WvW Achievements are unrealistic

#1 - July 22, 2013, 3:04 a.m.

I am sure this discussion has been had and is being had somewhere else, but I want to be more annoying than just complaining as a reply to an existing thread.

Seriously, Anet. I started playing gw2 during beta, got really into WvW within my first month, and since then I have spent an average of 90% of my time in WvW and have amassed a cumulative 200+ Ranks.

That being said, does it seem right that after nearly a year, my achievements are:
0% Yakslapper (1553 yaks)
8% Realm Avenger (22k kills)
0% Realm Defender (14K)
1% Going Camping (1.8k)
0% Take Everything in Sight (3.1k)

Etc. I know that most players tend to specialize or have preferences and I am sure that there are a few you can name that are much closer and have even completed one of the WvW achievements, but it is REALLY sad that after nearly a year of mostly WvWing, not only am I BARELY there, but even worse….when I do get there I will only get a MEASLY 5-10 ACHIEVEMENT POINTS.

The amount of work needed to complete these achievements is awe-inspiring to start with, and then when you look at the points for completing them is, in a word, atrocious. Atrocious.

PLEASE, ANET, get your head out of the clouds. Take some zero’s off, or raise the reward. How about both?

DevonCarver

#18 - July 22, 2013, 10:48 a.m.

I’ve said it before, and I will repeat it here. We are aware of the problems with the WvW achievements and will be doing more to address them in the near future. Currently it is more complicated to solve the problems than I would like, which means we need to have a fully comprehensive solution before doing anything.

DevonCarver

#41 - July 22, 2013, 1:27 p.m.

I’d like to think I’ve shown that when I have a timeframe I can talk about, I do so, but there are many, many things that don’t clear up until closer to being ready to release. Rather than get all your hopes up with phrases like “We appreciate your concern and we’ll have a solution soon!” I try and be a little more realistic. In this case, achievements in WvW do not match the achievements in the rest of the game in terms of the amount of effort required to achieve them or the reward for that effort. But it’s not as easy as just saying “Let there be new achievements” We are going to have to do some complicated things to let people keep what they have already done in addition to adding new achievements. So, I’d love to be more informative in terms of date, but I don’t know either, so I can’t.

DevonCarver

#50 - July 22, 2013, 5:07 p.m.

Troop.1369:
DevonCarver.5370:
We are going to have to do some complicated things to let people keep what they have already done in addition to adding new achievements. So, I’d love to be more informative in terms of date, but I don’t know either, so I can’t.

Uh… you knew these achievements were unrealistic at least 6 months ago. Today you’re still telling us anything good about it…

All I read is a lot of pretty words that when put together don’t mean much.

Six months ago, I was making Orr a much more enjoyable place to play. Now, I’m in charge of WvW and we are making progress on a number of things. Nothing is ever easy, however.