To think I've already though of badges ever since I've began playing...
Such as:
Easy - kill 100 greens
Med - Finish a nest
Hard - Kill Queen/Razor Queen
Impossible - Collect all awards
Quite a nice game play, though the story and the way it is being told and shown could be a bit better. Training don't do much, the amount of xp gained is very small, maybe increase it a bit.
Jay, the ships are not designed and set depending on how better they seem to be. It's just placed like that, mid tier level ships are so close to each other that its almost negligible. Large ships are at most good at their kill ranks.
Lastly, all ships are balanced to the point that their strengths and weaknesses are well-defined and makes each ship unique, rather than basing it on ship stats alone, better include a person's preference and usability of something as well, each person has a different taste and style and should complement the different ships as well. Each ship caters a certain fighting style, the fun part is knowing what they are, how to improve strengths, cover weaknesses, and add the equipments and usual tactics to boot.
Agree with KB here, King was not part of the DGHC as he claims (I was a prime member), but at the same time, his passion against hackers are still real... so its good to know that there are people who do want to make this game better and safer.
The same goes with you bloodhero... you're too much of a goal oriented person that you do not understand the feeling of actually working your way up. Ok, get the badges, but I will report you and have your account banned, now let us see if you can still keep your points.
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