Problem: Achievements

[Daku_Naito]

I made this in concern with the achievements as of now, it seems everyone saying that it is fine say that with high hopes of them adding things into the game that make you want to do it, or help you do the achievements over time. Like with the addition of more humanoids. I concur with that, but as of now, many things are wrong. With that, SE knows things that we do not.

[Rukkirii]

We understand that some of these achievements such as "Never Met a Corpse I Couldn't Rifle", seem like they are almost impossible to complete, but as many of the commenters said, these are long term goals for players to achieve that will require a lot of time to complete.

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

I asked the dev. team and they said that it is still undecided whether or not this requirement will be removed in version 2.0.

[Rane]

I asked the dev. team and they said that it is still undecided whether or not this requirement will be removed in version 2.0.

I kind of liked going all over the world to unlock the achievement categories...

But that's just me.
Thanks for the update, Rukkirii!

[ChiefCurrahee]

I kind of liked going all over the world to unlock the achievement categories...

But that's just me.
Thanks for the update, Rukkirii!

I would be much better if there were a reason to visit those areas other than unlocking achievement catagories.

Sure travel there under the guise of wanting to unlock a cetain achievement group, but wouldn't it be a pleasant surprise if there were a whole story arc revolving around that location and surrounding areas. Something to make you want to spend time there, and return time and time again.

[Daku_Naito]

We understand that some of these achievements such as "Never Met a Corpse I Couldn't Rifle", seem like they are almost impossible to complete, but as many of the commenters said, these are long term goals for players to achieve that will require a lot of time to complete.




I asked the dev. team and they said that it is still undecided whether or not this requirement will be removed in version 2.0.

Yeah, most of us debating are doing so with different time periods in mind. For instance, with some of these being long term goals, as of now, it looks like we'd never get them done. For instance doing the regional levee quest, I have all 50s, there isn't a point. At the same time, in the future, like others point out, there will be a new use for those levee quest thus the achievement will be great.

I'm glad a made this thread, we can kind of get where everyone is coming from.

Also, thanks for posting.

[Nakiamiie]

I asked the dev. team and they said that it is still undecided whether or not this requirement will be removed in version 2.0.

I agree with talking to them to earn the achievement once it is complete, but it is a bit harsh having to talk to them to have the achievements start. Definitely keep the fact that you have to talk to someone to grab your reward though!

[TheVedis]

I agree with talking to them to earn the achievement once it is complete, but it is a bit harsh having to talk to them to have the achievements start. Definitely keep the fact that you have to talk to someone to grab your reward though!

you dont have to talk to them to have them start

they have been being tracked since they were added regardless of talking to the npc or not

talking to the npc only opens up the catagory in your ui, but once its opened, go there, and everything youve done is already in there and at the level it was tracked at since the achievemnt system was added

[Jynx]

It's a terrible carrot to get people to actually explore the world.

We will go to remote towns and nooks of the world if you give us reasons, I don't see why we need a NPC to unlock acheivment catagories. Not that I mind, but it's not really what we need in terms of "Getting players to see the world" as that can be the only reason most of these NPC's litter the hamlets and small camps.

[Suirieko]

It's a terrible carrot to get people to actually explore the world.

We will go to remote towns and nooks of the world if you give us reasons, I don't see why we need a NPC to unlock acheivment catagories. Not that I mind, but it's not really what we need in terms of "Getting players to see the world" as that can be the only reason most of these NPC's litter the hamlets and small camps.

...With Chocobo and very accessible anima availability (for flip's sakes you can gain animas by turning in materials now), I don't see how this is even an issue. This is just laziness to ask to have that removed.

We understand that some of these achievements such as "Never Met a Corpse I Couldn't Rifle", seem like they are almost impossible to complete, but as many of the commenters said, these are long term goals for players to achieve that will require a lot of time to complete.




I asked the dev. team and they said that it is still undecided whether or not this requirement will be removed in version 2.0.

I, for one, do not want to see this removed at all. It's just laziness on players part to just go out and talk to NPC, considering that many of the destinations are also destinations for quests as well.

[Jynx]

This is just laziness to ask to have that removed.

All I'm saying is it's a terrible reason for people to get on a chocobo/teleport/walk/whatever just to go get acheivments unlocked or turn in for titles.

I hope this isn't what they consider worthwhile content for exploration.