The CIT database should now be just about compliant with the Issue 18 English client and up to date with changes made up through the September 28 patch. (Our apologies to any European players tracking badges here. We haven't had a chance to add all of the French or German names in for detection yet - but if all goes well we won't need to.)
Keep in mind that changes were only made to the database in order to reach a state where badges can be tracked. Most of the badges should verify using Glycerine or HeroStats without any issues. In the event that a badge is not automatically tracked, you should be able to at least find it in your character's Manage Badges screen and mark it.
There are a few remaining issues that need to be worked out. Here are the remaining outstanding issues with any workarounds noted.
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* Many of the gender-specific badges are not verifying correctly, but can still be marked in the Manage Badges screen. This includes the following badges:
- Man of Vengeance/Woman of Vengeance - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
- Master of the Airwaves/Mistress of the Airwaves - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
- Mystic King/Mystic Queen - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
- Newsman/Newsgirl - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
- Pumpkin King/Pumpkin Queen - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
- Pumpkin Master/Pumpkin Mistress - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
- Widower/Widow - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
- King/Queen of the Zig - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
* The X times the Victor series of badges is not verifying properly, but can still be marked in the Manage Badges screen. - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
* Hero/Villain names for the "Grass Is Meaner"/"Grass Is Greener" badge are inverted. Some people have reported issues with attempting to verify this badge. The two issues may be related. The names should be fixed shortly, but for now the badge can still be marked on the Manage Badges screen. - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
* The change of the "Socialite" Exploration badge to "Social Climber" has not been updated in the database yet. This should be fixed before very long, but in the meantime the badge may be marked in the Manage Badges screen to add to your tracking list. - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
* "Blockade Runner"/"Profiteer" is missing in the database. Originally, "Profiteer" was implemented as the Villain version of "Entrepreneur", but they were not the same badge. When the entry for "Entrepreneur"/"Free Trade Advocate" was fixed, we neglected to add the new entry for "Blockade Runner"/"Profiteer". The new entry should be added soon, but until then, there is no workaround available to add the badge to your tracking lists. - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
* The "Beneath the Empire" Praetorian Exploration Accolade has not yet been added to the database. There is no workaround for adding this badge to your tracking list at this time, but the badge should be added before long. - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
* The "Knows Nova's Nooks" Praetorian Exploration Accolade has not yet been added to the database. There is no workaround for adding this badge to your tracking list at this time, but the badge should be added before long. - Fixed 2010-OCT-01
* "Judge and Jury" needs to be changed to "Judge & Jury" in the database in order to properly verify. - Fixed 2010-OCT-02
* As a side effect of the change to the entry for "Entrepreneur", if you had any villains that verified "Profiteer" prior to Issue 18, you will probably see "Free Trade Advocate" in your verified badges list. You will have to remove that badge in the Manage Badges screen. - Changed 2010-OCT-02
* Some of the newer badges haven't had their images added yet. It shouldn't be long before we get those added, too. - 2010-OCT-07
* Characters who are automatically granted Accolade badges with associated powers when they switch sides may find that they have extra badges in their tracking lists. Logic was added some time ago to automatically verify all prerequisite badges when an Accolade was verified. Since it is no longer true that a character must earn all of the prerequisite badges that were previously required for these Accolades, this logic needs to be modified or removed in the backend. - Fixed 2010-OCT-10
* To address the side effect of changes necessary for "Entrepreneur"/"Free Trade Advocate" and "Blockade Runner"/"Profiteer", all confirmed entries for "Entrepreneur"/"Free Trade Advocate" have been reset. Any characters who earned this badge prior to October 2, 2010 will have to re-verify it.
* Characters who have switched from Hero/Vigilante alignment to Villain/Rogue or vice versa may have trouble verifying badges with different names on the other side. For example, a Controller who has become either a Villain or Rogue may have trouble verifying the Free Trade Advocate badge. Badges with known issues related to this include (but are not limited to):
- Entrepreneur / Free Trade Advocate
- Reformed Firebug / Firebug
- Grass Is Meaner / Grass Is Greener
- Judge & Jury / Merciless
- Arachnos Traitor / Arachnos Official
* As a side effect of preventing erroneous parent/child badges from being verified, the "Siblings" and "Required Badges" lists in the Badge Family Checker window are not currently listing any badges. When logic updates to the backend go live, these lists should return.
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Sorry it's taken so long to get to this point, but everyone has had to come up to speed and there are a lot of changes taking place under the hood.
If you should happen to find you are having issues with verifying any other badges not called out above, please let us know so that we can make sure we have them on the to-do list.