Pop-up mid-game is annoying.

'Chieves themselves are nice. Plenty of stuff in there for newer players, who will need a bit of creative help, and a push in the direction of how the game's meant to be played. There's also some long term stuff, and some nice challenges for better players. Basically, this is the way achievements were meant to be done.

Also, there's two TF2 references.

mBombz

United States71 Posts

July 11 2010 05:25 GMT

#182

The way I see it, I feel the view from the game designer's standpoint is that it simply doesn't hurt to add them. The general gamer likes to feel he or she is making some progress and to also have some direction when things get a little stale. Most of the achievements are achieved as you play the game normally, and getting some form of a "reward" is well - rewarding and fun (and obviously the amount of personal reward and fun differs between gamers). It's an explicit way to say you're progressing forward. For me, I'm certainly all for these achievements and find them fun to get as I naturally play the game.

Powerstrike

50 Posts

July 11 2010 05:29 GMT

#183

Every1 will get that one eventually, I mean noone said you should do 1000 games as each race for 3 days, you can play a month or 3 ... and you'll have it.. anyway SC2 is going to be online for quite alot... years.

Rabiator

Germany3948 Posts

July 11 2010 05:35 GMT

#184

On July 11 2010 13:04 Day[10] wrote:
Achievements make you feel like you've DONE something, and, imo, they aren't useless, and like others have said, it's an excuse to waste your time at the computer, slowly, slowly..... draining....... your..........life..............away.

anyway.

Exactly ... they only make you feel like you did something notheworthy, but in reality you didnt. So giving out tons of achievements will make kiddies go hunt for them and waste their time while trying their best, because many of them are either ridiculously stupid or achievable only through ridiculous setups which wont improve your ladder play. Now ladder play isnt the most important thing about this game, but beating up an AI will only improve your skills to a basic competitive level, because the AI isnt creative and always does the same.

andeh

United States904 Posts

July 11 2010 05:39 GMT

#185

Can I get achievements for my achievements please?

Ownos

United States2147 Posts

July 11 2010 05:50 GMT

#186

If you think the achievement pane is annoying. Wait till you get "X is slowing down the game" or other such notifications that used to be off to the side and fade on its own. I thought it would fade off but I had to click the x to close it.

On July 09 2010 11:37 prototype. wrote:
Some achievements are pretty ridiculous.

Win 1000 games with each race (worth 20 points). What is this I don't even.

Yeah, pretty ridiculous that anyone serious about this game will eventually earn that without trying. RINDONKULUS!!!!

Mindcrime

United States6899 Posts

July 11 2010 06:05 GMT

#187

On July 11 2010 14:50 Ownos wrote:

Show nested quote +

Yeah, pretty ridiculous that anyone serious about this game will eventually earn that without trying. RINDONKULUS!!!!

?

It's doubtful that anyone "serious" about the game will win 3000 1v1s with their offraces without trying.

PaterSin

Germany301 Posts

July 11 2010 06:13 GMT

#188

played some 2v2 with a friend yesterday first against ai and then normal just to show him the game a little more. So I didn't rly had anything to do in the coop games so I just build up armies and let him play -> I got so many achievements^^
later in a normal 2v2 we had an epic 1h game we almost lost more than once but in the end won me as toss getting HT one of the enemies was Zerg who massed Hydras and lings at some point so I stormed the shit out of them^^ -> Meatgrinder! I think thats pretty cool stuff like that this way I'll always remember this game :D + the replay of course

On July 11 2010 14:50 Ownos wrote:
If you think the achievement pane is annoying. Wait till you get "X is slowing down the game" or other such notifications that used to be off to the side and fade on its own. I thought it would fade off but I had to click the x to close it.

they do fade on their own

Gescom

Canada3510 Posts

July 11 2010 06:13 GMT

#189

I really like them, adds some flavour and fun. Encourages people to try new things as well. ^^

SoMuchBetter

Australia10606 Posts

July 11 2010 06:17 GMT

#190

On July 11 2010 14:39 andeh wrote:
Can I get achievements for my achievements please?

there are. you get an achievement for getting all the achievements of a single category

Deleted User 47542

1484 Posts

July 11 2010 06:22 GMT

#191

Just throwing it out there, I am a TERRAN MACRO MONSTER. Sadly I don't give a fuck.

wishbones

Canada2600 Posts

July 11 2010 06:24 GMT

#192

i dont like achievements, they should be toggle on or off (able).
edit: achievements are for wow..

kar1181

United Kingdom515 Posts

July 11 2010 10:42 GMT

#193

I don't get the achievement 'popups' in game, so I don't know if that's a bug or if I've somehow fluked a way to turn that off.

In general though I don't mind achievements. If they don't interest you, ignore them. As long as you can turn off the in-game notifications (as somehow I have), then I don't think there's much to complain about.

uhlyk

Slovakia36 Posts

July 11 2010 10:45 GMT

#194

achi sux... it is priceless when during fight nice two pop up windows show up with new achi!!

Piski

Finland3461 Posts

July 11 2010 10:49 GMT

#195

On July 11 2010 19:45 uhlyk wrote:
achi sux... it is priceless when during fight nice two pop up windows show up with new achi!!

But it doesn't matter dude.. You got an achievement!

Decko

United States150 Posts

July 11 2010 10:52 GMT

#196

I read the post, and I find it amusing that you think they suck but you wrote something somewhat constructive in regards to their presence. I'm personally not an achievement addict, but I am willing to say that popular opinion in regards to them would be the correct statement for my sentiment. They're additional fun, and I spent a few hours today doing some of the vs. Comp achievements that the original-poster admonished. They gave me a reason to try out the difficulty settings, and drive me to play multiple A.I. opponents at the same time. Without the achievement I may never have bothered, but I really enjoyed them today and it certainly adds to the overall experience.

As for the value of each achievement, I'm not sure that what they're set at now is the final verdict. Also, the real achievements, in typical fashion are the portraits. So I think it's fine that a lot of the achievements are relegated to A.I. play considering that the gravity portraits hold is far greater than achievement points.

Anyway, I enjoyed the post and hopefully they begin to grow on you as achievement did for me.

FrogOfWar

Germany1406 Posts

July 11 2010 11:06 GMT

#197

On July 11 2010 15:22 superbabosheki wrote:
Just throwing it out there, I am a TERRAN MACRO MONSTER. Sadly I don't give a fuck.

Lol, isn't it macro master? Anyways, I think I got the same one, like have units queued in 6 terran production buildings or something. When the achievement popped up, I was about to gg because my zerg opponent was ripping apart my base. A perfect moment to mindlessly queue stuff.

SneakPeek

Philippines162 Posts

July 11 2010 11:19 GMT

#198

i agree with OP. its not like im playing Mafia Wars in BNet 2.0 to get those achievements. and i always get the thought " if Jaedong, Flash, Bisu or any other pro player would play SC2, do they need to get all those achievements to prove themselves as the best in SC2?? i dont think so..." ow and if i remember correctly, in one of the WCG Grand Finals game Stork vs Jaedong Game 2, the highest kill i saw HTs/archon did was 23 i think so how can you get 30kills with infested terran if your opponent is at your level??

Jandos

Czech Republic928 Posts

July 11 2010 11:55 GMT

#199

Anyone did the achievment Win FFA against 7 insane AI opponents ? ;]

Slakter

Sweden1947 Posts

July 11 2010 11:57 GMT

#200

I got the Infested Terran-achievment in a pretty close 1v1. People are underestimating the power of burrowed infestors.