First they added a new difficulty level (exclusive to the 3K campaigns) and didn’t bump up pre-existing badges, then when people complained about it they just bumped up badges, which at this point included badges earned after the previous patch. I’m afraid if they change anything again I’ll just lose the few gold badges I earned legitimately (William Wallace since difficulty doesn’t actually change, Alaric 1 because I didn’t realize I was playing on the hard difficulty, and Saladin 1 because it’s such an uneventful scenario).