Quote Originally Posted by Chinook View Post
Thought I'd translate what has been said on french forums for people having questions.

Youmukon confirmed that achievements will be retroactive.

Example: if an achievement requires you to have completed 3 quests, then a message will appear directly on your screen confirming that you gained the achievement.

The exception are achievement linked to gear sets. You will have to wear the gbear set and go talk to a NPC. If you had the gear in the past, but don't have it anymore, it won't work.

There are also 3 type of achievements that won't be automatically unlocked:
- Synthesis: "Do 50 level 1-10 Carpenter synths" types
- Gathering: "Gather Iron ores 20 times from La Noscea region" type
- The achievements linked to forbidden materia

Hope that helps,

That it did! Chinook (and belatedly) tymora to the rescue.