I don't know if this has been suggested or not .. but being that the difficulty of pvping goes up drastically as you go up in level.. why not change the drops on badges based on levels?

Disable a level 1-200 1 red
201-350 - 2 red
351-500 - 3 red
501-1000 - 4 red
1001+ - 5 red

Raid level 1-300 - 1 Yellow
Raid Level 301-600 - 2 Yellow
Raid Level 601+ 3 Yellow

Hack Level 1-??? 1 Blue

I base the differences of distribution semi arbitrarily .. but you should have a bigger scale on reds as it requires more energy.. You get mid amounts on Yellows because its either 1 click (on an alert) or you have to earn the reds to get the yellow. and same rate on blues because those are the easiest to get ...

Doing it this way .. you can make some High Red/Yellow badge items and have them both be possible to attain as a high level .. and have them spaced far enough away that you don't make the lowbie pvp'ers super powerful..

Its not a bad idea, but really when you get to higher ranks you dont really farm badges for items per say as most of those should have already been purchased if you are a heavy pvper before it gets that difficult. The badge farming would really just be for base scans or the hopes that a new red badge item comes out. Personally I hit for kills to climb the leader board because that is about all the badge hits are good for till we can buy something new. My legion does a great job of sharing scanning so I dont have to spend 50 badges every 8 hours for a base.

And thats really what it applies to, should there be new red badge mods .. I just know since the mk3's came out when I was in my mid-300's.. that it took a hell of alot longer for me to get all the reds then it did a buddy of mine who just started playing and got all the reds needed for 4 mk3's and then some before even hitting level 100 ..

With the sheer amount of resources you need to even get 1 kill and badge.. I think this would be a welcome addition and not a game breaker by any means..