Kinds of Badges

At the moment there are existing 3 kinds of badges. The ones which created by system (orange), skill badges (blue) and the ones which created by player (player chosen colors). However, there are finer differences:

The type of a badge consists of following 3 badge properties:

• Creator of the badge
• Level of the badge
• (optional) a special name

Note, badge images are attached to types and do not change the badge type.

This is a list of what badges are provided by which creators:

Pic	Name	Creator	Description	Creation	Play Actions
	Regular	Player	Created once per day per player	produce, dia buy	collect, trade, vote, paint
	VeryFirst	Player	Randomly deployed around player starting point, rare, only 4 per player	only initial	collect, trade
	Welcome	System	Randomly deployed around player starting point, rare, only 3 per player	only initial	collect, trade
	Extra Capacity Skill	Skill	Increase badge capacity by extra 5 spaces	gift, dia buy	collect, trade, power
	Production Speed Skill	Skill	Decrease badge production time	gift, dia buy	collect, power
	Take Range Skill	Skill	Increase player take range by 20m	gift, dia buy	collect, power
	Drop Space	Skill	Decrease minimum distance between drops	gift, dia buy	collect, power
	NOOP	Skill	Does nothing, somewhat rare though	gift	collect, trade
	Diamond	Skill	Production speedup or “buying” of other gift badges	gift, win	collect, trade, consume
	Painter	Skill	Attach a picture to one of your badges	gift, dia buy	collect, trade, consume
	Weekly	System	Provided on the map once per week and active player	appear	find, collect, trade
	Geo Challenge	System	Slowly, randomly deployed on (inhabited) earth	appear	find, collect, trade
	Mapper	Mapper	Have the most Quadrants in a region	awarded	hold
	Ruler	Ruler	Have the highest sum of badge level in a region	awarded	hold
	Party	Player	Not yet done: In app buy to create badges on map	buy	create, find, collect, trade, paint
	other	various	Created by old releases, during software tests etc. Rare	depends	collect, trade

You get a skill with every level up and your very first one, when you finish logon. You do not have a free choice, but get a choice from random pair of skills and have to chose one of them.

There are currently the following skills:

1. Production speed. Every badge of this type reduces badge production period by a certain percentage.
2. Extra capacity. Adds 5 spaces to your inventory.
3. Take range. Each of these badges increases your range to take badges.
4. Magic diamond. Each of those is good for a one time instant production. By using a magic diamond you destroy it, so you might want to keep the last for your leveling score.
5. Paint brush. Each brush allows you to add a picture to one of your own badge types. By using a brush you destroy it, so you might want to keep the last for your leveling score.

Here you can find some strategic thoughs about skills.