(Hope I used the correct tag)
I was hoping a community rep or other players could please clarify what constitutes as a credit towards the crafting and gathering achievements.
- Is the goal based on the tally of actual completed actions or how many items are procured? E.g., 20 logging actions vrs 20 logs.
- Do "dated" or old recipes count towards the tally, or only recipes currently listed on Lodestone?
- Are there any exceptions when something may not be tallied, such as an item created as part of a quest, or local and region leves?
Right now, for the synthesis based achievements, they can be easily obtained by someone running an automated crafting/gathering cheat program, but is extremely difficult for a player who already dedicated a copious amount of time leveling their class in full legitimately. This concerns me quite a bit, will there be any actions taken to balance the reward for true players?
May we also have some way of showing our progress added to the achievement UI? I.e., 10/3000 items completed for Going Against the Grain: Journeyman.
If I also may toss in an off-topic question, I've noticed that many of the local leves still are requiring sub crafts (or at least still warn that it does). I thought this was done away with this past patch. Or am I mistaken?
Thank you for reading.
[dev1081] Questions regarding achievements
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12-17-2011, 07:45 PMKio[dev1081] Questions regarding achievements
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12-18-2011, 03:15 AMRaldo
Achievement progress bars intended implementation target is 1.20a.
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12-18-2011, 05:23 PMWinterSkyblue
Dated" or old recipes also counted. Just tested today.
Only success try will be counted. Fail attempts will not be counted. -
12-18-2011, 07:00 PMAlzeliaI believe they said it would come AFTER 1.20aQuote:
Originally Posted by Raldo
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12-18-2011, 10:20 PMKio
Thanks for the responses! Hopefully the tally counter will come sooner than later.
I made a trek out to Skull Valley yesterday morning to earn the second logging achievement for La Noscea. It required 7 hours of nothing but straight logging (no breaks over 5 mins long). It was really excessive for a level 20 range achievement, I'm very perturbed by the prospect of attempting any others at all. :( Especially if you must do it three times for it to amount to anything. -
12-19-2011, 04:10 AMRaldoOh man, I'm in the middle of doing this exact same thing. "300 swings? That doesn't sound too bad." I tell myself, "That's only 38 (37.5) trees. Bearded Rock was a breeze!" I haven't been keeping track of trees or time, but it feels like it's been hours, and I'm still not doneQuote:
Originally Posted by Kio
Edit: Woo, just finished! I... I don't think I want to start on Bloodshore. -
12-20-2011, 03:07 AMtymoraMaybe if you don't do it in one sitting (and they probably didn't intend it to), you won't feel as horrible.Quote:
It required 7 hours of nothing but straight logging
I do admit that not being credited retroactively sucks. -
12-24-2011, 02:13 AMrunriot
Does anyone know if you have to start on the first achievement? like mining grade 1 before grade 2 and so on? I would really like to know if i am wasting my time leveling on grade 5 if they are not counting towards the achievements..
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12-24-2011, 02:31 AMMeowyWowieThat's false. Failed synth attempts count too. I tested this last night on lv 1-10 CUL recipes, bought 50 fish, synthed all and broke like 5, got the achievement. However, you have to cancel the synthesis "stance" to have the achievement show on your screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by WinterSkyblue
Also, for DoH, it's quite easy to keep track of how many synths you've done. Just keep track of the mats used.
Edit: Sorry, I was mistaken. Winter is correct, only successful synths count towards the achievements. I mistook the lv10 CUL achievement for the 50 lv1-10 synths achievement.