I think you have to get under the bubble to get the badge, and I think that is during a TF maybe?
I have never done it.
Oh, it's still in the game, and without a doubt, it's the hardest exploration badge to get. The reason you aren't getting it by running all over the shields is because it's beneath the shields. That's right, the only time you're going to get that badge is during a mothership raid. It is in the center. Watch your server forums for scheduled raids and you should be all set.
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Yep, just got this badge tonight on a raid on Virtue.
Also got close to 400 Vanguard merits and almost a full level of Exp on that raid, so win-win!
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Thanks guys. I haven't done a mothership raid. I'm going to have to keep an eye on the chat channels.
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Theyre LOTS of fun with a good raid group. Its hectic, theres deaths everywhere, the exp is good, and you will be staring in awe at how fast you get Vanguard merits.
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Oh, it's still in the game, and without a doubt, it's the hardest exploration badge to get. The reason you aren't getting it by running all over the shields is because it's beneath the shields. That's right, the only time you're going to get that badge is during a mothership raid. It is in the center. Watch your server forums for scheduled raids and you should be all set.
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I'd say a tossup between this explore and Head of the Hydra
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I'm going to go with Head of the Hydra being the tougher of the two.
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trucker is a bit more difficult that hydra...
easy enough if you have flight/teleport but really only gettable once a year or on random whim of the devs
but yeah for got to do x it IS the hardest
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Head of the Hydra is very easy to get. All you need to do is do a suicide run on the Hydra.
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Yes, but you have to have 3 other people to start it and go through the hunt mission first. The one on the mother ship can be suicided during a ship raid - no need to participate at all.
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Yes, but you have to have 3 other people to start it and go through the hunt mission first. The one on the mother ship can be suicided during a ship raid - no need to participate at all.
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Yes, but you have to have 3 other people to start it and go through the hunt mission first. The one on the mother ship can be suicided during a ship raid - no need to participate at all.
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True, depending on what server you're on and whether they have regular raids. If you're on a server with regular raids, all you have to do is show up the night of the raid, wait until the shield drops and get the badge.
For the Hydra, you have to convince three other people to help you with the first step of a suicide mission which has little or no reward for them. That to me is harder, and that's why I'd say that badge is harder to get. Also, you could be a villain, in which case, it's REALLY hard to get. 
I've never been on a Hamidon raid, but isn't there an exploration badge under him too?
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Also, you could be a villain, in which case, it's REALLY hard to get.
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I've never been on a Hamidon raid, but isn't there an exploration badge under him too?
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I've never been on a Hamidon raid, but isn't there an exploration badge under him too?
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That's a behavior specific to Issue 9 onwards. Previous to that, Hami would always be "spawned", which made getting the badge difficult but not impossible (easiest way when he was there was to suicide right above the spot, fall on it, and get it that way, or use Phase Shift - again, pre-I9).
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I've never been on a Hamidon raid, but isn't there an exploration badge under him too?
[/ QUOTE ] Yes, but Hami doesn't have to even be spawned for you to go get it. It's always there.
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That's a behavior specific to Issue 9 onwards. Previous to that, Hami would always be "spawned", which made getting the badge difficult but not impossible (easiest way when he was there was to suicide right above the spot, fall on it, and get it that way, or use Phase Shift - again, pre-I9).
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I've never been on a Hamidon raid, but isn't there an exploration badge under him too?
[/ QUOTE ] Yes, but Hami doesn't have to even be spawned for you to go get it. It's always there.
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That's a behavior specific to Issue 9 onwards. Previous to that, Hami would always be "spawned", which made getting the badge difficult but not impossible (easiest way when he was there was to suicide right above the spot, fall on it, and get it that way, or use Phase Shift - again, pre-I9).
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Pre i9 he still had a non spawned period you could go in and get it with nothing around. You could always go in right after server reset and have the goo area empty. Quite a few times on Justice we would have raids scheduled and not have a hami up yet from server resets.
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Does anyone know how to get this exploration badge? Is it even still in the game?
It's supposed to be right on top of the Rikti mother ship, in RWZ. I've run all over the little bubble on top and no luck. Can't see the badge icon on top/inside it either.
Is it in a mission?
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