Should there be more Day Jobs?

[Dust-Devil]

While the servers are down for maintenance, I got to thinking could there be more Day Jobs and Accolades?  There are lots of casinos so could there be a Gambler Day Job?  What would it do?  Could it combine with Banker/Thief Day Job into an Accolade?  There are also lots of construction sites and that could give the Day Job of Builder or Engineer.  Maybe that day job makes it cheaper to construct SG bases?

 

Are there other areas in Paragon City, the Rogue Isles, and PvP Zones that could possibly give a job?

[ShardWarrior]

18 minutes ago, Dust-Devil said:

Maybe that day job makes it cheaper to construct SG bases?

 

SG bases have no construction cost.

 

I do like the idea of more Day Jobs though.  As you mentioned, there are various construction sites that could be used as a "builder/engineer" day job.  Perhaps earning that can reduce some of the crafting costs for recipes.  

[Darmian]

There's plenty of places existing Day Jobs could be proliferated to.  Praetoria for instance.  Plenty of Police Stations, no Day Job there.  Train Stations, no Commuter Job there. You have to actually enter Pocket D to get the Clubber Day Job. Which is fine, because it's a Pocket D badge, but Studio 55 exists.

 

A thing that I do find mildly inconvenient is the linking of certain Day Job Badges to get the Accolade.  If you're aiming for a themed or RP style character then certain of the accolades are off limits due to the fact that the other half of certain accolades are only available in say Paragon City, when you're running a Villain/Rogue character.

 

This has led me to ponder another thing which I'll post elsewhere.

[lemming]

For Praetorians, you can get Commuter (Null sends you to one of the Atlas'), Pilot (Heli in Echo), Tailor (Echo), and Shopkeeper (Winter Village) via Pocket D and Echo Plaza.

[UltraAlt]

3 hours ago, Dust-Devil said:

There are also lots of construction sites and that could give the Day Job of Builder or Engineer.

 

How about a Builder/Construction Worker Day job with an Engineer Accolade say if you have Intern (there isn't a 2nd Accolade attached to that one yet but there are already two for Professor)?

 

What would the bonus be?

The only real building we do in the game is bases and another day job and accolade combination already provides "teleport to base" and "supergroup base portal".

It doesn't seem to make sense to make it crafting related (and that is already covered by other day jobs and powers that can be gained in game)

 

Or are you just looking at these as titles (display name) that could be dealt with through a badge at these kinds of locations?

[JKCarrier]

59 minutes ago, UltraAlt said:

What would the bonus be?

The only real building we do in the game is bases and another day job and accolade combination already provides "teleport to base" and "supergroup base portal".

It doesn't seem to make sense to make it crafting related (and that is already covered by other day jobs and powers that can be gained in game)

It's a bit of a stretch, but maybe you could earn uses of the Reveal power? "You've worked on so many construction projects, you know these buildings like the back of your hand."

[Rudra]

20 minutes ago, JKCarrier said:

It's a bit of a stretch, but maybe you could earn uses of the Reveal power? "You've worked on so many construction projects, you know these buildings like the back of your hand."

I don't see the connection. Just because you know how to build a building doesn't mean you can walk into just any building and automatically know how the floor plan is laid out. And besides, Reveal is only 10,000 inf' to buy.

 

Does the added day job have to give some mechanical benefit? Can't it just be a badge? Players that hunt badges are going to spend the time getting it anyway. So will those who want the badge name as a title and those that want the badge for RP reasons.

[Rudra]

4 hours ago, Dust-Devil said:

and PvP Zones that could possibly give a job?

The entire PvP zone is its own day job. The entire PvP zone awards the Predator day job badge, and other than Patroller which is everywhere in the game (unfortunately), day job locations block you from getting other day job badge progress.

[UltraAlt]

5 hours ago, JKCarrier said:

It's a bit of a stretch, but maybe you could earn uses of the Reveal power? "You've worked on so many construction projects, you know these buildings like the back of your hand."

 

I'm not saying if I agree or not, but would that be for the day job or the accolade?

 

[UltraAlt]

4 hours ago, Rudra said:

The entire PvP zone is its own day job. The entire PvP zone awards the Predator day job badge, and other than Patroller which is everywhere in the game (unfortunately), day job locations block you from getting other day job badge progress.

 

There are some location in the game where you could get credit for 2 "normal" day job badges (at least at one point) at the sametime. For some reason, I remember it being near a tram somewhere, but it was back on live before it was corrected so you could only get credit for one "normal" day job.

 

 I may not be following you, but ...

Patroller isn't really a Day Job in the way that others are. You get credit for patroller by earning Patrol experience. You earn that regardless of being at a day job location or not. And it is capped by how much Patrol XP,  a character can earn up to 10 bars. I always park at Day Job locations, and my characters get this badge regardless.

I wouldn't see why "normal" day job badge would need to override a zone wide badge since "normal" day jobs don't override earning Patrol XP (hence progress toward the Patroller Day Job). That being said, I haven't checked but I don't think you can get credit for the commuter Day job  (for example)  by parking near a tram in PVP Zone.

 

But, again, I'm unsure what badges different Day Jobs that you could potentially earn in a PVP zone or what benefit they would have. 

[Rudra]

13 minutes ago, UltraAlt said:

Patroller isn't really a Day Job in the way that others are. You get credit for patroller by earning Patrol experience. You earn that regardless of being at a day job location or not. And it is capped by how much Patrol XP,  a character can earn up to 10 bars. I always park at Day Job locations, and my characters get this badge regardless.

Patroller is a day job that has no location. Just being logged off earns you credit towards Patroller. It does not conflict with other day jobs because it is the day job everyone has to get regardless of where they log off.

 

17 minutes ago, UltraAlt said:

 

I wouldn't see why "normal" day job badge would need to override a zone wide badge since "normal" day jobs don't override earning Patrol XP (hence progress toward the Patroller Day Job). That being said, I haven't checked but I don't think you can get credit for the commuter Day job  (for example)  by parking near a tram in PVP Zone.

Predator doesn't work the same as Patroller. I just ran into Siren's Call. While near the Arachnos Flier, I had the Predator day job available showing me I would get credit for the Predator badge because I was in a PvP zone. I then entered the villain hospital. The Predator icon went away and I got the Pain Specialist icon showing me I would get credit for the Pain Specialist badge, but the Predator icon was gone showing I would no longer get Predator credit because I was now in the hospital. (Which is below the zone's area like every other building internal on a zone map.) You cannot get credit towards two day jobs concurrently as far as I am aware. The entire zone (not counting specialized under zone areas like the hospital) of a PvP zone awards the Predator badge. Even already established day job locations like graveyards and cemetaries for the Mortician day job don't grant any credit to their day job while you are in a PvP zone. I checked Bloody Bay. Nowhere in the graveyard did the Predator icon get replaced with the Mortician icon. (Yes, I had to mouse over the icon constantly to verify.) So where would a new day job badge be placed in them?

[JKCarrier]

7 hours ago, Rudra said:

I don't see the connection. Just because you know how to build a building doesn't mean you can walk into just any building and automatically know how the floor plan is laid out.

Ok, Smartypants, explain to me how hanging out in train stations makes you run faster. 😋 

[lemming]

36 minutes ago, JKCarrier said:

Ok, Smartypants, explain to me how hanging out in train stations makes you run faster. 😋 

having to sprint up the ramp to catch your train builds those muscles.   Personaly, I like how hanging out in Vaults, you pickup some Tear Gas.  Shouldn't you get a toaster?

[Rudra]

40 minutes ago, JKCarrier said:

Ok, Smartypants, explain to me how hanging out in train stations makes you run faster. 😋 

Just spend the 10k and call it good. Infinite uses without having to recharge it slowly.

[UltraAlt]

4 hours ago, Rudra said:

Patroller is a day job that has no location. Just being logged off earns you credit towards Patroller. It does not conflict with other day jobs because it is the day job everyone has to get regardless of where they log off.

 

I think we are saying the same thing using different words.

 

4 hours ago, Rudra said:

While near the Arachnos Flier, I had the Predator day job available showing me I would get credit for the Predator badge because I was in a PvP zone. I then entered the villain hospital. The Predator icon went away and I got the Pain Specialist icon showing me I would get credit for the Pain Specialist badge, but the Predator icon was gone showing I would no longer get Predator credit because I was now in the hospital. (Which is below the zone's area like every other building internal on a zone map.)

 

So you could get credit for the being in a hospital while in a PvP zone, but not get credit for being near they flier? Interesting.

Being inside a building put you under the map, so that should mean that any building you can enter in a PvP zone that would give credit for a day job should give you credit for the related day job.

I am, however, unaware of any other dayjob buildings that you can get into. That being said I don't think I ever tired to get into City Hall in Recluse's victory. I guess if I have time, I'll check that out ... i guess here would be a Wentworth's there as well, but going inside that building wouldn't put you below the map.

 

4 hours ago, Rudra said:

You cannot get credit towards two day jobs concurrently as far as I am aware.

 

I'm pretty sure you could at one point. I remember using it until "the exploit" was fixed.

And, technically, you are always getting credit for two day jobs if you log your character out at a "normal" day job location, because you still earn patrol XP regardless of where you log out.

 

I have a new character that has never parked outside of a building that has a building related day job (hospital and university) and they are earning Patrol XP while earning time on the "normal" day jobs.

 

[MTeague]

I have no problems with more day jobs and more badges. 

I don't see the need for Even More Accolades.

[Darmian]

On 10/7/2025 at 6:48 PM, lemming said:

For Praetorians, you can get Commuter (Null sends you to one of the Atlas'), Pilot (Heli in Echo), Tailor (Echo), and Shopkeeper (Winter Village) via Pocket D and Echo Plaza.

Well, those depend on your side, Loyalist or Resistance, and Null won't do swapsies for ya.

[lemming]

11 minutes ago, Darmian said:

Well, those depend on your side, Loyalist or Resistance, and Null won't do swapsies for ya.

Yes, but you can get credit for them.   Swapping as long as you're doing the Praetorian arcs will work, and of course once you leave Praetoria.  So only applicable for full time Praetorians past level 20 where you'd be stuck at a full bar, but no badge.

[TheMoneyMaker]

Set locations in every zone where there's a restaurant on the map and create a new Day Job called "Fast Food Worker"

 

It gives no bonus but gives you a badge and -25% to inf. and XP because your real life day job is a time sink that hurts your hero life.

[CoeruleumBlue]

On 10/8/2025 at 1:03 PM, Darmian said:

Well, those depend on your side, Loyalist or Resistance, and Null won't do swapsies for ya.

 

Praetoria in general feels pretty broken to me and I think that's a shame since it's fun content. I finished my first Praetorian 1-20 arc recently and then got sent to Primal Earth. I just learned you can keep doing Praetorian content if you don't choose to do that but you can't alignment swap back to Praetorian even though tons of the content anyone can do anyway is Praetorian. I also have some characters I made when I first started out who have various dystopian and/or post-apocalyptic themes who I kind of wish I could make Praetorian and play more of that content. There also appear to be a bunch of Praetorian-only badges, some of which I would prefer on characters who aren't Praetorians, like my couple of Primal Earth psychic cop characters. So, they probably should adjust both how the Praetorian maps work and how badges work in general for RP characters. They should probably also add police stations and some other things in the Praetorian maps as well. Praetorian maps largely feel like they didn't finish them at all which tends to disappoint me.