Being able to show off achievements, make it so achievement points matter!

I have always loved collecting achievements and i have patiently waited for SE to make it so other people can actually see your achivement points when they inspect you or just anything but after years there is still nothing. Am i seriously the only one that actually want something like this?


How it could look when people inspect you:

http://i.imgur.com/MX8zLfZ.png

But I can see your achievement points right here.
You can see mine here.

It's not like it's hidden for those who are looking (lest the player wants it hidden, I guess).

I'm going to have to side with Canadane on this one. They've got way more chivo points.

For real though, while I don't care about the points, the update Hibbsan is suggesting is pretty innocuous. Those that don't care about the points won't care (or even notice) the extra number in the examine window, and those that do care will get an extra little bit of flavor in their game.

While the addition could be fun for some people, and drive people into collecting achievements even more, it does create a form of "Oh, so you only have that many? You mustn't be a good player, you must have over this much to play with us".. which had been present before on Forums with people mocking achievements through Lodestone.

Yep - I agree with Settie -- same thing kind of happens in GW2 with people excluding or looking down upon those with less achievement points, forgetting that often there are people who may have less points because they focus on only one type of gameplay (for example, WvW instead of PvE). It wouldn't hurt here as much, perhaps, since many achievements are kinda of the 'go do something that not many other people do just to get the achievement' variety - but as with all things MMO related, those that can, will find ways to use things like this to demean or exclude others [if they're the mean spirited type].

I think what some of us are thinking is one of the more extreme cases. We forget that there's many things to get achievement points from outside of your usual tank and spank (i.e crafting and misc). If it comes down to "you must not be good" based on achievement points, we can also point to some other stuff in the game as well (iLvl requirements maybe? You can easily manipulate gear to achieve the X iLvl; amount of classes leveled via search info). Maybe those weren't the best examples, but that's all I can think of right now. That being said, I'm not against the idea, think of it like a little quirk for those who enjoy hunting down achievements.

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Originally Posted by Settiesama

While the addition could be fun for some people, and drive people into collecting achievements even more, it does create a form of "Oh, so you only have that many? You mustn't be a good player, you must have over this much to play with us".. which had been present before on Forums with people mocking achievements through Lodestone.

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Sorry I'm not good enough to do your raid, I'm going to go play some triple triad so I have enough achievement points for you.

Eh, How bout just more unique titles that are achievement related? I like titles.

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Originally Posted by Ferth

Eh, How bout just more unique titles that are achievement related? I like titles.

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Why not both?

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Originally Posted by Settiesama

While the addition could be fun for some people, and drive people into collecting achievements even more, it does create a form of "Oh, so you only have that many? You mustn't be a good player, you must have over this much to play with us".. which had been present before on Forums with people mocking achievements through Lodestone.

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do you really think this would happen tho? By your reasoning, SE should never add anything new into the game at all

SE have added some new hairstyles in the coming patch, without a second's thought of the people that will say "oh, haven't got the new hairstyles ay? you must not do current things, you can't play with us". How reckless of them.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

But I can see your achievement points right here.
You can see mine here.

It's not like it's hidden for those who are looking (lest the player wants it hidden, I guess).

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This isn't in game. PS4 users can't readily use this like a PC player could. and a PC player would still have to move from the client, open up another window, go to the site, and look up the name.

That's like Destiny and Grimoire cards.

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Originally Posted by randysquirrel

do you really think this would happen tho? By your reasoning, SE should never add anything new into the game at all

SE have added some new hairstyles in the coming patch, without a second's thought of the people that will say "oh, haven't got the new hairstyles ay? you must not do current things, you can't play with us". How reckless of them.

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In very few cases i'm sure it's going to happen, people are going to get slightly bullied and looked down on based on their achivement points. But is it going to happen often? Absolutley not. People are exaggerating like crazy and acting like it's going to happen all the time, it really won't.

I, too, would like for achievement points to be more meaningful. Even if it's just something as simple as special rewards such as titles, mounts, minions and glamour for reaching specific milestones. It'd encourage more people to go back and tackle older challenges and generally just be pretty great for the health of the game in the long run.

No.
In GW2 achievements points are used as a way to measure the skill of a player, and the only reason that sustains the elitist bullshit. I don't want to see in PF "+7k achievement points only".
If you want to see how many achievements has someone go to his/her lodestone.

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Originally Posted by Settiesama

While the addition could be fun for some people, and drive people into collecting achievements even more, it does create a form of "Oh, so you only have that many? You mustn't be a good player, you must have over this much to play with us".. which had been present before on Forums with people mocking achievements through Lodestone.

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It would be really unfortunate if that happened, but to be honest it would be a really good way to weed out bad players (by avoiding anyone who said achievement points = player skill).

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Originally Posted by Leanna

No.
In GW2 achievements points are used as a way to measure the skill of a player, and the only reason that sustains the elitist bullshit. I don't want to see in PF "+7k achievement points only".
If you want to see how many achievements has someone go to his/her lodestone.

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people will use your dps, savage minions/primal mounts as skill measurement and nothing else
good people check fflogs out and scrubs dont care anyway

I would like to have some fancy rewards for 10k points or something like that

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Originally Posted by Theodric

I, too, would like for achievement points to be more meaningful. Even if it's just something as simple as special rewards such as titles, mounts, minions and glamour for reaching specific milestones. It'd encourage more people to go back and tackle older challenges and generally just be pretty great for the health of the game in the long run.

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But we get all this in a process of collecting them already. I have 210 titles from achievements and many mounts, minions and glamours tied to them.

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Originally Posted by ServerCollaps

people will use your dps, savage minions/primal mounts as skill measurement and nothing else
good people check fflogs out and scrubs dont care anyway

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What a joke.

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Originally Posted by RaijinSupreme

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This brings up the question, does it have to be?

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Originally Posted by RaijinSupreme

This isn't in game. PS4 users can't readily use this like a PC player could. and a PC player would still have to move from the client, open up another window, go to the site, and look up the name.

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hu? of course can PS4 users use the lodestone as easily as every PC player. i just did. i don't even own a PC for more than 3 years now. the PS4 has an internet browser, not the best, yeah, but it's good enough and yes, you can use it while FF14 works in the background.

but however, searching the lodestone isn't really a good suggestion. it's clunky and the standard setting is that you hide your achievements.

on topic:

i would like to see achievements for achievement points. like getting 1000 achievement points to unlock an achievement wich grants you a new title. 5000 for a minion, 10000 for a mount... so, similar rewards wich you get for the achievements for player commendations.

I think they need to make more interesting achievements first. Most achievements are just grind or milestone ones.

Each new 'expert' could have a few where you do the encounter a certain way and you get an achievement.

For example, keep all adds up while the boss dies etc...