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Believe me, when I looked at some of the badge requirements it was truly an epic facepalm moment upon seeing them. I had hoped for the requirements to be adjusted not the badges yanked as some of the badge titles were pretty nice.....but seriously 10,000 kills in Test mode?
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Originally Posted by ComixGeek
I think even us badge hunters knew the AE badges were a seriously bad idea when they came out, though, which is the biggest difference here. And the solution was not the best, but completely understandable as they didn't want all the junk arcs designed just to badge farm. Now it's just junk arcs designed to xp farm.
I'm a little annoyed by the yearly vet badges because I have enough of the time paid badges (and it really was time paid, not buying points) that I qualify for more years of vet than I have, but because I had to stop paying at one point (financial duress), I'm stuck at the yearly vet badges I have, which is three. I've paid for at least 60 months. It's bad enough that I had to miss out on The Constant, but this annoys me even more because I at least have paid that much, just not in a row. |
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Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit
Speak for yourself. I worke my furry little heiny to get those badges just to have them yanked away!
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Originally Posted by Nericus
Believe me, when I looked at some of the badge requirements it was truly an epic facepalm moment upon seeing them. I had hoped for the requirements to be adjusted not the badges yanked as some of the badge titles were pretty nice.....but seriously 10,000 kills in Test mode?
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Don't get me wrong, I had at least 50 badges that were removed and I was not happy to have them gone, but my view (and IIRC the view of the community at the time) was that when we first got a list of what those badges were...my first reaction was "U SRS, BRO?"
Except probably with more actual letters.
I worked for them, I deserved them, but they were a horrible idea in the first place that never should have made it through beta. Vet badges, on the other hand, I don't think we can say that they were conceived as a bad idea.
Do I understand correctly, that some few lucky folks have actually had their eight year badge award? If so, that's really an untenable situation that deserves attention one way or another. Several suggestions have already been made on this thread, but ignoring the problem shouldn't be one of them. Bug Hunter and Passport are already significant badge irritants, I'd prefer a third not get added to that list.
Q. Just wondering Posi, where are the new dance emotes we were told would come with GR?
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technically the yearly badges would be 8 more irritants to the problem lol, but i do agree that something needs to be done about it
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Originally Posted by Spatch
Do I understand correctly, that some few lucky folks have actually had their eight year badge award? If so, that's really an untenable situation that deserves attention one way or another. Several suggestions have already been made on this thread, but ignoring the problem shouldn't be one of them. Bug Hunter and Passport are already significant badge irritants, I'd prefer a third not get added to that list.
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See OV_ohms' post (#14) above in this very thread. Yes, at least he has it (and he's verified it to remove all doubt, IIRC).
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Originally Posted by Spatch
Do I understand correctly, that some few lucky folks have actually had their eight year badge award? If so, that's really an untenable situation that deserves attention one way or another. Several suggestions have already been made on this thread, but ignoring the problem shouldn't be one of them. Bug Hunter and Passport are already significant badge irritants, I'd prefer a third not get added to that list.
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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
technically the yearly badges would be 8 more irritants to the problem lol,
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Q. Just wondering Posi, where are the new dance emotes we were told would come with GR?
A. Positron: Whoops, my bad.
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Yes, very interesting. I don't reach 8 years until early July, so I can at least still hope I'll be one of the lucky few. But still an untenable situation that deserves attention.
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Originally Posted by Eric Nelson
See OV_ohms' post (#14) above in this very thread. Yes, at least he has it (and he's verified it to remove all doubt, IIRC).
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Q. Just wondering Posi, where are the new dance emotes we were told would come with GR?
A. Positron: Whoops, my bad.
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Originally Posted by Spatch
Yes, very interesting. I don't reach 8 years until early July, so I can at least still hope I'll be one of the lucky few. But still an untenable situation that deserves attention.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
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Avid reader isn't Praetorian only any more, and I think Agent of Praetoria was taken from him/her.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Don't you already have 2 Praetorian-only badges on your Primal badge character...?
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Originally Posted by Shubbie
Im very good at taking a problem and making it worse.
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Yes they did, they give prestige (not as in SG Prestige) but in a showing a "Job well done!" kind of way, kind of like a badge of honour, services rendered, a "LOYALTY!" reward. To some this may appear a mere trifle but to others it means a lot. And in my view no amount of compensation can replace them. So compensation in any other shape or form isn't going to hack it for me, just give me my eight year badge, I earned it, or I won't be around to complain about not getting a nine year badge
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
Seriously? We're already going there? The badges gave you NOTHING, but you need compensation if they remove them?
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Heh. I wish. What gave you this impression? Apart from Avid Reader (gained by talking with Promethius in Ouro), I don't have, and never had had, any of the other Praetorian-only badges. Such vicious rumors... |
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Don't you already have 2 Praetorian-only badges on your Primal badge character...?
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Q. Just wondering Posi, where are the new dance emotes we were told would come with GR?
A. Positron: Whoops, my bad.
1387 badges, and counting
In that case, I think you may need to double check your Badge-Hunter.com character listing. 
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Those weren't the two I was referring to.
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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague
Avid reader isn't Praetorian only any more, and I think Agent of Praetoria was taken from him/her.
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Main Hero: Chad Gulzow-Man (Victory) 50, 1396 Badges
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
In that case, I think you may need to double check your Badge-Hunter.com character listing.
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right back at you.
Q. Just wondering Posi, where are the new dance emotes we were told would come with GR?
A. Positron: Whoops, my bad.
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