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Recremen

Went into Vivec last night (PC NA) to get the Empieror achievement the all-natural way (endless zerg surfing) and now that I've completed it, I'd like to submit some feedback. Basically, this achievement was not great to get, but it was not The Worst either. It's entirely manageable, but some key mechanical troubles keep it from actually being fun. In particular, throwing a pie sheathes your weapons, takes a long animation to throw, and does not last very long on the target, meaning that you either have to interrupt your burst sequence to throw it and hope the opponent doesn't heal, or you have to throw it and then hope your burst is top banana in order to get the target down on time. You also, of course, have to get the killing blow, so healers and support are *** out of luck as usual.

I was able to pull all of that off in a few hours, of course, since thankfully it's only 10 kills required, but against more competitive people it's a total crapshoot to try to get. Anyone wearing a tankier build, or having even basic line-of-sight kiting knowledge, has little to fear of dying with pie on their face. Now maybe I'm missing the point of the Jester's Festival, maybe I'm taking this particular achievement Way Too Seriously, but if games are supposed to be fun and our metric for a good achievement is the same, then this one comes up a little bit short with how the pies currently work. Neat idea, though, I just think it needs a little better execution! Maybe adjust the mechanics before next year?

NordSwordnBoard

It would work better if not killing blow, but you had to get more kills with it. Somebody asked in group yesterday what the deal with getting pied was, I told them it means you're probably about to get focused by the enemy.

I'd even enjoy being the "Pie-Bot" in group if we shared the kills. It's distracting enough that I'm just going to use the artificial way and not get frustrated being killed with a pie in my hand.

ChunkyCat

Too much effort to get without making a coordinated effort with friends.

RebornV3x

this achievement is frustrating should have not been killing blow and it probably would have been an interesting achievement but as it stands now you can only really get it with a group of friends letting themselves get killed in a coordinated group which might not be intended

Zacuel

Kudos to those of you who were able to complete the achievement the way it was intended to be.

I know I couldn't do it...

Recremen

RebornV3x wrote: »

this achievement is frustrating should have not been killing blow and it probably would have been an interesting achievement but as it stands now you can only really get it with a group of friends letting themselves get killed in a coordinated group which might not be intended

My experiences last night tell me that kill trading isn't the only way, though I definitely see why that's going to be the more attractive option for most players.

InvictusApollo

Do you have to kill 10 different players or can it be just one over and over again?

Mudcrabber

It can be the same player over and over again. I think that's how most of us did it.

zyk

I'm glad I don't care about titles.

Though if I did, I'd definitely do it the proper way, so kudos to Men'Do and everyone else who took the challenge.

Sheezabeast

I did it the hard way....went through so many pies

It sucks your pies can hit allies, makes it hard when people zerg everyone down. In a group of 3 of us I managed to get it in 3 days, 3 the first, then 7/10, then finally finished on the third day.

Good luck all.....

darkblue5

Sadly Xv1ing is the best way to achieve it because that lets you totally waste a cooldown and then try to kill steal. The salty hate whispers were delicious however. Most of the fights against decent to good players resulted in the player looking like they were covered in pie when they died but not actually progressing the achievement. Or in them dodging the pies.

Diundriel

for me as a former Emperor this is just a cheap emp title xD

Recremen

Diundriel wrote: »

for me as a former Emperor this is just a cheap emp title xD

You can't be a true PvP hero unless you get ALL the PvP achievements so start cracking!

Delsskia

I like my Empieror title more than my Former Emperor title.