From the Dev Blog: Alliance Medal Preview!

In a past life (and game), Harmless' forums had an award system which we had put to good use, and it's a feature we miss (and will eventually revive after some systems consolidation).  We had campaign participation medals with a contextual iconic shape over a standard background, military-styled medals for great sacrifices or losses in defense of another, ribbon graphics for special contributions or exceptional performance, etc..  This would make a great addition to the game.

Let me be the first to request (in case it's not already planned) that information about player medals be made public through the xml feeds or at least accessible as an alliance-private feed so we can sync the information to all the places where an alliance congregates (which I'm sure frequently ends up being off-site).  Second and equally important is allowing alliances to upload their own medal graphics.  It doesn't take much accumulation before generic or formulaic graphics with no topical or contextual components become a meaningless jumble.

If either of these features are not supported, we'll probably still end up not using the system but sticking entirely with something we roll ourselves.

While we can't promise to take every request for shapes, any input on what you'd like is welcome. :)

IMHO any huggin related medals should be banned from the outset, as I believe this will encourage that type of abhorrent behaviour.

bansisdead wrote: IMHO any huggin related medals should be banned from the outset, as I believe this will encourage that type of abhorrent behaviour.

Rill wrote: You have an objection to ravens?  Is your problem only with Huggin, or do you also not like Muggin?

Ravens are ok, just don't hug them, prolly peck out your eyes.  Muggin? as in demanding someone to hand over their wallet? ofc I would have a problem with that, I may be an ork but we raid, we dont mug.