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BTW -what sites are everyone using for badges these days? Obviously this is the most up to date spot, but Vidiotmaps seems to be getting slower, and cohonlin.com isn't updated at all anymore.
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Yes I definatelly am getting slower. Playing my main villain to 40 is my first priority. I WILL be updating my badge list to suit everything said here today. 
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I know your pain ...
Update website? Play game? Update website? Play game? 
Both of you guys do a great job, and I definitely know the pressure of the desire to get that 1st toon as high as it can. Besides, the villains are fun!
Can I ask a question of you though mapmaster? on your list of badges it shows the Glad badge for Pariah anchorite as Villain confirmed. Can you or anyone else post what a badguy needs to do to get it? It's obvious that it's not getting the same Histort badge as heros, and I haven't found the post/info anywhere.
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
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Hellions: same. You won't see many bosses unless you have a full group of 8 though.
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Damned do spawn in Port Oakes, found some of them in Dockside and Oil Spill while I was doing my Gangbuster hunt. Running a lowbie's missions like you suggest would probably be faster, though.
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yup they do. It should be considered if you're solo and desperate. However since I could watch the bar move in the 8man mission and barely got it to above 1/5th in an hour of street hunting, the mission is the way to go.
Just a bit of clarification for the folks who haven't done this before: When I talk about taking a mission from the paper, there are a few things to keep in mind. For the purposes of getting a badge, you DO NOT want to complete the mish and move on. It's simpler and faster to "milk" it. When it comes to paper missions, I recomment the "Steal" missions. It's trickier to deal with outrunning a hostage on a Kidnap (though recall works great here), and all too easy to kill a boss in a Defeat mission. Since most of the badge-aholics in your team wont be there for the xps, completing the mission isn't key. Just clear it, then abandon and reset it once everyone is out. The best way to scope for a specific foe from the paper is to either stand at the Ferry, or at the door to another mission. Check your paper, if what you want isnt there, zone and check again. With a mission door you need to make 2 trips, that's why I prefer the ferry. I can pick 2 spots, like Oakes and Cap au Diable and check the paper with fresh missions on both ends. Yeah, its somewhat cheesy in a way, but it doesn't break any rules of the system, and it ends up in a good result for a full team of players (plus the owner of the mish gets the bonus on the final run when the mish is actually completed). In CoH high end missions get milked all the time (paragon protectors, carnie illusionists, fake nemesis). In this case its simply at the lower end of the scale.
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
i am confused how exactly do i display the Lat and Long in the game to get to all of these places
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Both of you guys do a great job, and I definitely know the pressure of the desire to get that 1st toon as high as it can. Besides, the villains are fun!
Can I ask a question of you though mapmaster? on your list of badges it shows the Glad badge for Pariah anchorite as Villain confirmed. Can you or anyone else post what a badguy needs to do to get it? It's obvious that it's not getting the same Histort badge as heros, and I haven't found the post/info anywhere.
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Good question...perhaps I should make it heroes only because I might have checked that by mistake
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i am confused how exactly do i display the Lat and Long in the game to get to all of these places
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Type /loc in your chat window (specific channel doesn't matter)
Just remember W.U.S. when corresponding the location numbers
1st coord is how far WEST you are. As this number increases, the position becomes more WEST. As this number decreases, the position becomes more EAST.
2nd coord is how far UP you are. As this number increases, the position becomes more UP. As this number decreases, the position becomes more DOWN.
3Rd coord is how far SOUTH you are. As this number increases, the position becomes more SOUTH. As this number decreases, the position becomes more NORTH.
That sucks. 
I didn't get the Bone Collector (Bocor) nor Stone Cold (Vendetti) and I was only 14 when I moved unto CAD. Man that blows. I love getting badges and it sucks when I miss them, espically mission ones. 
Very easy to get the badge by accompanying a toon that has the mission. The fact that most first toons stay on Mercy and on teams up through the Mongoose missions almost guarantees they'll be close to L10 by the time they hit Oakes, when ideally if you want to see all the contact's stories, you need to go right after you finish with Kalinda and are L5-6
Whenever I start a toon now, I solo Kalinda on villainous, then run to oakes and begin working on getting Bocor and Vendetti.
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Just FYI...I don't think it's been posted...but the Mongoose badge is 25 snakes. Counted them last night with my new toon. 
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Port Oaks mission badges:
Im a little anoyed about something relted to these badges i just cant figure out:
My first toon completed vendetti's missions and got the kill traiter mission and a badge from it, then took the second contact (not vandetti or bocor) and got no badge from it
My second toon completed Bocor's missions and got loa bone and radio contact badge missions (2 badges) but then my broker never gave me a second contact
this is where i get confused:
My 3rd toon, who i was determined to do right so i could get all the badges, took vendetti, but never got the badge mission..
THEN the broker never gives me a new contact, so i cant get ANY mission badges from port oaks now...
help?
If you want all three Port Oakes mission badges, I would recomend skipping Mongooses missions entirely and moving to Port Oakes at about level 5-6. Get broker missions and just run past all you can to complete the missions. Get a contact, and repeat until you have both Vendetti and Boccor. Do their missions skipping as much as you can and you will get both of their badge missions around the time you turn 10. One of them will then give you the Radio. The Radio gives missions til 15 so plenty of time to get it's missions done.
You don't need to skip any missions if you stick to solo play on villainous and concentrate on the mission objective rather the defating all enemies on a map by default. The only content I have missed playing this way so far is Veluta & Dumont, but that was because I didn't find out about them before it was already too late rather than outlevelling them.
If the Villain badge isn't fixed soon I will miss out on Jeager too I suspect because TL 36 is fast approaching for the Convalescent.
Once you get to level ten it's easy not to out-level stuff, just pick up some debt if in doubt If you are at level ten and still have a lot of 5-10 content to do just go out and max your debt, don't skip Mongoose thinking there's no rewards for him .. although Mongoose gives no souvenir today, it has already been confirmed that souvenirs that are not awarded will be datamined and awarded retrospectively, unlike badges -- I assume because all badges can be obtained later at any level, whereas you only get one shot at souvenirs.
i finnished vendetti at lvl 11, surly that was not out leveling him?
First level of contacts in Oakes are 5-10
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Here are a few pieces of advice I can give on getting certain badges in CoV:
Skulls: there are skulls in Mercy, but no Bosses, so it's really best to snag a newspaper mission (or get a lowbie who can get one) then form a full group and kick up the difficulty.
Hellions: same. You won't see many bosses unless you have a full group of 8 though.
Silver Bullet: hunting the beaches at night in Sharkhead. There's also a place they spawn 24hr a day in shark, but I don't know it.
The Slayer: best source or Vampyri I've found is the Silver Mantis SF (gotten from an SG mission computer).
Banished Pantheon Masks: there is one mission about the Scroll of Tiklekki (sp) that spawns BP, but we could not get it to spawn Masks, only Totems. Its possible that if the mission holder is 25 or less, or the right mix of party size/ mission dificulty, the Masks would spawn, but we didnt take the time to experiment.
Trolls: I'm told there are certain missions that send you to Paragon and you can get the badge. I've seen the badge, but I couldnt get specific info on what contact/level was needed.
Gangbuster: the Jack pot area of St Martial is an excellent hunting ground if you're high enough lvl. Great xps too, just beware of the Pet Bug. The bosses tend to summon Singularities, and currently Summoned pets are not guaranteed to be -1 of their master. Our crew got wrecked by a L52 singularity, and we saw a range of 24-52 all spawning from L34-36 bosses. Not common, but it does happen.
Untouchable: its still possible to get this badge in CoV, just kill Family bosses that are not Marcone.
Coralax Blue Hybrid (gladiator badge): the Oil Spill area in Oakes is a good place for a simple hunt. They also spawn in Sharkhead and Nerva if you want xps.
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How many blue coralax do you need to kill for the gladiator badge?
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You don't need to skip any missions if you stick to solo play on villainous and concentrate on the mission objective rather the defating all enemies on a map by default.
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I've tried this and been unable to complete all of the missions from all three contacts. Once you hit level 10 the contacts will let you finish any existing story arc but you lose out on any additional missions that they have. This can result in such undesirable things as losing out on the Loa Bane from Bocar since that is a standalone mission that sometimes is given after the story arc missions.
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PVP zone related badges (text bugged)
Reinforcement - Clear a PvP zone mission to buff your side.
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VVolf - Thanks for all the work.
Small error - The Reinforcement badge is for offing 20 heroes in a PvP zone. I got it a couple nights ago!
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What level is Dr. Shelly? I just got her as a contact tonight and I outleveled her!! Second one!!! First Bocor now Shelly. There is something wrong with this. If I have to pass The Russian to get Shelly as a contact, but my low toon can't survive the run to him to get an early start, then how am I gonna get it if by the time I can run around somewhat safely I have outleved her (same scenario with bocor).
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I have learned to be very cautous when running around and I no longer hunt nor do I kill everything in the mishion unless I have to. I have bare bonesed all my contacts to make sure I don't out level them. PaD is pure hell to run threw at level 10 but hey a badge-aholic has gotta do what a badge-aholic gotta do.
Yea...well I am using my lower toons to pick up the badge missions and then do a mish swap so my main can get the badge as well. But thanks...I am learning that soloing is the best bet until 18 when teaming becomes more productive as my MM pets are -2.
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Yea...well I am using my lower toons to pick up the badge missions and then do a mish swap so my main can get the badge as well.
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I plan on doing the same thing. I'm starting up my dominator so my Brute can get all of his badges. Once you are out of CaD it is a bit easier to catch all of the missions in the 20's, but you can still outlevel them if you aren't careful. I missed Slag Reaper and Agent of Discord, but have the others qued up or completed for the 20's/early 30's.
BTW, is there a Badge Channel for villains on Freedom, or is everyone planning on using Freedom Badge?
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PVP zone related badges (text bugged)
Reinforcement - Clear a PvP zone mission to buff your side.
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VVolf - Thanks for all the work.
Small error - The Reinforcement badge is for offing 20 heroes in a PvP zone. I got it a couple nights ago!
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No, re read what he wrote. The text description (or the award conditions) of PvP badges are bugged. That badge may say kill 20 players, but you don't need to do that to get the badge. He is correct when he says completing a mission of that type grants the badge.
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
I keep seeing a listing on websites for a "ColdHearted" Badge.
Its for killing 250 fire demons which are suppose to be CoT. I have never seen or heard of a fire demon before.
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I keep seeing a listing on websites for a "ColdHearted" Badge.
Its for killing 250 fire demons which are suppose to be CoT. I have never seen or heard of a fire demon before.
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it's kind of hard to miss a big [censored] half dog/goat/demon thing with wings and a sword made of fire but don't beat yourself up over it
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BTW -what sites are everyone using for badges these days? Obviously this is the most up to date spot, but Vidiotmaps seems to be getting slower, and cohonlin.com isn't updated at all anymore.
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Yes I definatelly am getting slower. Playing my main villain to 40 is my first priority. I WILL be updating my badge list to suit everything said here today.