Hey Positron. Let me preface by saying, I didn't read all 5 pages of posts, I read all your replies, but didn't see any of these issues addressed, so here they are.
First, I will add the obligatory Isolator badge complaint, but will apply a simple logic to the situation. I see this as a rather easily rectified. (A) Automatically award it to any toon that was created BEFORE badges were introduced to the game. This is fair because since badges didn't exist, noone stayed in Outbreak longer than the requirement since none of those mobs there give xp, plain and simple, and arguing anything else has no real merit. Or (B) setup some special instanced mission where ONLY toons that were created BEFORE badges were introduced can go and just earn the kills, I don't even care if it exemplars me to level 1 like I would have been in Outbreak (in fact, I'd prefer to be Level 1 again and earn it the right way). It all boils down to a simple unfair choice made by the Dev teams. So, basically, because I was in closed beta, open beta and bought and played the game from day 1, I have to suffer a penalty of NOT having the ability to get that badge. Does that sound like a good customer service call for someone who pays their fees every month? (that's a rhetorical question as it really only has one answer, NO).
Also, the Bug Hunter Accolade that exists. Let me quote the support team from the email:
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Thank you for contacting the PlayNC Support team regarding the Bug Hunter badge. There are no in-game mechanisms for players to earn the Bug Hunter badge. This badge is only awarded to players in the game under extraordinary circumstances determined by the development team. The PlayNC Support and QA teams are not awarding this badge for bug reports received.
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So, what do they consider extraordinary? 1700 play hours on my main isn't extraordinary? Having 295 badges collected? 38 of a possible 43 souvenirs? Ship you all a case of scotch for our CoH 2nd Anniversary in May? 
Again, just a hazy thing that can number any amount of "extraordinary" events, would like more info about what qualifies.
Another idea, how about either adding a tab in the player info window to (A) List collected souvenirs or (B) eliminate souvenirs and turn them into badges and just add a section for them?
Another thing, are they fixing the PvP Rep from deteriorating back to 0 and my maps resetting to all black when I zone out of a PvP zone?
There are a few more things, but I'll stop there for now, this is already a long response.
Appreciate some insights into those ideas though.
Thanks!
Positron
What is the MASTER THIEF badge for? And is it currently attainable? Whats the scoop?
Hey Posi!
One question, is there anyway villains can get Info Kiosks, and if so, can the CoX wide Kiosks display badge tracking stats for that server? I've always wondered how I rank.
Also...I know you addressed this already but I'd love for the badges to clump together in like groups. It just looks weird having the 200 badge Badge way down there!
One last thing, maybe there should be a 300 mark badge? I've seen a few people hit it and that is QUITE an accomplishment that should get some sort of reward.
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What is the MASTER THIEF badge for? And is it currently attainable? Whats the scoop?
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I remember it being in beta... But, what happened to it?
Why was it removed?
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Sorry in advance, dont know if this has already been asked.
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I know this would be a lot of work. Is it possible though that we can either get badges or some system of checking which AV's we have fought.
Im working on my praetorians arc, however between my toons I have done antimatter, neuron , infernal, etc etc etc ad infinitum, and I cant honestly say if I have done people like mailase etc if at all.
Sure I can just go do it again when someone gets it, however the rare ones id hate to pass up on because im doing bobcat for the 4th time.
Anyway we can get badges or some sort of flags (perhaps in the souvineer (sp) area for the AV's in general?
IE "you have collected the helmet of Antimater" You have collected Infernal Axe" etc.
Thanks in advance.
Question: Does the system keep track of rezzes? If yes, what's the possibility of a rez bage (similar to the heal badges)? For Dark Defenders with their group rez, you'll need a 100 Rez badge and a 1,000 Rez badge.
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Also, the Bug Hunter Accolade that exists. Let me quote the support team from the email:
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Thank you for contacting the PlayNC Support team regarding the Bug Hunter badge. There are no in-game mechanisms for players to earn the Bug Hunter badge. This badge is only awarded to players in the game under extraordinary circumstances determined by the development team. The PlayNC Support and QA teams are not awarding this badge for bug reports received.
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So, what do they consider extraordinary? 1700 play hours on my main isn't extraordinary? Having 295 badges collected? 38 of a possible 43 souvenirs? Ship you all a case of scotch for our CoH 2nd Anniversary in May? Again, just a hazy thing that can number any amount of "extraordinary" events, would like more info about what qualifies.
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The bug hunter is exactly what it says it is. It is awarded to those that find major bugs or exploits in the game. For example Burnin_up just recieved it on the infinity server for discovering and reporting the Prestige Exploit. So that is what they mean by extraordinary.
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Question: Does the system keep track of rezzes? If yes, what's the possibility of a rez bage (similar to the heal badges)? For Dark Defenders with their group rez, you'll need a 100 Rez badge and a 1,000 Rez badge.
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Rezzing afaik counts as 'healing', because I received a healing badge while I was rezzing a teammate. Not sure if the actual action of rezzing is counted somewhere. A good idea tho.
Will we be seeing art for the Moonfire and SS badges or are you stickin with the explore badge recycles?
Ok so upgrading from CoH to CoH DVD will give my characters the ViP Accolade ? Excellent!
Regarding Isolator, I didnt know about the isolator badge until about 2 months after I started playing which was May last year, and had no idea to do searches on badges on the net before I left Outbreak, and I would love for my main to get it ... many people say its a reward for blah blah blah and shouldn't get it, others say we were here before badges blah blah blah and should get it ...
City Rep ...
Yes the City Rep ... Once you hit level 50, if you *DON'T* have isolator, she gives you a mission at portal corp, or an instanced mission, that is TIMED, so you can get there and defeat the contaminated and get your Isolator badge ... that is just a suggestion ...
Question for Positron: Do PVP encounters count towards badges ? IE Player X's dominator holds me for 20 minutes, until Stalker Y comes and assassinates me, does that 20 minutes of hold time and the damage from the AS count towards my Hold badge and Damage taken badge ...
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Positron,
A couple of comments:
As to Isolator, I for one, though I am a Badge Hound, actually rather like this not being available. It gives younger heroes something us old pros don't have and can't get.
Two, is there any way to change the wording for the Mezz badges. These are the only badges in the game the wording actually makes shameful to hold. In my opinion.
Three, I would simply like to suggest at some point a Badge called Private Eye, as that is what my main persona is.
Four, maybe a Badge for total hours spent in the city....
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response. Keep up the good work
Sam Granite - The Liberty League (Protector)
296 Badges, but still only 2 Mezz badges
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Positron,
A couple of comments:
As to Isolator, I for one, though I am a Badge Hound, actually rather like this not being available. It gives younger heroes something us old pros don't have and can't get.
Two, is there any way to change the wording for the Mezz badges. These are the only badges in the game the wording actually makes shameful to hold. In my opinion.
Three, I would simply like to suggest at some point a Badge called Private Eye, as that is what my main persona is.
Four, maybe a Badge for total hours spent in the city....
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response. Keep up the good work
Sam Granite - The Liberty League (Protector)
296 Badges, but still only 2 Mezz badges
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It is shameful to be held for like 5 hours......that is the point of the badge. I LOVE the wording for the hold badges!! I wish more badges were like that- damage taken badges, "hey way to stand up and BE the target!" and such!
But that is me.
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Heyya Pos', I have two questions. First, what are the requirements for the Shock Trooper badge? Second, is Annihilator (supposedly for defeating Freedom Phalanx) currently available on the live servers?
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Why wasnt the TF vadges for ALL TFs backdated. By this i mean if you did any of the posi->numina TFs you got the badges once implemented. But having done the Shadow Shard TFs prior to badge implementation no one was awarded them. Cuppa said at one point they were working to resolve...but then the answer was changed to...sorry yer outta luck(paraphrasing here).
Those TFs are @(*^$ long and not being awarded the badges for doing them prior to badges being made is just silly. Namely the Faathim TF...huge zones and multi AVs but in the end...no datamining or retro on the badges...the TFs werent changed significantly enough to say it is a whole new TF...they just shuffled up some of the locales.
Is it really that hard to query who completed those TFs and award the badges?
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So, what do they consider extraordinary? 1700 play hours on my main isn't extraordinary? Having 295 badges collected? 38 of a possible 43 souvenirs? Ship you all a case of scotch for our CoH 2nd Anniversary in May? Again, just a hazy thing that can number any amount of "extraordinary" events, would like more info about what qualifies.
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While I'm not Posi, I have seen a post from either Cuppa or Alexia (spacing as to which) addressing this badge. It has been granted once. It's been given to one player, on one of their characters, on one server. They found a game breaking bug with bases.
My assumption is the prestige bug that was fixed recently. But, I could be wrong on that one. Now we know how to earn it, find game breaking bugs. That's an easy thing to do right? Right? But, the scotch idea may not be a bad one.
--Rad
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Positron,
A couple of comments:
As to Isolator, I for one, though I am a Badge Hound, actually rather like this not being available. It gives younger heroes something us old pros don't have and can't get.
Two, is there any way to change the wording for the Mezz badges. These are the only badges in the game the wording actually makes shameful to hold. In my opinion.
Three, I would simply like to suggest at some point a Badge called Private Eye, as that is what my main persona is.
Four, maybe a Badge for total hours spent in the city....
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response. Keep up the good work
Sam Granite - The Liberty League (Protector)
296 Badges, but still only 2 Mezz badges
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It is shameful to be held for like 5 hours......that is the point of the badge. I LOVE the wording for the hold badges!! I wish more badges were like that- damage taken badges, "hey way to stand up and BE the target!" and such!
But that is me.
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Agreed. In fact, if I could I would do away with Mezz badges altogether, as it, as you said, is a mark of shame, whereas ALL the other badges are marks of accomplishment. Yes, even the debt badge shows your willingness to fight thru defeat to triumph, becuase it is for debt paid off.
But, since removing these badges isn't gonna happen, I instead have to ask that they not be worded as the only Shame Badges in the game.
Sam Granite - The Liberty League (Protector)
296 Badges, bu still only 2 Mezz badges
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Just two things that I have not seen answered so far in the thread.
1) Any possibility of progress bars for the influence/infamy badges? Any hints on the amount needed for Popular and Leader?
2) Since damage dealt is tracked on the kiosks (punishers), there is still no way to implement damage done badges? I really could care less if they datamined since damage is one of the most common stats in the game and pretty much whatever you are doing, you are going to be working toward this badge.
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Any chance of getting a response to these 2 questions?
Question about the Undying badge:
Allegedly this badge is for 100 deaths. Last night I suddenly had this badge awarded at the end of a mission. But I hadn't died. I can only think of two possible reasons why this badge popped at that moment: (a) The end-of-mission XP paid off the last debt from 100 deaths counted since the death badges were added (ie, the badge is awarded for dying AND paying the resulting debt); or (b) Some quiet background datamining was still catching up on counting old deaths (this character was created shortly before I1 (!) and has easily died more than a hundred times -- but I understand that stuff that happens before the badges are added often don't get recorded or counted).
So the question is, what does this badge actually count, and why did it pop when it did?
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Posi,
Will there be any badges tied to Prestige earned?
Question:
Why were the Firebase Zulu Secuirty Detail and Troll Task Force Member Badges never implemented in the game?
Also, will they ever be implemented since now we have badges based on time spent in a particular zone - i.e. PvP zones?
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I would like to know if Bug Hunter will be awarded to those who participated in Beta.
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I participated in beta, and I didn't even get a T-shirt. 
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You wouldn't, but Poz and I would. We are of the opinion that there are too many tabs there as it is.
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I agree with you, it's kind of busy. I boggled when Gladiator went in, but those are genuinely different. I wouldn't mind if achievement and accomplishment were combined; they're both badges you get for "doing something" as opposed to "going somewhere." Exploration is probably the biggest and easiest category already, so a tab of its own makes sense. History could combine with it because it is a sort of sub-type of exploration, except, exploration is really huge and both it and history have growth potential. Accolades works well enough as a semi-catchall for events/perks/collections. But, I don't see much distinction between killing a # of a mob or winning 1 specific mission, story arc, or task force. (Actually I could see moving TF/Trial badges to accolades. They are honors lauded on you by signature heroes or for exceptional actions.) 
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Ok so upgrading from CoH to CoH DVD will give my characters the ViP Accolade ? Excellent!
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That would be a real waste. It's a nice looking badge and someone obviously spent some quality time on it. Ah well, them's the breaks.