I'm hoping we can convince whoever needs convincing (Positron? Synapse?) to let those badges stay, purchasable with tickets. I really don't want to lose a lot of those titles, and not even because of the badge count, but because they just look so neat under my character's name.
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I just saw your psot on this in the Change thread and I think this is a great idea.
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I'm sure that many of the badge names will find there way back into the game.
Leaving them in and allowing people to buy them will ultimately lead to another flame war.
I would rather they take them out and give the names to something significant then to have them as another grind badge. We have enough already.
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I had just made it into the 700 Club too (my hero badger currently has 702 badges). And now I'm being expelled! NOOOOOO!
At least I'll still be in the 600 club.
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I made it to 670 now i'm back in the 500 club 
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I am currently at 702 or 703 badges so yeah I'll be kicked out. I do not think the badges should be able to be bought like the "Payoff" badge is. I mean if all 89 badges (or even a good portion of them) are able to be bought that'd still get in the 'gray area' of 'needing to farm' to get them. If all badges cost like the Payoff one (1k tickets), that's, roughly, 89k tickets you'd need to get all 89 badges. Yes you wouldn't have to get all 89, but again if badges are there, people will want 'em (like I would).
Now if they were priced for like 1 ticket each, okay but...don't see that happening.
I did like some of the badges names as well though.
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The main issue I had with them was the number required to do while testing an arc. I had no issue getting badges actually doing arcs (particularly one i created just to get the badges.)
THe dev choice and hall of fame I did have a problem with. But it was not a big deal. I still dont have all of the flash back badges because of the horrendous arcs in the lower 40's hero side. One day I might get them but since my account is screwed up on Titan network I doubt it.
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I'm hoping we can convince whoever needs convincing (Positron? Synapse?) to let those badges stay, purchasable with tickets. I really don't want to lose a lot of those titles, and not even because of the badge count, but because they just look so neat under my character's name.
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Im always the positive poster and I must say for the first time ever Im very disappointed in the dev decisions here.
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I'm hoping we can convince whoever needs convincing (Positron? Synapse?) to let those badges stay, purchasable with tickets. I really don't want to lose a lot of those titles, and not even because of the badge count, but because they just look so neat under my character's name.
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This would be a nice idea, but it would open the door again to accusations of "farming for badges", you're just changing the method farming (from killing X mobs for Y badge to killing X mob for Y tickets to buy Z badge).
I'm hoping for a return of the badges over time, just staggered in low tier to high tier requirements so people aren't rushing to get every single badge in the first week. But we'll see. They're just badges. 
(I will miss "Bard" however. Sigh. =/)
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Could be worse. I was just about to be inducted into the 400 club (only recently started badging) and now I'm being set back.
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Some of the most dedicated, longtime subscribers to this mmo also happen to be some of the most ardent badge collectors. In effect calling them farmers and aberrant is quite bewildering.
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Not all, but some definitely were farmers and there has been a lot of aberrant behavior (PVP Rep Farms, Arena Healing Farms).
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Of course, I would like to hear from the people who put in a badge for 50,000 virtual kills just how we were supposed to accomplish that without "aberrant" behavior.
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I think we both will have to wait till Ragnarok for that to happen.
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Of course, I would like to hear from the people who put in a badge for 50,000 virtual kills just how we were supposed to accomplish that without "aberrant" behavior.
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I think we both will have to wait till Ragnarok for that to happen.
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I suspect we would have to wait until at least Ragnarok III "The Awakening" for this info.
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They probably expected you to run your friends and stranger's missions to help them test it to make sure the content was the most fun, story packed missions you could create. Slowly building up the enemy kills over time as you collect amusing stories of how broken your friend's mission was. Then after 6-12 months of having fun, testing dozens of missions while sipping lemonade and chatting about the 'cool' stories that AE makes possible, you would get your badge.
Grounding their expectations in reality is not one of the devs' strong suits.
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Of course, I would like to hear from the people who put in a badge for 50,000 virtual kills just how we were supposed to accomplish that without "aberrant" behavior.
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They probably expected you to run your friends and stranger's missions to help them test it to make sure the content was the most fun, story packed missions you could create. Slowly building up the enemy kills over time as you collect amusing stories of how broken your friend's mission was. Then after 6-12 months of having fun, testing dozens of missions while sipping lemonade and chatting about the 'cool' stories that AE makes possible, you would get your badge.
Grounding their expectations in reality is not one of the devs' strong suits.
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Well, I kinda got mine by normal testing. I just wanted to make reaaaaaalll sure a level 50 fire/kin can kill a bunch of level 1 council.
I can say without fear of incorrectitude that, yes, yes they can!
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I wonder how many badges we will actually lose. From what I understand the grindy AE badges were removed and I15 will introduce non-grindy AE badges. Besides I16 or whatever issue Going Rogue will be in will bump us to the 700 club and maybe the 800 club. Villain side has over 100 badges that CoH doesn't have and Hero side probably has over 200 badges that CoV doesn't have.
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I wonder how many badges we will actually lose. From what I understand the grindy AE badges were removed and I15 will introduce non-grindy AE badges. Besides I16 or whatever issue Going Rogue will be in will bump us to the 700 club and maybe the 800 club. Villain side has over 100 badges that CoH doesn't have and Hero side probably has over 200 badges that CoV doesn't have.
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Of course, I would like to hear from the people who put in a badge for 50,000 virtual kills just how we were supposed to accomplish that without "aberrant" behavior.
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They probably expected you to run your friends and stranger's missions to help them test it to make sure the content was the most fun, story packed missions you could create. Slowly building up the enemy kills over time as you collect amusing stories of how broken your friend's mission was. Then after 6-12 months of having fun, testing dozens of missions while sipping lemonade and chatting about the 'cool' stories that AE makes possible, you would get your badge.
Grounding their expectations in reality is not one of the devs' strong suits.
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Well, I kinda got mine by normal testing. I just wanted to make reaaaaaalll sure a level 50 fire/kin can kill a bunch of level 1 council.
I can say without fear of incorrectitude that, yes, yes they can!
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This made me laugh a lot, on a rainy Saturday, as I am stuck in my office.
I was upset over the re-definition of badges, but now I hope to find the joy of being a Special Olympian.
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I, too, hope they find some way to keep/bring back the titles we will be losing. I didn't have all of these yet (not even close!), but the ones being removed that I was most excited about were Aficionado, Do Gooder, Champion of Justice, Pressed the Red Button, the ENTIRE Destruction line, and my absolute favourites, the ones that I'm using on several characters: Showoff and Hotshot. I will cry over losing Hotshot!!
I am at 489 badges right now. I was so very, very excited about the approach of 500 (though it would have still either taken a while, or required some hefty farming, which I tend to avoid, to get). Now I'll be put quite a ways back, which does make me sad.
(@Gulver Re:Then again, you'll need Patience just to get Immortal on a Mastermind: Thanks for the laugh!!!)
Was nice while it lasted I guess.