Mystery Badge for CoT Bosses


DarkGob

 

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While collecting the Issue 19 Hazard Zone Exploration Badges in CoH, I bumped into a Circle of Thorns Ruin Mage. After defeating him, a new progress indicator appeared in my "Closest to Completion" listing which reads:

"Smash 50 Circle of Thorns Bosses to earn this badge."

I can't find any information about this badge at either Badge-Hunter or ParagonWiki. All web searches direct me to the "Soul Binder" badge which I already have.

Does anyone have any information about this mystery badge?


 

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Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
Sounds like Weed Whacker, although I'm not sure why a Ruin Mage would give you progress on that.
Exactly what I was just about to post, DG.

That's the only "Defeat 50 CoT" badge that I'm aware of, but it should only progress from defeating Succubi or Hellfrost bosses (and it used to be that a hero could only do that during the Valentine's Day events, but of course now it's much easier). So the Ruin Mage makes no sense.


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Maybe the credit for that badge has been there for a while and it could just be coincidental that you didn't notice it until after you defeated that Mage.


 

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I have since defeated a couple more CoT boss-level mages and didn't recieve any "credit" for them towards this badge. So.... I'm thinking Master-Blade's theory is most likely correct. At some point in time (I have no idea exactly when but...), I defeated a Hellfrost or Succubus but only now noticed the credit towards this badge. Duh!

Thanks for the assistance folks.


 

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Originally Posted by sykoholic001 View Post
At some point in time (I have no idea exactly when but...), I defeated a Hellfrost or Succubus
The Valentine Event comes to mind. Before GR, that's the only place it was available for Heroes.

On a side note, I'm curious about something now. If a Rogue toon goes into a Hero's CoT mission (in Paragon City) first, will it spawn the "Villain CoT" the same way it does in PocketD during the Valentine Event? Is this badge now available in the "off-season" to people who don't have GR?


 

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I have that badge on several characters and yes only the Cold Demons and Succubus count toward it.. very easy to pick it up near Potter's Field on Sharkhead.


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yeah I have that too, but no matter how many bosses I kill, my counter doesn't rise.


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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
The Valentine Event comes to mind. Before GR, that's the only place it was available for Heroes.

On a side note, I'm curious about something now. If a Rogue toon goes into a Hero's CoT mission (in Paragon City) first, will it spawn the "Villain CoT" the same way it does in PocketD during the Valentine Event? Is this badge now available in the "off-season" to people who don't have GR?
In terms of what Hero/Villain "side" a Rogue is on, they are still considered villains.

Likely that wouldn't matter for the old Paragon City COT missions since the mission would have had to have been designed to contain both Hero-side COT and Villain-side COT.

I've been wrong plenty of times before though so it may be worthwhile to check it out.


 

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Originally Posted by TheUnnamedOne View Post
In terms of what Hero/Villain "side" a Rogue is on, they are still considered villains.
That's why I specifically mentioned a Rogue going into the Hero's mission, because it would have the potential to spawn foes built for the Villain.

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Likely that wouldn't matter for the old Paragon City COT missions since the mission would have had to have been designed to contain both Hero-side COT and Villain-side COT.
I had not thought about the idea of the two CoT factions actually being different and requiring special code. I just assumed it was similar to how Void Stalkers and Quantums spawn (always being part of the faction but only allowed to spawn because a certain AT is/was on the team). Maybe that's not even how that works either. Who knows. It was just a silly thought. lol What happens if you add CoT to an AE mission? Are they listed separately?

On a side note, I don't quite understand your sig: "CyerRadical - 4019 days offline"
Anybody can change the date on their computer to make that number go as high as they want... or is that character legitimately bugged to be offline for 11 years? That'd be a heck of a database error. lol