Free Trade Advocate Badge


Adeon Hawkwood

 

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As a laissez faire capitalist, I was first really happy when I saw the Free Trade Advocate badge on my low hanging fruit report (City info tracker). So two of my 50s immediately went rogue, and hung around in shops in hero area in order to get the pre-requirement Price Gouger badge. But the info on the cohtitan wiki is dubious, as it first say that Price Gouger and Free Trade Advocate is the rogue equivalent of Shop Keeper and Entrepreneur, but then say that only heroes and vigilantes can get the badges.
Do I need to be hero to get the badges, and if I can't get Free Trade Advocate as rogue, do that badge really exist at all?




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Originally Posted by Intussusceptor View Post
Do I need to be hero to get the badges, and if I can't get Free Trade Advocate as rogue, do that badge really exist at all?
The badges in question are day job badges. I believe that as a Rogue you can earn credit towards them (up to 503/504 hours*) but the badges themselves will not be directly awarded to a rogue.

To get them on a rogue what you must do is: Switch alignment to Hero/Vigilante -> Earn Both Badges -> Switch Alignment back to Rogue. When you initially earn the badges they will be called Shop Keeper and Entrepreneur but when you switch to a Villain/Rogue alignment they will be renamed to Price Gouger/Free Trade Advocate.

*I haven't directly tested this but on a sub-35 character I was able to earn up to 503/504 credit towards Vanguard Recruit so I expect the same process applies.


 

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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
The badges in question are day job badges. I believe that as a Rogue you can earn credit towards them (up to 503/504 hours*) but the badges themselves will not be directly awarded to a rogue.
Actually you can earn 504/504 hours, but will not be directly awarded the badge until you switch. Same thing happens with the Vanguard Recruit dayjob and level 35. Otherwise you are correct.




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Actually you can earn 504/504 hours, but will not be directly awarded the badge until you switch. Same thing happens with the Vanguard Recruit dayjob and level 35. Otherwise you are correct.
Sorta like how my Praetorian Stalker got 3 gladiators instantly by becoming a hero?


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Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
Actually you can earn 504/504 hours, but will not be directly awarded the badge until you switch. Same thing happens with the Vanguard Recruit dayjob and level 35. Otherwise you are correct.
Huh, I'm sure my guy only got to 503/504 with Vanguard Recruit. Maybe I'm misremembering.