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  1. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    I can tell you that looking at the patch notes that his Regeneration bonus from Favor of the Well hasn't been tweaked.
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    Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
    Because it didn't need to be.
    I don't think we can agree on that. As it stands, it is a needless wall that occurs late in the trial. I don't think the requirement should be to ensure that 1/4 of the league has strong debuffs.

    Oh, and something else that needs to be fixed:
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    Originally Posted by Arbiter Hawk View Post
    The Light of the Well exist for one purpose and one purpose only - for each one which is not currently present, the entire league receives a level shift. This allows Leagues playing through the trial without chasing after badges to more than compensate for Tyrant's +5 level shift - if they regularly take out all the lights, they can climb to 50+9, or +10 with Ultimate inspirations, during the course of the fight.

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  2. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hit Streak View Post
    Massively scored exclusive insight from Jeff "Arbiter Hawk" Hamilton about the new Magisterium trial in Issue 23: Where Shadows Lie

    http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05...-from-the-mag/
    Quoting from the article:
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    But, we also wanted to strike a balance between that difficulty and accessibility. We needed to design something that both casual and hardcore players wanted to complete and could complete, an incarnate trial that was not too complicated, but not too simple -- a "just right" Goldilocks design.
    Except that isn't happening at the moment.

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    Designing to help balance team composition
    Except that PUGs seldom, if ever, can choose team composition, especially since it requires Lore & Destiny unlocks.

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    The lesson we learned is a not a new one, but still a fundamental one for good design: Limit complexity to situations that call for it. Don't add it to every encounter for its own sake.
    Need to apply the same lesson to the Tyrant fight. Light wells and Zeus Lightning every 30 seconds (on top of massive particle effects that don't always show for everyone), and a shifting regen bonus for the AV all the while trying to keep an eye on level shift (which apparently doesn't always shift the entire league) is, in a word, complex.

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    We wanted to make Tyrant immensely powerful right out of the gate, but we also wanted to make sure the fight could be completed by pickup Leagues as long as they all met the entry requirements.
    Yes, tell that to all the failed leagues. So the entry requirements are that a player has unlocked but not necessarily slotted Lore and Destiny. This could mean that they are +0 (completely unslotted) vs a level 54+6 AV. Taking the light wells out lasts under 30 seconds, so that bonus doesn't last long.

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    To do this, we gave him high base levels of power, but we then gave players the option to sever his connections to his power source.
    Without adequate visual clues or explanation.
  3. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Happy Camper - (104.0, 26.4, 2029.5)
    Location - The Howling Vale, 489 yds NNE (corrected) of the The City of Souls marker, by a V-shaped log arrangement next to a campfire.
    Completion text - You have landed in the heart of the Black Knight's encampment. Whether you stormed through with guns blazing or stealthily slinked past its many guards, Night Ward recognizes the bold of spirit and plays her next move accordingly.
    Note, information I was given said SSE, this has been corrected.
  4. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
    I was on a small, impromptu league after the regen resistance was added. (on 4/27/12 and it is in the patch notes) but before the Quills became insta-gank. The regen resists were on beta for over a month before it went live. Care to histrionic more?
    Said patch notes were (1) not properly stickied in the announcements section, and (2) not in the discussion section. In other words, buried.

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    Originally Posted by UberGuy View Post
    I honestly can't tell what's up with the level shifts. I'm not sure if they're bugged so that they don't work all the time, or if it's just something we're not doing. I think you know that I'm never a fan of raid mechanics that are poorly explained, though you and I have different thresholds on "poorness" in that regard.

    But I agree that the level shifts should be noticeable without having to monitor your attributes (some visual effect). If they are not zone wide, there should be some indicator of where you have to be to get them. I tried all sorts of different things and sometimes I got a shift per pillar, and sometimes I got none. I don't know what controlled it or why, and that's not cool.
    My thoughts exactly. Those level shifts, as explained by Arbiter Hawk:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arbiter Hawk View Post
    Tyrant's Regeneration is tied only to his health, not to the number of Light of the Well which remain alive. As Tyrant's health goes down, his regeneration goes up, in accordance with the bar displayed in the UI for Tyrant's "Favor of the Well".

    The Light of the Well exist for one purpose and one purpose only - for each one which is not currently present, the entire league receives a level shift. This allows Leagues playing through the trial without chasing after badges to more than compensate for Tyrant's +5 level shift - if they regularly take out all the lights, they can climb to 50+9, or +10 with Ultimate inspirations, during the course of the fight.
    Clearly it isn't affecting the entire league properly.

    As to the regen:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arbiter Hawk View Post
    We're going to add -Regen resist for all leagues, but a possible future tweak after seeing that change play out would be to lower the maximum scale of his Regeneration bonus from Favor of the Well. -Regen abilities are currently too strongly valued for this fight. The last thing I want to do is recreate a situation where the only debuff powersets anyone wants for an AV fight are those with spammable, stackable regen debuffs.
    This was from April 23. I can tell you that looking at the patch notes that his Regeneration bonus from Favor of the Well hasn't been tweaked.
  5. Snow Globe
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    Originally Posted by UberGuy View Post
    I don't actually think that's the case. We've stolen the quills from Black Swan, and she goes on about killing us with our own powers. We're using the Quills on the Wells, so I think we are supposed to be stealing the power for use against Tyrant.
    I don't think you'd disagree that the level shifts should be zone/league wide and that the shifts should be noticeable, am I right?

    And none of this excuses pushing the -regen resist change live without testing (I just checked all the beta patch notes and it wasn't in any of them) to see if changing the -regen resist with the other changes was actually good for the trial.
  6. Snow Globe
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    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    Indications of player level shift status when the lights are defeated. I monitor my level shift. I couldn't see me being any more effective no matter the status of the lights. Instead of changing the level shifts of the players, destroying the lights should reduce Tyrant's level shifts.
    I want to especially focus on this point.

    There are reports that destroying a Well of Light doesn't give a league wide level shift. The same reports are saying that the buff is only for the team that kills the light, and even then only in an AoE centered on the light. If these reports are accurate, then they should be fixed.

    Ideally, what should happen is that for each Well of Light that is defeated, Tyrant should have his level shift reduced. After all, we aren't empowering ourselves. By severing Tyrant's access to the well we are supposed to be making HIM weaker, not ourselves stronger.
  7. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    No, you're both wrong.

    There were no 'hard core' elite demanding it be harder. The feedback was that it was too easy. And it was *demonstrably* too easy when Tyrant was easier to defeat than Black Swan. Numbers don't lie. And the number of seconds to defeat Tyrant was less than the number of seconds to defeat Black Swan.

    And Black Swan isn't difficult at all.

    It was empirically too easy for the second most powerful being in Praetoria.
    And the developers, as usual, went overboard in correcting the issue. See my next point.

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    Originally Posted by Agent White View Post
    Yeah, the first day they introduced The Really Hard Way, beta teams were pulling it off first try.
    Yeah... About that. Wasn't it found out that Tyrant's regeneration could be brought to zero during those runs? So after repeatedly bumping up the damage, adding a level shift, and tightening up the timing the developers left all the previous changes in difficulty and then capped his regen debuff resistance. Oh, and then never bothered to even test it.

    Good job there.

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    Originally Posted by Demobot View Post
    I'm seeing complaints that are pretty much identical to those made when BAF and Lambda came out, which tells me that within a month your average pug will be facerolling this.
    Actually, no. People have said the same thing about Underground, MoM, and DD. Guess what? Underground is still rarely run on some servers, Minds of Mayhem might as well not exist (no one on triumph is even using it to farm the nightmares anymore), and the last two DD trials (the only two that I've seen since March and I actually had to lead them) failed because I went against my better judgement and accepted people that didn't have +3 to the trials.

    More to the point, we have trials with wildly different levels of difficulty. Instead of what we had with the Alpha tasks (most of them are being done equally), what we have with BAF on is a progression that nearly has to be done sequentially.

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    Originally Posted by bpphantom View Post
    Quills and taking down the lights. It's not that tough, it just requires people to pay attention, MOVE around and to actually be a real incarnate.
    Actually, it requires several things:
    • Indications of player level shift status when the lights are defeated. I monitor my level shift. I couldn't see me being any more effective no matter the status of the lights. Instead of changing the level shifts of the players, destroying the lights should reduce Tyrant's level shifts.
    • Indication of using regular attacks vs the lights. Every time I looked, some scrapper was trying to melee a light, even after repeated warnings that it would do no good.
    • Indication as to what the quills should be used for. Again, despite many explanations, people didn't know what to do with them. A couple people couldn't even find the power for several minutes.
    • Indication as to what the hospital penalty is in the final battle.
    Every single one of these indications is a developer failure.

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    Originally Posted by Aura_Familia View Post
    I would also have put in GG's costume drop suggestion for those who like that sort of thing.
    I'll point out that there is a costume drop in the trial already. It is for Titan Weapons, it is "Excalibur". Titan Weapon characters that complete the trial can also buy with E-Merits if they don't want to wait for a drop.
  8. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    That characterization is not accurate.
    Yeah, the numbers are slightly off. There were a few more vocal hardcore players complaining repeatedly that the trial was too easy.

    The vocal hardcore said that the next trial would be "easier". This is clearly bunk. These are the same people that left us with two nearly unplayed trials already (Underground and MoM are seldom played on some servers) and because of their arrogance Keyes had to be nerfed to the extreme to get players to actually do the trial on a regular basis.

    Edit:
    My feedback from Beta stands:
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    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sylph_Knight View Post
    For me personally, there has always been a relatively level amount of difficulty across the board for all end-game Task Forces. Statesman, Lady Grey, Imperious, Mender Silos and the like have always been enjoyable group activities not because there was an increasing difficulty curve to challenge the base, but because the enemies, environments, and obstacles were diverse.
    And this is what completely ticks me off about the Incarnate Trials. Despite people claiming otherwise, the next trial will be more difficult. Why? It is because of how the trials are set up right now.

    Instead of having several Incarnate Trials of equal strength, what we have is an Incarnate Trial Arc consisting of Apex -> Tin Mage -> BAF -> Lambda -> Keyes -> Underground -> TPN -> MoM -> DD -> Magisterium. We've already been told that the future content is supposed to be even more difficult thanks to the fact that we will have to deal with Praetorian Hami and the coming Battalion, not to mention what comes after. They are set on a course of progressively more difficult Trials, and likely will be for the next year at least.

    This is exactly the wrong course for the average player. This is the wrong course for what is supposed to be the star content for a game that has built its reputation on being casual-friendly. People are leaving the game faster than new players are coming in. My global friends list has fewer and fewer players active as time goes on. The same can be said of the global channels I belong to.

    Look at the alpha incarnate tasks: LGTF, ITF, STF, RSF, Cuda, Khan, CoP, Hami Raids, and Mothership Raids. They are all relatively equal to each other in terms of difficulty (though Cuda is the most tricky of the group, and Hami requires the most people). Players are still actively doing most of those across all servers. The same can't be said about the iTrials.

    Incarnate Trials are niche content. All the developers are doing by increasing the difficulty is reducing the amount of players willing to put up with the trials.

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    Originally Posted by Sylph_Knight View Post
    Likewise, zone events such as the Hamidon, Rikti Mothership, and occasional Invasion provided open opportunities for players to collaborate with few developmental requirements. As such, beyond standard character levels (which these days behave more like an extended tutorial) there were no content barriers in place with standard content. That openness has always been a huge draw for this game.
    This is a point that seems to be continually lost on the development team and by a number of beta players.
  9. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
    Tyrant's regeneration stalls leagues even with the Light of the Wells down; previously the only stalling happened when leagues were going after The Really Hard Way runs. The amped up regeneration wasn't even a speed bump, and the only time his health yo-yoed was on a Really Hard Way run.
    And it needs to be toned down again. I get that the "really hard way" should be tough, but the main non-badge trial SHOULD NOT BE.

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    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
    I personally like the changes, but people should be aware that when they finish this trial they're doing it at nearly the same difficulty as "The Really Hard Way" was on Beta. That may just be because leagues aren't used to the content yet and are making simple mistakes, they're bringing non-T4 Destinies, etc. Rads are a good help as you'd think.
    The entire league should NOT have to be bringing T4s to the trial.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
    Like The Really Hard Way runs on beta, I can offer some advice on running this trial to hopefully make the Tyrant fight a little more bearable.
    Given that the 4 leagues I was on tonight (with some of the team able to do it this afternoon) did as you instructed here, the difficulty is far too high.

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    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
    1) Save your Lore Pets until you can no longer overcome Tyrant's regeneration. This way you don't waste them getting to as point you could have reached without the lore pets, and instead use them to make a final push. If everyone uses them together, it can make the trial wrap up quickly.
    Didn't they also cap the regen the pets did?

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    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
    2) Move as soon as "The Air Crackles Around Tyrant" message appears. This isn't a test of character survivability - some melee can survive multiple patches, but half of the league won't be able to. And if there are patches all around Tyrant then the damage those people could have contributed to offset his regeneration is lost.
    Due to the unacceptable amount of lag (I was getting 2-3 FPS), I didn't usually SEE the warning until the lightning strikes.

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    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
    3) Don't camp Light of the wells. Instead, people should be fighting Tyrant until the lights are about to spawn, and then have a select few people putting the lights out. This is to keep your team from losing out on the damage they can contribute versus Tyrant's regeneration.
    People kept attacking the lights with regular powers. The temp power is NOT explained properly. And even WITH the pop-up tray, people were asking where the power was.

    The trial was fun during early beta. It now isn't. That is a failure on the developer's part.
  10. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by _Arda_ View Post
    QR

    Sorry for the dumb question, but could be someone as nice as to tell me what Premium players get access to in Issue 23 please? I am VIP, so I have no problem, but my wife is Premium and she asked me. I can't get head and tails about that from the patch notes.

    Thanks in advance!
    She can buy access to:
    • Night Ward's contacts. (If I remember correctly.)
    • SSA 2.1 (soon)
    • Chainmail Armor and Leather Armor (soon)

    She gets automatic access to:
    • LFG channel.
    • Bug fixes.
    • Balance changes.
    Otherwise, what she had before:
    Guide: Premium Accounts and Paragon Rewards.
  11. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    So someone who has done everything prior to I23 would receive Posi's Pal in addition to Statesman's Pal, would keep SP's TF badge, and need to earn PY's TF badge. Thanks!
    Almost.

    Anyone who had Statesman's Pal (from either Hero's Hero or Hero's Epic) would have to run Hero's Epic again to get Posi's Pal. As of today, Hero's Epic does not award Statesman's Pal. To get Statesman's Pal, you have to run Hero's Hero.

    If someone had SP TF badge, they would need to run Yin's TF to get the new badge as well.

    This follows the long rule that any new badges that get put into the game have to fulfill their requirements after the badge started counting. In this case both Positron's Pal and the Yin TF badge started counting today, so you need to earn them from today on. Of course this doesn't apply to badges that were just modified (like the Master of Statesman badge).

    I hope this clears things up.
  12. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by FlashToo View Post
    Wouldn't it be great if you could just run a program, open the log from the date(s) of your choice, and tell it not to show the channels you're not interested in?
    Actually I think someone already has done one, and it is web based.

    CoX Chatlog Parser v1.5
  13. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    The WTF should automagically update from the STF to the MLTF with tomorrow's patch.
    You do know that with the in-game font that looks bad, right? You know, how I and L look exactly the same... It might cause confusion.
  14. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Eric Nelson View Post
    Holy crap -- sorry to hear that, Snow. Best wishes and good luck to your mom.
    Thank you, and everyone else that has has wished her well. There was a reason my forum avatar changed a couple months back to a pink ribbon.

    Everyone should get regular screenings for cancer (men and women), so that they might not have to get chemotherapy.

    I'm off in a few minutes for the appointment (scanning the forums while eating breakfast), but thought I quickly drop in.
  15. Snow Globe
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    Originally Posted by OV_ohms View Post
    Ugh, so we have to do four run-throughs of the summer event to get all the badges? I can't see me doing this on more than one character.
    Possibly. But the perfect roles are awarded team-wide so that if one person gets the badge, everyone on the team gets it. It all depends on the team.
  16. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    Bleah. Why aren't they awarding?
    They are awarding after you do the badge requirements. They do NOT award simply logging in and having the other badge.

    If you have Statesman’s Pal before Issue 23 you don't automatically get Positron’s Pal.

    If you have Sister Psyche’s Comrade before Issue 23 you don't automatically get Penelope Yin’s Friend.

    I was responding to someone that mis-heard that if you had one that you would automatically get the other.
  17. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vanden View Post
    Are the various renamed badges for the dead characters' arcs like Positron's Pal mutually exclusive with the old ones, or can you get them both?
    You can get both Positron's Pal and Statesman's Pal. You can get both Sister Psyche's Comrade and Penelope Yin's Friend.
  18. Snow Globe
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    Originally Posted by Derangedpolygot View Post
    How wonderfully condescending.

    I know full well of retcons. They can add and they can take away. When a retcon removes what was, that is what they call "bad".
    The badge is NOT removed. It is renamed. Big difference.

    If they did as you suggest, then we'd have to go through the same un-fun (for many players) activity again for NO GOOD REASON. On the whole, the developers would get far more complaints if they did as you suggest and make a new Master of Ms. Liberty and left the Master of Statesman badge for a flashback.

    At any rate, it is kind of pointless to argue about it as it is going live tomorrow as it currently stands (no STF in flashback, only one "Master of" badge for Stateman's TF/Ms. Liberty TF). At most they have to change "Back Alley Brawler" to "Ms. Liberty".
  19. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Derangedpolygot View Post
    I don't want my MoSTF to go away. I did his task force, not his grand-daughter's.
    And I don't want to do a Master of Ms. Liberty TF when I've already done the same TF. What they did is called a retcon, and I fully approve of the way they handled this choice.

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    Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
    hmm, well thx for checking at least guess i got to move my main back to heroside again to rerun heros epic for posi pal
    Sorry I didn't have better news.
  20. Snow Globe

    /bind question

    POST-ACTION

    You can't use "<scale .6><bgcolor black><color green>" since Issue 12. The ability to link text (you can click on player names and a few other things to bring up other information) removed the text scale/color modifiers.

    /bind numpad1 "inspexec_pet_name resurgence groucho$$inspexec_pet_name dramatic improvement groucho$$inspexec_pet_name respite groucho"
  21. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Derangedpolygot View Post
    Wait, what? If we have MoSTF, we're losing it!? Let the ****-storm commence.
    Personally, I like the choice they made. I don't want to have to run the STF via flashback then run the nearly exact same TF to get the badge again.
  22. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    That would be a bug.

    I'll check to see if it's fixed in an upcoming patch (my gut says yes).
    Oh, if it wasn't fixed before I mentioned it, can I have Bug Hunter?

    I mean that I did report this back in April:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    Master of the Statesman TF - Renamed to Master of the Back Alley Brawler Task Force.
  23. Snow Globe
    Section 1: Trial Badges.

    Section 1a: Magisterium
    Master of Magisterium.
    • Category - Achievement
    • Hint text - Earn the following special achievements during the Magisterium Incarnate Trial: Triple Threat, Ready to Rumble, Shadow Master, and The Hard Way.
    • Completion text - You have mastered the Incarnate Trial: Magisterium.
    Sub-badges:
    • Enemy of the State
      • Category - Accomplishment
      • How to get - Complete the trial.
      • Hint text - None.
      • Completion text - You have completed the Incarnate Trial: Magisterium.
    • Triple Threat
      • Category - Achievement
      • How to get - Defeat all three Archvillains during the Battle Royale stage of Magisterium within 5 seconds of the first one's defeat, and then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - Defeat all three Archvillains during the Battle Royale stage of Magisterium within 5 seconds of the first one's defeat, and then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - While one Praetor is a challenge for the most potent of superpowers, you and your league masterfully tackled a group of three with startling simultaneity! You are henceforth known as a Triple Threat.
    • Ready to Rumble
      • Category - Achievement
      • How to get - Defeat Black Swan sooner than 8 minutes after entering the Magisterium, and then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - Defeat Black Swan sooner than 8 minutes after entering the Magisterium, and then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - Pendragon, Chimera, Shadowhunter, Black Swan, and a legion of IDF fell before you and your league with startling rapidity. By demonstrating your speed at mowing through Praetoria's last line of defense, you have proven that you are Ready to Rumble!
    • Shadow Master
      • Category - Achievement
      • How to get - During the battle with Black Swan, never allow her to open all six Shadow Rifts simultaneously, then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - During the battle with Black Swan, never allow her to open all six Shadow Rifts simultaneously, then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - Though Black Swan attempted to tear open the barrier between Shadow Earth and Praetoria, you stopped her shadowy suffusion before it could overwhelm your League and stain your souls. You are a true Shadow Master.
    • The Hard Way
      • Category - Achievement
      • How to get - During the final battle with Tyrant, defeat Tyrant without destroying more than 12 Lights of the Well, then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - During the final battle with Tyrant, defeat Tyrant without destroying more than 12 Lights of the Well, then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - You've never been one to do things the easy way, have you? You've proven true mastery over your Incarnate powers and the Well of the Furies by defeating Tyrant while he maintained most of his link to the well. You've taken The Hard Way - and prevailed!
    Other Magisterium badge (doesn't count toward Master of Magisterium):
    • The Really Hard Way
      • Category - Accolade
      • How to get - During the final battle with Tyrant, defeat Tyrant without destroying any Lights of the Well, then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - During the final battle with Tyrant, defeat Tyrant without destroying any Lights of the Well, then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - You have accomplished that which was seemingly impossible - defeating the champion of the Well of the Furies while he was at his full power! Congratulations to you - you are one of the strongest superpowered beings ever to walk the multiverse.

    Section 1B: Penelope Yin Task Force
    Badges:
    • Penelope Yin's Friend (Hero) / Penelope Yin's Betrayer (Villain)
      • Category - Accomplishment
      • How to get - Complete the task force.
      • Hint text -
      • Hero Completion text - Penelope Yin has expressed her gratitude by presenting you with this medal.
      • Villain Completion text - Penelope Yin probably wishes she could erase the memory of having given you this medal.

    Section 2: Other Badges by Category.
    Exploration
    • NIGHT WARD: Accolade - Ethereal Drifter
      • Nocturnal Pilgrim - (-2333.5, 83.3, -37.0)
        • Location - The Digs, right next to the Merit Vendor.
        • Completion text - An arduous trek across Night Ward's misty plain has brought you at last to Lichgate's Chapel of Enduring Light. Your faith grows fleeting as you observe the disheartened souls around you, lying in wait to be ferried to the other side. You begin to feel as though perhaps your journey to this land has been in vain. Perhaps you have been led this far only to have your spirits broken like so many of those around you. Night Ward can be a cruel mistress.
      • Happy Camper - (104.0, 26.4, 2029.5)
        • Location - The Howling Vale, 489 yds SSE of the The City of Souls marker or 514 yds NNE of the Howling Vale marker, by a V-shaped log arrangement next to a campfire.
        • Completion text - You have landed in the heart of the Black Knight's encampment. Whether you stormed through with guns blazing or stealthily slinked past its many guards, Night Ward recognizes the bold of spirit and plays her next move accordingly.
      • House Hunter - (1699.0, -577.3, -1979.0)
        • Location - The Arcane Quarter, right inside the entrance to Midnighter Mansion at location (1797.9 109.6 -2416.4), click on the door to enter.
        • Completion text - Chance holds little sway over the fate of Night Ward's visitors, and your happening upon the Midnighter Mansion was no exception. Despite the gloomy facade of this old Victorian house you feel eerily at home within its walls.
      • Abandoned Soul - (-411.0, 48.0, -2623.5)
        • Location - 161 yards due west of Lamplight Junction marker, at the entrance to the CTA building (marker is invisible).
        • Completion text - You've managed to push your way through the teeming crowd of displaced souls in an effort to get a ticket out of Night Ward - only to find that there ain't no train a-comin'. Unlike the dead, however this does little to faze you. After all, if creatures keep finding ways in there must be other ways out.
      • Dead But Dreaming - (901.0, 22.3, 1997.0)
        • Location - The Sleeping Beast, 404 yards north of The Howling Vale, in front of a Seedling husk.
        • Completion text - The final resting place of the Seed of Hamidon radiates a chill that permeates even Night Ward. In spite of this you take comfort in knowing that Night Ward is beyond Hamidon's reach. But to those denizens unfamiliar with the events leading to the fall of First Ward, this skull-shaped husk is an object of superstition and trepidation. It seems that even in death the Seed continues to spread its influence.
      • Follow the Light - (1276.0, 49.0, -2134.0)
        • Location - In The Arcane Quarter, right next to Mistress of Fate.
        • Completion text - You have discovered the first of many lighted paths in Night Ward. The Carnival of Light has been working tirelessly to hold the darkness of this realm at bay by way of their protective luster. With the light as your guide you are free to traverse Night Ward's darkest corners, undetected by the countless dangers that heed her call.
      • Monolithic - (-2604.5, 74.7, 2031.5)
        • Location - 464 yds SSE of the The Digs marker, in the middle of a circle of stones.
        • Completion text - As you set foot in this peculiar stone circle you can feel ancient magics coursing through your veins. The source of its power remains a mystery - as well it should. Night Ward harbors many secrets too awesome, too transcendent for the mortal mind to behold. To merely be counted among those touched by her radiance is in itself a humbling experience.
      • Stargazer - (178.5, 943.3, -227.0)
        • Location - 432 yards NNE from the The City of Souls marker, atop that one tall building
        • Completion text - Throwing caution aside you reach the uppermost point of Night Ward. Here, scattered spirits soar overhead like shooting stars in the night sky, forever doomed to the limbo of Night Ward as she drifts ever further from the land of the dead.
    History
    • None
    Accomplishment
    • Midnight Squad - Change!
      • How to get - In addition to the old ways to get this by doing Montegue's (hero) or Ashley's arcs (villains) you can now get this badge by getting the House Hunter explore badge.
    • The Once and Future King/The Once and Future Queen (gender specific)
      • Story arc info - Sir Bedwyr's arc - A Matter of Honor (level 35-39)
      • How to get - Complete the arc
      • Completion text - You helped set Pendragon down the path of righteousness. While he may walk the mists of Praetoria for years, his soul has been redeemed and his freedom from Night Ward ensured.
    • One of the Eight - Bugged in Flashback - Only awards to team leader.
      • Story arc info - The Magician's arc - The Gate that Cannot Open (level 35-39)
      • How to get - Complete The Magician's arc called "The Gate that Cannot Open".
      • Completion text - You tamed the chaos and magic which ran unchecked in the Night Ward, saving the world from the would-be rampages of Sorceress Serene and the Mother of all Monsters.
    • Imperial City's Savior
      • Story arc info - Belladonna Vetrano's arc - The Emperor's Sword (level 50+)
      • How to get - Complete Belladonna Vetrano's Incarnate story arc.
      • Completion text - You helped the forces of Primal Earth take Imperial City from Praetor Sinclair.
    • Embodiment of Law
      • Story arc info - Emperor Cole's personal story mission (level 50+)
      • How to get - Complete the mission.
      • Completion text - You played through Emperor Cole's personal story and saw him fight against the entire army of Arachnos.
    • Penelope Yin's Friend (Hero) / Penelope Yin's Betrayer (Villain)
      • How to get - Complete the task force.
      • Hint text -
      • Hero Completion text - Penelope Yin has expressed her gratitude by presenting you with this medal.
      • Villain Completion text - Penelope Yin probably wishes she could erase the memory of having given you this medal.
    Achievement
    • Triple Threat
      • Category - Achievement
      • How to get - Defeat all three Archvillains during the Battle Royale stage of Magisterium within 5 seconds of the first one's defeat, and then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - Defeat all three Archvillains during the Battle Royale stage of Magisterium within 5 seconds of the first one's defeat, and then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - While one Praetor is a challenge for the most potent of superpowers, you and your league masterfully tackled a group of three with startling simultaneity! You are henceforth known as a Triple Threat.
    • Ready to Rumble
      • Category - Achievement
      • How to get - Defeat Black Swan sooner than 8 minutes after entering the Magisterium, and then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - Defeat Black Swan sooner than 8 minutes after entering the Magisterium, and then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - Pendragon, Chimera, Shadowhunter, Black Swan, and a legion of IDF fell before you and your league with startling rapidity. By demonstrating your speed at mowing through Praetoria's last line of defense, you have proven that you are Ready to Rumble!
    • Shadow Master
      • Category - Achievement
      • How to get - During the battle with Black Swan, never allow her to open all six Shadow Rifts simultaneously, then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - During the battle with Black Swan, never allow her to open all six Shadow Rifts simultaneously, then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - Though Black Swan attempted to tear open the barrier between Shadow Earth and Praetoria, you stopped her shadowy suffusion before it could overwhelm your League and stain your souls. You are a true Shadow Master.
    • The Hard Way
      • Category - Achievement
      • How to get - During the final battle with Tyrant, defeat Tyrant without destroying more than 12 Lights of the Well, then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - During the final battle with Tyrant, defeat Tyrant without destroying more than 12 Lights of the Well, then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - You've never been one to do things the easy way, have you? You've proven true mastery over your Incarnate powers and the Well of the Furies by defeating Tyrant while he maintained most of his link to the well. You've taken The Hard Way - and prevailed!
    Accolade
    • Ethereal Drifter
      • Badges Needed -
        • Nocturnal Pilgrim
        • Happy Camper
        • House Hunter
        • Abandoned Soul
        • Dead But Dreaming
        • Follow the Light
        • Monolithic
        • Stargazer
      • Hint Text - Obtain this accolade by earning the following Exploration badges in Night Ward: Nocturnal Pilgrim, Happy Camper, House Hunter, Abandoned Soul, Dead But Dreaming, Follow the Light, Monolithic, Stargazer.
      • Completion text - You've obtained this Accolade by earning every Exploration badge within Night Ward.
    • Hybrid Unlocked
      • Badges Needed - None
      • Hint Text -
      • Completion text - You unlocked your Hybrid Incarnate slot allowing you to create powerful new abilities that can be slotted there.
    • The Really Hard Way
      • Category - Accolade
      • How to get - During the final battle with Tyrant, defeat Tyrant without destroying any Lights of the Well, then complete the trial.
      • Hint text - During the final battle with Tyrant, defeat Tyrant without destroying any Lights of the Well, then complete the trial.
      • Completion text - You have accomplished that which was seemingly impossible - defeating the champion of the Well of the Furies while he was at his full power! Congratulations to you - you are one of the strongest superpowered beings ever to walk the multiverse.
    Gladiator
    • ???
    Veteran
    • ???
    PvP
    • ???
    Invention
    • ???
    Defeat
    • Watches the Watchers
      • How to get - Defeat 100 points worth of Black Knights
      • Hint text - Defeat Black Knights to earn this badge.
      • Completion text - Though they fought valiantly, even the watchkeepers of the Eternal Prison were no match for your might. You cleaved your way through a legion of Black Knights to earn this badge.
    • Keeper of Beasts
      • How to get - Defeat 100 points worth of Nightstalkers
      • Hint text - Defeat Nightstalkers to earn this badge.
      • Completion text - Vicious though they might seem, the beasts of the Spirit Stalkers proved no match for you. You defeated many members of the Spirit Stalkers to earn this badge.
    • Sorcerer's Apprentice
      • How to get - Defeat 100 points worth of Animus Arcana
      • Hint text - Defeat Animus Arcana to earn this badge.
      • Completion text - Your magical aptitude allowed you to tame the wild magics of the Night Ward. The capricious Animus Arcana have been dispelled at your hand.
    • Lawbreaker
      • How to get - Defeat 100 points worth of Drudges
      • Hint text - Defeat Drudges to earn this badge.
      • Completion text - The laws of the afterlife both require that no living being enter and that no dead being depart. You have defied these laws by defeating those tasked with enforcing them, the Drudges.
    • Positron's Pal (Hero)/Positron's Nemesis (Villain) - Change!
      • How to get - Defeat Olympian Guard in the Rescue Statesman mission of Maria Jenkins's A Hero's Epic.
      • Hint text -
      • Hero Completion text - You have rescued Positron from the clutches of Praetoria.
      • Villain Completion text - In the past you rescued Positron from the Praetorians. Perhaps today you might not do the same.
    Event
    • ???
    Ouroboros
    • ???
    Consignment
    • ???
    Day Job
    • ???
    Architect Entertainment
    • ???
    ======
    Summer Event Badges
    • Double Feature
      • Category - ???
      • Story arc info - ???
      • How to get - ???
      • Completion text - You have completed the Summer Blockbuster Double Feature.
    • Hellenic Beauty
      • Category - ???
      • Story arc info - ???
      • How to get - ???
      • Completion text - You have let beauty prevail by letting Camilla and Claudia go unscathed while defeating the ugly brute Cornutus.
    • Man's Best Friend|Woman's Best Friend
      • Category - ???
      • Story arc info - ???
      • How to get - ???
      • Completion text - You defeated Frank 'Hunnerd Yard' McCain within 10 seconds of defeating his dog, Killer.
    • Ninja Monkey
      • Category - ???
      • Story arc info - ???
      • How to get - ???
      • Completion text - You defeated a total of 75 Ninjas and Monkeys during a single match in the Summer Blockbuster 'Time Gladiator'.
    • Invictus
      • Category - ???
      • Story arc info - ???
      • How to get - ???
      • Completion text - You forced the God-Champion to go invulnerable while all of his Champions were still alive.
    • The Perfect Hitter
      • Category - ???
      • Story arc info - ???
      • How to get - ???
      • Completion text - You performed the role of the Hitter in the Summer Blockbuster 'Casino Heist' perfectly.
    • The Perfect Hacker
      • Category - ???
      • Story arc info - ???
      • How to get - ???
      • Completion text - You performed the role of the Hacker in the Summer Blockbuster 'Casino Heist' perfectly.
    • The Perfect Grifter
      • Category - ???
      • Story arc info - ???
      • How to get - ???
      • Completion text - You performed the role of the Grifter in the Summer Blockbuster 'Casino Heist' perfectly.
    • The Perfect Thief
      • Category - ???
      • Story arc info - ???
      • How to get - ???
      • Completion text - You performed the role of the Thief in the Summer Blockbuster 'Casino Heist' perfectly.
    • Roleplayer
      • Category - Accolade
      • Badges Needed -
        • The Perfect Hitter
        • The Perfect Hacker
        • The Perfect Grifter
        • The Perfect Thief
      • Hint Text - Obtain this accolade by Perfecting each of the four roles in the Summer Blockbuster 'Casino Heist'.
      • Completion text - You've obtained this Accolade by perfecting each of the roles in the Summer Blockbuster 'Casino Heist'.
  24. Snow Globe
    Thanks to everyone that helped to compile this information. I'll continue to update this list with whatever new information is found.

    Some information will not be found in the rest of this thread. Questions about the source of this information will be met with silence.

    Changes to existing badges:
    • Revised the description of the Level 30 and Level 40 Praetorian badges to reflect the possibility that a Praetorian may not have left Praetoria to earn these levels.
    • Statesman's Pal will now only be rewarded through the flashback, "A Hero's Hero"
    • Positron's Pal will be awarded through running the current Maria Jenkin's arc, or the arc, "A Hero's Epic"
    • Sister Psyche's Comrade will now only be rewarded by running Sister Psyche's arc through flashback
    • The Task Force Commander accolade can be achieved by having either Sister Psyche's Comrade or Penelope Yin's Friend
    • The version of Adamastor encountered in the Portal Corp. missions will now award the Keeper of Secrets badge.
    • Master of Statesman's Task force will -briefly- be changed to "Master of Back Alley Brawler's Task Force" then fixed to "Master of Ms. Liberty's Task Force".
    • Oppressor - Defeating Statesman in Recluse's Victory awards the Oppressor Badge for villains. Changed to Ms. Liberty.
    • Interrogator - Defeating Sister Psyche in Recluse's Victory awards the Interrogator Badge for villains. Changed to Penelope Yin.

    By the way, if you read past this point, you'll get huge spoilers.

    It will be your own fault if you ruin the "surprize".
    ------ Non-Spoiler Section ------
    Section 1: Trial Badges.

    Section 1a: Magisterium
    Master of Magisterium.
    Sub-badges:
    • Enemy of the State
    • Triple Threat
    • Ready to Rumble
    • Shadow Master
    • The Hard Way
    Other Magisterium badge (doesn't count toward Master of Magisterium):
    • The Really Hard Way

    Section 1B: Penelope Yin Task Force
    Badges:
    • Penelope Yin's Friend (Hero) / Penelope Yin's Betrayer (Villain)

    Section 2: Other Badges by Category.
    Exploration
    • NIGHT WARD:
      • Nocturnal Pilgrim
      • Happy Camper
      • House Hunter
      • Abandoned Soul
      • Dead But Dreaming
      • Follow the Light
      • Monolithic
      • Stargazer
    History
    • ???
    Accomplishment
    • Penelope Yin's Friend (Hero) / Penelope Yin's Betrayer (Villain)
    Achievement
    • Master of Magisterium
    • Triple Threat
    • Ready to Rumble
    • Shadow Master
    • The Hard Way
    Accolade
    • Ethereal Drifter
    • Hybrid Unlocked
    • The Really Hard Way
    Gladiator
    • ???
    Veteran
    • ???
    PvP
    • ???
    Invention
    • ???
    Defeat
    • Watches the Watchers
    • Keeper of Beasts
    • Sorcerer's Apprentice
    • Lawbreaker
    • Positron's Pal
    Event
    • ???
    Ouroboros
    • ???
    Consignment
    • ???
    Day Job
    • ???
    Architect Entertainment
    • ???
    ======
    Summer Event Badges
    • Double Feature
    • Hellenic Beauty
    • Man's Best Friend|Woman's Best Friend
    • Ninja Monkey
    • Invictus
    • The Perfect Hitter
    • The Perfect Hacker
    • The Perfect Grifter
    • The Perfect Thief
    • Roleplayer
    ------ Next post contains spoilers ------
  25. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
    i was referring positrons pal to statesmans pal, and last i read that if you had the sis p tf then you would get penny yin tf badge too

    not sure if things are changed or if i misread thatn
    I think you may have misread it.

    Edit:
    I just checked by transferring my badge character to the test server. I did NOT get either Yin's TF badge or Positron's Pal. I also know that this character has done both the Hero's Hero and Hero's Epic Arcs.