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Hero (help.txt)

Playing Stories

Overview
In Mission Architect, you can play arcs created by both heroes and villains. While playing stories you'll gain equivalent experience and rewards as you would outside of Architect Entertainment. The only real difference you'll notice is that you'll also collect Tickets. You can redeem these tickets at a nearby Architect Ticket Vendor for rewards.

Mission Browser
You can access a Mission Browser from any computer in the Main Studio or in the No Powers Studio B. The Mission Browser is where you'll see stories published by other heroes and villains. Our database gives you a number of sorts and filters to help you find the adventure that's right for you.

Sort Options:
- Rating: Sorts the highest rated content to either the top of the bottom of the list.
- Length: Sorts the longest missions to either the top or the bottom of the list.
- Date: Sorts the newest stories to either the top or the bottom of the list.

Search Options
Clicking the text that reads 'Search Options' will expand a small portion of the Mission Browser window. Here you will be able to filter your searches through a handful of options. Notice that as you filter your search, your filters will be displayed at the top of the window following the Filtering by: text.

Search Options:
- Text Field: Type in what you want to search for here to filter your search to just those stories. This search will search the Name, Description, Enemy Group and Author Name.
- Rating: Filter stories by Stars, Developer's Choice and Hall of Fame.
- Length: Filter stories by their length.
- Morality: Filter stories by their suggested alignment.
- Language: Filter stories by language.
- Only show me arcs I haven't played: With this toggle turned on, the Mission Browser will only show you stories you haven't played. This is on by default.
- Only show me arcs I haven't voted on: With this toggle turned on, the Mission Browser will only show you stories you haven't voted on. This is on by default.
- Clear: This button clears out all search filters.

As the stories in the Mission Browser grow, Architect Entertainment recommends using multiple filters and sort options to help you find the adventures you want.

Rating Stories

Rating Stories
As you play through stories created by others, you'll get the chance to rate the story from 1 - 5 stars. If you rate the content well, the creator will gain tickets.

Comments
You can also leave a comment to the creator of the story you're on, telling them what you liked or what you would like to see them improve.

Hall of Fame
Arcs that become very popular among the community will earn the 'Hall of Fame' rank. Hall of Fame stories get permanently stored on the Arc Server and free up one of the three story slots for the person who created it.

Developer's Choice
Dev Choice stories are stories that the developers hand pick as the best of the best. Dev Choice stories get permanently stored on the Arc Server as well and free up one of the three story slots for the person who created it.

Guest Author
Guest Authors are individuals specially brought in to tell stories within Mission Architect. You can think of these stories as a type of Dev Choice.

Inappropriate Stories

Inappropriate Stories
Mission Architect wants an enjoyable experience for everyone. To that end, we have to heavily monitor all the stories being created within this system. We hope you will aid us in keeping a watchful eye for stories, characters or situations that aren't acceptable.

Flagging Content
Stories that have inappropriate content can be flagged for Architect Entertainment's Customer Service team to investigate. You can flag content by hitting the Architect Options button in your compass window. At the bottom of the window you'll find a big red button that says Report for Content. Hitting this button will open up another window, allowing you to give more detail regarding the story.

Report Options:
- Inappropriate Content: Stories that step outside of the T for Teen ratings or violate the End User License Agreement (EULA) in some way.
- Copyright Infringement: Stories that use characters, plots or events owned by others.
- Broken or Bugged Mission: Stories that have problems that make it uncompleteable.
- Other Violation: Reasons not listed above that make the story inappropriate.

Once one of these four options is selected, players are asked to fill out a complaint about the story. These complaints will be viewed by both Customer Service as well as the original creator of the story (if the story gets banned and unpublished). Be as constructive and helpful as possible. This is not the place to vent your anger or frustration at the creator or Mission Architect as a whole.

Banned Once
If a story gets flagged repeatedly for inappropriate content there is a chance the story will get pulled from the server before customer service investigates it. This unpublishes the story. The next time the creator logs into Architect, he will be notified that one of his stories was banned. He'll also be able to read any complaints left about this story. From here, the creator will have the option to make some changes to the story and republish it or simply delete the story altogether.

Banned Twice
If the creator makes changes to the story and republishes it, the story goes back up to the Arc Server as normal. However, the story is being watched. If it continues to get hits for bad content the story can and will get pulled again. The creator will again be notified that the story has been pulled. They will also be informed that from this point, they are not allowed to simply republish the story. Instead, they have to make any changes and submit the story directly to Customer Service.

Report to Customer Service
Once the story is submitted to CS, it'll be up to them to decide how best to proceed. They can choose to mark the story as acceptable, removing all flags from the story and not allowing any other flags to be placed on it. However, they can also decide that the content is unacceptable and take action against the creator. This action could range from a simple warning to being permanently banned from Paragon City and the Rogue Isle entirely.

Rewards

Rewards
You can break rewards in Mission Architect into two distinct groups, Rewards for the Creators and Rewards for the Players.

Creator Rewards
Those who make stories for Mission Architect will receive Tickets based off of player approval. The higher a story is rated the more tickets the creator will gain. There is even a chance that if the story is liked well enough that it'll move into the Hall of Fame. When content gets moved into the Hall of Fame the story is then permanently uploaded to our Arc Server. This frees up one of the creator's story slots to create even more great content.

Player Rewards
Those who choose to play others stories in Architect will earn equivalent experience and rewards as if they were adventuring outside of this simulated environment. The only key difference is that players will gain Tickets, instead of random drops. These tickets can be redeemed at a local ticket vendor for Enhancements, Inspirations, Salvage, Recipes and more.

Architect Tickets
Perhaps I should explain exactly what Tickets are. Architect Tickets are similar to our Merits System. As you defeat enemies on an Architect map or complete objectives you gain Tickets. When you complete a mission, you gain bonus tickets equal to the amount of tickets you collected throughout the course of your mission. This bonus actually increases for each mission in a StoryArc.

Badges
While playing in Mission Architect you can earn Architect specific badges. There are a number of badges for playing in both Test mode as well as playing Published content. However, the only other badges besides Architect badges that can be earned while in Architect are the badges that are granted to you for earning a certain amount of badges.

Villain (v_help.txt)

Villain help is identical to Hero help