Another Lame Badge Request

I'd like to request a new badge be brought into the forefront... Well, perhaps a few:

1. Vanguard-Ready
-- This badge is given for purchasing all of the Vanguard Uniform for that particular character.

2. Dimensional Savior
-- This badge is rewarded for completing the Dark Watcher's story arc, after the final mission is finished.


And finally, a new Accolade:

Vanguard Veteran
- Requirements:
-- Master At Arms
-- Demolitionist
-- Vanguard Operative
-- Zookeeper
-- Vanguard-Ready
-- Dimensional Savior
-- Apocalyptic

Special Power: Summon Vanguard
This would give the player the ability to summon a Lieutenant-Level spawn of a Vanguard Operative (Chosen at random) with a 2-hour recharge.

And why? Well, why not? 3 new badges wouldn't hurt us any.

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Actually, yes. I just couldn't help the poetic irony.

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Okay first Zookeeper is already part of another accolade and I have never seen them use the same badge for anything else twice so that needs to be omitted or replaced.

Second you are assuming I, or any number of other players, want to spend our Vangaurd merits on the costume. I have it on one character and after trying it on hated the look and never used another merit again to buy a single piece. I use mine to buy HVACs, PSI Bombs, and of course unlockable items like shields, swords, rifles, ect. Plus we are awarding a badge for BUYING an outfit? How about we just change that to acquiring X amount of Vanguard Merits PERIOD. How I spend them to get ready is my business.

Third I see where you are going with the badge after completing Dark Watcher's arc.. a badge for completing all of the story arcs in the zone. Nice but again it doesn't happen anywhere else. I have a multitude of characters that have done all the arcs in Croatoa, numerous ones that have done the same with the arcs in Striga. Just like DWs this allows the player to open a select TF... Katie Hannon in Croatoa, Hess in Striga and the Lady Grey in the RWZ. Since the Devs never saw fit to award me an accolade in Croatoa or Striga I seriously doubt they will do so in the RWZ either.

I'm not saying it's a bad idea and it would certainly be better than some of the all but useless stuff we get from some accolades (The Crey pistol doesn't even work well against certain villain minions let alone a lieutenant, Boss, EB or AV). And of course we have numerous Accolades that award nothing at all and many players don't even bother trying to earn them anymore .. {2 seperate accolades for doing Safeguards and neither grants the player a thing but another badge}.

I think its a good idea but you need to rework the requirements and from all I stated above I would not get my hopes up on seeing it actually happen.

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Okay first Zookeeper is already part of another accolade and I have never seen them use the same badge for anything else twice so that needs to be omitted or replaced.

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There's an exploration badge in Warburg that's used in two different (power granting) Villain Accolades.

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@Roderick

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Since the Devs never saw fit to award me an accolade in Croatoa or Striga I seriously doubt they will do so in the RWZ either.

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You get Geas of the Kind Ones for completing all content in Croatoa, including all the defeat badges. That is exactly the kind of thing the OP is referring to.

I could see an accolade for RWZ. It would by definition be available to both sides as well. Which would be kind of cool because there isn't any other accolade that is shared in such a way.

Remove Zookeeper from the list, change Vanguard-Ready to a total Vanguard Merits acquired badge and add in all the exploration badges in the zone and you might have a workable idea. Hell, you don't really even need to add any badges to the game, just tie the RWZ badges that already exist to an accolade and call it good.

So, something like this:


Vanguard Veteran
- Requirements:
-- Master At Arms
-- Demolitionist
-- Vanguard Operative
-- Apocalyptic
-- Trespasser
-- Powerful
-- Lifesaver
-- Under Fire
-- Base Jumper
-- Homewrecker
-- Junkyard Dog
-- Scarred
-- Asunder
-- Unabashed
-- Eyewitness

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I strongly dislike the raid badge requirements.

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