This idea has been suggested pretty much since SG bases were introduced.
As I recall it became a hotly debated topic at the time. 
The argument basically came down to whether or not badges could count for something you don't technically own. Some people concluded that since an individual doesn't technically own their own Prestige (since it's a communal SG resource) that gaining personal badges for it didn't make sense. Also they argued that if you quit your SG what would be the basis for the badges staying on your character. Finally people made the point that since it's been so long since I6 that people would have effectively lost all the progress they might have made on these badges since then - the chances that they would make new Prestige badges retroactive would be pretty small.
To me I see absolutely no reason why Prestige badges could not work exactly the same way the INF badges do. The key thing to realize is that the INF badges don't care whether you end up "owning" the INF personally or not. All they are doing is COUNTING the INF you gain from defeating enemies. They are merely count badges. Thus if INF badges are just count badges why couldn't personal Prestige badges be count badges? It wouldn't matter if you didn't personally own the Prestige or which SG you earned the Prestige for. All these badges would do is count the number of Prestige points your actions generated. Obviously the requirements to earn Prestige badges would be a lot lower than the corresponding INF badges, but beyond that they would effectively be identical.
Frankly I think they should have added personal Prestige badges back at the beginning of I6. Adding them now would be a little weird to say the least. But beyond that weirdness I have no conceptual problem with them whatsoever.
Loth 50 Fire/Rad Controller [1392 Badges] [300 non-AE Souvenirs]
Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
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/signed. I would love to see badges added for prestige. Throw a 5,000,000 prestige badge in there too.
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Originally Posted by Oathbound
Simple enough idea, Prestige earned is already a tracked attribute, but there are no badges for earning it.
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Meh, the last thing SGs need is another reason for Prestige sweat shops to exist.
And since personal Prestige data can be lost if a member gets kicked / leaves an SG, it's ripe for problems and greifing.
Simple enough idea, Prestige earned is already a tracked attribute, but there are no badges for earning it.
Start off smallish, say 50,000, then ramp it up.
Maybe:
50,000
100,000
250,000
500,000
1,000,000
etc. etc.