Above and beyond (regarding badges)

[Techwright]

Just a thought, no problem if it's not a cool one.

 

Might it be possible to add an "above and beyond" reward to certain badges?  At the moment I'm thinking specifically of the Task Force Commander badge.  There's an extra Oroboros flashback task force, the Sister Psyche TF, that can grant the badge in lieu of the Penny Yin TF.  But what if one wants to do all of them?  What I suggest is something akin to what the Boy Scouts used to have for Eagle Scout:  if one continues to earn merit badges, eventually one earns enough for an Eagle with Silver Palms rank.  If they continue, eventually they add a Gold Palms, and if I recall correctly a total of 3 Gold Palms were possible.  At least that's what I recall when one of my close friends attempted it way too many years ago.

 

So, in game context, might the completion of the Task Force Commander, plus the one extra TF grant a Task Force Commander with Silver Palms?  If in the future, any other TFs for that badge are retired to Oroboros, a Gold Palms could be added to cover them.

 

Not saying it has to be palms or even silver.  It could be some other object, and metals could be iron, or bronze-silver-gold-platinum, or gemstones, etc.

[biostem]

Hmm... what if they simply offered additional paths to attaining certain badges - for instance, complete any 6, (or 7 since you need to do both Posi 1 & 2), TFs from some curated list to qualify, instead of the specific 6/7 needed currently...

[tidge]

Why give an extra badge just for the sake of already getting other badges? This sounds like a "can I get two badges for the price of one?"... I know there ARE badges like this, but why this in this instance? AFAIK there are extra/different badges to be had by completing both original Positron, as well as Posi 1 and Posi 2, and the Sister Psyche TF and/or Penny Yin. This is ignoring the contribution of those older arcs towards Ouroboros badges upon completion.

 

I kinda see what the idea is behind "Above and Beyond", but it feels more like that would be a more appropriate add-on for completing ALL of the blue side TFs (Hollows, Croatoa, Respecs, whatever) rather than just being tied to TF Commander.

 

I don't think this isn't a terrible/evil suggestion, but it just feels like "one more badge please".