News/20090524
AE Badge Changes
Synapse posted[1] about some very large changes to the Architect Entertainment Badges coming up with Issue 15. Almost 90 badges will be removed, including the Hall of Fame and Dev's Choice badges, due to the developers' desire for Mission Architect to be about playing Story Arcs rather than grinding for badges.
Only 24 badges will remain, and characters who had already earned these badges will not have to re-earn them. Requirements for Mission Engineer Badge will be altered due to this; it is unknown if not having one of the new requirements will affect this badge if a character already has it.
Please be aware of this if you are planning on grinding out a bunch of the AE badges. The full list of badges to be removed can be found on the Official Forums, here.