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I feel a KMFDM moment when I finally get this badge.... 
PS: VV- I agree with Plasma's post right down there -VV
Maybe it's me, and I am sure to get flamed for it. But I disagree with Exploration Badges giving XP.
If people want them, they will get them, that should be the incentive, not the XP. If they want to unlock contacts thats fine, thats content related, but no XP for explorations please?
Especially not a level dependant thing. Stalkers (likely) can make bank on this and take advantage of it easier than most.
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Maybe it's me, and I am sure to get flamed for it. But I disagree with Exploration Badges giving XP.
If people want them, they will get them, that should be the incentive, not the XP. If they want to unlock contacts thats fine, thats content related, but no XP for explorations please?
Especially not a level dependant thing. Stalkers (likely) can make bank on this and take advantage of it easier than most.
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I still don't see this being a problem. my level 42 tank got 725 XP for one exploration badge, which is nothing. others have reported getting 600+ for a badge at level 40... I seriously can't imagine the lower level ones giving anywhere near that much XP even, and there are only so many exploration badges to be found, so it's not as if one can farm them.
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I'd have to go back and check, but I believe it offers a 10% buff to your HP and some new costume options.
I haven't checked the costume options yet.
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It only offers a 5% boost to you max HP, but yes, it unlocks a costume piece, some military shoulder pads.
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Is the 5% HP boost confirmed? Also, screen shots of the military pads, please!
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FYI, apparently each of the Mayhem Mission zone maps has its own exploration badge that kicks in after you've spent enough time there. Judging by when I got mine, I'm guessing it's around half an hour? The one for Atlas Park (level 5 to 15?) is called Global Threat.
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I got mine in the bricks mayham mission. It was in an alley beside the jail there. I think the name was brickhouse.
I was probably in there for about an hour though it may have gotten activated far sooner.
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WOOT! Thanks, Cricket.
so... first problem... villains seem to be able to keep the Gladiators that now award just for heroes. Is this fair to all people involved? Is this worth the headache you're going to create with new villains demanding access to old badges (think Isolator only worse.)
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Is it worth the headache from people complaining if they have badges taken away?
I missed out on the chance to get Disruptor/Longbow Warden 2 when it was bugged and being awarded for completing a mission on my main villain. But I would never ask the devs to forcibly remove badges from people who did get it that way.
Really, I say live and let live on this one. Taking badges away from players sets a bad precedent, especially trivial gladiator ones. If it were an accolade or something more "loot"-ish, I could see a problem.
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Nowhere did I suggest taking away the earned gladiators. I'm complaining about them removing the ability to earn them on new characters.
Disruptor/Warden2 bug is different - you still have a chance to earn that. This may cause the type of fuss that has people begging for a way to get Isolator on a character who missed it, or the problems with some villains having Master of Olympus and other villains now can't. Any character you level up after this patch will have missed their shot at these gladiators.
Unless I'm mistaken, these are all for the 10-level badges. Why can't we all get 2 Gladiators for that? This is the point of Gladiators, right? To have a lot of them and play with many different teams of them? Why is it a problem to let us have an extra Minion-class Gladiator?
(speaking of Kronos... has anyone tried to spawn him in RV yet?)
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I'd have to go back and check, but I believe it offers a 10% buff to your HP and some new costume options.
I haven't checked the costume options yet.
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It only offers a 5% boost to you max HP, but yes, it unlocks a costume piece, some military shoulder pads.
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Is the 5% HP boost confirmed? Also, screen shots of the military pads, please!
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Actually the 5% HP boost is bugged, it happens for some but not for others. ie my main has it but has no new auto icon nor been boosted above the original 1170hp.
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Demonslayer badge is now given for both CoH and CoV versions of Baphomet.
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No, it's not. Ran the Villain mission solo, defeated Baphomet, no badge. It's worth noting that the Heralds (and then the big demon himself) started spawning after stopping only 4 or so of the 9 rituals.
Just some of my 50s on Pinnacle... wave if you see:
Doctor Geist: Grav/FF Controller | Fighting Spirit: MA/Inv Scrapper (1250+ badges) | Bird of Paradise: Sonic/NRG Blaster | Pretense: Ill/Rad Controller
Gothic Horror: Dark/Stone Brute | Technophobe: Bot/Dk MM | Snow Leopard: Ice/Ice Dom
Gothic Horror: Dark/Stone Brute | Technophobe: Bot/Dk MM | Snow Leopard: Ice/Ice Dom
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Especially not a level dependant thing. Stalkers (likely) can make bank on this and take advantage of it easier than most.
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It depends on whatthe Developers mean by "a level dependant thing"; what if the award is simply the XP for defeating an enemy of your level, regardless of which badge it is, or what zone it's in?
That makes the "level 5 stalker go sneaky-sneaky to grandeville and suck up high-level Exploration badges" trick impossible to abuse - because they'd get better XP just street-hunting for small spawns, in terms of time invested.
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You get Taskforce Commander for doing all of the Freedom Phanalx TFs
TF's that count.
Sister,Manticore,Positron,ect.
TF's that don't count.
Croatoa,Shadow Shard,ect
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grrr that is so unfortunate...those early levels are hard, having to get 2 almost useless powers (swift/hurdle) and your travel power starter...makes for that a lame task force 
and I have all the others. I actually don't mind Sister psyche's lasting 6 hours because its fun and you have a decent amount of powers... I'm so sad I have to go back and do stupid positron!
oh well it will be good for prestige I guess.
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Positron is lvl 10-15 which means if you're over 15th, you get exemp'd down to 15th. If you got your travel power at lvl 14 like more people... no problem.
Can someone post screenshots of the new badges? pls ?! 
To Dominate .. the power ! Till someone pops a break free .. no matter .. ewww clear mind , we r doomed !
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The Outbreak mobs do spawn in RV, saw it myself.
But so far only in the Tram...
and one at a time...
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I wonder if this is the chance for Isolator. So if the villains are winning, does that mean RV will spawn stuff like Outcast and Troll bossed, Fake Nems, or stuff that's hard for villains to get?
Anyone know how to get the new Accolades that grants +hp, etc.?
I already posted this in the Badges & Gladiators section but I'm reposting here in hopes the Devs can add it...
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You know.... If there's only the one single Contaminated spawning outside of Outbreak I really hope they've given him the civilians "terrified run" animation. You know, the one where they run with their knees up to their chest, arms flailing over their head.
In addition I'd like to see him given an enhanced speed. Maybe not Super or Siphon Speed levels, but something much, much higher than Sprint speeds.
I can just imagine it now. One lone Contaminated screaming in abject terror, running for dear life through the streets of Atlas with a mob of 371 players after him.
"Jesus CHRIST, someone 'port me back with the newbs! AIEEEEE!!"
That scene alone would make for some of the greatest entertainment CoX has to offer.
-Skull
(Not a direct reply to the above poster)
Just thought I'd point out, Issue 7 added 80 badges to the game, or at least, 80 spaces for badges to the /settitle list. On live the list goes from 0-480, and on Test it goes from 0-560.
Note that these 80 badges do not include stuff like the new exploration badges for RV and Grandville, or the 40-50 villain Accomplishments, the signature villain TF badges, the Patron accolades, the third villain respec trial badges, the 4th villain History badge, etc., that were already coded in the game but simply unavailable. That means 80 new, mostly never-before-seen badges(Task Force Commander is one of the new ones, but people have known about it for a while).
So we have our work cut out for us, is what I'm saying.
So far...
Exploration:
Zone Name: Grandville
Badge Name: Master of the Airwaves
Badge Description: Top of the world! You have climbed to the top of the radio tower in Grandville
/loc: 2730.5 734 1042.8
Reference Points: its on a ledge a little ways up not the top
Zone Name: Recluse's Victory
Badge Name: Globetrotter
Badge Description: Lord Recluse targetted the statue of Atlas first, knowing it was an important symbol to Paragon's "Heroes"
/loc: 128.0 16.2 -247.5
Reference Points: Behind where Ms. Liberty usually is.
Zone Name: Recluses victory
Badge Name: ragnarok
Badge Description: Some Say this battle will signal the end of civilization as we know it, and the beginning of a new hitory- written by Lord Recluse.
/loc: -861.3 -15.9 -356.6
Reference Points: due north of delta a little to the east
Zone Name: Grandville
Badge Name: Guttersnipe
Badge Description: Life at the bottom is rough, and after visiting Hobo Row in the Grandville's Gutter you can agree.
/loc: 2861.5, -475, 2310
Reference Points: under a bridge
Zone Name: Recluse's Victory
Badge Name: Last Stand
Badge Description: Lee Towers may go down in history as the place where civilization fell to Lord Recluse.
/loc: 1081.4, 0.1, -135.9
Reference Points: Mid-Point between Foxtrot and Golf pillboxes. Near 3 Dumpsters.
Zone Name: Recluse's Victory
Badge Name: Dark Victory
Badge Description: The Meinhoff Building was created in our current timeline to serve as an Arachnos base in this possible future.
/loc: 1026.6, 42.0, -1420.6
Reference Points: Goto Point Alpha - head east down alleyway to the tram. Badge halfway down alley
Zone Name: Recluses Victory
Badge Name: Temporal Fighter
Badge Description: The Meinhoff Building was created in our current timeline to serve as an Arachnos base in this possible future.
/loc: 1027.9 42.3 -1417.0
Reference Points:67yrds east of Alpha
Zone Name: Grandville
Badge Name: Sewer Dweller
Badge Description: A new low, even for a villain, you've stumbled through very bottom of Grandville in the area known as 'The Gutter.'
/loc: 2681.0 -443.4 -730.6
Missing one in Grandville
Gladiators:
Badge Name: Wolf Spider Tac Ops
Badge Description: Your leadership skills are recognized
What Zone: Trainer
What Mission: None
What you did to earn this badge: Train to lvl20
Badge Name: Arachnoid
Badge Description: These Hideous creatures obey you.
What Zone: Grandville
What Mission: N/A
What you did to earn this badge: Awarded with Sewer Dweller Explore badge
Achievement:
No confirmed earnings:
One for Toxic Spiders
5 Mayhem Mission badges
Chance for Isolator in RV
5 hour Badge for RV
Accolades:
Accolade Name:Task Force Commander (hero)
Power Included: Shoulder Epaulettes costume piece as well as 5% HP
HP or End Bonuses:5% HP
Other badges Associated to earn this badge, if known:All 6 Surviving 8 TF's
Description: (?)
Accolade Name: High Pain Threshold (Villian)
Power Included: N/A
HP or End Bonuses: 10% Hit Points
Other badges Associated to earn this badge, if known: unk
Description: You've got an incredibly High Pain Threshold, an afteraffect of which is that your hit points are 10% greater than normal.
Accolade Name: Megalomaniac (villian)
Power Included: Mez Boost (Villian version of Vanguard)
HP or End Bonuses: None
Other badges Associated to earn this badge, if known:
Last Stand Exploration Badge(Recluse's Victory)
1 unk Accolade for earning all 5 Achievement Mayhem Badges
1 unk accolade for earning all Exploration Mayhem Badges
Accomplishments:
Title: Time Machinist
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Capture 10 Pill Boxes
Title: Unk
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Capture 100 Pill Boxes
Title: unk
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Capture ?? Pill Boxes
Title: Temporal Agent
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Capture 10 heavies
Title: Temporal Spy
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Capture 50 heavies
Title: Unk
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Capture 100 Heavies
Title: Wrangler
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Black Scorpion
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Lord Recluse
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Ghost Widow
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Sirrocco
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Mako
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Statesman
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Back Alley Brawler
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Synapse
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Positron
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Sister Psyche
Title: ??
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Manticore
Plaque Locations:
Zone Name: Grandville
Plaque Location: 1724, -459, 1514.6
Wall or Pedestal: Pedestal
And there is the compiled information that the wonderful and diligent community over at vidiotmaps.com have come up with. ManyBothans died to bring us this information.
I just noticed that TF commander, doesn't seem to work in conjunction with Dull Pain. I just got on test, and got booted right away, so I didn't get the chance to see if it actually boosted my HP without Dull Pain, but *with* Dull Pain, I noticed no changes.
Should it not increase both DP's and Recon's Healing factor, as they're both based off of full HP? I might be wrong here, but I was so happy with another HP Accolade -- I almost thought Regen actually got a boost here.
Edit: I also noticed NO increase in my total HP with DP running. With the new Accolade, I should at least see a slight increase in my total HP + DP, even if DP were based off of standard HP, not modified by Accolades.
Title: Temporal Soldier
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Capture 100 Heavies
Title: Poltergeist
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Ghost Widow
Title: Shark Hunter
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Mako
Title: Sandblasted
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Sirrocco
Title: (Most likely) Arachnophobic
Zone: Recluse's Victory
Defeat Lord Recluse
No confirmed earnings:
6 Mayhem Mission badges
Has anyone tried to see if there is a new beacon for Grandville by finding the exbadges in SG/VG mode?
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I just noticed that TF commander, doesn't seem to work in conjunction with Dull Pain. I just got on test, and got booted right away, so I didn't get the chance to see if it actually boosted my HP without Dull Pain, but *with* Dull Pain, I noticed no changes.
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My understanding is that there's a cap to the HP buffs you can get, without any accolades dull pain slotted 3 heal will put you at or near that cap; if you have portal jockey & freedom phalanx reserve accolades then you're over the cap with dull pain active, so an additional 5% HP accolade won't affect the DP value, but it will affect your base (non-DP) hit points.
COH has just been murdered by NCSoft. http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...city-of-heroes
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My understanding is that there's a cap to the HP buffs you can get, without any accolades dull pain slotted 3 heal will put you at or near that cap; if you have portal jockey & freedom phalanx reserve accolades then you're over the cap with dull pain active, so an additional 5% HP accolade won't affect the DP value, but it will affect your base (non-DP) hit points.
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Bah, I hope that's not the case -- some people suggested on test that the accolade still has trouble functioning -- otherwise, I'd be disappointed.
More HP is more Regen, and one can never have enough of that
mmmmmmmmmmmm badges 
btw, is thier badges for defeating heavies?
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Accolade Name: High Pain Threshold (Villian)
Power Included: N/A
HP or End Bonuses: 10% Hit Points
Other badges Associated to earn this badge, if known: unk
Description: You've got an incredibly High Pain Threshold, an afteraffect of which is that your hit points are 10% greater than normal.
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As far as I noticed on myself there's no buff icon showing up on my character when I have this. I'll have to check later if the HP is more or the same than my char on live.
EDIT: This accolade is broken right now for +10% hp, it doesn't show the buff icon or buff you.
Plus the gender badges, beautiful/MIB badges titles are broken. They say gender.badge.
EDIT2: Looks like the badge is buggy, if you aren't given the power when you recieve the badge, logging in and out won't fix it, you won't ever get it. Funny thing is i made another copy of my char and logged that in and it got the accolade and the +10 hp. So its a shoot or miss thing i guess
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and I have all the others. I actually don't mind Sister psyche's lasting 6 hours because its fun and you have a decent amount of powers... I'm so sad I have to go back and do stupid positron!
You get Taskforce Commander for doing all of the Freedom Phanalx TFs
TF's that count.
Sister,Manticore,Positron,ect.
TF's that don't count.
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grrr that is so unfortunate...those early levels are hard, having to get 2 almost useless powers (swift/hurdle) and your travel power starter...makes for that a lame task force
oh well it will be good for prestige I guess.