Just curious: with the new implementation of achievements in the entropia universe, can we expect them on Arkadia too when it launches?
Serious? That's childish crap like it is implementet on calypso. "Asphalt Pizza", "BillaBong", "Ducky Wings"...... I would expect such things in the kindergarden, but not in a RCE game for mature ppl.
If them kindergartner's have ped, let them play. Let them grind for achievements. The profit is for the 'mature'. This game can't survive on pure niche marketing. . . well, expand properly. Hopefully, Arkadia will have more thought out names for their achievements.
Are you calling my childish now? I actually like the achievements, even with some of the crappy names. From what i have seen so far I'm sure the Arkadia-team can come up with some more intelligent stuff. Although i must say for FPC's standards the achievements are actually pretty good
Achievements would have been nice, if implentmented after all the other old systems were brought back. The players of this game have been basically begging for the old systems for over a year now and nothing is happening with them. I find this quite worrisome.
too be honest i don't really care that much about the old systems. would be fun to have them back, but i already know what they was like, i'd rather have something new that i haven't seen before. Only thing that the old systems will do is give me some more markup for some of the stuff i find. face masks and taming is boring (to me), beacons were fun but for both miners and hunters, but with good use of the current systems there can be a lot of more fun then some beacons (for me). Let's face it, half the current players don't even know what the old systems and half the old players don't care about them. Mindark must focus on what the planet partners want, and i'm betting achievements scores a lot higher on the wishlists of some planet partners (especially those that want to attact the facebook players) then some of the old systems.
I do like the achievements. They are mostly free(ish), so I can spend some time completing them without wasting a lot of PED.
Because they haven't a) come up with the idea originally and b) didn't have to ask the magical "balancing manager" and c) probably have outsourced the code to http://www.elance.com/ coz it just says "please look at MMO xyz, abc or wtf and code the same using the following terms". Roundabout a 2 hours job tops, I'd say.
I'm pretty sure that the source code took longer than 2 hours. LoL! Or maybe a representative icon after your name or profession?
There is only one Achievement in EU that should truly be recognised. The fact we put up with all the crap that is being put out now and STILL play and or feed money to perpetuate this kind of uselessness. Ozi you guys are showing much talant in both the work we have seen AND the forethought of a very good perception of what you want it to be. PLEASE dont go the route of ND and just follow MA blindly with things like this. Stick to what you are doing i developement and let the little yellow school bus with all the MA/FPC/SEE people drive by. Just wave as they do and dont let them corrupt Arkadia into what they are doing with Calshitzo now. Please give us back a reason to play and not just copy cat untalanted, unimaginative, unnescessary fluff that MA/FPC/SEE is dumping into the game.
Technically, copycatting them is probably a lot easier than making entirely new source code for a system.. The idea is that Arkadia would have lots of rep for creating awesome new systems and the like but that it should be a lot easier to implement the systems that MA/FPC/SEE has made with less work on their part. More teams of people working on more systems means that EU/MA as a platform of systems and planets will continue to grow. ...or at least I am hoping that that is how this is going to work out.
to get this thread back on the topic of achievements.... I must say i'm a sucker for achievements, have 71% on calypso atm. I think a lot more could be done with them as I find some of the names and 'achievements' a bit lame (really what an achievement is dying 25 times?). So let's think of some nice achievemnts that Arkadia might offer: Mining -find a size .. claim with bombs (up to tower) -find a size .. claim with probes (up to tower) -find resource x (some easy and some rare stuff to feel a sence of progress) -get x claims in a row with a nrf -find something out of the ordinary -find something at a depth of x Hunting -do more then x damage on a single hit -kill more then x creatures (not of a specific type) -survive a hit of x damage (or several say 100,150,200,250) -kill over x creatures in a minute -have more then x shots in a row without a miss -kill x creatures without dying -kill creature x solo Manufacturing -get the qr of a bp up to x -loot more then x blueprints -loot a garnet/diamond/other precious stone -get x successes in a row -fill a blueprint book with all blueprints Stories -when completing some story-related missions -getting background information when finding a new site Exploring -same as calypso, although less locations and more sites (so a big yes for chugg's hideout and lagoon monster, and a big no for every city with a teleporter) Feats -having healed x health
If you want achievements look at this. Achievements A while ago I made a post with a bunch of requests and one of them was achievements. I've been thinking about it for a while and I have thought up of a list of achievements that could be interesting to add to EU. Hunting --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big Game Hunter: Kill 1 of every mob on Calypso. Mobs is Money: Score your first hunting global. Sir Loots-alot: Score your first hunting HoF. Is That All You got?: Defeat 10 mobs that are attacking you at the same time. Overkill: Kill a mob by dealing over double its health in damage. Won by the Skin on your Teeth: Kill an animal with less than 5 of your health left. Doctor Doctor: Be the first to heal someone in your team that calls "medic". Revives are Free: Revive 1000 times. Know your enemy: Scan 10 different mobs before you kill them. Plan B: Finish off a mob with an other gun after running out of ammo with your primary. Mining --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hat Trick: Find 3 claims in a row. An Eye for Prospecting: Score your first mining global. Hit the mother-load: Score your first mining HoF. Carpet Bomber: Drop 100,000 bombs or probes. Double Tap: Find 2 separate claims by dropping 2 bombs at the same place. Crafting --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mass Production: Craft 1,000,000 clicks I Craft Em' Big: Get your first crafting global. This Blueprints a Keeper: Get your first crafting HoF. Hot off the Press: Use an item you just finished crafting. Ok You Made Your Point: Get killed by the same player 5 times in a row. Vehicles --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you Seen a Car Fly?: Ramp a vehicle 50m The long Haul: Drive 500km in one game session. Of the Beaten Path: Travel a total of 500,000Km off road. Test Drive: Drive a car that isn't yours. For the 10th time it's not Amphibious: Swamp your vehicle in 10 different water bodies. Always Stop for the Hitchhiker: Drive with 20 different people in your car. She Blew: Have your vehicle explode. Running on Empty: Have your vehicle run out of gas as you drive it. Rental Insurance: Damage a car that isn't yours. Do a Barrel Roll: Roll your vehicle on 10 different occasions. Car Freak: Drive all the different cars in game. PVP --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Save Time and Money: Kill 2 or more enemies in one shot. Opportunist: Kill an enemy witch as been nearly killed by someone else. Finders Keepers: Pick up oil at the Rig. Force in Numbers: Kill an enemy while being assisted by a friend that nether of you would have been able to kill alone. Revenge is a Dish Best Served Now: After being killed by a player in pvp, be the first to return and kill him. I'm 1337 ub3r nao: Kill an enemy with a Opalo. On Second Thought...: Kill and loot an enemy in PVP only to trade his/her items back. It's Good to Have Friends: After a friend or socmate is killed in PVP be the first to kill whoever did it. My Domain: Kill everyone within a PVP zone. Misfire: Kill yourself with a rocket launcher. Love Hate Relationship: Kill someone on your friends list. Misc --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sweats R Us: Sweat a total of 10,000 sweat. Uber Trader: Complete 1000 PVP trades. Odd Job Jack: Beat all the in-game missions. Who's Number One?: Win first place in a participant hosted event. Consolation Prize: Arrive last in a participant hosted event. The Mob Whisperer: Tame 1000 mobs. Marathon Runner: Run 42.195km without stopping. I've Been Everywhere Man: Unlock all the teleporters on Calypso. Color Crazy: Paint 1000 different objects. Run Forest Run: Travel a total of 1,000,000Km on foot. In the Crowd: See 100 or more green dots on your radar at once. Space Tourist: Visit an other planet. I am the Party: Be the first somewheres where 20 or more people show up after you. Chatter Bug: Type a total of 1,000,000 words in public, soc, team, or private chat. Deep Sea Diver: Dive 100m below sea level. Lets Dance: Dance in perfect sync with someone. Going Once, Going Twice, Sold: Win 100 auction bids. Dance Master: Spend a total of 1 hour dancing. Manic Medic: Heal 1,000,000 total points of damage. My Bag of Chips: Own 5 different mindforce chips. Live Fast: Die within 30 seconds of reviving. No Fall Damage FTW: Hit terminal velocity while falling. Over Achiever: Beat all the achievements. (Could give a nice prize or something) Well that's a few... There's a potential here to have literally 100's of unlock-able achievements that range from anything that you do on a daily basis to some where you could spend hours working to get. So now I want to see what YOU can come up with. So post as many as you can, give them a funny name, and lets see what happens.Quoted by Nicolas R. Taken from here: http://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?195722-Achievements&p=2682602#post2682602
Im sorry I think its just pathetic that things like this are in EU let alone suposed precious resources were wasted on them. It seems that eveything MA is adding is just to NOT do what we as their cusomers are begging for. Ehh it really dont matter.. at this point Im not sure if Im even gonna bother waiting for Arkadia. I have simply had enough of the crap they put out and the ignorant way they treat me / you / we........
Yes I've been in the same situation but after I read Ozis post that we can use our weapons/skills I decided to stay arround. Because I KNEW I would soo regret leaving now when Arkadia is launched. Besides I bought my ul hl8 to explore Arkadia with it so that is what the weapon is going to do and nothing less. I guess RT 2.0 will be another event which has the chance to kill the game for me (or in general?) without giving Arkadia a chance. So I hope the ETA will be announced on Monday (last chance for the team to keep their promise and I hope they will... *cough*) and that the ETA is before mid April (RT2.0). Then again if they want to it can be any time in April since NDS VU will be late anyway.
