Please, please, please just have some normal achievements for the upcoming DLC. The Crimson ones were somewhat awful. Creative yes, but totally awful.
They should look like this
On a Majestic Map
Earn a Killing Spree 50 GS
Earn a Double Kill 50 GS
Capture a Flag 50 GS
Earn 15 Kills in a Match 50 GS
Earn a Triple Kill 50 GS
That’s what they should be - there’s only 1 that requires a semi amount of skill.
The Noble Map Packs on Halo Reach were very similar to this and were fair.
I would rather have achievements added that can be done on any map.
Why? Because after so many get the achievements that are DLC only, people stop playing DLC playlists.
I say no to extremely easy achievements. Make them a challenge not a “I got the maps and achievements in the same day on my first game!”
> I say no to extremely easy achievements. Make them a challenge not a “I got the maps and achievements in the same day on my first game!”
No? You end up just getting people boosting them anyway and I would rather just play the game for what it is than spending ages running into boosters or have to boost myself.
> I would rather have achievements added that can be done on any map.
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> Why? Because after so many get the achievements that are DLC only, people stop playing DLC playlists.
This post. This post I like.
I’d prefer semi-difficult ones that aren’t gimmicky like the Crimson ones, preferably encouraging people trying different gametypes.
Well, it’s 10 days until the map pack comes out, what ever achievements there are to be included, have probably already been set in stone, so I doubt altering or changing them is a possibility.
So you want ACHIEVEMENTS to not be an ACHIEVEMENT?
Those are way too easy… I could throw a random grenade and get two of those achievements.
I want some challenge with the achievements, but not pain staking.
Halo 3’s had to be the worst MM achievements. ever. of all time.
LOL What’s the point of an Achievement that isn’t difficult? Huh? There isn’t one! Considering Achievements give you absolutely nothing in real life (Microsoft Rewards, but that’s another topic), the only thing Achievements are good for is a challenge.
The Halo 3 Mythic/Legendary Achievements were perfect, in my opinion:
Perfection
Kill Joy
Extermination
Bulltrue
Kill 2 Humans/Zombies
Shotgun/Sword Spree
3 Oddball Kills
Flag Melee Kill
They weren’t all difficult, though some might take a few games to actually unlock (Perfection, 3 Oddball Kills). The others were fairly easy if you were decent at the game (Killjoy, Bulltrue).
None of them were random like the Crimson Achievements (Get a kill while doing [this], but your teammate must be doing [that], and the enemy must be [somewhere]), and they weren’t as difficult to unlock. Note that in this sense of the word difficult, I mean “annoyingly difficult based on the sheer chances of that happening” vs. “difficult based on skill level or time played”.
So no, I really don’t want to see Achievements get dumbed down any more. It’s already bad enough with half of the Achievements in Halo 4 being something like “Save a Film” or “Customize a Gametype”.
> I want some challenge with the achievements, but not pain staking.
> Halo 3’s had to be the worst MM achievements. ever. of all time.
You must be joking. They were poorly thought out because so many people abused the MM system and boosted them, but that doesn’t make them bad. IMO Halo 4 has the most limited Achievements I’ve ever seen in a game. Halo 3’s took skill if you unlocked them legitimately, which many people did.
I don’t want Achievements that are too easy, but I also don’t want ones that are pretty much impossible without boosting. Crimson’s Achievements were terrible!
EDIT:
> I’d prefer semi-difficult ones that aren’t gimmicky like the Crimson ones, preferably encouraging people trying different gametypes.
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> - Kleptomaniac 25g-Earn a “Flag Champion” medal in a matchmade CTF game on a Majestic map.
> - Master of Your Domain 25g- Win a matchmade game of Dominion on a Majestic map by eliminating the enemy team in last stand.
> - Call for Fire 25g- Earn 3 personal ordinances in a matchmade Infinity Slayer game on a Majestic map.
> - Oh No Ya Don’t 25g- Earn a Showstopper or Busted medal in any matchmade game on a Majestic map.
> - No Jaywalking 25g- Earn a Roadtrip medal in any matchmade game on a Majestic map.
> - Get ‘em Back 25g- Earn a Retribution medal in any matchmade game on a Majestic map.
> - Bakers’ Dozen 25g- Earn 13 headshots in a single matchmade game on a Majestic map.
> - Go Long! 25g- Earn a Long Bomb or Nice Catch! medal in a matchmade Oddball game on a Majestic map.
> - Sic Semper Tyrannis 25g- Earn an King Slayer medal in a matchmade Regicide or Team Regicide game on a Majestic map.
> - Throne’d 25g- Earn a Hill Dominance or Hail To The King medal in a matchmade King of the Hill game on a Majestic map.
Those sound great! Not too easy, but still possible with some skill. And they encourage people to play gametypes they normally wouldn’t.
> I don’t want Achievements that are too easy, but I also don’t want ones that are pretty much impossible without boosting. Crimson’s Achievements were terrible!
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> EDIT:
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> > I’d prefer semi-difficult ones that aren’t gimmicky like the Crimson ones, preferably encouraging people trying different gametypes.
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> > - Kleptomaniac 25g-Earn a “Flag Champion” medal in a matchmade CTF game on a Majestic map.
> > - Master of Your Domain 25g- Win a matchmade game of Dominion on a Majestic map by eliminating the enemy team in last stand.
> > - Call for Fire 25g- Earn 3 personal ordinances in a matchmade Infinity Slayer game on a Majestic map.
> > - Oh No Ya Don’t 25g- Earn a Showstopper or Busted medal in any matchmade game on a Majestic map.
> > - No Jaywalking 25g- Earn a Roadtrip medal in any matchmade game on a Majestic map.
> > - Get ‘em Back 25g- Earn a Retribution medal in any matchmade game on a Majestic map.
> > - Bakers’ Dozen 25g- Earn 13 headshots in a single matchmade game on a Majestic map.
> > - Go Long! 25g- Earn a Long Bomb or Nice Catch! medal in a matchmade Oddball game on a Majestic map.
> > - Sic Semper Tyrannis 25g- Earn an King Slayer medal in a matchmade Regicide or Team Regicide game on a Majestic map.
> > - Throne’d 25g- Earn a Hill Dominance or Hail To The King medal in a matchmade King of the Hill game on a Majestic map.
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> Those sound great! Not too easy, but still possible with some skill. And they encourage people to play gametypes they normally wouldn’t.
Thanks! I think Halo 4 has a ton of potential for fun achievements and challenges with the different gametypes and lots of specific medals.
I would prefer not to have bland unimaginative achievements for my DLC. Sure some of the Crimson ones were lame, like the airborne hog kill but
I’d rather have something to earn and play for instead of getting most of them in a single game doing things you do normally.
They’re called achievements for a reason, if you earn them by getting a triple kill you really didn’t achieve anything noteworthy.