I don't know if I'm alone in this or if anyone has said something about this before but achievements feel really dumb to me right now.
What I mean by that is, you get an achievement for doing things that don't need any type of effort and that makes the worth of them almost 0 to me.
You get an achievement for clearing the EX primals and Coil unsync... is that really something worthy of an achievement?
I haven't cleared my last two primals yet but I want to pony farm with some people I met, so I'll get the achievement for that and that bothers me.
If I didn't get it for unsync I would go back and get it even though I've already done it unsync for farming, but like this? What's the point of achievements right now?
You could say it's the same for pony farming, but I would have to disagree since I have farmed for hours to get the last person in my party one too and that still takes effort.
For an achievement you do it once and have a 100% chance of getting it.
But, this is only my view of things. Do other people mind stuff like that?
Achievements.
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02-12-2016, 03:08 PMUhmAchievements.
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02-12-2016, 03:24 PMPence
A lot if wrong with achievements.....the most of which being that most are not 'achievements' but 'milestones'. Nothing interesting about them at all.
If you want to earn the achievement you can always opt to run a sync'd run for your initial kill? I'd prefer there only be achievements for sync'd kills and not simply out leveling the content - but it is what is...... which is nothing more than an terrible attempt to replicate something with the least amount of effort. -
02-12-2016, 03:51 PMUhmThat's what I did for my other clears, but sadly I don't think everyone will wait for me to clear first to start farming since finding a group to clear synced with is hard and takes time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pence
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02-12-2016, 04:35 PMMoonlegSo you might even say it's a bit of an achievement?Quote:
Originally Posted by Uhm
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02-12-2016, 04:58 PMruskieFeel free to contact me in game if you want to find some people for doing sync clears. Always up to it as are some friends. It's just so nice to actually do something sync'd instead of being so op you ignore mechanics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uhm
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02-12-2016, 04:58 PMUhmSure if you only look at that part of the whole sentece I wrote...Quote:
Originally Posted by Moonleg
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02-12-2016, 05:02 PMUhmCool I'll try to contact you thanks for the comment ^^.Quote:
Originally Posted by ruskie
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02-12-2016, 05:03 PMAshkendor
The achievements you're talking about are for outdated content. I really don't see what's so bad about getting the achievement for doing an unsynced clear. The alternative is making it an enormous chore for newer people to collect the old achievements.
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02-12-2016, 07:04 PMWerhuskyYeah especially we are asking if people do not specify UNSYNC... I sometimes join unsync because I miss a fight or just to help fill a party (the "I NEEDS BONUS" train is over for big parts)... I someone answers sync he gets my join ;pQuote:
Originally Posted by ruskie
About the achievements... well they were worth someothing synced they just don't lock out people that now do it unsync else e.g. You would miss out on a title and minion for Coils alone.
Unsync is for 2 purposes: one is catchup the other is to challenge yourself in low man groups/solo. -
02-13-2016, 01:22 AMUhmThe poins you're making are good, I didn't think about catching up and soloing stuff. I guess it depends on the individual person to give the achievement meaning. I'll just try to do my clears synced while other people do it the way they want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Werhusky
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02-15-2016, 07:37 PMruskieThat's a good attitude to have. And as said either poke me or Aelia about it in game - we both love doing stuff synced.Quote:
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02-15-2016, 09:47 PMSquigley
I don't really care much about achievements but I think they should be awarded to people who put in effort and do things the hard way instead of the quick/lazy way. For example leveling crafters/gatherers without doing leves should give some Soulless or No life achievement. Now the game gives extra rewards for taking the easiest(?) route. I also agree with the OP that unsyncing to make stuff faceroll easy shouldn't count for achievements.
Oh, this is also my first post on the forums :o Hello everyone! -
02-16-2016, 07:47 PMruskieWelcome to the forums hehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squigley
But you know leves are the easiest way to level crafters and gatherers tbh hehe. If anything doing them straight up with the grind is the harder way to do it ;p