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Nothing to do with badges... but I think we're getting snowjobbed with the xpac. Praetorian earth is all the same maps we already have, so it's not looking like we're actually getting any new content at all... just the same recycled stuff witha new spin.
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Or are you basing it on the small amount of standard map types that are supposed to be on Praetorian Earth, that was released in Issue 1 (I think)?
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basing my assumption on only what they have already shown us over the past 5 years. if i am wrong, yay for new content, but if i'm right it''ll be the same paragon but blown up. hoping for wrong, but i doubt it.
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Well, with our LAST paid expansion, we got: Mercy Island, Cap Au Diable, St. Martial, Grandville (EDIT: GV was made available the following issue as part of the lvl 40-50 expansion), etc. If they keep the bar at LEAST that high (and I have no reason to doubt they would, esp. with MMO competition these days), I'm operating under the assumption (as you are) that we'll see a fistful of new zones for Praetoria, along with access to opposing ethos sides based on your having "fallen" or being "redeemed".
Let's see whose assumptions pan out. I'm throwin' down 10 INF. 
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On minor correction. Grandville did not come out with I6/CoV, it came out many months later with I7, when the level 40-50 content for villains was added.
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On minor correction. Grandville did not come out with I6/CoV, it came out many months later with I7, when the level 40-50 content for villains was added.
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Totally correct. Edited my post to reflect your point.
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Ugh ... having to get the villain day jobs ... lets hope they change the requirements ....
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Website is working now:
http://www.cityofheroes.com/goingrogue/
To be honest, I don't know if my heroes would go rogue just for badges....Also not thrilled about having MMs in City of Heroes. Praetoria sounds exciting....the ability to switch sides...not so much.
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ah, it does work.
The "Hall of Heroes" Is one way to enforce word of mouth/viraled advertising.
trailer looks nice too.
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Certainly not me ... >.>
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So with this... we'll finally be able to get the 1000 or so badges you see on dev toons now eh? 
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I *think* most of the villain day-job badges are just the flipped names of the hero versions. I would need to look at a post-I13 settitle list to be certain, though. But if they are, then baring some sort of mass badge loss during side flipping, you'll not be gaining/losing anything in that area, at least.
MA Arc - Gnomish Madness - #30204 - A short, silly little story.
Ms. Tempest - Lvl 50 Storm/Elec Def (577 badges)
Maiden Dark - Lvl 50 Dark/Dark Corr
Moonlight Maiden - Lvl 50 Warshade
Sister Leortha - Lvl 50 Emp/Rad Def
Puffball - Lvl 50 Inv/SS Tank
Triumph Server
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So with this... we'll finally be able to get the 1000 or so badges you see on dev toons now eh?
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I'm not convinced we'll actually get hero ATs running freely around Cap. "Visiting" the Rogue Isles could be as simple as the way that villains go to Paragon for Mayhems or such.
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I'm not convinced we'll actually get hero ATs running freely around Cap. "Visiting" the Rogue Isles could be as simple as the way that villains go to Paragon for Mayhems or such.
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I would hope not.
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I'm pretty sure this is entirely the point of the expansion. This is a feature people have been asking for pretty much since the release of CoV.
I'd be shocked if what you are presuming is actually correct.
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I believe its likely we will have hero ATs "running freely around Cap." But that doesn't mean you'll necessarily get to "1000 badges" in the direct sense. Its possible that while hero-side, only your hero badges will display and vice versa (including badges that exist on both sides with different names), so even a player that has them all won't necessarily be able to display them all simultaneously (they will of course be able to track them in one of the badge-tracking sites).
So a character might have them all simultaneously in one sense, but not in another sense. I honestly don't have any idea what the devs' inclinations in this area might be, though.
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just what are the badges only available on one side?
Explore
History
TFs, Missions
and I can think of a handful of defeats: a few from Croatoa, Marcone for heroes, and every giant monster
that's not a lot, though for villains that is a lot of explores.
Also, the RV AV's...
That blue thing running around saying "Cookies are sometimes food" is Praetorian Cookie Monster!
Shoot on sight, please.
As a hero, I've looked up the "villain only" badges that I may soon need to obtain if this expansion goes as expected.
44 Exploration
4 History
24 Accomplishment
4 Achievement
17 Accolades (note: this only counts one patron badge)
20 Gladiators
7 PVP
18 Defeats
6 Day Jobs
5 Mission Architect
a total of 149 new badges.
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I honestly can't see the pvp thing happening. Bored Heroes/Villains who didn't have anyone flagged to kill would start griefing by following low levels around kill stealing, that sort of thing. People always find a way. Remember stealthed characters hiding out in medical areas of pvp zones to get easy respawn kills? People suck too much to be able to implement it.
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Erm. I know for a fact that people "already" follow lowers around and grief their kills a lot, so this is quite null. I would like to say that if there is no one in a zone to actually kill..more than likely the players their for the PvP would probably end up leaving.
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Nothing to do with badges... but I think we're getting snowjobbed with the xpac. Praetorian earth is all the same maps we already have, so it's not looking like we're actually getting any new content at all... just the same recycled stuff witha new spin.
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Or are you basing it on the small amount of standard map types that are supposed to be on Praetorian Earth, that was released in Issue 1 (I think)?
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basing my assumption on only what they have already shown us over the past 5 years. if i am wrong, yay for new content, but if i'm right it''ll be the same paragon but blown up. hoping for wrong, but i doubt it.