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== Overview ==
'''Story Arcs''' are special setups in the game that reveal a piece of the story content over a series of [[mission]]s from a [[contact]]. The number of missions can be small or large, but all story arcs function as their own story within the story of the game, or expand on the story of the game.


==Overveiw==
Upon completion, a [[souvenirs|souvenir]] is awarded by most arcs, which allows you to read the storyline at a later time. This summary is saved in a user's clues menu. Additionally, completing a Story Arc will net the player a significant [[experience]] bonus, and for most arcs, a certain number of [[Special Salvage#Reward Merit|Reward Merits]].
'''Story Arcs''' are special setups in the game that reveal a piece of the story content over a series of [[mission]]s from a [[Contact]]. The number of missions can be small or large, but will all function as miniature stories themselves. Upon completion, a [[Souvenir]] is rewarded which allows you to read the storyline at a later time. This summary is saved in a user's clues menu. Completing a Story Arc will net the player a significant [[XP]] bonus and, for most arcs, the choice of one of many types of [[Enhancement]]s.


There are actually two types of Story Arc. Main arcs are signified by a yellow-covered book icon in the arc contact's window. Shorter, minor arcs are signified by a red-covered book. ''A player may not begin a Main Story Arc if he already has two Main Arcs active, even if he or she has room for another mission.'' Note that for Heroes, the zone-specific arcs from contacts in [[The Hollows]], [[Faultline]], [[Striga Isle]], and [[Croatoa]] are all minor arcs.
[[File:Arc_icons01.gif|390px|frame|right|Contacts showing both kind of arc icons<br />Gaussian is showing a minor arc, Virginia shows a main (major) arc.]]There are actually two types of Story Arc:


==CoH==
# Main arcs (also called "major arcs") are signified by a book icon in the arc contact's window, with a blue outline and bookmark. These arcs tend to have to do more with the story of the game, or the story of a certain faction within the game. There are some exceptions.
# Shorter, minor arcs (also called "mini arcs") are signified book icon having a green outline and green bookmark. These arcs tend to deal more with the contact's own story, rather than expanding on the story of the game. Like main arcs, there are some exceptions.
* Note that for heroes, the zone-specific arcs from contacts in [[The Hollows]], [[Faultline]], [[Striga Isle]], and [[Croatoa]] are all minor arcs; for both heroes and villains, the missions in [[Rikti War Zone]] are also minor arcs.


===Level 1 to 4 Content===
Most of the content for heroes comes in the form of main arcs, with only a few scattered minor arcs. Most of the content for villains comes in the form of a large number of minor arcs.


'''None'''
All main arcs and most minor arcs can be re-completed through the [[flashback]] system in [[Ouroboros]].


===Level 5 to 9 Content===
== Arc Interaction ==
Prior to [[Issue 17]], characters could have a maximum of two active main arcs (blue book). With the increased active mission list from three to seven in Issue 17, the maximum number of main arcs that can be active was raised to five [http://web.archive.org/web/20120904230147/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?p=2833934]. Contacts will not give missions that start a main arc if you are at the limit. They do not prevent minor arcs (green book) from beginning, however.


'''None'''
While there may actually be an upper limit to minor arcs, there is no functional limit as there are reports of characters with as many as 46 minor arcs open at once[http://web.archive.org/web/20090217141411/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthreaded.php?Number=12907775]. Active minor arcs ''should'' not prevent main arcs from beginning. There are, however, some contacts whose arcs count toward the "two main arcs" limitation. If there is a mini arc active for any of these contacts, it ''must'' be completed as if it is a main arc.


===Level 10 to 14 Content===
*All of the [[Rikti War Zone]] contacts:
**[[Levantera]]
**[[Gaussian]]
**[[Serpent Drummer]]
**[[The Dark Watcher (Primal Earth)|The Dark Watcher]]
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'''Story arc name:''' Bonefire <br>
== See Also ==
'''Contacts:''' [[Lorenzo DiCosta]], [[Wes Schnabel]], and [[Willy Starbuck]] <br>
*[[Hero Story Arcs]]
'''Enemy Type:''' Skulls and Hellions
*[[Villain Story Arcs]]
*[[Homecoming Story Arcs]]
*[[:Category:Hero Contacts|Hero Contacts]]
*[[:Category:Villain Contacts|Villain Contacts]]


'''Story arc name:''' The Clockwork Captive <br>
[[Category:Game Background]]
'''Contacts:''' [[Athena Currie]], [[Carla Brunelli]], and [[Everett Daniels]] <br>
[[Category:Gameplay]]
'''Enemy Type:''' Clockwork
[[Category:Content]]
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Vahzilok Pollutant Plot <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Jill Pastor]], [[Kyle Peck]], and [[Tristan Caine]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Vahzilok
 
===Level 15 to 19 Content===
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Mind of a King <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Colleen Saramago]], [[Jake Montoya]], [[Maggie Greene]], and [[Wyatt Anderson]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Clockwork
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Tsoo Shenanigans <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Kong Bao]], [[Thao Ku]], [[Virginia Hoffman]], and [[Vitaly Cherenko]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Tsoo, Trolls, Outcasts
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Vahzilok Plague <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Dr. Ann-Marie Engles]], [[Juliana Nehring]], [[Olivia Chung]], and [[Pavel Garnier]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Vahzilok
 
===Level 20 to 24 Content===
 
'''Story arc name:''' A Hand of Iron <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Andrew Fiore]], [[Claire Childress]], [[Jake Kim]], [[Lt. Col. Hugh McDougal]], [[Vic Garland]], and [[Wilma Peterson]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Freakshow
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Tsoo Coup <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Amanda Loomis]], [[Dennis Ewell]], [[Hinckley Rasmussen]], [[Jim Bell]], [[Lt. Manuel Ruiz]], and [[Tyler French]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Tsoo, Family and Warriors
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Sky Raider Secret <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Barry Gosford]], [[John Strobel]], [[Justin Greene]], [[Oswald Cuthbert]], [[Rondel Jackson]], and [[Wilson Eziquerra]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Skyraiders
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Wheel of Destruction <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Andrea Mitchell]], [[Cain Royce]], [[Dr. Cheng]], [[Josef Keller]], [[Oliver Haak]], and [[Piper Irving]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Primarily Banished Pantheon
 
===Level 25 to 29 Content===
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Freaklympics <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Collin Larson]] and [[Marvin Weintraub]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Freakshow
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Mysterious General Z <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Christine Lansdale]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Skyraiders
 
'''Story arc name:''' Title not given. Souvenir is A Letter From Requiem, RedTomax's Title is Ubelmann the Unknown <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Ashwin Lannister]] and [[Laurie Pennington]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Council
 
'''Story arc name:''' An Unnatural Order <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Eliza Thorpe]] and [[Lorenzo Tate]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Devouring Earth
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Scroll of Tielekku <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Laura Brunetti]] and [[Miriam Bloechl]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Banished Pantheon <br>
'''Notes:''' This arc is the basis for issues 13 through 15 of the comic.
 
===Level 30 to 34 Content===
 
'''Story arc name:''' Corporate Culture <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Phillipa Meraux]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' The Freakshow and Crey
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Freakshow War <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Neal Kendrick]] and [[Tina Chung]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' The Freakshow
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Library of Souls <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Allison King]] and [[Peter Stemitz]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Circle of Thorns
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Rise of the Vampyri <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Jose Escalante]] and [[Merisel Valenzuela]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' The Council
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Unity Plague <br>
'''Contacts:''' [[Jenny Firkins]] and [[Lou Pasterelli]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Devouring Earth
 
===Level 35 to 39 Content===
'''Story arc name:''' The Envoy of Shadows <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Cadao Kestrel]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Circle of Thorns
 
'''Story arc name:''' Mass Duplicity <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Anton Sampson]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Nememsis
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Organ Grinders <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Steven Sheridan]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Rikti
 
'''Story arc name:''' A Path Into Darkness <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Colleen Nelson]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Council
 
'''Story arc name:''' Revenant Hero Project <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Gordon Stacy]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Crey
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Terra Conspiracy <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Ginger Yates]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Devouring Earth
 
===Level 40 to 44 Content===
 
'''Story arc name:''' Division: Line <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Angus McQueen]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Rikti
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Eternal Nemesis <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Maxwell Christopher]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Nemesis
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Evil Countess Crey <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Janet Kellum]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Crey
 
'''Story arc name:''' Melvin and the Mysterious Malta Group <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Indigo]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Malta Group
 
'''Story arc name:''' The Praetorian War <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Tina Macintyre]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Praetorians
 
'''Story arc name:''' To Save a Soul <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Madeleine Casey]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Carnival of Shadows
 
===Level 45 to 50 Content===
 
'''Story arc name:''' A Hero's Hero <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Maria Jenkins]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Praetorians
 
'''Story arc name:''' Project: World Wide Red <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Crimson]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Malta Group and Knives of Artemis
 
'''Story arc name:''' To Save a Thousand Worlds <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Unai Kemen]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Banished Pantheon, Devouring Earth, Freakshow, Knives of Artemis, Nemesis and Werewolves
 
'''Story arc name:''' Upon the Psychic Plane <br>
'''Contact:''' [[Harvey Maylor]] <br>
'''Enemy Type:''' Carnival of Shadows
 
===Zone Story Lines===
 
==CoV==
 
==See Also==
*[[Souvenirs]]
*CoH Contacts
*CoV Contacts
 
[[category: Game Background]][[Category:Gameplay]]

Latest revision as of 08:59, 14 March 2024

Overview

Story Arcs are special setups in the game that reveal a piece of the story content over a series of missions from a contact. The number of missions can be small or large, but all story arcs function as their own story within the story of the game, or expand on the story of the game.

Upon completion, a souvenir is awarded by most arcs, which allows you to read the storyline at a later time. This summary is saved in a user's clues menu. Additionally, completing a Story Arc will net the player a significant experience bonus, and for most arcs, a certain number of Reward Merits.

Contacts showing both kind of arc icons
Gaussian is showing a minor arc, Virginia shows a main (major) arc.

There are actually two types of Story Arc:

  1. Main arcs (also called "major arcs") are signified by a book icon in the arc contact's window, with a blue outline and bookmark. These arcs tend to have to do more with the story of the game, or the story of a certain faction within the game. There are some exceptions.
  2. Shorter, minor arcs (also called "mini arcs") are signified book icon having a green outline and green bookmark. These arcs tend to deal more with the contact's own story, rather than expanding on the story of the game. Like main arcs, there are some exceptions.

Most of the content for heroes comes in the form of main arcs, with only a few scattered minor arcs. Most of the content for villains comes in the form of a large number of minor arcs.

All main arcs and most minor arcs can be re-completed through the flashback system in Ouroboros.

Arc Interaction

Prior to Issue 17, characters could have a maximum of two active main arcs (blue book). With the increased active mission list from three to seven in Issue 17, the maximum number of main arcs that can be active was raised to five [1]. Contacts will not give missions that start a main arc if you are at the limit. They do not prevent minor arcs (green book) from beginning, however.

While there may actually be an upper limit to minor arcs, there is no functional limit as there are reports of characters with as many as 46 minor arcs open at once[2]. Active minor arcs should not prevent main arcs from beginning. There are, however, some contacts whose arcs count toward the "two main arcs" limitation. If there is a mini arc active for any of these contacts, it must be completed as if it is a main arc.

See Also