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Issue 17: Badges

Adeon Hawkwood

By Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-04-14 10:59 in Badges and Gladiators

 

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Originally Posted by Dark One View Post
And yet, funnily enough, they felt it was necessary to include it in the Issue 17 Overview.
you know right now, villains cant even get to the 750 badge either, villains barely are at 650 on badge count after i17 is live

 

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And yet, funnily enough, they felt it was necessary to include it in the Issue 17 Overview.
It was in the interview because the badge is added to the game, just like they have added and announced Veteran badges and rewards ahead of time as well.

The fact that they are not yet earnable just means they are thinking ahead and that more stuff is certainly on the way to get us that many badges, which is always a positive thing to think about.

Here's something else to look forward to in the future:



Back on topic, has anybody tested any more "Master of" badges? I'd like to see more of those.

 

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Originally Posted by Beef_Cake View Post
Of course

I just didn't say that as two people already quoted what I had said previously. But yes, the map pack is just about done and should be ready for download shortly before or shortly after Issue 17 goes live. Just finishing up the final touches.
Just wanted to say thank you for this. The in game maps have always been a great help to me.

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
Back on topic, has anybody tested any more "Master of" badges? I'd like to see more of those.
I haven't but I'd like to at least try.



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you know right now, villains cant even get to the 750 badge either, villains barely are at 650 on badge count after i17 is live
What is that quote that comes to mind concerning Devs and Villains... I almost had it, but somehow it keeps slipping my mind. Think it had something to do with hate?

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
Back on topic, has anybody tested any more "Master of" badges? I'd like to see more of those.
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I haven't but I'd like to at least try.
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Haven't found any yet, kind of hope there are not any more. There is enough of them already, imo.
I fully agree with you, yet this seems to fit War Witch's comment that we've not found all the "goodies". Especially since she specifically mentioned the RWZ in that MMORPG.com interview.



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I fully agree with you, yet this seems to fit War Witch's comment that we've not found all the "goodies". Especially since she specifically mentioned the RWZ in that MMORPG.com interview.
Maybe at the end of a Mothership raid, it will trigger another ship to fly over and invade? ROFL j.k

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to test out a MoLGTF some time this weekend. Woo-hoo!

 

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I fully agree with you, yet this seems to fit War Witch's comment that we've not found all the "goodies". Especially since she specifically mentioned the RWZ in that MMORPG.com interview.
The idea of an MoLGTF badge makes me wanna hurl. If nothing else, I suspect that mission 4 of that TF will be the bane of many Mo attempts.

 

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The idea of an MoLGTF badge makes me wanna hurl. If nothing else, I suspect that mission 4 of that TF will be the bane of many Mo attempts.
We were thinking the last mission might not be so bad as long as it's ghosted to the end and the AVs are pulled to the hallway and people leave the generators for last... it's the War Rider shenanigans that has us worried, but I'm sure even those tactics could be easily modified for an Mo attempt. Even Hami shouldn't be so bad as long as everybody is on the same page.

Well, the only way to know for sure is to try.

 

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The idea of an MoLGTF badge makes me wanna hurl. If nothing else, I suspect that mission 4 of that TF will be the bane of many Mo attempts.
Bring a single EoE for the actual Hamidon fight. Or an Empath with Adrenalin Boost slotted for +Regen (Heal). Problem solved. The weakened yellow mitos generally don't kill players unless that player actually tries to die.

 

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For the people wondering about new badges in other zones:

The notes were pretty specific that the new explores were confined to City Zones. Between that, and the fact that no new incomplete accolades appeared for other zones, we concluded that there probably wasn't any, but we looked anyway. We didn't look as long and as hard, but we looked enough to say there probably aren't any Exploration surprises.

To the people(person) saying there's not a lot to do in I17:

Like Snow Globe said, if you're strapped for things to do, then go find the Explorations without the aid of this list or the Map Pack. I found about 6 of them myself and looked for several others for a grand total of about 5hours. And I know a lot of other people spent more time at it than I did. I remember Leandro taking a TON of time finding Dead End.

So yeah, the people who did the looking deserve a lot of kudos, and they've saved anyone who wants the to use the list several hours of work. I'm not in this for the credit, but people should ought to think about the work people put in before they complain.

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Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim View Post
Why? You'd rather run the long, crappy version instead of two, improved versions? I ran the old version last night... almost anything but Quaterfield is better.

Thanks for the heads up, Snow Globe. I like running TFs because I want to, not because I have to... and working on the TF Commander for the heroes that do have it took awhile.
The Posi TF badge is part of a useful accolade, if I can get it on certain alts that are not dedicated to getting all the badges but only the accolades before ish 17 then all is good.

 

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The Posi TF badge is part of a useful accolade, if I can get it on certain alts that are not dedicated to getting all the badges but only the accolades before ish 17 then all is good.
Running both of the new Posi TFs grants the same "Positron's Ally" badge that you got for running the original. It's just that each of the new mini-TFs now offers a badge of its own as well.

The Accolade requirements for Task Force Commander haven't changed otherwise, and it will still be accessible for new characters.

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Running both of the new Posi TFs grants the same "Positron's Ally" badge that you got for running the original. It's just that each of the new mini-TFs now offers a badge of its own as well.

The Accolade requirements for Task Force Commander haven't changed otherwise, and it will still be accessible for new characters.
Yes, I know. I just want the Posi TF badge out of the way before ish 17 hits so that I can focus on other matters.

 

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Originally Posted by Kheldarn View Post
Why? You'll have to run the new one if you want the two new badges associated with it, so why not wait for the new, improved, fun version? *confused*
Again: I'm getting it now on alts that are only dedicated to securing badges for the Accolades. Once the badge is obtained it is retained when ish 17 hits so they won't need to run the new 2 parter. Thus they can move on to other objectives and not be bothered to having to run the new one.

My main Blue badger of course will run the new 2 parter to pick up any and all badges.

 

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Oh, I see. Now I gets it.

Personally, I enjoy the revamp so much that I won't mind running it with other characters to get the Accolade. OTOH, now that it's truely soloable via Flashback... decisions, decisions...
And so long as running it via Ouro can still reward the badge....

 

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Oh, I see. Now I gets it.

Personally, I enjoy the revamp so much that I won't mind running it with other characters to get the Accolade. OTOH, now that it's truely soloable via Flashback... decisions, decisions...
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And so long as running it via Ouro can still reward the badge....
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From what I've read, it does...
I have a few questions about this. For those of us who went through the Ouro list and completed all the souvenirs, why does the old Positron TF not show up as being already completed? Did the souvenir itself change? Does it really give the same rewards as it did before? Will it get marked off if we take the time to run it yet again just to keep a complete list? (I don't really mind, but curious)

 

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Bring a single EoE for the actual Hamidon fight. Or an Empath with Adrenalin Boost slotted for +Regen (Heal). Problem solved. The weakened yellow mitos generally don't kill players unless that player actually tries to die.
That's just it, there's always someone that screws up on that mish or forgets the EoE or uses it too soon etc. etc. etc.

Bottom line, imo: the game needs new Mo badges like we all need to have a hole drilled through our heads. I'm sure they can come up with something better in terms of new badges.

 

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Originally Posted by Lemur Lad View Post
Like Snow Globe said, if you're strapped for things to do, then go find the Explorations without the aid of this list or the Map Pack. I found about 6 of them myself and looked for several others for a grand total of about 5hours. And I know a lot of other people spent more time at it than I did. I remember Leandro taking a TON of time finding Dead End.
I think I spent at least 12 hours, possibly closer to 20 myself. I just love zooming around the zones in Ultramode.



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Bottom line, imo: the game needs new Mo badges like we all need to have a hole drilled through our heads. I'm sure they can come up with something better in terms of new badges.
This. The Mo badges cause more frustration and bad feelings than any other part of the game. Getting to the last boss on a Mo SF/TF makes everyone severely irritated at the person who died.

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This. The Mo badges cause more frustration and bad feelings than any other part of the game. Getting to the last boss on a Mo SF/TF makes everyone severely irritated at the person who died.
true story: when they released the master of ITF badges, it was the final mish and we were fighting rommy, my mm was flying and was getting speared from time to time with the ambushs so i was spamming twilight grasp (for heal and the debuff on rom), i used the power 4-5 times and it missed every time i used it and i died because of it (not to mention the power had tons of acc and i had a huge acc and tohit bonuses from IO sets plus other acc/tohit bonuses from the team, which prolly ticked me off more than anything) however the team i was on was fairly cool about it, they werent exactly happy, but they didnt blowup on me and say it was 100% my fault, but those types of things are prolly why a lot of poeple dont have master badges

i dont mind master badges because they are challenging, but i hate having to do the master run for them because they are very stressful (master of barracuda was about the last master badge i could take for awhile, successfully ran a 5 man team through that and the mm temp power was bugging AND after we finished we also found out that the master badge was bugged as well which was a fun 3 days of waiting for support to process the petition lol)