Comments that make it all worthwhile
Though ARPIA2 is nearing its third birthday, every now and again I receive comments from people regarding the plug-in.
And just as the end of “draft 1″ of the Arpia novels enters in sight (“Operation Firestorm” is what I’m writing about right now), here’s a little comment posted on the Ambrosia Software webboards that made me smile:
I just finished the Regular string today. Very, very impressive.
I have to say: I was a bit shocked when the two “destroy the Hogun” missions came along. Up until that point, the Regular string was honestly feeling a bit too safe (pirate-kill missions tapered off, courier missions involved little to no blockade-running). And then suddenly, oof. I think it took at least a dozen attempts, plus several million credits worth of escorts and upgrades to them (n.b., I am about the worst starfighter in the known galaxy), to beat that one. (None of my escorts or manta fighters survived, even in victory.)
Which is pretty awesome, all in all: I put EVERYthing I had into beating back the enemy and it was just barely enough. Now that’s a feeling of accomplishment.
This plug-in really lived up to billing. I never expected to pull off missions like that, or even “go take out two pirate carriers” (yikes!), or to command a (now extinct) fleet that included an Enterprise and a Manticore.
And I can tell there’s still a ton of stuff that I haven’t done yet. Thanks for all of the effort that went into this.
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Thanks mattkuhns!