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Battlegrounds Achievements and the Random Queue
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It's not a secret that BGs have a limited population, and all of the things that have been tried really aren't getting it to a healthy setup. Which is unfortunate, since BGs can be fun... when I'm in the mood for it.
But ever since we lost the ability to queue for specific battlegrounds, it's made certain achievements and collectibles truly an RNG-fest. There are a few achievements that are specific to certain game modes, and the Battleground outfit styles are also specific to specific modes (Fire Drake armor for flag games, Stormlord for relic games, and Pit Daemon for Deathmatch). Fortunately we are getting the weekend events (we haven't had one in a while...) which can help that, but there's one achievement that I really think needs to get adjusted.
Grand Relic Hunter.
The three dye achievements in Battlegrounds are very desirable since those are the only truly matte dyes in the game. But while two of those can accrue naturally, the relic one is almost impossible to grind up. Pit Hero (defeat 1000 enemies in Battlegrounds) can be obtained in any of the five game modes, and it even counts kills that you assisted, not only those where you got the finishing blow. Grand Standard-Bearer (seize 250 capture points) is also possible since two of the five game modes are flag games and again it counts as long as you were part of the team taking the flag.
But Grand Relic Hunter is prohibitive since it only increments in one of the five game modes. It also will only count if you were the person who ran the relic yourself, so it's very easy to end a match without getting any progress in that achievement. That disadvantages anyone on the team who wants to play strategically, since the person defending their own relic will necessarily not be running one, and also it encourages people to play against their team so they can get the credit instead of their teammates.
It would be much fairer to players if that achievement would increment if anyone on the team captured a relic rather then just one person. Capture the Relic games can only get a max of 5 points there anyway, and they only pop for 20% of BG matches outside of a special weekend, so just allowing it to be "Help your team capture XX Relics" instead would make it that much more possible.
But ever since we lost the ability to queue for specific battlegrounds, it's made certain achievements and collectibles truly an RNG-fest. There are a few achievements that are specific to certain game modes, and the Battleground outfit styles are also specific to specific modes (Fire Drake armor for flag games, Stormlord for relic games, and Pit Daemon for Deathmatch). Fortunately we are getting the weekend events (we haven't had one in a while...) which can help that, but there's one achievement that I really think needs to get adjusted.
Grand Relic Hunter.
The three dye achievements in Battlegrounds are very desirable since those are the only truly matte dyes in the game. But while two of those can accrue naturally, the relic one is almost impossible to grind up. Pit Hero (defeat 1000 enemies in Battlegrounds) can be obtained in any of the five game modes, and it even counts kills that you assisted, not only those where you got the finishing blow. Grand Standard-Bearer (seize 250 capture points) is also possible since two of the five game modes are flag games and again it counts as long as you were part of the team taking the flag.
But Grand Relic Hunter is prohibitive since it only increments in one of the five game modes. It also will only count if you were the person who ran the relic yourself, so it's very easy to end a match without getting any progress in that achievement. That disadvantages anyone on the team who wants to play strategically, since the person defending their own relic will necessarily not be running one, and also it encourages people to play against their team so they can get the credit instead of their teammates.
It would be much fairer to players if that achievement would increment if anyone on the team captured a relic rather then just one person. Capture the Relic games can only get a max of 5 points there anyway, and they only pop for 20% of BG matches outside of a special weekend, so just allowing it to be "Help your team capture XX Relics" instead would make it that much more possible.
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