Problem: Achievements

[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.

[Kowen]

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.

It'll make more sense in 2.0 when the world is more interesting and we have other incentives to explore.

Also, since achievement progress is tracked even before you unlock the category, people don't have to feel rushed to spend anima unlocking them or whatever. They can just do it the next time they happen to be in the area.

[Suirieko]

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.

I really don't think it's a terrible thing. These NPCs aren't even at remote location, but at locations that you are most likely to arrive at or go by at any given time in the game. Because of this, there's no reason to remove this at all. If anything why going to NPC to unlock achievements (let alone unlocking title) is a problem is beyond me. Your achievements are already tracked regardless of unlocking it or not, so even with this in mind, it's not even a rush at all.

[MrKupo]

I really don't think it's a terrible thing. These NPCs aren't even at remote location, but at locations that you are most likely to arrive at or go by at any given time in the game. Because of this, there's no reason to remove this at all. If anything why going to NPC to unlock achievements (let alone unlocking title) is a problem is beyond me. Your achievements are already tracked regardless of unlocking it or not, so even with this in mind, it's not even a rush at all.

I find it odd that people are so reluctant to explore, even when give a perfectly good reason. The funny thing is that theres a large group of Achievement dudes in Golden Bazaar alone. And the rest will probably be seen through leveling or taking part in quests and other events like Hamlet.

I vote keep the requirement to talk to the Achievement NPCs.

[Viritess]

...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.



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.

When i started playing (semi recently) I thought it was odd. But when i went to a few after some leveling and adventure i found quests in places i didn't know exsisted. Despite the slight inconvience of going there i quite like it.

What i wouldn't mind being changed is the visit for titles. Having to visit one to recive an actual item i'm fine with, would be kind of nice if you just recived the title as it happened though.