salacious

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TBH though I really dont understand the attraction of badge hunting unless there is some material reward at the end =/

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*slap*

HEATHAN!!!!!!!

The badge IS the material reward (metaphorically speaking)!!!

We must educate this poor fool!!!

Thing is, it's hard to see alot of why people play this game. Take for example those RPers in pocket d....And they say I have a problem? (well, they are right, but not the point!).

Getting badges is a motivation for some people, and as some have said here, getting em for not being online so much isn't really a good idea all round, I think.

As an indicator, I am normally on most eves, actively playing for around 2-3 hours a night, time allowing.
But since i13, I've been on about 30 mins a day, if that, and I'm currently on HOLIDAY!!!! (new baby )

So this is the most I've been inactive since I joined the game back at launch. This is as a direct approach to the new badges.

Thanks Matt, that actually made alot of sense!

It sometimes takes a different view to make someone realise the way they are viewing things.

My original post WAS a bit of a rant (frustrated badgers are a fickle lot, try pvping while we are badging in RV!!!), but also to see what others thought of the badge system.

I would disagree a bit about what badges were for tbh. There were ALWAYS gonna be the "stamp collectors" out there, but I can see what you mean that other people would get more by getting a shiney new badge, or add to their bios.

Thanks again dude!


(still annoyed though!!!!!)

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A community is defined by its content, not its numbers.

I hope this is what you were trying to point out?

Just found that lately geting a team or a coherant answer to some things is worse than it used to be.

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You did read GR response in this thread right? You WILL get those badges on every toon. It doesnt matter (much) if you play em or not.


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But my point against this that I made is the IDEA of the badges, and what it means you end up doing, ie, Sal is my main badger, but also my main toon. So by your suggestion, I would now NOT play him, in favour of a lesser liked toon, so he gets the badges quicker.

Just think they could have made them accolades without a badge attached, or something similar. They must know that avid badge collectors will stay logged out more to get the badges.

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Like exploration badges, level-up badges, the V.I.P./Destined One and Pocket D VIP Gold Club Member etc.?

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Yup...explorer ones = Look at me, I went there!!! (currently not found on any farming toon )

Level up badge = I got 10 levels!!!!

VIP and Pocket d = Look, I pay money for badges!!!....errr...

But still not as meaningless as logging out and not playing a charactor for ages, surely?

I'm just left wondering what the devs REALLY wanted from this idea. Was it to pursuade us to play alts more? Or to switch toons alot? Or just stay logged off so the newer players dont get to ask all those FUN questions we all asked at one time or another?

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I just don't think anyone has the slightest leg to stand on when complaining that badges aren't completely effortless to get - surely the effort is the fun of it

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And in that sentence is exactly the point! How is it fun NOT to play a charactor I enjoy playing, because he is my main badge collector and therefore I want him to have the badges.


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whereas meticulously collecting badges that you make near-meaningless by the very act just seems inherently self-destructive.


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Not really, as trying to get a high number on a Tank, Blaster (x 2), defender (x2), scrapper, a warshade and controller (and thats just the HEROES!) is a challenge in itself! I've currently got Master of States tf on 3, and I'd love to get it on the others. It's a way of proving to myself that I can play any AT well enough, whereas these new badges arent a challenge, they are near meaningless, save for their existance. Can my tanker get them easier than my blaster? No. So therefore, these badges are MORE meaningless than any other in the game! You almost couldnt HELP but get some, by mistake.

Meh, *shakes self* theres more to this than badges......

*smacks self HARD* NO THERE BLOODY AINT!!!!!!


Normal service is restored

It's bad....real bad

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You have 12 toons, play a different one each night and you will take 23 days for each day job badge (and thats assuming you play 24 hours a day). You don't really lose out that much.

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I know what you are saying there, but you have to understand, I badge hunt on ALL those toons. The reason I am at 460 badges min on cov and 543 badges min coh is because I WANT the badges NOW

So telling me I can wait 2 more days is like telling a smoker to put his cigarette out cos its bad for him!!!!

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It makes more sense if you think about it that way - they want you to leave your main character offline so that you can earn badges on them. What else can you do? Why, use another toon for badgehunting, of course!

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Seeing as I got that many on all my toons, i got none left to do that on!!!

Damn my OCD!!!!!!

Well I must say I'm dissapointed

i13!!!!!

New badges!!!!

Now it s a known fact by a few I love my badges (that may be a small understatement, I leave you to decide!), and I do get a little quivery at the thought of tracking down those badges.

I've loved the new issues before, because they normally come around at the time I start to feel a bit "what's the point?" about things. And this issues timing was no different.

However, what is the method for getting around 48 badges on all my badge toons (currently 12 serious badgehunters)? Stay logged off!!!!!!!!

So now I'm not playing.

Kinda seems to defeat the point of why I pay to play.

The thing is, I know not everyone has got a serious badging problem, but there are alot of players who collect badges as a way of having something to "do" in the game.

I just see this as a dangerous place to be for the devs....how long before the long term badgehunters start to think "actually, do I REALLY miss this game?" and clear off altogether?

I'm thinking that the only reason I stay on at the mo is the community (dwindeling fast) and the fact that I have one of the highest badge collections and I kinda like that thought.

But after i13 has come out, I've done 2 tfs and naff all else.

I'm just worried that dayjob badges are gonna have a detrimental effect to the game.

Good grief.....I ramble, don't I?

What are your thoughts on the dayjob badges and lengths to earn them?

Dammit Mom, is it only 10 toons over 500? Must work harder........

Seriously though, I have already suggested that when architect hits, I was gonna sort a mission arc that involved stealing sal's badge collection, so Im happy for something like that to be done!

Love the idea though, just let me know what ya need!

So what you are saying is there is no need to use EU forums cos noone keeps us updated on what is happening on US forums?

I dont use the US forums as many people here dont, Im an EU player, and Im "winging" cos my EU community moderator isnt keeping us updated on a known bug.

Sorry for asking for information to be provided. Thought that was what this is for?

Just think its a bad show when a player replies to a known issue before a moderator.

As it is, the post that Tellis has highlighted WILL ge taround the issue (thanks again Teluus). So if you ARE experiencing this bug (as most are) either wait for the patch to go live or try and play with saving your chat file, as per post.

Hope we get an update on this soon (but doubt it)

Good grief Tellis, You ever thought of getting your name changed to a slightly reddish colour?

You have proved to be a font of information on this while the people who are supposed to help us on things like this stay suspiciously quiet!

Thanks again for your help.....I'd petition Ghostraptor donates some of his wages to pay for your time looking into this.......if I thought he'd read it, of course!

Ok so for the record :

The US forums have been kept updated with a workaround AND an update on this issue.

Unfortunatly, we seem to have to read the us forums to get any sort of idea as to what is going on.

Sorry to sound annoyed (s'cos I am) but why the hell do we have the European forums if we seem to be expected to get our info from the US forums?

I repeat to any dev that cares ITS THE LACK OF INFORMATION THAT IS THE MOST ANNOYING THING ABOUT AN ISSUE LIKE THIS!!!!!

And no, Ghostraptor, you probably havent been on weekend off again, you just didnt keep us informed.

Thankyou to those players who actually, in my opinion are doing a better job than the rednames on EU, and found out what was going on and told us.

Well its over 2 weeks now since I started this thread, and thats by no means the date that this bug started.

I moderate a couple of channels and I think you can guess the likelyhood of me reactivating my channels EVERY SINGLE TIME I ZONE!

What the hell is going on here? NO updates, NO apologees, NO consideration!

To use the old chestnut : I pay to play this game. If I had mail ordered something and it wasnt in stock, Id expect an update just to keep me informed.

Am i wrong to expect the same from this?!!!!

I am fast losing patience.

Thanks for update on why EU didnt get update as quick (hangs head and shuffles to a corner).

However, the suggestion of just sending a petition is good, but ive (along with others) been suffering for a while now, and although another patch has gone up, it hasnt addressed this problem and we still have no updates (ie, "the problem has been identified but we are unable to find a solution, but hold on guys, we are trying!").

Its more the lack of communication that makes these issues annoying. If we knew they were being worked on, it would be (a bit) more bareable.

Think Ill make an EU toon called "mushroom" next......

Thanks for that Tellis.

So a redname comments on us forums but Europe ones get nothing!

Hmmmm......

Best not say anything more, but would be nice to get an update!

Anyone else suffering from this:

Since the latest patch, every time I load a new zone / map, I lose all global channels that ive added to a chat tab, bar 2 or 3. I can re add them, but have to do it every time I load.

This originally only affected 1 charactor I had, but now a second has the same problem, with the only difference being that the "locked" globals that i dont lose being different to the 1st toon.

This is really getting annoying now, and all ive got from support is "our quality assurance team will look into this and you will not be informed of any developments"

Ill be there most eves, bouncing between toons to help balance things out.

Im hoping its gonna give some badgers a chance to work on rep badges, maybe grab AV / Hero signature badges and show some of them what PVPing can be (ie, not ganking the silly beggar who came solo to get his turret badge!)

Looking foward to it!

Awwww!

Thanks guys! I nearly missed this

And yes, I am first verified +400 villain on european servers!

Now for the other 3........

Kidding

Count me in also!

I will have Fantasie, level 50 illusion for PA dropping, also with added group fly!

I look foward to killing Hami 3 times in a month, just dont let yours end like mine, my heart rate couldn't take it again!

Ok, I give in! I'll arrange another one!

Give me some time to sort it, I'll make sure it's a bit more "public" this time.

Could we aim to avoid the heart rending ending this time though, that put the bejezus up me!

I had visions of mass ignores (more than normal anyway!)

Hi all,

Wanted to give a run down on the Hami raid done on December 10th. I felt I should post this as this raid was rather special!

It came about with a discussion with myself (Salacious) and some of my friends, Far-seer, Spinester, Spines, Satanic Flash and others.

We were disilusioned with some of the recent raids and how some people never seemed to follow "the plan", often ruining the raid for others.

"We should arrange our own" I stupidly said, and the plan for the raid was launched!

I decided on a different stratagy, Assigning Captains to each job. Each team captain would relay commands from me to their team, and they would be in charge of inviting their archtype team themselves.

This was to be invite only, with help being called for, only if needed.

We followed the normal plan, but less people meant that this raid differed in that we relied on the powers of the people on the teams and the players ability to do the job well.

With main captains being Myself, Spinester, Far-seer, Satanic Flash, PLAZMO, and mini-nukette, we were able to clear the mitos really well, and dispite there being less than half the normal numbers, everything went smoothly.

Holds went belly up though, with it being fairly obvious that we didn't have enough holders to get the sucker! We had amazing backup with our buffers, and this gave us almost permenant hold recharge!

The call was made on global chanels and Union rallied, with holders pouring into the hive to help. Debuffs went down as Hamidon hit 50% and we launched a full assault with all Archtypes, again deviating from "the plan".

Then disaster! At 10%, holds slipped and mitos were spawned. But either due to luck, or massive rad debuffs, many damagers and holders survived and managed to rally forth and took Hamidons last 300 or so health, killing the Jelly and winning the day.

This was an Epic raid in many ways, and my heartfelt thanks goes out to many poeple. Other than the ones I have already mentioned, I would like to mention Shades (who revived me when i dropped like a brick into Mitos), Mothers love (for the great roleplaying and heals throughout), my entire team of PA droppers, Mark Stabler (for the hilarious "cup of tea, sir" and prompt death from Hami), Umbral, Cold Front, Genejack and many others.

I am sorry i cannot mention more, it was a real joy to see so many people doing the job they needed to do, and shows how good Union players can be when the right players are in the right place, on the right toons!

LONG LIVE THE UNION ELITE!!!!!!!!

Salacious (playing on the day as Fantasie)

Be great if you could JI, all those poor heros need to know the dark side.....

Hi all,

As I seem to be the one responsable for organising this (sorta) due to peeps asking for it on union badgehunters channel, the arrangements should be as follows:

Meet outside Sirens at 10 am uk time on Sunday 3rd to form up teams.

Max will meet us inside (yet to confirm that, but ill add a post once done), as "daddies little defect"

We want to mix the teams for maximum damage but unless we get 2 confusers, 2 teams may be working against each other. We will see how it goes.

Please be patient with this, as Max will be bored out of his skull on this and things tend to go up the spout a little.

I will be on as Salacious, L50 fire/SS tank.

Cya all there!

Hey Kin,

If you manage to pull her, you REALLY think you will make the sunday one either? She aint that hot then!

Good luck mate.

Hi Jon,

Finally I can make em all! Just confim my spot and I will be there.

Chilling Twilight Ice/dark Corr.

You have my global and ill check forums thurs eve