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Achievement system flaw
N-Sunderland:
The thing is, it's not really being forced at all. You don't need achievements. They don't make you better at what you do. If you don't want to get achievement x, then you can simply avoid it. There are a bunch of different categories anyways, so it shouldn't be much of a problem to leave one or two aside.
Surette:
--- Quote from: N-Sunderland on June 05, 2013, 04:30:12 pm ---The thing is, it's not really being forced at all. You don't need achievements. They don't make you better at what you do. If you don't want to get achievement x, then you can simply avoid it. There are a bunch of different categories anyways, so it shouldn't be much of a problem to leave one or two aside.
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This so much.
It's not like you're forced into doing something you don't want to do just to advance in the game. You have access to everything and can have just as much fun being level 1 as you can at level 11. There are a few achievements I've completely ignored (taking an extinguisher as a gunner, for example) because they limit my effectiveness or they're just not something I want to do.
Plasmarobo:
There is actually strategy in remaining level 1. Everyone will underestimate you. Maybe.
That said, I am far less likely to listen or even take a level 1 seriously. And I like being able to see how I stack up against other people. This might not be the best measuring stick, but it is a measuring stick nonetheless. These levels might only have the meaning we give them, but I like a badge that shows how much I've played. It sort of shows how much I care about the game, in spite of the inane things it requires me to do!
(Plus I want all those cool cool outfits!)
I'm caught in the crossroads of both really liking that there are levels ( and that they are not easy to get) and very glad that they don't actually mean anything. I would never take an extinguisher in a tourney, but if it's casual...I like to have silly or experimental games sometimes. Losing is fun!
Point being:
I want to be the very best
Like no one ever was
To complete pilot is my real quest
Eleven is my cause! (Or whatever number is highest at the time your read this.)
Echoez:
If anything, my only complaint is about the map specific achievements like the dunes one being a bit too specific. Ramming in dunes yeeee.
timmymonsta:
--- Quote from: EchoLG on June 06, 2013, 07:56:03 am ---If anything, my only complaint is about the map specific achievements like the dunes one being a bit too specific. Ramming in dunes yeeee.
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I'll admit that's a little bit annoying as well, but I can understand it as being similar to specific ship achievements. It's to get people playing on the different maps instead of every other game being played on dunes. To be entirely honest, I wouldn't have gotten off dunes if it wasn't for an achievement. Now I enjoy many of the maps that were created for the game.
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