Veteran badges and Freedom

Firstly the Vet badges:

I agree with just stopping the issue of new Vet badges (ie halting it at whatever badge is in force at the change over day).

It would formally mark the end of one era and the start of the new. It would act as a reminder of our loyalty to the original CoH.

It would mean I would be forever 14 badges behind, but that is a proper record of my time with the original game.

Let this happen for all existing Vet badge holders on the "Going Live" day and then no awards to new alts of any class and yes I do mean that if I roll a new alt in the Freedom game it would have no Vet badges. New game, new rules!

Secondly the rewards:

I do hope that the rewards that are in place now for all the Vet badges are made available (along with any new stuff) for purchase with our new merits (or what ever it is we are getting as money) and are available to all the player base independant of what Vet badges we hold.

lastly I really hope that there will be no method whatsover to "purchase" any additional Vet badges. (or any Anniversary badges as well)

That would just totally devalue any intrinsic value/status the badges have/had in the old game. Might as well just sell a "Badge Pack" available from day one! Pointless

The VR system is changing there is no doubt of that but, as I recall the vet badges were giving out first then the Vet rewards came into play later did they not? I see no reason to stop giving out the badges as a progress meter of time played. As for being able to buy the Anniversary badges, I don't see that happening...

You all have my sympathies.

My guess is, once the Vet badges have been stopped for example say the devs stop the vet badges at 84 month. At that point, the new system will allow players to use their tokens to purchase up to the 84 month vet badge. So a new player could come in and purchase all the badges if he/she wanted to.

After the vet badges are stopped, I'm sure newer rewards will be available to be earned in place of the vet rewards. But we'll have to wait and see.

This is an interesting one and I am of mixed mind here. On one hand I think that buying vet badges sounds terrible, either you should be a vet or you shouldn't. I say this as someone with only a middling vet status (39 months) not as long timer. On the other hand they have set a precedent for getting older event badges after the event. I killed a lot of snowmen to get my holiday badges for instance. The main distinction I can see is that I had to put my time in on the snowmen to get the badges, but if it is just a case of dropping a twenty on them the chase will be much less appealing to me.

If I were the one to make the call I wouldn't cut off the vet badges at all, I would just separate them from the rewards that come with them now and make them only available to VIP members. If that is unworkable I would cut them off as of the change over. Perhaps later a method could be put in game for VIPs to claim further time badges as their account aged, perhaps in Oro.

Currently when I see someone with a long time vet badge set, I Know they are truly vets and that they really have put in the time. It would be sad if it just meant they had spare cash.

I'd pay good money for Bug-Hunter

Eco

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow [The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."

Zwill just said on today's ustream that you will NOT buy veteran rewards with paragon points, they are free. Although they will work in a "different fashion."

They also said that only one badge would be available for purchase, a free 'I used the store' badge. That would seem to imply that we won't be buying vet badges. No definitive statement on exactly how it will work, but I suspect they will just separate the rewards from the badges.