Reduced Badge Requirements in I16

I agree Lothic. ("*But really it's not one of the ones I'd bother with if I had any control over which badges to pay attention to.")

(looking at the Damage taken badges)

There should be an "I complained about a badge" badge.

shrug, I'll hold any real comment till I see what is actually changing, but this doesn't sound like a good thing to me.

The main thing to consider with something like Coldhearted and Illusionist is that they're involved in accolades. To perform at an ideal level, you need stuff like Deathless and Unbreakable. The healing badges and the higher-end damage badges are only for show, if you get them on one character, there's no real need to get them on another.

Edit: Well, it's already been said. So... nevermind I guess.

If I may jump over to the dark side for a second, I'd like to see some sort of change for the following redside Defeat badges (among some others that come to mind):

• Visionary: 100 Rularuu bosses, somehow. There's a handful of missions where you can farm these extremely nasty bosses. Easiest way to fix this is to grant villains some manner of Shadow Shard access.

• Legionnaire (Warriors), Regenerator (Trolls), Weatherman (Outcasts): These badges are a freaking joke. Legionnaire forces you to go to Siren's Call to farm bosses, Trolls only appear in newspaper missions, and Outcasts only appear in ONE MISSION. Solution: expanded spawning, accessible to all level ranges. At least you can Flashback for the Outcasts...

• Untouchable/Gangbuster: My main issue here is how unclear they are. Last time I checked the only way to know which badge the boss you're fighting corresponds to is to check their info for a mention of the Marcone family (Gangbuster) or the Don (Untouchable). Considering Untouchable isn't available blueside, maybe its requirements could be changed.

• Devourer of Earth: I haven't seen it mentioned yet and this applies to both sides. 500 DE eminators, only slightly less ridiculous than Illusionist due to how pervasive DE are.

• Kill Skuls: Yeah, this is ridiculously easy to get blueside once you've sufficiently out-leveled Perez Park. Some of my best memories on my Blaster are kiting crowds of "Skuls" and melting them with Ball Lightning. But it's another miserable one to get redside (no clue how I managed this on my Mastermind, I must have farmed it along with Bonecrusher, another unreasonable badge for villains).

• Ski Chalet Skiing Badges: Ease up on the times? Pretty pwease? (Note: Not entirely serious, but these ones were murder for me on one toon and my other badger still doesn't have them all.)

• And finally, Fabricator: I'm jumping on the bandwagon for this. 10k is crazy. Considering the last 4 badges in the series double, 2000 would be much more palatable. Hell, even 5000 would be more palatable.

About the Deletion of empowerment buffs.
That was me. I do remember that at some point it was impossible to delete them. Think the moment was at the same time as converting brainstorm ideas did not count towards badge.
Then I decided I did not want to do some progress further with my 2'd character. Since the auras kept going and they where very... not usable for roleplay. ;P
But if we are able to delete them now then ... rawr.
What I try to say is... Thanks for correcting me

Just hope the Devs wont nuke the requirments (as said earlier). Cause simply taking down one enemy and getting the badge is for me rediculus. (add easy, "whats-the-point", boring etc.)
Some badges would need some looking into (I admit) on say the red side. Like weatherman/woman. This badge is only available by doing one mission (and farming it for them bosses). Adding more missions with them would be a great start!
Same goes with Visionary (Overseers). Add more missions with them, make them and trolls and skulls abit more common on the isles. That should give us more oppertunity of getting the badge (and no nukage is needed).

This though is my plea to the Devs: Don't make things too easy (Cause easy is instant gratification, easy is boring... you get the drift). Make the hunt for the badges FUN! Perhaps even make more ways for them to be required for cool stuff.

Hmm (looks at my own post). "Add more missions with them, make them and trolls and skulls abit more common on the isles."
Should have written "Add more POSSIBILITIES with them, make them a bit easier to to get too and the trolls and skulls abit more common on the isles."

The Shadowshard as CO-OP... hmm not sure about that idea myself. Yes it would ease getting the badges, but then it would make the zone another "here are no villains nor heroes! All are here to save the world."
...so very usure if I like that idea. Maybe give villains access to one of the zones of shadowshard... (but then the problem becomes.. give a villain an inch and (you know) ;P )

Yes, yes... give Villains access to the Shadow Shards but make the entry point be The Storm Palace instead of Firebase Zulu.... muah ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! *cough* *hack* *spit*

Sorry, hairball...

As has been said above, there are a lot of badges that need a good seeing too, especially, but not limited to, red side: Trolls, Skulls, Outcasts, Overseers, Paragon Protectors, Family (Marcone and otherwise) are some that come to mind. And then, for both sides, the Epic sets should be analysed: if most people are getting them via farming (as I think they are) well then, something is definitely wrong about them.

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My own 2 cents is as it always is. If they lower requirements without fixing farms and exploits, badges become cheap and useless. This thought does not apply to the red side kill x badges like weatherman etc. as they do not need to lower the requirements but make the baddies more prolific.