Discontinued Content in FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn

[Kio]

In A Realm Reborn, you will be able to check the achievements that you completed in the current version and the amount of points you received will not be lost.

I'm confused. If the listed achievements are being removed how are they still going to be visible and tally towards the total points earned?
Or by removed do they simply mean that they still exist but will be unobtainable after the new version hits and forever linger in everyone's UI, which is something completely different.

I really want to know if I'll be a fool rushing and putting in a lot of effort doing something silly like 50 behests at Camp BlackBush to fill my achievement book up before 2.0 just to have it not count due to a misunderstanding on my part.

I can understand the achievements which are compatible with the new world and game version carrying over as completed. But I'm confused if you mean the ones on the list to be culled will also if they're already completed currently for a player. As I had originally read it to mean that they were not going to carry over at all (completed or not) but your comment sounds like they will.

[Arcell]

I'm confused. If the listed achievements are being removed how are they still going to be visible and tally towards the total points earned?
Or by removed do they simply mean that they still exist but will be unobtainable after the new version hits and forever linger in everyone's UI, which is something completely different.

I really want to know if I'll be a fool rushing and putting in a lot of effort doing something silly like 50 behests at Camp BlackBush to fill my achievement book up before 2.0 just to have it not count due to a misunderstanding on my part.

I can understand the achievements which are compatible with the new world and game version carrying over as completed. But I'm confused if you mean the ones on the list to be culled will also if they're already completed currently for a player. As I had originally read it to mean that they were not going to carry over at all (completed or not) but your comment sounds like they will.

I'm not sure how Rukkirii's statement is confusing. She clearly states that you will be able to check the achievements that you completed in the current version and that the points you gained from those achievements will not be lost. I mean, I dunno how much more clear it can be.

The achievements are being discontinued, not removed.

[Taelia]

Most likely, however, if you haven't gotten the achievement you won't get a permanent empty spot on your record but it just won't show, and most likely, the achievement points will never be used for anything. So the only advantage to doing this is for the OCD and Title Collectors.


The larger question here is, "are we, in the long run, going to be 'punished' for not doing this now?".

[Archadius]

The larger question here is, "are we, in the long run, going to be 'punished' for not doing this now?".

I don't know about "punished" but... if say... down the road they decide points can be redeemed for something. Why shouldn't I have an advantage over you if I put in the time to get something that had we ALL had a limited window for? You have a choice right now to use your time for completing things that will still be here in 2.0, or to complete things that won't be. Gotta weigh the risk/reward factor for yourself. I may be wasting my time on just "bragging rights" really, or it could be useful one day lol

[Taelia]

Or there might be a "discontinued" category in the achievements page.

I would dislike this. It'd be like a permanent "Neeners neeners you'll never be able to get this anymore!!". Surely something I can deal with, but not something I'd like.

I don't know about "punished" but... if say... down the road they decide points can be redeemed for something. Why shouldn't I have an advantage over you if I put in the time to get something that had we ALL had a limited window for? You have a choice right now to use your time for completing things that will still be here in 2.0, or to complete things that won't be. Gotta weigh the risk/reward factor for yourself. I may be wasting my time on just "bragging rights" really, or it could be useful one day lol

Punished is a strong word. More like, are we going to really feel it by having less options than others if we don't do this right now while we still can, or is it simply something we'll never notice again.

[Archadius]

Punished is a strong word. More like, are we going to really feel it by having less options than others if we don't do this right now while we still can, or is it simply something we'll never notice again.

Hmmm... Yeah that's definitely something we'd need some Dev input on. Though I can't imagine that the advantage(s) to doing this stuff while you can (rather than ignoring it) would be much, if any, over others. In the long run, if we can spend points later, an extra few hundred points won't make a hell of a difference in the grand scheme of things when there are 5000+ points available to you (let's say a year or two after 2.0 is launched).