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[The Curator]

Badges 

New Badges 

•  Fabled - Defeat 100 Cyclopes
•  Mythical - Defeat 100 Minotaurs
•  Legatus - Defeat 100 Incarnate Cimeroran Traitors
•  Call of the Void - Defeat 100 Void Hunters
•  The Beast Within - Defeat 50 transformed 5th Column lycanthrope soldiers
•  Rearguard - Defeat 200 Vanguard Sword, Vanguard Shield, or Renegade Vanguard
•  Who Smelt It, Dealt It - Defeat 100 Gold Bricker Smelters
•  Cool Customer - Defeat 50 Crey Cryogenicists
•  Totally Radical - Defeat 200 Crey Gamma Tanks
•  Sanctuary - Cimerora Exploration
•  Voice of the Oracle - Cimerora Exploration
•  Out of Bounds - Cimerora Exploration
•  Human Nature - Cimerora Exploration
•  Vision of Ambition - Cimerora Exploration
•  Darkness Unleashed - Cimerora Exploration
•  History in the Making - Cimerora Exploration Accolade
•  Epidemiologist - Defeat all the prominent Vahzilok leaders.
•  Worthy Opponent - Complete "The Future of Freedom" Flashback with the "Old School Challenge" selected.
•  Alpha Not Omega - Complete a story arc in Ouroboros with the 'Only Alpha Slot' power restriction.
•  Deincarnated - Complete a story arc in Ouroboros with the 'No Incarnate Powers' power restriction.
•  Gold Standard - Complete the Dr. Aeon Strike Force
•  Unfriendly Fire - Use a confused elite boss' self-destruct to defeat the final objective boss in Mission 4 while they are under 10% health on Malicious difficulty or higher in Dr. Aeon's Strike Force.
•  Ripple Raider - Successfully conquer all twelve powerful foes within Mission 5's three extra areas in a single attempt, with no deaths on the team in Dr. Aeon's Strike Force
•  Power Overwhelming - Defeat the final objective boss of Mission 6 while it is empowered from standing in the residual energy left behind from consuming the energy it summons while on Malicious difficulty or higher in Dr. Aeon's Strike Force
•  Can't Touch This - Defeat the final objective boss in Mission 7 without any members of the team being hit by their targeted attack during the length of the fight on Malicious difficulty or higher in Dr. Aeon's Strike Force
•  Master of Dr. Aeon's Strike Force - Obtain the Unfriendly Fire, Ripple Raider, Power Overwhelming, and Can't Touch This badges
•  Best Friends Forever - Take the secretary hostage in Mission 1 and bring her to the final objective after completion, then accept her help and bring her with you to final objective in Mission 7 without her being defeated in Dr. Aeon's Strike Force.

Badge Changes

• Battle-Hardened - This badge has been moved to better fit its description.
• Efficiency Expert - You can now make progress for this badge by running the required missions as a teammate, not just the task owner.

Badge Fixes

• Mob Specialist - Now properly counts the new Prisoners Bosses added with the Brickstown update.
• Warden - Now properly counts the new Prisoners added with the Brickstown update.
• Fort Knox - Hint text fixed to say 200 of any Gold Brickers instead of just bosses (was never bosses only).
• Legacy of Flame - Hint text fixed to correctly state 200 Legacy Chain minions instead of 100.

[Coyotedancer]

Call of the Void isn't going to be fun to get... unless Quantums also count. Actual Void Hunters are pretty few and far between.  

[Cobalt Arachne]

23 minutes ago, Coyotedancer said:

Call of the Void isn't going to be fun to get... unless Quantums also count. Actual Void Hunters are pretty few and far between.  

Void Hunters are currently found in specific Kheldian arcs and in the Dr. Aeon Strike Force; That being said they're poised to feature prominently in some planned future story arc content, so you can choose to grind it out now, or do it later when it's easier.

[Coyotedancer]

Spiffy. I just know how rare they are otherwise... I don't see them very often at all with my PB.

[justicebeliever]

Can you clarify more on what the requirements are for this badge?

 

•  Epidemiologist - Defeat all the prominent Vahzilok leaders.

[Glacier Peak]

2 hours ago, justicebeliever said:

Can you clarify more on what the requirements are for this badge?

 

 

•  Epidemiologist - Defeat all the prominent Vahzilok leaders.

Spoiler

Abandon Sewers now have spawns that may contain story signature enemies (found in the Freakish Lab of Dr. Vahzilok story arc). Defeat them all and you get the badge. 

 

[ZiggyBardust]

4 hours ago, justicebeliever said:

Can you clarify more on what the requirements are for this badge?

 

 

•  Epidemiologist - Defeat all the prominent Vahzilok leaders.

 

Cortex

Doc Buzzsaw*

Newt

Malady

Grey Matter

Salamander

Pathogen

Dr. Meinst*

Dr. Vahzilok*

 

If you don't run the arc, then you can plumb the sewers for them*.

 

*Not found in the sewers.

[Kai Moon]

13 hours ago, The Curator said:

•  Unfriendly Fire - Use a confused elite boss' self-destruct to defeat the final objective boss in Mission 4 while they are under 10% health on Malicious difficulty or higher in Dr. Aeon's Strike Force.

Does "they" refer to the confused elite boss, the final objective boss, or both?

[Ruin Mage]

2 hours ago, Kai Moon said:

Does "they" refer to the confused elite boss, the final objective boss, or both?

The final boss/objective boss.

[Peacemoon]

Just to say I love the icons, superb job creating new stuff that fits well with existing badges. 

[Dispari]

Makes me wonder how many minos and cyclopses are in an ITF. I feel like it's probably about 20? There's one in the first mission, there are like 5 of each in the cyst mission, several in the run up in mission 3 and one spawn that's entirely them, and I want to say 6 of each in the final mission. Not that running an ITF several times is a big deal. Do the ones in Sister Solaris's arc count? I know they're bosses instead of Elite Bosses, not sure if that's a problem.
 

16 hours ago, Coyotedancer said:

Call of the Void isn't going to be fun to get... unless Quantums also count. Actual Void Hunters are pretty few and far between.  

I know there's an alignment mission that's full of void hunters. I can't remember what alignment or level range it is, but that may be an option. If anyone can remember what it's called, I'd like to look it up. Cloud of Odorous Smoke may be the one I'm thinking of -- it's 30-39 hero/vigilante.

[Ruin Mage]

1 minute ago, Dispari said:

Makes me wonder how many minos and cyclopses are in an ITF. I feel like it's probably about 20? There's one in the first mission, there are like 5 of each in the cyst mission, several in the run up in mission 3 and one spawn that's entirely them, and I want to say 6 of each in the final mission. Not that running an ITF several times is a big deal. Do the ones in Sister Solaris's arc count? I know they're bosses instead of Elite Bosses, not sure if that's a problem.

There will be new repeatable missions that should have Minos/Cyclopses as well, from a new contact. Or maybe its just Minos.

Unless the Solaris ones read differently in the files, they should count - boss or EB. They're the same mob, I imagine.

But yes, repeating an ITF is no issue. Easiest 35+ TF for the win.

[KeepDistance]

21 hours ago, The Curator said:

 Power Overwhelming - Defeat the final objective boss of Mission 6 while it is empowered from standing in the residual energy left behind from consuming the energy it summons while on Malicious difficulty or higher in Dr. Aeon's Strike Force

lolwut?

 

This badge description gives me a headache. If it takes this long to explain, it's too fiddly.

[KeepDistance]

21 hours ago, The Curator said:

 Who Smelt It, Dealt It - Defeat 100 Gold Bricker Smelters

I really hate the name of this badge. Are we first graders?

[Ruin Mage]

Words. The badge text is long, but the explanation is simple;

 

Spoiler

The final boss of M6 drops ground fields from adds that it summons - it eats these adds and spawns the ground fields/puddles. You have to fight him in them for the badge. 

 

Just now, KeepDistance said:

really hate the name of this badge. Are we first graders?

Yes.

[Cobalt Arachne]

8 hours ago, Kai Moon said:

Does "they" refer to the confused elite boss, the final objective boss, or both?

21 minutes ago, KeepDistance said:

lolwut?

 

This badge description gives me a headache. If it takes this long to explain, it's too fiddly.

The badge descriptions in the patch notes are more vague because we obscured the proper names of things so that people reading the patch notes that haven't played the ASF aren't completely spoiled on who they fight.

The hints in-game that unlock after you have done the ASF once are much more succinct, using the exact names of everything you need to do.

 

[Cobalt Arachne]

7 minutes ago, KeepDistance said:

I really hate the name of this badge. Are we first graders?

With over 1500 badge titles, you don't have to use that one if you don't like it. There are plenty to choose from.

There are a lot of sewage-themed characters who've already expressed their excitement to use this badge title.

[Cobalt Arachne]

2 hours ago, Dispari said:

Makes me wonder how many minos and cyclopses are in an ITF.

In the new expanded Cimerora areas, there are many Cycopses and Minotaurs wandering around for zone hunting.

Try the mountains to the northwest of where you fight Romulus in the last ITF mission. One of the new exploration badges is found there as well. 🙂

[ForeverLaxx]

This might be a minor nitpick, but I don't like that the various sub-badges related to the ASF all use the same graphic. Is there not some way to differentiate them based on appearance, even slightly?

[Vanden]

22 hours ago, The Curator said:

 Who Smelt It, Dealt It - Defeat 100 Gold Bricker Smelters

 

1 hour ago, KeepDistance said:

I really hate the name of this badge. Are we first graders?

 

What if we named it "Dealt With Who Smelt It", then it sounds like it's a description of what the badge is for, too.

 

Oh no, it took no time at all for "dealt" to lose all meaning

[Doc_Scorpion]

On 11/5/2021 at 10:11 AM, The Curator said:

Badges 

New Badges 

•  Sanctuary - Cimerora Exploration
•  Voice of the Oracle - Cimerora Exploration
•  Out of Bounds - Cimerora Exploration
•  Human Nature - Cimerora Exploration
•  Vision of Ambition - Cimerora Exploration
•  Darkness Unleashed - Cimerora Exploration

Spent some time street sweeping in Cimerora - and these don't appear to be dropping as Tip missions...  Since Cimerora isn't part of the Zone Teleport System, is this WAI?

[lemming]

37 minutes ago, Doc_Scorpion said:

Spent some time street sweeping in Cimerora - and these don't appear to be dropping as Tip missions...  Since Cimerora isn't part of the Zone Teleport System, is this WAI?

I thought about that too, but since it takes development time to make those exploration tip missions, I'm guessing those were not done.  (And I don't see anything in the patch notes)

 

I just found Darkness Unleashed based on the clue that Cobalt gave.

Edited November 6, 2021 by lemming
Added info

[Cobalt Arachne]

22 minutes ago, lemming said:

I thought about that too, but since it takes development time to make those exploration tip missions, I'm guessing those were not done.

This is exactly the reason. The Dr. Aeon Strike Force was my primary development task for Page 3, and it was one of the first things started and one of the last things finished. It by far took the most time to make out of all of the Page 3 additions. Since I'm also the dev that does the Tour Guide tips, they simply had to be postponed to get the ASF done, as it was a higher priority for me to be working on.

Expect the remaining zones to get their Tour Guide tips in Page 4 though!

[lemming]

BTW, I am disappointed not to find "Vision of Ambition" at Sister Airlia.     (Though now starting a sweep of everywhere to find that elusive thing and I assume I'll go "Doh!" when I do find it

[termyt]

"Mob Specialist" needs some more work.  

 

The Help text says "100 Prisoner Bosses"

 

But the number is 200 and LT's count, too.