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Excellent post.
This helped me find a bug in Alexander's mission where only the Mission Owner gets the reward. I have fixed this... it will be a while before the fix makes it to Live however.
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So, does this mean I can my badge now? 
Uh... pretty please?
Positron: Since I'm monitoring all the badge threads for my site I was hoping for a few pieces of clarification.
[*]Will there be a way to get the Babbage badge outside of doing Synapse's Task Force and will he be spawning in Boomtown again in the future?[*]Do any of the portal mission versions of enemy types count? I've heard mixed results on this especially with monsters (Babbage and Adamastor) and BP Spirits.[*]Is there any chance of getting clarification on which badges are needed for the accolades as I keep hearing 'I got awarded it after getting X badge' and someone else saying 'I got it and I don't have X badge'. I don't want a full spoiler but if I provided a list of what we've determined to be required could you let me know which ones are right and which ones are wrong?[*]Zookeeper defeat badge. Is this badge working properly? Nobody has been able to get it or a progress bar for any type of Rikti. Is Zookeeper actually for the Rikti? Is it like Isolator and doesn't show until awarded?[*]Mentoring badges. This set of three badges are the only ones I've not seen any details on and apparently nobody has gotten. Am I right in assuming they come from being an exemplar or mentor for a sidekick for a duration of time?
[*]As for the TV trial I've not seen a badge for the trial itself listed in the pigg files. I was able to find 4 trial badges but there are 5 trials in the game and am thinking the TV trial is the missing one. The ones I've located in the files are: Transmogrified (this could be TV but I'm thinking its Hamidon), Charmer (Hydra trial, confirmed), Transcended (seems pretty obvious its for the Cave of Transcendence), and Liberator (seems pretty obvious to be for the Prisoners of Eden).
And in case you've missed a few reports in various threads:
[*]Head of the Hydra seems to be broken on live as nobody has been able to locate it in the Hydra trial (though they do get the trial badge).[*]Status bars for defeat badges seem to be flaky, many aren't updating with certain enemies when mutliple enemy types count for the badge (embalmed seems to be the most common to do this). People are saying the enemies do count since they get the badge when the bar is anywhere from 1/3 to 3/4 full.[*]Window scaling seems to affect the progress bars as well. I have scaling at 65% and the text doesn't wrap properly and many of the bars will randomly draw with or without blue top and bottom borders. This glitch seems to be affecting map outlines as well on door missions. I'm also thinking this is tied to the chat windows 'scrolling' issue and the maps not centering properly when zoomed in.
My char on the Protector server has completed the Envoy of Shadows story arc (and has the souvenir to prove it), and yet was not awarded the badge for killing the archvillian in that arc (I believe its called "Demonslayer" or something similar). I am sure other instances of my char not receiving badges have occured since I was pretty thorough when it came to completeing missions (it was all I did until I ran out of missions) but I haven't been keeping track of all the badges yet, I only noticed the Envoy badge bec. a friend of mine had it and told me it was for this arc I had already completed. I haven't also received the #3 TF badge (for the Freakshow TF in IP), but I am assuming its just a delay in datamining...
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will babbage be appearing anywhere esle beside the synapse task force? Cause if not, your gonna have people steal killing from people on the task force and I'm sure we can imagine all the problems that will exist from this situation. My main has done synapse 3 times and not getting the badge for babbage just plain sucks. Plus my main character tried the positron task force twice and failed horribly at it. Well I finally completed it with an alt of mine and I have to say that taking 7 hours to complete the damn thing is ridiculous. As that task force stands, unless it's changed, I'm never doing it again. It's the first one for cripes sake, why make it so damn hard to do?
And for those that love punishment, can they be examplared down to a level and do the task force?
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If you did not get a badge, then your character never did the mission.
We investigated several characters who claimed to have done badge-missions yet didn't recieve the badges retroactively. Upon examination, all of them had never done said badge-missions, usually because they outlevelled their contact before that mission was issued.
We ARE working on a system that will allow you to go back and do content you missed, but for the meantime you can Exemplar to a character that has a badge-giving mission and help them complete it. You will both get the badge.
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Positron, I have characters that seem to have gotten credit for *recent* missions, but not early ones. I'm fairly certain that I would have actually done the missions in question, as I went back and checked my contact bars, and all of them are full. In any case, I don't see how I could have possibly missed *all* of the missions in the 5-20 range that award badges, while simultaneously maxing out the contact bars for each contact (with the exception of one contact who I explicitly remember ran out of missions before the bar filled up).
I can post screenshots if you like.
Is there someone I should contact about this?
I know a couple other people who reported the same... I always thought that it was because the datamining wasn't finished yet, and the older mission badges would show up eventually. Should I start a petition for each character that seems to be missing all the early badges?
Positron, if we DO believe we have not recieved a badge for a mission we have done, what is the process of reporting? Petition? I completed the Patient Zero story (even have screenies of me covered with flies) but did not get the badge.
Dr. Apocalypse
Level 28 Rad/Rad Mutation Defender
Victory
The Vahz Plague/Patient Zero story arc is not the Plague Stopper badge. The Plague Stopper badge comes from a mission in the same level range that involves an attempt to poison the water supply (sort of a one mission version of the earlier Vahz story arc involving the water dept id). None of the story arcs award mission badges.
you can fill your contact bar and not complete all thier missions. I know this because my Vahzilok contact for the badge in question is full and i know i avoided the mission because it was timed and Vahzilok and at the time i was sick of Vahz from two story arcs of them and i couldn't do timed missions with a degree of quickness.
Patient Zero you are thinking of the mission in the story arc which is the wrong mission.
The mission it should be is a timed mission in the sewers stopping Vahzilok from spreading a plague
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No datamining was done on any of the DefeatX badges (which Babbage is one). Just because you completed Synapse's TF does not mean you defeated Babbage, many groups skip Babbage all together. If you thought datamining for Task Forces was slow, it would probably be a year or two to get every kill task badge retro'ed.
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All my 20+ Chars have faught Babbage numerous times in Synapse. I'd not worry about posting in here if we'd just get a yay or nae if he spawns in Boomtown. I'm going to really hate myself in the morning if I have to Camp Land of the Lost and await a Babbage spawn heading to the TF. Technically he's a Spawn... and if I'm lucky enough to find one that has to travel a distance to get to the TF Door, he's fair game right? No one has engaged him... right?
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Positron, if we DO believe we have not recieved a badge for a mission we have done, what is the process of reporting? Petition? I completed the Patient Zero story (even have screenies of me covered with flies) but did not get the badge.
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The "Plague Stopper" badge is not for the the Vahzilok Plague story arc, but for a singleton mission which involves stopping the release of a "new, improved" version of the Vahz Plague.
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Answered- crappy answer, but I guess that's that.
Now to find a set of lowbie friends to help me get the damn badges I 'missed.'
*sigh*
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Positron, if we DO believe we have not recieved a badge for a mission we have done, what is the process of reporting? Petition? I completed the Patient Zero story (even have screenies of me covered with flies) but did not get the badge.
Dr. Apocalypse
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There are no badges for Story Arcs (including Patient Zero), so that would be why you didn't get one.
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Pos,
Just killed Babbage in mission with several other high 40's and 50's, no exemplars. None of us received any badge.
As a side note, please do not add any more badges that you get by killing a single-spawning outdoor creature (Kraken, Adamaster). It screams "I HATE EVERQUEST" in burning lights in the sky. You want kill stealing, mad players all hunting in one area trying to crush the spirits of each over a single creature? Keep CoH unique and fresh....please don't use this horrible, terrible design method
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I got my mentor badge yesterday. I can't say exactly how much time I've spent mentoring since last update, but the badge seems to work.
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My char on the Protector server has completed the Envoy of Shadows story arc (and has the souvenir to prove it), and yet was not awarded the badge for killing the archvillian in that arc (I believe its called
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You killed Envoy of Shadow, the monster you need for the badge is Adamastor, it's not the same.
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Completing a Badge-giving mission post-Expansion 2: Mission badges are awarded upon Mission Complete to every member on the team.
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What about TF? There's a lot of reports (including mine 
) that people don't get the badge for the TF completed after the update. I didn't get Numina's badge (I did the TF after the update, and I got the badge for Jurassik). I'm also on hold for the Manticore's badge I did before the update, but I guess the datamining is still going on, and the TV's badge, but you are aware of this issue 
i completed the numina task force right before update 2 had gone live. like a couple of days. i was also the leader of the group, and we also killed jurassic. i understand not getting the badge for jurassic. but i have not recieved the badge for the taskforce, but everything else i have recieved(bastion, sister psyche, etc..)
also, i beat the sewer trial the other night. i was also the leader of that group. i did not recieve the badge for that. i also did not recieve the enhancement that it gives. and i did not recieve a badge for standing next to the hydra head. bah. this is one mission that i will NOT want to do again. it is very hard, awesome though, but very hard.
OH, and when i went and talked to the contact, she wants me to do the mission over again.
character name and server in sig.
any help will rule cause tech support is not giving me any!
Yes but defeating Babbage during the Task Force (aside from portal, this is the only way to encounter it) at this time is not rewarding a badge.
Positron if you are still reading this can you look into this please?
There is i believe, one monster per hazard zone, and a few in trials. Getting a badge for killing them is good.
One fo the things that saves the situation is the lack of tangiable reward for exterminating these vermin. I fyou got a pair of +2 boots then fair enough, but the reward is just not there.
They way I and most of my playMates see it is, if you see on, kill it, if not, don;t fret. The percentage of campers vs otehr players is small anyway.
(side note: I solo'd Adamastor the other night, lvl 29 Monster, i was 31. felt goooood)
What is the text on the badge you got so I can add it to my site. Knowing the length of time isn't too important as long as we can safely say that it is based on time. Also did you just mentor sidekicks, just exemplar, do both? Also did you get it while/just after exemplaring or being a sidekick mentor?
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Pos,
Just killed Babbage in mission with several other high 40's and 50's, no exemplars. None of us received any badge.
As a side note, please do not add any more badges that you get by killing a single-spawning outdoor creature (Kraken, Adamaster). It screams "I HATE EVERQUEST" in burning lights in the sky. You want kill stealing, mad players all hunting in one area trying to crush the spirits of each over a single creature? Keep CoH unique and fresh....please don't use this horrible, terrible design method
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Babbage or Psychic Babbage (two different beasts)?
As for the kill stealing... several groups can get "badge credit" off one monster... just like several heroes can get defeat credit off one villain.
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You say you have completed the data mining for the TF badges? I still don't have my badge for Manticore. I did it 3 times! Arresting Hopkins each time too if it matters.
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As a side note, please do not add any more badges that you get by killing a single-spawning outdoor creature (Kraken, Adamaster). It screams "I HATE EVERQUEST" in burning lights in the sky. You want kill stealing, mad players all hunting in one area trying to crush the spirits of each over a single creature? Keep CoH unique and fresh....please don't use this horrible, terrible design method
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I like the single spawns. And it won't be EQish really. Once you get it, you move on. Right now there's a scramble for everyone to get it, but that will soon die down to maybe 1 an hour looking for the single spawn, then 1 per day.
If anything, need more.
Also, POS... buddy... pal... I'd like to see a "150 Badge Collector" put in. Once I passed 100 I lost interest LOL. I need goals. ;-)
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Pos,
Just killed Babbage in mission with several other high 40's and 50's, no exemplars. None of us received any badge.
As a side note, please do not add any more badges that you get by killing a single-spawning outdoor creature (Kraken, Adamaster). It screams "I HATE EVERQUEST" in burning lights in the sky. You want kill stealing, mad players all hunting in one area trying to crush the spirits of each over a single creature? Keep CoH unique and fresh....please don't use this horrible, terrible design method
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Babbage or Psychic Babbage (two different beasts)?
As for the kill stealing... several groups can get "badge credit" off one monster... just like several heroes can get defeat credit off one villain.
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So then we can expect the only way to find Babbage is stalk other task forces and get a few shots in to get credit? Doesn't seem very heroic to me but seems that's the only place True Babbage can be found. If he is in Boomtown that's fine since I and others can hunt that one and leave the Task Forcers their fun of the ambush. I don't like the implication it brings however and also not intending to put words in your mouth but currently that is how the situation seems.
I am also missing two badges that I completed missions for in the last week...
1) Numina Task Force Badge
Just as mentioned before by someone else...
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* Prior to Update 2, I completed the Numina Task Force. I have been assigned all of the other Task Force Badges (having completed all of them) but still lack Numina's.
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Were you part of the team when Jurrasik was defeated? Did you recieve a reward when Jurrasik was defeated?
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Me and 7 others formed a Numina Taskforce team and did it a few days ago, we all got our the Jurrasik Badge but did not get the Numina TF badges on completion of the Task Force. We submitted this as a bug report at the time.
2) Hollow's Trial
I have an L38 Blaster, and I exemplered with an L12 Defender in a team of 8. We completed the mission, but when we went back to the contact, no one recieved the trial badge.
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Pos,
Just killed Babbage in mission with several other high 40's and 50's, no exemplars. None of us received any badge.
As a side note, please do not add any more badges that you get by killing a single-spawning outdoor creature (Kraken, Adamaster). It screams "I HATE EVERQUEST" in burning lights in the sky. You want kill stealing, mad players all hunting in one area trying to crush the spirits of each over a single creature? Keep CoH unique and fresh....please don't use this horrible, terrible design method
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Babbage or Psychic Babbage (two different beasts)?
As for the kill stealing... several groups can get "badge credit" off one monster... just like several heroes can get defeat credit off one villain.
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I was killing the kraken and a blaster ks'd me. I got the first blow, and dealt a sizable chunk of damage. He got the badge, I didnt. We were both about 15 levels over the monster (I'm 27, he was 29ish). Perhaps the badge is only awarded to multiple groups if they get exp from the kill, and awarded to the person who deals the majority if no exp is gained?
Just wanted to add that I completed the Numina TF on Pinnacle last night are 2am CST, got "The Solution" badge for defeating Jurassikk, got the "TF Completed" message, but no numina tf badge.