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in comments on the Blizzcast post, neatly addressed this issue through a simple mechanism: exchange rates. Let’s say there are four types of badges; we’ll call them A, B, C, and D for simplicity. We know (from this same Blizzcast interview) that they want the 10-man and the 25-man versions of the same raids to be separated by about a tier in terms of item quality. wow gold Therefore, it would make sense if: Naxxramas, the tier 7 raid, drops A-Badges on 10-man and B-Badges on 25-man. Ulduar, the t8 raid, drops B-Badges on 10-man and C-Badges on 25-man. Whatever the t9 raid turns out to be drops C-Badges on 10-man and D-Badges on 25-man. mp3 player And so on, if they add more raids. Then, you just allow players to exchange badges up at a rate of two-to-one: two As get you a B, and so forth. This allows Blizzard to make it clear that certain gear is “”meant for”" certain levels of play,

wow goldwow gold Reputation does this as well, but not all instances have reputation (like Zul’Aman), once you get to Exalted there’s no gain, and there are typically not many items you want from a given faction. Badges avoid all these problems: all heroic and raid bosses drop badges, you can always use more badges, and there’s always something to spend them on – even if you’re kitted out in T6 or equivalent, you can at least buy epic gems or Nether Vortices to sell on the AH. I’m a little ambivalent on the stratifying idea, actually. Currently, someone running heroics or Karazhan can, eventually, get best-in-slot or near-best-in-slot items like the Crossbow of Relentless Strikes or the Adorned Supernal Leggings, although it might take them a month or two. wow However, if it was the case that you needed a Mystic Widget from the Tier 9 raids, or special badges from same, to get the T9-equivalent badge gear, it would be completely inaccessible to players on the lower rungs of raiding, no matter how long they kept at it. BitterCupOJoe and darian,