Major_T

Jaguar?

Agreed!

If you want that on your emp and you see me online... well, you know the rest

Sadly, what they are doing is well within the definition of PvP in a PvP zone. While it may be in bad taste and put them at odds with other members of the community, it is definitely not griefing when they are attempting to stop you from defeating turrets, defeating Villain/Hero NPCs, or getting badges. They are PvPing, although it is against a person who is badging. But by the very fact that a badger is in the zone, the badger voluntarily puts themselves in a position to be attacked by a hostile party.

The PvP badges were created, In my opinion, for PvPers to show off that despite the opposition attempting to stop them, they were able to both defeat the Hero/Villain NPCs and other players. Similar to how Accomplishment badges were put in place to show that players who are interested in the story driven content completed the content.

The problem however, isn't with the developers nor the PvPers, the problem is actually with the badgers seeking completeness (which I also do) that aren't interested in PvP. Now before you get upset, let me finish. I recently began using the term indulging my addiction when it comes to acquiring new badges, and I believe it has given me a new insight on my enjoyment of the game. Each time I get a new badge on my badger, it gives me a temporary dose of gratification from that accomplishment. A moment of satisfaction based upon setting a set of bits on a server that says I did something in a game. It's about bragging rights to my fellow players that I have accomplished a lot of insignificant things in a past-time. Does it mean anything in the real world? No. But getting those badges makes me feel good and that's what matters. It gives me a reason to play with other people around the world to accomplish artificial and superficial goals in a fictional digital universe concocted by game designers and brought to life by an untold number of hours programming for which I pay a monthly fee to get this enjoyment... it's a digital drug.

I say these things, not because I seek to make badgers feel bad. And why would I? I'm not only a badging advocate, I'm also a addict. I say these things to provide my perspective on the situation. Hopefully, something that I typed here today can ease the psychological trauma brought about when pixels controlled by another player do naughty things to your pixels in a PvP zone.

So when your badge driven event gets disrupted by PvPers, leave the zone and do something else and enjoy yourself. Getting you upset isn't what they're trying to accomplish, sadly it is an unfortunate consequence. They're seeking the same gratification you get from badging, but it involves attacking and defeating a player controlled opponent. Unfortunately, the result of their satisfaction is the inhibition of yours and the two are in diametric opposition.

The reward table gives you the option of taking 4 basic common shards.

This is in addition to any shards that drop while defeating Mitos.

Done!