I agree.
I understand that some badges are meant to be difficult. But a fair amount of the new badges are a little much.
The big problem IMO is that Devs are trying to make badges taht are difficult to achieve so that we have something to strive for. I dont think they realize that just having the badges is enough to keep us logging in. They don't have to be impossible.
The few time where I have gotten "all the badges" before the launch of new ones, I was never board or wishing for more badges, I was just basking in the stuff I collected. If anything I played and teamed more just so others could see them. Now I seem to only log in my main to "work" at getting badges.
Somehow it all seems less fun.
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Now I seem to only log in my main to "work" at getting badges.
Somehow it all seems less fun.
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Bingo.
I think arcs should lock into Hall of Fame.
It's already a grind getting what, 1,000 4.5 ratings? Even if you arc is lights out, a Dev might never see it or you might never get sufficient ratings to merit Hall of Fame inclusion.
Lock HoF arcs once obtained and lower the requirements for the associated badges. I mean, how many HoF are there right now on live, 5 or 10? If there's 5 you're going to need to 'farm' that arc over and over which isn't that fun anyway. 
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I mean, how many HoF are there right now on live, 5 or 10?
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Ahahahahaha.
Zero.
No, really, zero.
<---signed. I got credit for one HoF arc started doing it again, and didnt get credit for the second one becuase it was no longer in hall of fame...annoying, lower the highest badge, and keep them locked in please.
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I do believe the Hall of Fame arcs should stay in HoF status once they are achieved.
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This.
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I mean, how many HoF are there right now on live, 5 or 10?
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Ahahahahaha.
Zero.
No, really, zero.
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I think arcs should lock into Hall of Fame.
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except for the problem if someone edits an in-place arc and makes it non-HOF quality.
so do you lock in until republished? if so, you can't really immediately re-lock it once republished because no one has a chance to 1-star the now lousy arc.
It's a great idea in theory, but I'm not sure what's the fairest way to really implement it. Perhaps it's good enough to know that HOF has a buffer if it's averaging well over the HOF Rating requirement.
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I think arcs should lock into Hall of Fame.
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except for the problem if someone edits an in-place arc and makes it non-HOF quality.
so do you lock in until republished? if so, you can't really immediately re-lock it once republished because no one has a chance to 1-star the now lousy arc.
It's a great idea in theory, but I'm not sure what's the fairest way to really implement it. Perhaps it's good enough to know that HOF has a buffer if it's averaging well over the HOF Rating requirement.
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Simple solution, once it reaches HoF lock it in place and don't allow it to be edited, just as a Dev Choice works.
If you've reached HoF, it must be great and therefore you really should't have any reason to edit it.
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Hi Guys,
we were just chatting about these HoF mishs ingame (still zero posted as at!) and we all seemed to agree that the HoF mishs should be saved and locked into a "Play Only" mode and kept as an ever growing resource of quality product.
Much as a library or archive and that would also suit the concept of a Hall of Fame being a record for posterity.
Perhaps have the Dev's do a last quality check before locking it in.
Our only problem seemed to be that if in the future the Dev's nerfed/altered/debuffed or something then that may make the locked in missions invalid or need re- editing. As in when they removed the Snake eggs for instance.
We all agreed that the lack of HoF mishs is a killer for the badges and nobody was expecting to get them in the foreseeable future. Sad really!
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I think one interesting compromise might be to determine HOF during each server reset, not instantaneously.
That would prevent a situation where one could quickly assemble HOF-quality votes without a chance for some lower votes to creep in.
It would prevent losing HOF status because of a single vote at a bad time.
It would still allow a long-term amount of votes to alter the status, including after republishing.
Perhaps combine that with an icon representing "Recently Edited". So the edited arc keeps its HOF status, but sorta with an asterisk. Leave the icon there for a whole server reset and you alert people to arcs that might not still be HOF-worthy thanks to edits, while also highlighting HOF arcs that are now even better.
Well, until the devs fix this problem, I'd suggest that everyone start up, quit out, and 5 star all the existing 999+ arcs that are currently 4 starred. With enough of us actively trying, we should be able to force an HoF back into 4.5 territory long enough for us to get these badges.
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Well I got my 5 HoF arcs badge last night. 3 times I ran the arc it converted so I should be at 8 i had to keep eagle eyes on HoF arcs in the search, and would race like lightning to stealth through it before they dissapeared. So these arn't immposible but highly difficult. but to get to 250 seems ludicrous. I kinda feel like I should be in the Hall of Fame just for getting this first badge lol
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Well, until the devs fix this problem, I'd suggest that everyone start up, quit out, and 5 star all the existing 999+ arcs that are currently 4 starred. With enough of us actively trying, we should be able to force an HoF back into 4.5 territory long enough for us to get these badges.
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As much as I would love to get HoF badge, I'd rather get it because people actually enjoyed my arc. And yes I have one in the 4 star 999+ category.
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Maybe the badge community should just pick a few 4 star 999+ arcs and 5 star the hell out of em just so we can have a few of them to run.
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Well, until the devs fix this problem, I'd suggest that everyone start up, quit out, and 5 star all the existing 999+ arcs that are currently 4 starred. With enough of us actively trying, we should be able to force an HoF back into 4.5 territory long enough for us to get these badges.
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As much as I would love to get HoF badge, I'd rather get it because people actually enjoyed my arc. And yes I have one in the 4 star 999+ category.
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Enjoying the content of an arc that's being played through in order to get a badge is utterly moot to some of the badge community. To the 'badgia', the badge is all, irrespective if how it is gained. Badges that can be gained fairly easily through 'normal'play are being farmed, which strikes me as absolutely ludicrous, but since it's possible to gain the badges this way, it will happen. If your arc gets into the HoF, there will be a sizeable proportion of badgers playing it with scant regard for any content; in fact, I daresay they'll be stealthing thru it as quickly as possible, ignoring any time-wasting activity such as reading the dialogue or clues you've spent time crafting, because that slows down badge progress.
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With the way all of the badges in the play this or play that line of series badges, all of them are for playing 100 story arcs.
Why is it that the Hall of Fame shows 250?
With the way the HoF is working, it will take longer than any epic badge in the game to get. Story arcs, may make it to the Hof, but they do not stay there at all for very long.
Myself and a few others I know have played a HoF arc, and by the time we finished the arc, it was no longer a HoF and we did not get credit for playing a HoF arc.
I really think this line of badges need to be brought down to all the others which is 100. And I do believe the Hall of Fame arcs should stay in HoF status once they are achieved. Otherwise, we will never get this line of badges completed at all.
What say you?
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My sentiments exactly!
I have managed to get credit for one HOF arc. I have played three though.....two dropped off while I was in the arc.
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See the problem, Devs?
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There WAS one. But not any more. They need to re-label the Hall of Fame star as 'Grief Me'.
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As funny as this sounds and is, you are absolutely correct.
I have watched a arc go to HoF, and then knocked down within seconds of it making it there. Rise back to HoF and dropped back down again.
Its really sad this is happening, and of all the badges, we are required to run 250 of these. This is one sick joke.
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Qr - count your lucky stars they didn't make it 250 DIFFERENT HoFs LOL
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There WAS one. But not any more. They need to re-label the Hall of Fame star as 'Grief Me'.
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While the HoF situation is a sad one I'm not really -that- worried about it.
Only one of two things will come of it:
1) Eventually the situation will become more stable with HoF arcs maintaining their status.
Or
2) We're ALL in the same boat that none of us will ever have those badges.
Basically as long as we're all screwed by them it'll be relatively easy to pretend they don't exist until some idiot somehow manages to get "Two Thumbs Up" anyway and ruins the illusion for the rest of us. 
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It's not just the badge. This is a system that recognizes excellence and flags it for other players but it's designed in a way that facilitates griefing jerks who want to smack the arc back down into obscurity.
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With the way all of the badges in the play this or play that line of series badges, all of them are for playing 100 story arcs.
Why is it that the Hall of Fame shows 250?
With the way the HoF is working, it will take longer than any epic badge in the game to get. Story arcs, may make it to the Hof, but they do not stay there at all for very long.
Myself and a few others I know have played a HoF arc, and by the time we finished the arc, it was no longer a HoF and we did not get credit for playing a HoF arc.
I really think this line of badges need to be brought down to all the others which is 100. And I do believe the Hall of Fame arcs should stay in HoF status once they are achieved. Otherwise, we will never get this line of badges completed at all.
What say you?
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