Ok, so I would like to suggest that the new Defiant achievements that came with the Anniversary update be updated to be unlocked within Anniversary maps as well.
Some of them just are not coming up very often, and are making it quite difficult for those trying to get all the achievements before the release of Halo 4.
For instance, the achievement “All Alone” requires that you be the last man standing while playing Living Dead on a Defiant map. The only map this can occur on is Condemned. I’ve been playing Living Dead for a few weeks now, and have yet to see Condemned pop up as an option. Maybe once. If it ever does pop up, then it will be decided upon if the group decided to vote for it or not. On top of that, if the group DOES decided to vote for it, the opportunity to get the achievement will only fall to 3 players. I have even tried deleting the Anniversary Map pack to limit the available options, but it still does not come up.
I am all for difficult achievements, and believe that they are things that should be achieved and not given to you, but at the same time I believe that players should be given the opportunity to gain them. It seems like an achievement like this is less about “do you have the skill to get this achievement?” and more about “are you lucky enough to have this map pop up in voting, have everyone vote for it, and then be one of the 3 able to get it.”
Other achievements like “Paper Beats Rock” and “Don’t Touch That!” could also benefit from this change. Perhaps not as hard as the “All Alone” achievement, as there is at least a DLC-only playlist, but I think it would help people having troubles coming across the map.
An alternate fix for this could be to have Condemned as a default first vote screen option in the Living Dead playlist.
It ain’t gonna happen, the complaints have been rolling in for months and nothing has been changed other than a increased algorithm and adding back in a DLC playlist.
As for adding Condemned as a default first vote option, unless all players have the map, that won’t be possible, and if players vote against it when it comes up, then that is just tough luck.
I would still prefer if they could do a playlist update sometime to prefer it as a first option if all players have the maps. It would at least improve chances. I’d rather it be a default option for the games when everyone has the map rather than a slim chance after the chance that everyone has the map.
I have to go with SHADOWSTRIKE on this one. If one can not get the cheevos because of lack of map or playlist, then that is just incentive to not buy future maps.
> I have to go with SHADOWSTRIKE on this one. If one can not get the cheevos because of lack of map or playlist, then that is just incentive to not buy future maps.
He could just try to make a thread here and see if he can get 8 or 12 people to help him with the Achievements.
They made these achievements to try and encourage players to buy it, but it seems to have back-fired. In the end, you’re probably going to have to find enough other people who need them and go in as a group.
It seems wrong to have to go that route, but hold your nose and go on ahead, or you will be stuck at 49 out of 51 or whatever forever.
> Since I don’t own the Map Pack, pray tell; can this be achieved on customs? If so, just gather friends and do it that way.
Unfortunately, no, this can only be achieved in MatchMaking, unlike the previously bugged Defiant achievements which SAID they had to be done in MM, but could be done in customs.