Easy

Synopsis:

Someone has dropped off crates of firearms in Kings Row! Now all the little old ladies that had their purses snatched are looking for revenge!

Level range is 1-14, so bring your lowbies!]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3157 Tue, 05 May 2009 15:12:00 -0500 CrimsonKMR]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3157 Its a villain themed arc, so if the story doesn't make sense since you are a pansy hero - tough

I'm not sure how the last mission will scale with a large team, as I didn't have a chance to test it as such.

Enjoy everyone =D

To those whos characters I borrowed - please let me know if I should reword their text
There is no coincidence, only necessity....
- Clow Reed]]> Its a villain themed arc, so if the story doesn't make sense since you are a pansy hero - tough

I'm not sure how the last mission will scale with a large team, as I didn't have a chance to test it as such.

Enjoy everyone =D

To those whos characters I borrowed - please let me know if I should reword their text
There is no coincidence, only necessity....
- Clow Reed]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3156 Sat, 02 May 2009 07:32:00 -0500 Foxboy]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3156
Mission one is a copy of Terr's infamous "BP World:" Graveyard Map, LOTS of BP

Mission two is an outdoor city map Chock Full of high-level 5th Column.

Both maps are set up on the 45+ paradigm. So, a "bare" lowbie is up against the Purple patch and gets mad xps/tix/inf if there's a 50 in the
team.

These may be difficult or Just plain easy depending on build and difficulty solo. I was fortunate enough to get an 8-man team runthrough after publishing it.
The major complaints, other than common "Story? What Story?" were mainly about the length of the maps.

I'm open for suggestions for "Case Files" to expand on for the "frame" story.

Existing casefiles include "Terrence Knight's Wanderings" and "Place Kicker's Memoirs."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll]]>
Mission one is a copy of Terr's infamous "BP World:" Graveyard Map, LOTS of BP

Mission two is an outdoor city map Chock Full of high-level 5th Column.

Both maps are set up on the 45+ paradigm. So, a "bare" lowbie is up against the Purple patch and gets mad xps/tix/inf if there's a 50 in the
team.

These may be difficult or Just plain easy depending on build and difficulty solo. I was fortunate enough to get an 8-man team runthrough after publishing it.
The major complaints, other than common "Story? What Story?" were mainly about the length of the maps.

I'm open for suggestions for "Case Files" to expand on for the "frame" story.

Existing casefiles include "Terrence Knight's Wanderings" and "Place Kicker's Memoirs."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll]]>