Changes to Taskforces, Souvenirs and badges

[Astartus]

If you do a TF, and get no souvenir, this seems to be intended (although this sucks major suckage, sucker....

Here is the response from Cryptic -

"There have been a fair number of complaints that players are no longer getting souvenir clues from Task Forces. This is actually working as designed. Allow me to explain:

Task Forces used to give souvenir clues upon completion. The souvenirs were only awarded to the mission owner, not to anyone else on the task force, which caused complaints. There was no technical way to give souvenirs to everyone on a TF, so the souvenirs were removed and replaced with badges, which are awarded to everyone. This has been the way things work for a while now.

So, the fact that no one is getting souvenirs from Task Forces is by design. Players who already have pre-removal souvenirs will keep them, but no new ones will be awarded. I believe there is at least one TF that does not have a badge associated with it (the Moonfire TF on Striga). We will be adding a badge to any TFs that do not have them in Issue 5. "

I was also told this change went in with I3 - I am working on getting the patch notes updated. Sorry for all the confusion.

Man, I liked souvenirs, cause I was able to reread what has happened during the TF...
And although I didn't have all souvenirs for some of the 7 normal TF's I intended to get them anytime..... and now this?

This really sucks......

[suburbanhell]

Ugh...yeah it does...And to think I just filed a petition to get my souvenir from Manticore the other day... :grumble:

[Xanatos]

Cuppajo is also incorrect. It is completely possible for all players to get souveneirs. It happened to me on the shadowshard arcs.

[8 Ball]

So first I complete al the TF's when there weren't any souveniers yet...then they add them in and I'm past the level to do them anymore...then they add exemplaring and I have the chance to do them again..then they take the souveniers away...BAH! :P

[Astartus]

Ok, after many many players complained about this there is a new response from CuppaJo:
I have followed up with Cryptic on your information and concerns and am waiting on a response.
Hang in there.

See the real menace HERE (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2960235&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1)

[Poison]

Good thing I have half of the TF souvenirs...

[Morcalivan7]

I'd just as soon see'em all be removed from the game entirely. Can't be viewed by others, don't have a place in-game, and most of'em were never given to those that deserved'em. In other words they do nothing, having no purpose, not even for bragging as badges do. Though badges are gonna have Epic AT purposes along with their accolades down the road. Why even have Souvernirs when badges are given for doing the same thing?

[Astartus]

Latest response by Cuppa:

So - This is what I got back:

While the souvenirs were changed to try and give everyone on the team the reward, the change did not work reliably and caused more support issues than it solved. Because of this they changed the rewards to badges on most TFs / Trials and will be adding badges for those without them in the future.

I am continuing to ask for there to be some way to "relive" your experience (old souvenir info added to the new badges or something) so that those of you playing along with the story at home can still get your "fix."