is there a badge for 100 Prisoners

LoD_Lotus · 10-29-2005 08:36 PM

what he forgot to mention was he later paged a GM or logged on a GM character to get the badge

Pacur · 10-29-2005 08:36 PM

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LOL. You guys are damn funny. Well, coming from WoW, this game is a big change. I'll give it another couple weeks and see if I get used to things.

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SkunkWerks · 10-29-2005 08:55 PM

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What's the end-goal behind badges? Just for bragging rights?

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Yes. And No.

With a combination of badges you get NEW badges called Accolades (which actually do something).

They boost your helath, give ya a bit more end, as well as giving you the gladiator badges with which you can summon gladiators to fight for you in the arena.

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And sometimes they give you funny hats.

Stormfire · 10-29-2005 09:20 PM

Betcha you're going to work extra hard now on Flashback and make it where we can go back and get the badge from the tutorial. My main was way out of Outbreak when badges were introduced so Isolator is one that I can never get unless you do this........please...........really......yes I am OCD......

Zekiran_Immortal · 10-29-2005 11:26 PM

... wait, YOU forgot to get the.... :O lol!

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Pax__ · 10-30-2005 08:05 AM

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There is NO badge for defeating enemies in the tutorial. The ONLY badge attainable in the tutorial map is the exploration badge.

Now that being said, I rolled up my character last night, got him to level 6 and saw someone with the Tutorial badge and went "Doh! I forgot to get it!"

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You know what?

It occurs to me - why not have the first contact SEND you near that badge? Put someone else up there (say, in Cell #13), have the guy send you to bring some of that pain-killer up to his buddy, and when you talk to him, he EXPLAINS what badges are, how you get them, and so on. Even to the point of saying something along the lines of "I think there's one somewhere around near here, too".

For absolute newcomers, there's no in-game explaination of these that (if you'll pardon the metaphor) "jumps out and bites our backside", unlike most other game mechanics. When I started playing COH two months ago, I only learned about badges completely and solely by accident, while browsing a fan site! (Vidiot's Maps, FWIW - a site I recommend to all and sundry!)

So, it just seems to me that, since Breakout's badge is an exploration badge, that it's a prime opportunity to introduce the hoped-for new players to the idea of "badge hunting" right from square one - give them the idea that there's more to do in COH/V than just grind for XP and levels.

Just a thought.

raghalin · 10-30-2005 08:22 AM

And sometimes they give you funny hats.

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Leave my funny hat alone!!!!!

Heavensrun · 10-31-2005 01:56 AM

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There is NO badge for defeating enemies in the tutorial. The ONLY badge attainable in the tutorial map is the exploration badge.

Now that being said, I rolled up my character last night, got him to level 6 and saw someone with the Tutorial badge and went "Doh! I forgot to get it!"

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You know what?

It occurs to me - why not have the first contact SEND you near that badge? Put someone else up there (say, in Cell #13), have the guy send you to bring some of that pain-killer up to his buddy, and when you talk to him, he EXPLAINS what badges are, how you get them, and so on. Even to the point of saying something along the lines of "I think there's one somewhere around near here, too".

For absolute newcomers, there's no in-game explaination of these that (if you'll pardon the metaphor) "jumps out and bites our backside", unlike most other game mechanics. When I started playing COH two months ago, I only learned about badges completely and solely by accident, while browsing a fan site! (Vidiot's Maps, FWIW - a site I recommend to all and sundry!)

So, it just seems to me that, since Breakout's badge is an exploration badge, that it's a prime opportunity to introduce the hoped-for new players to the idea of "badge hunting" right from square one - give them the idea that there's more to do in COH/V than just grind for XP and levels.

Just a thought.

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I see where you're coming from, but...

...It's an -exploration- badge. The whole point is to reward people for NOT just going from point A to point B to point C. Remember, the devs don't tell us where these badges are. Every one of the things that shows up on a badge list on a fansite somewhere with exact coordinates was found by a -player-, who just felt like walking around a little before clicking on their next contact. ;p

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Pax__ · 10-31-2005 03:44 AM

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I see where you're coming from, but...

...It's an -exploration- badge. The whole point is to reward people for NOT just going from point A to point B to point C. Remember, the devs don't tell us where these badges are. Every one of the things that shows up on a badge list on a fansite somewhere with exact coordinates was found by a -player-, who just felt like walking around a little before clicking on their next contact. ;p

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Which would be why I figured it'd be best for Badge and Guy-who-explains-badges to NOT be in the same cell. Maybe not even the sme floor (put the NPC on the second floor?) - and then say "I think there's one somewhere around here, if you look you might find it", then leave it at that. ^_^

BallLightning · 10-31-2005 09:01 PM

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There is NO badge for defeating enemies in the tutorial. The ONLY badge attainable in the tutorial map is the exploration badge.

Now that being said, I rolled up my character last night, got him to level 6 and saw someone with the Tutorial badge and went "Doh! I forgot to get it!"

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That's okay Posi. I've only done about 1000000000000 alts, all of which have gotten Isolater JUST IN CASE they end up being kept (I often delete them after a couple weeks) so like... I know what I'm doing right.

Anyway I ding 50 yesterday... make a WS. Having fun. Decide to try a PB... I'm so excited about a level 1 travel power my brain takes a vacation, do my mission and run right back to Coyote without having gotten the badge. D'oh!

Worst thing is he sent me to Galaxy City. At least I could fly to the tram! lol

Ripperjack_au · 10-31-2005 09:11 PM

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There is NO badge for defeating enemies in the tutorial. The ONLY badge attainable in the tutorial map is the exploration badge.

Now that being said, I rolled up my character last night, got him to level 6 and saw someone with the Tutorial badge and went "Doh! I forgot to get it!"

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Dude, just whip out your dev tool set and hack the badge into your account. No sweat.

_T_J_ · 11-02-2005 03:05 AM

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There is NO badge for defeating enemies in the tutorial. The ONLY badge attainable in the tutorial map is the exploration badge.

Now that being said, I rolled up my character last night, got him to level 6 and saw someone with the Tutorial badge and went "Doh! I forgot to get it!"

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Poz you big goof!

Rajani Isa · 11-02-2005 04:41 AM

I believe what Positron said on the beta boards was something along the lines of "We figured we would only get away with that one once" in references to a kill 100 X in the tutorial badge.

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