Ok, I just spent the morning reading the entire thread, so I could hear all the opinions.
So you know where I am coming from, I am a casual gamer that plays once or twice a week. I have a job, a spouse, and a life that precludes sitting in front of a computer screen for 8+ hours a day. Don't get me wrong, if I could do that, I probably would because I love COX.
However, what this means is that I frequently fall behind my friends and SG mates in both levels, accolades, badges, invention sets, etc. It can be discouraging to watch characters I started at level 1 with zooming far ahead of me, making me feel a bit like a second-class citizen in the pecking order that is the game.
The way I see this is as a bone thrown to casual gamers like myself. This is our moment in the spotlight to get the shiny first. The truly dedicated gamers get everything else first, don't begrude us casual types this little perk. (Everyone else was saying me! me! me!, so I thought I would join in
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Honestly, I don't see the point in the outrage I have read so far. Play an alt, make a new character. While you are doing this, your badge hound is working away at his day job. I agree with the other posters that from a RP persepctive, it is ludicrous for any character to have all the jobs. I understand the "want to get the shiny" mentality, I really do, but that is not what Day Jobs are all about IMHO.
