I just came up with this idea. Why don't we have badges that tell the amount of time you have been playing? (Not including Alpha/Beta) We could have something like badges for 6 months, 1 year, 18 months, 2 years, 3 years, etc. These badges would not stack, so for ex. once you got to 1 year it'd replace the 6 month badge.

Not really a neccesity but it would be cool to see how long other players have been in-game for.

no!

bad idea!

i dont want people to know that i really have been playing since december 04 instead of whenever i made the who? me? character.

Eh... I don't think its a bad or good idea, its just easier to ask people then to put up badges and such.

i don't lke this idea as written bec ause it brakes RP with regards to multiple characters.

i'd prefer veteran badges apply only to characters that have been around the required length (as it is it's annying that alpha and beta players can't make alts with any epectation of being treated like a low level character)

Beolach: I didn't read that thread so I didn't know this was already suggested.

Lord Q: For RP reasons, I guess it would be best to have the badges given out according to how long that character has been around. (Also, I think that Alpha/Beta players should have the option to not have their badges when creating characters.)

Yeah, I'd rather not show up as a beta unless I want to.

In fact, I'd like to be able to hide most of my badges.

I like the idea of hiding badges, but I still dont like nor do I care about how long the person has been playing.

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Um, what does the tree have to do with this thread?

its a nice tree

Rene's got it right.

The tradition of a placing a decorated tree in the White House began in 1889 on Christmas morning during the Presidency of Benjamin Harrison

hehehe...

Genka and Rene don't like the "more badges" idea. They feel that it makes players all look decorated like a xmas tree. I disagree, while they may not all have to show as badges, and others have suggested nested badges, I think having something to work towards and be rewarded with is a good idea, in fact I wish that there were more badges too work towards. I do NOT however like this recent suggestion. Who cares how long you have or have not been playing.

Make a:
Levi Killing badge
Pirate Hunters badge
BP Badge - like PK but for BP bots/players in bp
Traders Badge - better then current, where you actually have to do something for it.
Medic Badge - x # of sucessful "full" heals
"Ship Type" Badge, for x # kills in type of ship to show mastery.

Basically, if there is an event in VO there should also be a badge for it so an important one to create might also be a ctc badge for the top deliverer of the pure xith each week for each of the 3 nations.

I would not mind if the badge would have been replace with a little text. And keep the badge for the really elitistical effort. As to make having a badge mean something in stead of making everybody look like a christmass tree seeing as they get a badge for every menial task...

And if I really wanted to disagree I would come forward by saying to impliment a title in stead of the badges. As if your increasing in ranking with the faction of your choice (Head Miner 'Rene', Head bounty Hunter 'Rene', Pirate Brigand 'Eye Patch', etc...). But you can only get the prefix for 1 careerline, which should be the one you invest most time in.

It might be neat to have gametime badges for individual chars. Like if you've played on a single char for a week's worth of gametime, two weeks, a month, etc.

Halve the size of the current badges and we could stand to have more fit in.

I think a bounty hunter badge might be nice, those who get the 10 bounty hunter kills stated in the station news.