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Been playing for about three days now and have never played CoH. So...
First question:
Why do I want a badge anyways? What is it supposed to do for me? After a fruitless attempt at a google and forum search (and getting the phonebook I might add) I know where to find them, what their called, and who offers the missions for them, but not a peep about why the heck I should bother with them in the first place or what effect, if any, they have on gameplay. If it's just for RPing, no problem. But does that badge title actually display anywhere for other PCs or is it something that only NPCs recognize.
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Badges are for showing off and obtaining some additional boosts to your hero, such as health bonuses, end bonuses and additional powers, which can all be obtained by getting all the badges required for an accolade. If you select a badge, it will appear under your heroes name for other people to see. Additionally, viewing info about another toon will show all badges obtained by that hero.
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Second question:
I found someone who can change my title/label/appelation/whatever from villainous to ... well something else. Why would I want to change my title and what effect does it have? Do the other titles that were listed for selection do different things or again, is it just for RPing? If so, no problem, but what RP effect does it have? I think I changed mine to malicious, but I can't be sure since I don't see it anywhere associated with my character.
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EDIT: Misread the post, thought you were talking about changing your toons title, as opposed to changing your difficulty level as stated in the next post.
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Last question:
With my first character I decided to follow the Burke path at the beginning...not realizing that newbs should be following the other path. I guess there's a bit more handholding the other way in terms of a tutorial. SO... I finshed all the Burke missions (come back at lvl20 if you please) and have now been cut loose with no further contacts. But don't worry, I have been doing my homework. I know that I have to travel to Port Oakes next to find a broker for newspaper missions. Great! Now, how the hell do you get to Port Oakes? I assume that it is on another island since I've roamed far and wide on the starter isle. Is there a ferry somewhere? Do you need to talk to someone first? Do I need to whip out my water wings and flippers? What's the deal?
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Haven't played CoV yet, couldn't really tell ya at this point.
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Last question (no really!):
Some out-of-context message threads that I've come across have lead me to believe that it's possible to "out-level" the missions given by some contacts, and no longer have access to them. Is that the case? Have my futile attempts to get off the starter island (Mercy is it?) jeopardized my ability to access mission content elsewhere. I've been levelling up along the way and am somewhere around 8 or 9 now. Should I avoid the random mobs and stick primarily to what's offered through contacts, etc.
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Always keep your missions up to date, you can outlevel contacts and miss some content. Nothing that would prevent you from leveling in the game, but interesting stories and great missions. Story arcs will always be available to you tho, even if you outlevel the contact.
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I'm enjoying the game, but I find that there is a lot of really elementary questions that never get addressed. There seems to be an assumption that the player already has some familiarity with the gameplay (and I don't) which makes getting started a little frustrating. This isn't really a complaint, but more of an observation. Perhaps I'm just too thick to get it...
Thanks for any help offered...
*** Whoops...I am thick. I wanted to post this under player questions. Apologies. ***
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All I can suggest is to keep going at it. It will all come in time. I was frustrated when I first started as well, but you must persevere hero....er....villain....
Good luck!
