It works by you logging out in a specific location for 10 days at a time. You can tell what badge you will get by an indicator under your Health/Endurance display. Getting your initial badge gives rewards such as mission complete XP/Inf' bonuses, large Inspirations, salvage, etc. You also unlock costume pieces appropriate to your character's Day Job. Correction: Day Jobs and costume pieces are actually not linked. From Positron:
Day job badges are NOT linked to costumes.
The day job related costumes are free, unlocked at the start, content in Issue 13.
Many people came to the same erroneous conclusion that I did, that the costume pieces were unlocked with day jobs. Apparently, they are available to all as of I13 and there is no such link. You know what they say about assumptions! ;)
I now return you to your regularly scheduled post:
Once you get your initial job, you can combine it with a second job (gained the same way you got your first) to get a third badge title and a fun Accolade power (such as ally rez, web grenades and a Baton power).
But here's the kicker: you earn 1 bar of double XP for every 24 hours a character is logged out, up to a maximum of 10 bars of double XP! This is the "On Patrol" reward (everyone gets On Patrol no matter where they log out in addition to the other rewards). It's an altaholic soloer's dream! :)
There's some controversy over Day Jobs not being appropriate for some characters depending upon concept, but the system is easily ignored (no one is going to make you wear the badge title) in such cases.
Also, this really encourages spreading play out over many alts (this is especially true of the double XP), and it lets you flesh out the identities of your characters with in-game mechanics.
The initail bonuses are nice, the Accolades are great, the costume pieces are fantastic and the double XP is just...incredible! Looks like a solid, fun addition to the game!
Check it out at the official website.
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