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== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
  
'''Badges''' are rewards for accomplishing certain tasks in City of Heroes and City of Villains. They track the accomplishments of the character through the game, and some of them do additional things.  
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'''Badges''' were rewards for accomplishing certain tasks in City of Heroes. They tracked the accomplishments of the character through the game, and some of them did additional things.  
  
 
=== Uses ===
 
=== Uses ===
  
Badges do a number of different things.
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Badges did a number of different things.
  
* One Badge at a time can be "worn" by the character. This places the [[settitle (Slash Command)|badge title]] right below the player's name for everyone else to see.
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* One badge at a time could be "worn" by the character. This placed the [[settitle (Slash Command)|badge title]] right below the player's name for everyone else to see.
* Some Badges give extra things to the character. These badges are called Accolades, and there are different lists for [[Hero Accolades]] and [[Villain Accolades]]. Some Accolades, earned by collecting specific sets of other badges, grant the character stat boosts or powers that can be used occasionally.
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* Some badges gave extra things to the character. Most of these badges were called [[Accolades]], and there are different lists for each alignment.
* Other Accolades unlock [[Unlockable Costume Pieces|costume pieces]].
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** Some Accolades, earned by collecting specific sets of other badges, granted the character stat boosts or [[Temporary Powers]].
* On the Villain side of the game, certain Badges unlock hidden [[Unlockable Contacts|contacts]] for additional missions and story.
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** Other Accolades unlocked [[Unlockable Costume Pieces|costume pieces]].
* On the Hero side of the game, the [[Rescuer Badge]] unlocks a special [[Mr. Yin|store]].
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** Still other Accolades granted rewards that could be used to purchase in-game items.
* Gladiator Badges unlock Gladiators. A bit like collecting Pokemon, Gladiators can be used in duels against other players in the [[Arena]].
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* Some badges related to the [[Invention System]] granted additional storage of [[Invention Salvage|salvage]] and [[Recipe|recipes]]
* And last but not least, Badges are a sub-game in and of themselves. They appeal to the completionist or the collector through the "Gotta get 'em all" mentality, the same sort of mentality that has people collecting stamps or baseball cards.
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* Some badges related to selling on the [[Auction House]] also increaseed your transaction slots
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* Some badges unlocked [[Unlockable Contacts|contacts]], stores, or access to special areas of the game world.
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* Gladiator badges unlocked gladiators. A bit like collecting Pokémon, gladiators could be used in duels against other players' gladiators in the [[Arena]].
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* And finally, badges were a sub-game in and of themselves. They appealed to the completist through the "Gotta get 'em all" mentality, the same sort of mentality of people who collect stamps or baseball cards.
  
 
=== Levels ===
 
=== Levels ===
  
The vast majority of Badges are character specific. Character level Badges are earned separately for each character, and track separately what the individual characters have accomplished.
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The vast majority of badges were character-specific. Character-level badges were earned separately for each character and tracked separately what individual characters had accomplished.
  
There are two additional types of Badges: Account-level badges and [[Supergroup]] badges.  
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There were two additional types of badges: Account-level badges and [[Supergroup]] badges.  
  
Account-level Badges are badges that are flagged on a player's account, and are then automatically awarded to any character on the account the next time that each character is logged into. These include the [[V.I.P. Badge|Destined One/V.I.P. Badge]], [[Pocket D VIP Gold Club Member Badge]], and all [[Veteran Reward Badges]].
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* Account-level Badges were badges that were flagged on a player's account, and were then automatically awarded to any character on the account as they were logged onto. A list of account-level badges can be found [[:Category:Account Level Badges|here]].
 
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Supergroup-level Badges are earned by the Supergroup, not the individual members of the group. Thus they belong to the group itself and not to any individual member of the group. If a member leaves the Supergroup, they do not take with them any Supergroup Badges, even if they were the ones responsible for the earning of the Badges. If they then join another Supergroup, they will then see the Badges of the new Supergroup in their lists.
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* Supergroup-level Badges were earned by the Supergroup, not the individual members of the group. Thus they belonged to the group itself and not to any individual member of the group. If a member left the Supergroup, they did not take any Supergroup badges with them, even if they were the one responsible for earning the badges. If they then joined another Supergroup, they would then see the badges of the new Supergroup in their lists.
  
 
== Personal Badges ==
 
== Personal Badges ==
There are many types of Badges available
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There were many types of Badges available:
  
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Badge Type !! colspan=3 | Alignment
 
! Badge Type !! colspan=3 | Alignment
 
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| '''Exploration'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by visiting certain important locations through the game.
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| '''Exploration'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by visiting certain important locations through the game.
 
| [[Hero Exploration Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Exploration Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Exploration Badges|Praetorian]]
 
| [[Hero Exploration Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Exploration Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Exploration Badges|Praetorian]]
 
|-
 
|-
| '''History'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by studying the game's lore.
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| '''History'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by studying the game's lore.
 
| [[Hero History Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain History Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian History Badges|Praetorian]]
 
| [[Hero History Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain History Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian History Badges|Praetorian]]
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Accomplishment'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by completing tasks assigned by special contacts.
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| '''Accomplishment'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by completing tasks assigned by special contacts.
 
| [[Hero Accomplishment Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Accomplishment Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Accomplishment Badges|Praetorian]]
 
| [[Hero Accomplishment Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Accomplishment Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Accomplishment Badges|Praetorian]]
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Achievement'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by reaching certain milestones in your career.
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| '''Achievement'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by reaching certain milestones in your career.
 
| [[Hero Achievement Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Achievement Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Achievement Badges|Praetorian]]
 
| [[Hero Achievement Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Achievement Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Achievement Badges|Praetorian]]
 
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|-
| '''Accolade'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by completing truly special accomplishments.
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| '''Accolade'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by completing truly special accomplishments.
| [[Hero Accolades|Hero]] || [[Villain Accolades|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Accolades|Praetorian]]
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| [[Hero Accolade Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Accolade Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Accolade Badges|Praetorian]]
 
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|-
| '''Gladiator'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by accomplishing specific tasks that unlock creatures to assist you in the [[arena]].
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| '''Gladiator'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by accomplishing specific tasks that unlock creatures to assist you in the [[arena]].
 
| [[Hero Gladiator Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Gladiator Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Gladiator Badges|Praetorian]]
 
| [[Hero Gladiator Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Gladiator Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Gladiator Badges|Praetorian]]
 
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|-
| '''Veteran'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by subscribing to the game for certain periods of time.
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| '''Veteran'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by subscribing to the game for certain periods of time.
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Veteran Reward Badges|Combined]]}}
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Veteran Reward Badges|Combined]]}}
 
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|-
| '''PvP'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by completing activities related to [[Player vs Player|PvP]].
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| '''PvP'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by completing activities related to [[Player vs Player|PvP]].
 
| [[Hero PVP Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain PVP Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian PVP Badges|Praetorian]]
 
| [[Hero PVP Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain PVP Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian PVP Badges|Praetorian]]
 
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|-
| '''Invention'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by completing activities related to the [[Invention System]].
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| '''Invention'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by completing activities related to the [[Invention System]].
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Invention Badges|Combined]]}}
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Invention Badges|Combined]]}}
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Defeat'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by defeating certain [[critter]]s in the game.
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| '''Defeat'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by defeating certain [[critter]]s in the game.
 
| [[Hero Defeat Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Defeat Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Defeat Badges|Praetorian]]
 
| [[Hero Defeat Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Defeat Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Defeat Badges|Praetorian]]
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Event'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by participating in special events.
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| '''Event'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by participating in special events.
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Event Badges|Combined]]}}
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Event Badges|Combined]]}}
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Ouroboros'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by completing [[Flashback]] content.
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| '''Ouroboros'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by completing [[Flashback]] content.
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Ouroboros Badges|Combined]]}}
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Ouroboros Badges|Combined]]}}
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Consignment'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by selling items at the [[Consignment House]].
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| '''Consignment'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by selling items at the [[Auction House]].
 
| [[Wentworths Badges|Hero]] || [[Black Market Badges|Villain]] || {{center|N/A}}
 
| [[Wentworths Badges|Hero]] || [[Black Market Badges|Villain]] || {{center|N/A}}
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Day Job'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by logging out in specific locations.
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| '''Day Job'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by logging out in specific locations.
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Day Job Badges|Combined]]}}
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| [[Hero Day Job Badges|Hero]] || [[Villain Day Job Badges|Villain]] || [[Praetorian Day Job Badges|Praetorian]]
 
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|-
| '''Architect Entertainment'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Attained by completing activities related to [[Mission Architect]].
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| '''Architect Entertainment'''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Earned by completing activities related to [[Mission Architect]].
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Architect Entertainment Badges|Combined]]}}
 
| colspan=3 | {{center|[[Architect Entertainment Badges|Combined]]}}
 
|}
 
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:''See also:'' [[Supergroup Badges]]
 
:''See also:'' [[Supergroup Badges]]
  
Supergroup Badges provide a variety of uses: Exploration Badges that allow Teleport pad zone beacons, and Achievement, PVP, and Defeats Badges that unlock base items.
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Supergroup Badges provided a variety of uses: Exploration Badges that allowed Teleport pad zone beacons, and Achievement, PVP, and Defeats Badges that unlocked base items.
  
There are four types of Badges available:
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There were four types of Badges available:
  
* [[Supergroup Badges#Supergroup Exploration Badges|Exploration Badges]] attained by visiting certain important locations throughout the game zones while in Supergroup mode.
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* [[Supergroup Badges#Supergroup Exploration Badges|Exploration Badges]] - Earned by visiting certain important locations throughout the game zones while in Supergroup mode.
* [[Supergroup Badges#Supergroup Achievement Badges|Achievement Badges]] attained by reaching certain milestones as a Supergroup.
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* [[Supergroup Badges#Supergroup Achievement Badges|Achievement Badges]] - Earned by reaching certain milestones as a Supergroup.
* [[Supergroup Badges#Supergroup PVP Badges|PVP Badges]] attained by defeating players as a Supergroup.
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* [[Supergroup Badges#Supergroup PVP Badges|PVP Badges]] - Earned by defeating players as a Supergroup.
* [[Supergroup Badges#Supergroup Defeats Badges|Defeats Badges]] attained by defeating NPCs as a Supergroup.
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* [[Supergroup Badges#Supergroup Defeats Badges|Defeats Badges]] - Earned by defeating NPCs as a Supergroup.
  
  
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* [[Closest to Completion Badges]]
 
* [[Closest to Completion Badges]]
 
* [[Badges by Issue]]
 
* [[Badges by Issue]]
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* [[Badges in Paragon Chat]]
 
{{Navbox Badges}}
 
{{Navbox Badges}}
  
 
[[Category:Rewards]]
 
[[Category:Rewards]]
 
[[Category:Badges]]
 
[[Category:Badges]]

Latest revision as of 19:51, 18 January 2017

Overview

Badges were rewards for accomplishing certain tasks in City of Heroes. They tracked the accomplishments of the character through the game, and some of them did additional things.

Uses

Badges did a number of different things.

  • One badge at a time could be "worn" by the character. This placed the badge title right below the player's name for everyone else to see.
  • Some badges gave extra things to the character. Most of these badges were called Accolades, and there are different lists for each alignment.
    • Some Accolades, earned by collecting specific sets of other badges, granted the character stat boosts or Temporary Powers.
    • Other Accolades unlocked costume pieces.
    • Still other Accolades granted rewards that could be used to purchase in-game items.
  • Some badges related to the Invention System granted additional storage of salvage and recipes
  • Some badges related to selling on the Auction House also increaseed your transaction slots
  • Some badges unlocked contacts, stores, or access to special areas of the game world.
  • Gladiator badges unlocked gladiators. A bit like collecting Pokémon, gladiators could be used in duels against other players' gladiators in the Arena.
  • And finally, badges were a sub-game in and of themselves. They appealed to the completist through the "Gotta get 'em all" mentality, the same sort of mentality of people who collect stamps or baseball cards.

Levels

The vast majority of badges were character-specific. Character-level badges were earned separately for each character and tracked separately what individual characters had accomplished.

There were two additional types of badges: Account-level badges and Supergroup badges.

  • Account-level Badges were badges that were flagged on a player's account, and were then automatically awarded to any character on the account as they were logged onto. A list of account-level badges can be found here.
  • Supergroup-level Badges were earned by the Supergroup, not the individual members of the group. Thus they belonged to the group itself and not to any individual member of the group. If a member left the Supergroup, they did not take any Supergroup badges with them, even if they were the one responsible for earning the badges. If they then joined another Supergroup, they would then see the badges of the new Supergroup in their lists.

Personal Badges

There were many types of Badges available:

Badge Type Alignment
Exploration
   Earned by visiting certain important locations through the game.
Hero Villain Praetorian
History
   Earned by studying the game's lore.
Hero Villain Praetorian
Accomplishment
   Earned by completing tasks assigned by special contacts.
Hero Villain Praetorian
Achievement
   Earned by reaching certain milestones in your career.
Hero Villain Praetorian
Accolade
   Earned by completing truly special accomplishments.
Hero Villain Praetorian
Gladiator
   Earned by accomplishing specific tasks that unlock creatures to assist you in the arena.
Hero Villain Praetorian
Veteran
   Earned by subscribing to the game for certain periods of time.
PvP
   Earned by completing activities related to PvP.
Hero Villain Praetorian
Invention
   Earned by completing activities related to the Invention System.
Defeat
   Earned by defeating certain critters in the game.
Hero Villain Praetorian
Event
   Earned by participating in special events.
Ouroboros
   Earned by completing Flashback content.
Consignment
   Earned by selling items at the Auction House.
Hero Villain
N/A
Day Job
   Earned by logging out in specific locations.
Hero Villain Praetorian
Architect Entertainment
   Earned by completing activities related to Mission Architect.

Supergroup Badges

See also: Supergroup Badges

Supergroup Badges provided a variety of uses: Exploration Badges that allowed Teleport pad zone beacons, and Achievement, PVP, and Defeats Badges that unlocked base items.

There were four types of Badges available:

  • Exploration Badges - Earned by visiting certain important locations throughout the game zones while in Supergroup mode.
  • Achievement Badges - Earned by reaching certain milestones as a Supergroup.
  • PVP Badges - Earned by defeating players as a Supergroup.
  • Defeats Badges - Earned by defeating NPCs as a Supergroup.


See Also