It's Halloween in Paragon and in the Rogue Isles too and the feature of the month is Trick or Treat. Players can knock on doors in level appropriate areas and hope for either a treat (an in-game buff or a temporary power) or a trick (an ambush of witches, werewolves, ghosts). Giant Pumpkin guys and other Ugly guys that defy description will run rampant through the streets, creating hate and discontent, and heroes will band together to minimize the carnage. And for the next two weeks, regular, faithful players get to see something unusual: a plethora of level 50s wandering and waiting to team up to trick or treat. I myself will be camping out on Triumph with all my folks, not because I want a temporary power, not for xp, but for one reason alone.

I'm AyaJJ and I'm a badge-aholic.

In City of Heroes/Villains, one of the little side quests is collecting badges. They don't do a whole lot for your character really; only a few of them actually give you some sort of reward or bonus stat. But I, like many players, am compelled to run around the game map collecting shiny little badges. The in-game events always bring out the 50s: characters that have leveled up as high as possible for the same reason. We want badges. We missed out on the one in Outbreak either by time (too early) or ignorance. We want to see that "Buster" badge over our heads. We want to pound on ghosts for another meaningless titles. We'll most likely get rocks, but we want to kill the Pumpkin King!

So for the next two weeks, broadcast will be filled with "50 WS lft" That won't be me. I'll be "39 M/E Troller getting slammed by Eochai, please send help."

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