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anyone know what badges were new with i19.5?

ArwenDarkblade

By ArwenDarkblade,
Posted on: 2011-02-01 10:31 in Badges and Gladiators

 

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Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
Well just as an FYI Beef_Cake announced on his in-game channel tonight that he finished the new 50 count TF badge. It only took him 11 days. I've suspected for several years that he either plays this game roughly 23 hours a day or he has friends/family play his account for him half the time. If that's what it takes to make him happy then more power to him I guess.

But as far as the debate goes on whether badges like these are set too high or not people such as Beef_Cake are this game's version of those people back in school who get a 100% on a test when everyone else in the class gets a 70% or below. He simply blows the curve for everyone else. All joking aside the Devs do look at people like Beefy and say to themselves "well he got Badge X in this period of time so it must be fine". So if you ever find yourself wondering why certain badges either remain relatively difficult to get or take many years to finally get reduced you now know who to thank for that.

P.S. Just to remind everyone I still have no problem with the 50 count TF badge being set at 50. I'll get it eventually. I was just making the point that some people don't react to "challenges" in this game the same way that others do.
For what it is worth I got it several hours before Beef Cake so he isn't the only Curve breaker.

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Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
Grats on that. What'd it take for you to do it?
uhh,

1.) run WST
2.) repeat 1

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Originally Posted by _23X_ View Post
uhh,

1.) run WST
2.) repeat 1
Well, durr. Lemme rephrase. How many times a day did you run it for the Kahn and/or STF to get it? Which one were you focusing on more? What was your ETA on your runs? DId you pug it, or did you keep to a private team with this as a goal?

 

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Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
Well, durr. Lemme rephrase. How many times a day did you run it for the Kahn and/or STF to get it? Which one were you focusing on more? What was your ETA on your runs? DId you pug it, or did you keep to a private team with this as a goal?
I ran 18 (17 for badge credit) STFs so about 3 a day with an average time of hour or so mostly semi-pug , ya know you have 6 mates and then grab two random folks off the boat like you are at a home depot

I ran 36 total Khans first is no credit 1 bugged and no badge credit and 1 I DC'ed and didn't get badge credit ( tho I did get the merit window when I logged back in)

So averaging 9 runs a day fastest time was 19:50 with average runs being 23 minutes. with less than 3 minutes down time between runs allowing people to swap toons and what not.

Again mostly Coalition with some random stragglers here and there. I would fit in 2 or 3 runs in the am before I headed out for the day, then another 5 or 6 at night when I got home. thankfully infinity has a pretty large and strong badge community that supports each other. so oddly even tho the badge states I helped them really it is the other way around.

and now I have a surplus of 250+ shards that I am pretty sure will last me far beyond judgment, really wish you could trade them but understand why they don't let you.

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Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
You're kidding with this right? The Khan TF has only counted for WST runs since Tuesday. Even if we assume Beefy ran it 5 times a day he only had 4 days to do that. You do realize that only equals 20 right? And you're telling me MY math assumptions are really awful...
YOU'RE kidding, right? Getting the 50 badge is no big deal at this point. I've got 27 out of 50 so far, having run the TF only once today and spent a lot of time on a clear all ITF yesterday.

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