I definitely get what you're saying and I do ignore it. It's more about the moments when achievements are used as some right of passage or weapon on people's skill. For some people, achievements have become a competition. Some of us aren't here to compete, just to kill time or have fun. I don't see the FFXIV acting the same way as the Xbox Live crowd, but XBL has made me resent achievements.

I'm also a big fan of privacy.