Official Dark Legends Feedback Thread - Achievements

[Samhayne]

After playing Dark Legends, what do you think about the Achievement System? What do you like about it? What suggestions do you have to improve it?

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[ghost.mw]

I think there is no point of it (useless) I mean you don't get any credit for it and people can't see what you've achieved so what's the point of it???

[Swampy]

STS, have you ever considered open feint or gamecenter? I'm just wondering (I have no clue how the whole achievement process works)

[Apollyon]

I think it is a great system and wish we could get titles in the other games. I was really hoping to see hidden achievements though.

[Samhayne]

I think it is a great system and wish we could get titles in the other games. I was really hoping to see hidden achievements though.

The Achievement System in Dark Legends will be migrating to our other games in the future!

[StompArtist]

Achievements are great! I wish you could see other people achievements on their avatars though.

[TheSnowman]

I think achievements will be useful in the long term to give people something to strive especially when people reach the level cap. Having the titles as a way of showing off your achievements is also a nice idea. Yet I would advise making titles and names slightly smaller overall as in congested areas like the sanctuary it can cause problems where names are overlapping each other. Also on a slightly different topic the CS can be difficult to access at times due to the small area dedicated to it and the problem of names overlapping the CS NPC. Not major issues as you can work around them but these are just some things I've picked up on.

[Slant]

yeah just add guild and frenz leaderboards :)

[Fyrce]

I think it'd be great if you could see other people's achievements, maybe another button when you look at someone's avatar?

[Elyseon]

I think it'd be great if you could see other people's achievements, maybe another button when you look at someone's avatar?
U kinda can by their titles

[Swimmingstar]

It's cool, since some achievements give you titles. And it makes the game have some goals.

[Elyseon]

Umm im having trouble with the 'dying' achievements...

[StompArtist]

Umm im having trouble with the 'dying' achievements...

Someone will have to write a guide.

[Elyseon]

Umm im having trouble with the 'dying' achievements...

Someone will have to write a guide.
Yeh explanation is needed

[Apollyon]

How about a second page to the toon info screen that allows us to place pur top five proudest achievements. Glad to here it will migrate over.

How difficult are the execitions supposed to be to find? Ive had two pinks drop now and I have beem farming svens mansion constantly. Can you verify the ratio is not off please?

[Skeletonlord]

Achievements are an amazing addition to the game as a whole, and I am glad that you are implementing achievements for the other Legends games.

Achievements in this game are great, and I like the fact that you get a notification when you get one. It is also good that you can get a list of all the achievements!

There are two things I would add to make the whole "achievements" better. Firstly, how about a "compare" feature, where you can click on someone's profile, and you can compare your achievements with theirs. This will encourage competition.

Secondly, you should add a "difficulty" function, for example : Easy, medium, hard or extreme?

[Gluttony]

Umm im having trouble with the 'dying' achievements...

Trouble as in, why are they in the game at all? I've played games where dying is part of the achievement/trophies and it always annoys me to no end. I mean since when is dying a natural progression of the game? Can't I complete the entire campaign without dying at all, and if I can achieve such a feat why is there no reward for that... besides the kill/death ratio leaderboard. How about a True Immortal title achievement that every is granted from the beginning of the game, you die, you lose the game... er I mean achievement.

I wouldn't mind some of the choices if there wasn't a platinum trophy (a PS3 term where when all other trophies must be unlocked before the final trophy is awarded) associated with each category. These achievement coincidentally happen to all grant a title one can display for everyone to see including: Ruler of the Damned, Sentinel of Hades, Usurper, Blood Wraith, Overlord, Death Incarnate and Crimson Devil. Also, the fact that there are achievements that can only be unlocked via plat such as Dead Sexy, Load Leech, plus every wardrobe achievement that requires plat only gear to be purchased is a minor annoyance. I know there are plenty of achievement ***** (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Achievement-Whore) out there, so this addition is playing right into that fascination but since it is coupled with an already bolstered plat necessary economy, I'm a bit sad at the implementation at this point.

I have always loved STS games due to the fact that plat was never a necessary component to the game; while that still holds true, being barred from achievement due to the fact that you're not willing to dump 130 plat on a single outfit that doesn't even grant a stat increase is a bit mind blowing given the previous stance of plat being for optional enjoyment.

[Elyseon]

Dang it i just died -.-

[Beanmachine]

But what is the AP feature in order to be granted these titles? What does AP do? What does it stand for?

[StompArtist]

But what is the AP feature in order to be granted these titles? What does AP do? What does it stand for?

Achievement Points

[Elyseon]

But what is the AP feature in order to be granted these titles? What does AP do? What does it stand for?
You get achievement points for each achievement and certain achievement unlock other achievements
For each achievement section, there is an achievement for completing all the other achievement in that section, but they also require extra AP, so u cant just do those achievements for the title, some from other sections must be completed as well

[dugantale]

To improve it I think it would be cool if every achievment was a title ;)

[Cahaun]

I'm going for the 500k mark, but my character looks boring and only has over 20k >_<
Achievements are great and I'll be glad to see them in SL soon. (Imagine how big our notification bars'll get ;))

[mydragoon]

other than just to track what i have done or not like the execution (well, that's what achievement is all about, anyway)... i dun really find it useful.

i mean, i get nothing that i can flaunt... nothing like unique clothings or weapons... only one exception is the Titles. perhaps titles can get us discounts, platinums, etc?

[Rare]

Achievements need to be based upon account statistics rather than toon.

I think if it is left per toon, it will be watered down and people will lose interest. The achievements are sufficiently difficult to do it on an account basisand most people will still never complete it.

Also there are some that most people can no longer get.

[Rare]

Is this stickied? I can't find it. Maybe I'm dumb.

Edit: Its not.

[Shuri]

I like the achievement aspect however I don't see why we need X amount for a title if you can get X amount just by buying a lot of platinum. I mean the 10,000 CTF captures doesn't give that much AP where as wardrobe ones do. I know a few wardrobe Achievements give over 900 or 800 and the others don't so a full wardrobe + skill will bring you around almost give/take 10,000 AP what's around two titles. (Sentinel of Hades for one), Either fix the 10,000 CTF caps or get rid of it as it's asking for a bit much as you can only get 3 caps per game (If you're lucky to get all 3!) or up the flags to 5 to win. It will make more sense really as it also makes the games semi-short if you have one person just going for flags ^^

Just a thought on what should change:

Executions: Get more than 150 AP per kill as they're already hard to find and have a 0.5% spawn ratio or lower.

Campaign Deaths: Yield more AP as I don't see why I would want 50 AP for 500 deaths, That's just not appealing to me..

10,000 CTF Flags: 400 AP points for 10,000 caps? Make it around 1,000 AP points as it wil take almost a life-time to get 10,000 if you get lucky and get all 3 on a PvP(As mentioned above, asking for a little much of us..)

Wardrobe: this is just no.. It has the most beneficial AP rewards for someone that can use platinum and buy the outfits. So if you can pay for it, You can get AP points and almost all titles without Executions, CTF & others.

That's just my theory ^^