It just occurred to me that we don't need to necessarily
replace the Hero/Villain categories. We can have multiple systems of categorization running in parallel.
For Achievement badges, it looks like we have the following types of badges:
- Milestone badges (for X damage, X healing, X time mezzed, etc.) for Primal origin
- Milestone badges (for X damage, X healing, X time mezzed, etc.) for Praetorian origin
- Safeguard badges available in Paragon City
- Mayhem badges available in Rogue Isles
- Alignment related badges (ie Gallant, Come Full Circle)
- TF/Trial related badges available in Paragon City (ie Master of Statesman's TF)
- TF/Trial related badges available in Rogue Isles (ie Master of Lord Recluse's TF)
- TF/Trial related badges available via Co-op zones (ie Master of Lady Grey's TF, Cadaver Counter from Death from Below)
- Incarnate Trial related badges
- Miscellaneous stuff (see
here and
here)
That doesn't lend itself at all to anything resembling clean categorization. It also doesn't lend itself to clean articles. For instance, the
Hero Achievement Badges article says "Badges listed on this page are just those that are earnable by Heroes or Vigilantes who have not participated in any content available to Villains.". Yet it includes Come Full Circle (which requires you to transition from Hero to Villain and back to Hero again) and Grass Is Meaner (which requires a vigilante to visit the Rogue Isles). I'd say both of those require you to participate in villain content, at least minimally. Yet, they wouldn't belong on the villain list either.
I think we'll have to do away with any sense of being able to list each badge in exactly one category.
I also think we should just do groupings as they make sense. For instance, for Achievement badges we might have:
Praetorian Achievement Badges
Primal Milestone Achievement Badges
Praetorian Milestone Achievement Badges
Alignment System Achievement Badges
Paragon City Mission Achievement Badges
(where Mission includes TFs and Trials)Rogue Isles Mission Achievement Badges
Co-op Mission Achievement Badges
(excluding Incarnate-related badges)Incarnate Trial Achievement Badges
Plus possibly other categories. We could also have articles such as:
Achievement Badges Available to Pure Heroes
(ie those you can earn sans the alignment system)Achievement Badges Available to Pure Villains
Achievement Badges Available to Primal Earth Characters
(regardless of current alignment)Achievement Badges Available to Praetorian Earth Characters
Achievement Badges Available to Heroes and Vigilantes
(including those you can earn with the alignment system)Achievement Badges Available to Villains and Rogues
Plus possibly other articles as well.