Oh? So...I think they should be bound to account. They reflect what a player did, not the character. The characters on one account are controlled by one player and he's the one who got the achievements.
TheShadowScout wrote: »Oh? So...I think they should be bound to account. They reflect what a player did, not the character. The characters on one account are controlled by one player and he's the one who got the achievements.
...the -player- learned how to craft in barbarian style and not your character?
...the -player- has the "master Angler" title floating above their heads, and not the character?
...the -player- got their map updated every time they find a new location, and not the character?
...the -player- got a skillpoint from finding skyshards and not the character?
...the -player- got a bounty for mass murder worth millions of gold pieces?
Face it, achievements are definitely character-based. Traditionally, achievements were -always- character based, because back at the start of computer games, there were no "accounts". The "gamerscore" thing only came way later...
ESO does indeed already give players more account-wide benefits them any other game I ever played, is going to give more come DB - and still people keep asking for more???
I could say what I think about people like that, but then the forum admins would have to censor my post again...
But my point is, achievements are a nifty way to find out what this particular character has done and yet to so. Which crafting styles are already learned, and which chapters I still need to watch out for in guild stores. Which character is the criminal one, and which character the goody-two-greaves. Which skyshards I forgot to grab on my run through cadwells. What location I passed by while questing. Which dolmen I still have to clear for this or that character.
I would hate it if the achievements became account wide, and I would have to go through a ton of troubles to find out who is where on the crafting motiv thing, or if I had to check each skyshard personally with one of my alts to see if I really remembered to grab them all...
Not to mention, the thing mattering most with achievements are the dye unlocks, which are -already- account wide for our convineance.
I think they should be bound to account. They reflect what a player did, not the character.
Are you that lacking in understanding?m? You just listed some more things yourself. It's the player who has done those things, indeed. So why would only one char have it?
I would not mind them showing the archievements a different toon has in a different color. Like, say... grey -undone; brown - done on different character, green done on this character. But that's not really the issue here, is it?If you want to know which toon exactly achieved what, they could add an indicator of a different color, that says if this particular toon got this achievement or not.
No, that is exactly what you are insisting on. Because "equal rights for all" Either ALL titles go account wide, or none go. Not in the least because there is no reason whatsoever to have the achievements on every character. One "Master Angler" is enough, but if you really want a second - spend the darn effort (it would be foolish to want to spend that effort twice, but... people sometimes do foolish things)Yeah, dyes, motifs, titles etc should be account-wide. OK I don't insist on some titles like Flawless Conqueror that show how good a player is playing this toon. But the rest - yes, should be account-wide. It's absolutely dumb to expect players to grind fishing or motifs for more than 1 character. It's just grind, doesn't require skill, like no-death vma.
So you are saying, if you earn money in your work, and use it to pay for a TV for your living room, you should get another TV for all your other rooms for free because you "already spent the effort"? I sincerely hope you do not Really think that is how the world works...Omg WTF would you want to learn motifs on all characters. It's not doing a dungeon or anything - it's just clicking on an item. It has to be account-wide. If you go grind Covenant motif in sewers, then it's you - the player - who does that. Why do it again for each toon. Or fishing. How does it matter is it your templar or NB holding a fishing rod or grinding sewers? It doesn't matter at all. You got it right - it's the player who left-clicked thousands of times to get that master angler. Not the character. Running vMA with no deaths (or at all) on different characters is different. Fishing or grinding anything - does not.
Why?When I open the achievements tab I should see total score that I got on my toons combined. And then when I inspect every achievement - that's when I see if I got it on this particular character!
Please don't try to tell me what I want.You definitely should agree with this, because it's what you want - for achievements to reflect your character's progress. And it's a compromise with reflecting player's progress. Because that's what it is -- player's progress (which can be different with different characters maybe, but still non duplicate achievements should combine for all toons and I should see the score). If you disagree that simply means that you don't really want to see your character's progress - you just want ME to not see MY progress and to force me to grind fishing on every character if I want to use master angler, for example.
Nope. By design, achievements are something your characters earn, not you as a player. I like that design. I realize other people might not like it, but I don't know why ESO has to be like every other Steam/PS4/XBOX game where achievements are always account-bound. Just leave them be. If some achievements are a problem due to the long grind, I might agree with some changes there; other than that, no.
The Uninvited wrote: »Achievements no, but please make riding skills account wide. Damn slow mount on my V5 alt...
I think they should be bound to account. They reflect what a player did, not the character.
Some achievements are tied to the class/role. I'm really sorry, but Flawless Conqueror doesn't weight the same on a magicka sorc character than on a magicka DK.
I know a lot of people, myself included, than can finish VMA with a character, but not with another class. Why should I display the VMA title on a character I can't finish it with ?
That said, some achiev could indeed be shared - the ones that don't involve PvE and PvP : fishing, trophies... the quest maybe, to some extent, dolmens too...
But trials and PvP ranks achiev', nope.
TheShadowScout wrote: »Are you that lacking in understanding?m? You just listed some more things yourself. It's the player who has done those things, indeed. So why would only one char have it?
You are -really- telling me that you -the player- have a master angler title floating above your head? That YOU, THE PLAYER got skills from skyshards? Phu-leeeze? If you think that, it may be time to see a competent psychotherapist about your delusions...
Yes, everything our characters do they do under direction from a player. Doesn't mean the player gets the skyshard. Doesn't mean the player gets the title. Doesn't mean the player gets the crafting style. Etc.
So why should it be the -player- who gets the archievement???
I mean... you get one of the rare titles on your main, then make a new character... should these newbie characters then be allowed to run around with "Beothia's Scythe" over their level-3 heads??? Really?????
And either you allow ALL titles to be account wide, or none. So no cherry picking, hear!I would not mind them showing the archievements a different toon has in a different color. Like, say... grey -undone; brown - done on different character, green done on this character. But that's not really the issue here, is it?If you want to know which toon exactly achieved what, they could add an indicator of a different color, that says if this particular toon got this achievement or not.
The issue here was account-wide achievements... which aould also lead to account wide titles, and to account wide cooperation. Yes, that would make some achievements waaaaaaay easier - if everyone from the same account pitched together, those "kill 500 mudcrabs" things would be done in a snap, and the trophy hunting a lot less hassle as well.
Which is why I presume the weak kneed milk-drinkers keep whining for it...
Which is why I am so opposed to it.No, that is exactly what you are insisting on. Because "equal rights for all" Either ALL titles go account wide, or none go. Not in the least because there is no reason whatsoever to have the achievements on every character. One "Master Angler" is enough, but if you really want a second - spend the darn effort (it would be foolish to want to spend that effort twice, but... people sometimes do foolish things)Yeah, dyes, motifs, titles etc should be account-wide. OK I don't insist on some titles like Flawless Conqueror that show how good a player is playing this toon. But the rest - yes, should be account-wide. It's absolutely dumb to expect players to grind fishing or motifs for more than 1 character. It's just grind, doesn't require skill, like no-death vma.So you are saying, if you earn money in your work, and use it to pay for a TV for your living room, you should get another TV for all your other rooms for free because you "already spent the effort"? I sincerely hope you do not Really think that is how the world works...Omg WTF would you want to learn motifs on all characters. It's not doing a dungeon or anything - it's just clicking on an item. It has to be account-wide. If you go grind Covenant motif in sewers, then it's you - the player - who does that. Why do it again for each toon. Or fishing. How does it matter is it your templar or NB holding a fishing rod or grinding sewers? It doesn't matter at all. You got it right - it's the player who left-clicked thousands of times to get that master angler. Not the character. Running vMA with no deaths (or at all) on different characters is different. Fishing or grinding anything - does not.
There is NO reason for such things to be account wide.
None.
At.
All.
No matter how much the "gimme crowd" may scream and whine for it.
Of course, there also is no reason for ALL characters to learn all crafting motivs. Its enough if your crafting character does it. Smart people have all three equipment crafts on one character for that purpose... (not to mention, while the act of learning it is clicking an item, first you have to -get- that item. Which in some cases... is as much effort as running dungeons)
Want it multiple times? Spend the effort to get it multiple times. Don't want to spend the effort? Either make do with what you feel comfortable spending the effort for, or pay through your nose to buy the darn things in the crown store.
But ramblings like "it has to be account-wide" when it clearly isn't... are not an valid argument to convince people that it -should- be account wide.
Why?When I open the achievements tab I should see total score that I got on my toons combined. And then when I inspect every achievement - that's when I see if I got it on this particular character!
You log into a character, you open the journal, you open the achievement tab... all the other things in the journal so far had been character specific, why should that one tab suddenly be otherwise???
Now... if there was an achievement tab you could open -before- logging into a specific character... THAT would be the place to count account wide progression. I would not mind seeing them add something like that... but of course, I would not want any of the things from it to carry over to the characters. Not titles. No achievement score. No crafting motivs or horse training or crafting research or map update or skyshard skill points... you get the idea, right?
And I happen to think that this is what people are -acttually- whining for - not the "see account progress", they want to get the titles and stuff cheap-like, because they think they are entitled to having it easy for some reason.Please don't try to tell me what I want.You definitely should agree with this, because it's what you want - for achievements to reflect your character's progress. And it's a compromise with reflecting player's progress. Because that's what it is -- player's progress (which can be different with different characters maybe, but still non duplicate achievements should combine for all toons and I should see the score). If you disagree that simply means that you don't really want to see your character's progress - you just want ME to not see MY progress and to force me to grind fishing on every character if I want to use master angler, for example.
I definitely do not agree with this, because I -already- see my character progress, and you want to argue things should be changed just because you want to see the achievements handed to you all across the board.
Like mentioned, I would not mind them adding a "account score" tab to the login screen so you can yee "your" progress.
I am however very much opposed to anyone getting the achievements themselves across their whole account. If you want a specific title for one character, you should hae to spend the effort On That Character. If you want Master Angler, catch the darn fish. If you want Boethiah's Scythe, clear the darn arena. On That Character! Not on your main and then show off the title on your newly made alt.
If you want something, spend the effort.
If you want something twice, spend the effort twice.
Are you that lacking in understanding?
You are -really- telling me that you -the player- have a master angler title floating above your head? That YOU, THE PLAYER got skills from skyshards? Phu-leeeze? If you think that, it may be time to see a competent psychotherapist about your delusions...
Yes, everything our characters do they do under direction from a player. Doesn't mean the player gets the skyshard. Doesn't mean the player gets the title. Doesn't mean the player gets the crafting style. Etc.
So why should it be the -player- who gets the archievement???
If my achievements were account wide,then what would be the use to do anything with an alt? The whole point of creating and running an alt is to start it all over again.
If all achievements were account wide,then what would be the use to do anything with an alt? Quest achievements wouldnt be able to be done,so why do quests.They would already be registered in achievements.Like monster Slayer,Dominion Hero,or Dungeon Master. The whole point of creating and running an alt is to start it all over again.That means everything new.
Personally,I love doing achievements.They arent needed,but for the ones that give you dyes,but they are always a lot of fun to do.When I get tired of questing,I take off and work on an achievement.
I think they should be bound to account. They reflect what a player did, not the character. The characters on one account are controlled by one player and he's the one who got the achievements.
Otherwise, why can't our characters join different guilds? No, guilds are per account. Why don't they have separate banks?
WalkingLegacy wrote: »I think they should be bound to account. They reflect what a player did, not the character. The characters on one account are controlled by one player and he's the one who got the achievements.
Otherwise, why can't our characters join different guilds? No, guilds are per account. Why don't they have separate banks?
Yes, a lot of things should be bound to account, but unfortunately there are a lot of roleplayers in the community forums here and they don't want anything that will break their "immersion".
Nope. By design, achievements are something your characters earn, not you as a player. I like that design. I realize other people might not like it, but I don't know why ESO has to be like every other Steam/PS4/XBOX game where achievements are always account-bound. Just leave them be. If some achievements are a problem due to the long grind, I might agree with some changes there; other than that, no.
Then why can my lvl 1 alt use my V16 costume? Or better yet, his 501 CP, which has a heck of a lot more influence on game play than some dark purple dye.
Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »I think the solution is SOOOOOOOO simple. Just do both. Have an account wide achievement section AND have an individual achievement section for each toon. The only in game "advantage" you get are dyes, titles, skins, and pets (dont think I am missing any). Other than titles, I have no issue with the rest being account wide, as they already are anyways. Only thing I don't want to see are a bunch of level 10 stormproofs running around Davon's Watch.