Problem: Achievements

[Felis]

Despite how time-consuming some of them are, people are still going for them.

I was out at Nophica's Wells the other day leveling my botanist when I realized that there were at least 5 other botanists out there with me... but they weren't level 30 like I was; they were 50. Nothing incredibly rare or expensive comes from those nodes, so they MUST HAVE been grinding for the achievement. It is definitely hard, but doable.

Hmm, Nophica Well
There are yew branch and yew log, both needed for provision delivery for each grand company.
And you get achievement points for the provision delivery, too. With a nice ring as finished reward.

[Punainen]

Hmm, Nophica Well
There are yew branch and yew log, both needed for provision delivery for each grand company.
And you get achievement points for the provision delivery, too. With a nice ring as finished reward.

Actually, I can confirm that people do it, because I do. I want the Luminary tools, so I've been grinding my mining at nodes too low for my level.

[TheVedis]

Actually, I can confirm that people do it, because I do. I want the Luminary tools, so I've been grinding my mining at nodes too low for my level.

8 luminary crafting tools, and 1/3 of the gathering ones here

yep, people do them all right

[Zumi]

My beef with Achievements in FFXIV is that you had to go all over the world to talk to NPC to unlock achievement categories.

Its one of those "What were they thinking?" type of deals. It's just really convoluted and no other video game would make you do that.

[Elexia]

My beef with Achievements in FFXIV is that you had to go all over the world to talk to NPC to unlock achievement categories.

Its one of those "What were they thinking?" type of deals. It's just really convoluted and no other video game would make you do that.

This is perfectly fine, the issue is with XIV's layout. If it was more XI layout it would make a lot more sense. XIV's areas are too big with very little in it, so going out of the way to a hamlet for example made no sense (prior to defense.)

[VoltaAsura]

Only issue I have with achievements is that it didn't count all the synths, gathering and other things I did BEFORE the achievement system came out. It sucks that I'll have to go back and synth so many times, or gather so many times just to get an achievement that I should already have. Same thing applies to guildleves......back in the day, that was the best way to level up, and was easy to get gil and faction points.....seems like mostly all of those guildleves that I did, did not get accounted for. /cry

[Urthdigger]

One achievement I have an issue with is the materia enhanced gear for hamlet defense. You need to turn in 10,000 materia enhanced gear to a hamlet for the achievement, but materia enhanced gear gives very little points, and can be a bit of a pain to get sometimes. And then there's versions for all three hamlets :/

[Elexia]

Thing is, the newer generation of gamer see this as "content", when it's more 'passive' content than anything. For example in a lot of shooters there's a '250 headshot' achievement, you don't specifically go for it since logically headshots are best way to kill things which means you get awarded for doing 250 headshots..doing your normal activity.

The crafting achievements are done in such a way that you'll end up near or at your goal after you level normally, because you will no doubt do most of the requirement by time you hit 47. Gathering..what do DoL do? They gather. They can't have it at just 4k in 1 spot, most people who played since 2010-2012 will most likely have their tool if they gathered for their synthesis rather than buy or they were already near it given how spread out and varied resources used to be.

As said, they're passive, designed to be done in your everyday activities, if you purely focus on it, especially as a level 50 when it was already introduced it will seem like 'content to do', but that's not what achivement systems were designed for, but knowing how developers just don't care anymore, other MMOs tend to have achivements that are in place of content, i.e "Slaughter 80 (monster you'll never, ever encounter in your playtime) then visit (NPC you'll never, ever encounter in your playtime or care for and get a title with +30 STR.)"

[darkstarpoet1]

The crafting achievements are done in such a way that you'll end up near or at your goal after you level normally, because you will no doubt do most of the requirement by time you hit 47. Gathering..what do DoL do? They gather. They can't have it at just 4k in 1 spot, most people who played since 2010-2012 will most likely have their tool if they gathered for their synthesis rather than buy or they were already near it given how spread out and varied resources used to be.

i have to point out one obvious flaw in this attempt to make a point. NOTHING CRAFTED NOR GATHERED BEFORE THEY WENT IN GAME COUNTS TOWARDS THE LUMINARY. no crafting nor gathering during the 2010-late 2011 counts towards the achievements at all. i had all 50's in crafting and gathering when they went in game and had absolutely zero credit for them. i did my gathering for my craft grinds, but when the achievements went in game there is 0 progress towards the luminary.

[TheVedis]

i have to point out one obvious flaw in this attempt to make a point. NOTHING CRAFTED NOR GATHERED BEFORE THEY WENT IN GAME COUNTS TOWARDS THE LUMINARY. crafting and gathering during the 2010-late 2011 counts towards the achievements at all. i had all 50's in crafting and gathering when they went in game and had absolutely zero credit for them. i did my gathering for my craft grinds, but when the achievements went in game there is 0 progress towards the luminary.

i was in same boat as you and look where i am at now,. i got them, if i can do it so can you