Oh, please no. Please, please no!
There are already too many badges!
I think they should be reduced to maybe 10 badges. That way, I don't spend countless hours doing silly things to satisfy my ocd nature.
Seriously, not a bad idea, but my toons have more than enough to do as it is.
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I was actually thinking of adding accolades using badges that (mostly) already exist.
- Xyzor, Lightning.Rod, Kagyx - Rubber Mulch / Wholesale Candy - Freedom Server
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Heh... hard to say no to an idea that would automagically give my main badging characters a bunch of new buffs for badges that I probably earned (and semi-forgot about) years ago.|
Originally Posted by Xyzor
I was actually thinking of adding accolades using badges that (mostly) already exist.
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Still, as interesting an idea as this is I really don't see it happening. It would only turn my godlike characters into -stronger- godlike characters with buffs that would simply be that much more overkill for them. Besides that let's just say I didn't need more accolade powers to encourage my desire for badging in the first place.
Loth 50 Fire/Rad Controller [1392 Badges] [300 non-AE Souvenirs]
Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
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I think it is high time for some more accolades that grant powers/buffs. Some things to make badging more rewarding. Here are a couple suggestions, please reply with some of your own (I am sure other threads like this exist, but I didn't find any recent ones while searching):
1. 5% Toxic Resist - A few requisite Exploration and/or Plaque badges, Dr. Vaz, maybe Sewer Trial, a couple of Toxic-related kill badges.
2. 5% Psi Resist - Similar to the above, but with Psi-related AVs/Kills/TF Completions
Things like those could be repeated for all of the dmg types/positions, though the more common ones might affect balance issues (I am assuming small resists like 5% to more exotic dmg types won't break anything).
3. +1% Def or +2% Res to all - Basically all of the kill badges. This might be a bit too much, but it would be nice to have a big reward for grinding out all (or a large majority) of the kill badges.
4. Small amount (not sure what number would be beneficial w/o affecting balance) of End Drain or Defense/Resist Debuff Resistance.
Here a couple more half-baked ideas for click-powers, some of which might be useful, some just annoying extra buttons to have to pay attention to:
5. Moderate self/ally heal with typical Accolade very long cooldown
6. An Absorb Shield with typical Accolade very long cooldown
7. A short duration Intangibility 'escape' power with typical Accolade very long cooldown
8. Very very long cooldown self-rez
Just a few ideas to hopefully get a discussion going. I'm eager to see what the rest of you have in mind - I am sure they'll be more creative than these.
They could come up with a more tidy way to integrate these into the power list as well, instead of adding a bunch of additional icons. Maybe have a single Accolade Badge Effect/Power that gets power effects added onto it as you earn them?
- Xyzor, Lightning.Rod, Kagyx - Rubber Mulch / Wholesale Candy - Freedom Server