Mayhem badge questions


flipside

 

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I'm a hero character who has traveled over to being a villain. I thought I had all the badges understood, but I think I'm wrong on one or more of them. I have written down that a "defeats" badge named Anger Manager is available for a hero that requires breaking 25 each of fire hydrants, newspaper vendors, pay phone booths and mailboxes. But, having been in several mayhem missions now, I don't see a progress bar for it and I know I haven't gotten it.

However, in checking my "closest to completion" tab I see that I have one for completing arson side jobs, requiring 10 to get this badge. I don't have this on my list of badges that converted heroes can get in mayhem missions.

So, obviously I messed up somewhere along the way, and obviously the arson badge is the real one since the in-game tracker is showing it. My questions are:
1. What is the name of this arson badge?
2. Is there a badge heroes can get for defeating fire hydrants, etc.?

If it helps with the answer at all, when converting from hero to villain I already had received all the badges from safeguard missions. Not sure if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance!


Main Character: Ice/Storm/Ice Controller (Justice, 1340 badges)

 

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Reformed Firebug is the Hero badge for completing 10 Mayhem arsons. The Villain name of it is simply "Firebug".

Anger Manager is indeed the Hero badge for destroying 25 Hydrants, 25 Mailboxes, 25 Newspaper stands, and 25 Pay phones. The Villain version is "Vandal".

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Even though your character started as a Hero, if you changed over to a full Villain, you will now have the Villain badge names, so Vandal might be the one to look for if you already have it.

As for a progress bar, I do recall seeing the placeholder for the badge in the Defeat category. It doesn't have an actual progress bar though because of the several requirements. If you don't already have it, all I can suggest is to keep clearing maps of all those items and you should eventually get it. Good Luck!


 

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Originally Posted by flipside View Post
1. What is the name of this arson badge?
It's called Reformed Firebug (for heroes and vigilantes) or Firebug (for villains or rogues).

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2. Is there a badge heroes can get for defeating fire hydrants, etc.?
Yes, Anger Manager/Vandal. However, there's no progress bar for this badge, and it won't be noted under Closest to Completion. A placeholder will show up under Defeats listing the full requirements: 25 each mailboxes, newstands, pay phones, and fire hydrants.

Also, the following badges won't show progress bars or placeholders for heroes or vigilantes:
- Anger Manager/Vandal (as above)
- Bloody Hands/Hero Slayer (defeat 25 heroes)
- Thin Line/Outlaw (defeat 1000 PPD)
- Locksmith/Safecracker (destroy 10 vault doors)
- Pedestrian/Impounder (destroy 100 cars)
- Reformed Firebug/Firebug (complete 10 arsons)
However, vigilantes can earn the badges when they meet the requirements.

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If it helps with the answer at all, when converting from hero to villain I already had received all the badges from safeguard missions. Not sure if that makes a difference.
Shouldn't make any difference.


 

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Originally Posted by flipside View Post
Thanks in advance!
I think the others have answered your questions pretty well, but I'll just add a couple of extra thoughts:

While the "closest to completion" progress bars were a nice addition to the game there are several bugs associated with them in one way or another, especially related to "crossover" badges. Basically what I'm saying is don't automatically assume what they are telling you is 100% accurate.

Also if you want further infomation about any badges there's always the Paragonwiki.

Good luck!


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Thank you all for the responses. Very much appreciated.

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
Reformed Firebug is the Hero badge for completing 10 Mayhem arsons. The Villain name of it is simply "Firebug".
Thank you. I apparently missed this one when writing down the mayhem badges I needed.

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
Anger Manager is indeed the Hero badge for destroying 25 Hydrants, 25 Mailboxes, 25 Newspaper stands, and 25 Pay phones. The Villain version is "Vandal".

Note:
Even though your character started as a Hero, if you changed over to a full Villain, you will now have the Villain badge names, so Vandal might be the one to look for if you already have it.

As for a progress bar, I do recall seeing the placeholder for the badge in the Defeat category. It doesn't have an actual progress bar though because of the several requirements. If you don't already have it, all I can suggest is to keep clearing maps of all those items and you should eventually get it. Good Luck!
You are quite correct on this. I checked the "Defeats" tab and there is a placeholder for it, and in my case, yet to be achieved.

Thank you all again for the help!


Main Character: Ice/Storm/Ice Controller (Justice, 1340 badges)