It's Time for Achievements to be Account-Wide

brandonv516 · December 2016

I'm sure many will disagree but I've felt this way for awhile.

ZoS already allows dyes, mementos, skins, and many other things to be shared for the entire account.

Let us just take the next step and allow achievements (including titles earned) to be shared account-wide.

Discuss.

Weasel_Tunneler · December 2016

brandonv516 wrote: »

I'm sure many will disagree but I've felt this way for awhile.

ZoS already allows dyes, mementos, skins, and many other things to be shared for the entire account.

Let us just take the next step and allow achievements (including titles earned) to be shared account-wide.

Discuss.

I never understood this thing of characters having it own achievements. in DCUO it the same thing, every character have it own Feats (the same thing as achievements) people cried out loud for them to be accounts wide (or at least the most annoying ones)

Stargazer126 · December 2016

Agreed - for the most part. Achievements that are tied to individual character progression should not be made account wide, such as 'Character' achievements.

MaKTaiL · December 2016

I agree. Specially now that we have seasonal events. I participated the event, not my character.

LMar · December 2016

Why though? Can you explain it clearly? My level 13 alt never went into Cyrodiil. Why could she wear the Grant Overlord title for example? She also doesn't have the monster hunter title because she didn't hunt all those monsters that my main did

MaKTaiL · December 2016

LMar wrote: »

Why though? Can you explain it clearly? My level 13 alt never went into Cyrodiil. Why could she wear the Grant Overlord title for example? She also doesn't have the monster hunter title because she didn't hunt all those monsters that my main did

Your main didn't do anything. You did.

brandonv516 · December 2016

Trxveler wrote: »

Agreed - for the most part. Achievements that are tied to individual character progression should not be made account wide, such as 'Character' achievements.

Absolutely, logically some should still be individual.

Aquanova · December 2016

Along with achievements I'd also like to add recipes and traits research.

Korah_Eaglecry · December 2016

Im okay with them being character based. Granted some of it can be obnoxious but aside from the titles you get to use the benefits of said achievements on other characters.

Cerbolt · December 2016

Agreed. I'd rather not have to do the same repetitive thing on each of my characters, it gets old fast.

driosketch · December 2016

Well maybe some, but not all. Achievements like sky shard or motifs are important to know what character knows what. (Unless you mean for sky shards to become account based too, in which case you have a bigger debate.) I'm also torn on some. Throphies from monsters, which is a huge rng grind, I wouldn't mind seeing earned and recorded account wide. Master angular, however, would lose some prestige if you could alliance hop to which ever was safest for fishing in Cyrodiil. Likewise, titles should apply to the character who earned them. A level 10 alt should not walk around with a vet trial/arena title. It should belong exclusively to the build and character it was achieved on.

JodaGreyhame · December 2016

Achievements should be account wide, yes. Titles? They should remain character based.

Ourorboros · December 2016

Aquanova wrote: »

Along with achievements I'd also like to add recipes and traits research.

What would be the point of alternate characters?

Some shared achievements, maybe. But if it's all or nothing, I'd rather things stay the same.

Soundwave · December 2016

I'll be happy if u could but a skyshards pack from the crown store; only if your main had found them first.

AFrostWolf · December 2016

Yeah, I want to delete my main character and start over but I don't want to lose all the Achievements and crafting research/motifs/ect. It should all be account wide at this point. Everything else is....

QUEZ420 · December 2016

MaKTaiL wrote: »

LMar wrote: »

Why though? Can you explain it clearly? My level 13 alt never went into Cyrodiil. Why could she wear the Grant Overlord title for example? She also doesn't have the monster hunter title because she didn't hunt all those monsters that my main did

Your main didn't do anything. You did.

This right here. Done. Make achievements account wide, make it happen ZOS!

zuto40 · December 2016

it is kinda ridiculous especially with the titles

Volrion · December 2016

I just wish I didn't have to finish the fighters guild quest on each of my crafters to access the earth forge.

Elsonso · December 2016

The main reason: It gives me something to do with alts when I repeat content in the game.

MaKTaiL wrote: »

LMar wrote: »

Why though? Can you explain it clearly? My level 13 alt never went into Cyrodiil. Why could she wear the Grant Overlord title for example? She also doesn't have the monster hunter title because she didn't hunt all those monsters that my main did

Your main didn't do anything. You did.

The character is as much a part of the "thing" as I am. The characters have different skills, and I play them differently because of this. After all, it is an RPG game.

Sigtric · December 2016

I don't see any reason for them to be account wide.

AuldWolf · December 2016

You have my vote. It seems illogical to have achievements on a per-character basis, other than out of a misguided and ill-considered attempt to appeal to people who're addicted to achievements.

Sigtric · December 2016

AuldWolf wrote: »

You have my vote. It seems illogical to have achievements on a per-character basis, other than out of a misguided and ill-considered attempt to appeal to people who're addicted to achievements.

I truly don't understand. It seems illogical to me to grant them to characters who haven't done the required content.

Elsonso · December 2016

Sigtric wrote: »

AuldWolf wrote: »

You have my vote. It seems illogical to have achievements on a per-character basis, other than out of a misguided and ill-considered attempt to appeal to people who're addicted to achievements.

I truly don't understand. It seems illogical to me to grant them to characters who haven't done the required content.

In an RPG, yes. For other types of games, not so much.

DaveMoeDee · December 2016

I would also like to add appearance, class, race and gear. Just have one character. Solved.

Sigtric · December 2016

I have to disagree with the "my character didn't do it, I did it" argument to. I mean that logic would then apply to everything. Where does it stop? Why not just grant all maxed alts with gear etc, because *I* already did it once?

Aquanova · December 2016

Ourorboros wrote: »

Aquanova wrote: »

Along with achievements I'd also like to add recipes and traits research.

What would be the point of alternate characters?

Some shared achievements, maybe. But if it's all or nothing, I'd rather things stay the same.

The point is if I want to reroll a new toon on a different faction and have it become my crafter, it wont take me another year and a half to do so. That's more important than achievements to me.

How could anyone miss that point?!?!?

AzraelKrieg · December 2016

Sigtric wrote: »

I have to disagree with the "my character didn't do it, I did it" argument to. I mean that logic would then apply to everything. Where does it stop? Why not just grant all maxed alts with gear etc, because *I* already did it once?

Or give my alts the former emperor title because I already did it once

Volrion · December 2016

Sigtric wrote: »

I don't see any reason for them to be account wide.

Did you see my comment? I wanted to make some Krags for my Templar yesterday.

Had to do fighters guild quest once for my black smith, and second for my woodworker/clothier.

I don't like questing. I'd rather be in PVP or end game group PVE.

I've already done it, but it was a waste of my time and I didn't enjoy it at all.

For things like this, account wide achievements have some utility in my opinion.

AzraelKrieg · December 2016

SourishWhale wrote: »

Sigtric wrote: »

I don't see any reason for them to be account wide.

Did you see my comment? I wanted to make some Krags for my Templar yesterday.

Had to do fighters guild quest once for my black smith, and second for my woodworker/clothier.

I don't like questing. I'd rather be in PVP or end game group PVE.

I've already done it, but it was a waste of my time and I didn't enjoy it at all.

For things like this, account wide achievements have some utility in my opinion.

The Earth Forge isn't stuck behind an achievement though. It's stuck behind the quest. Suck it up and do it or make one dedicated crafter that has already done it.

Sigtric · December 2016

SourishWhale wrote: »

Sigtric wrote: »

I don't see any reason for them to be account wide.

Did you see my comment? I wanted to make some Krags for my Templar yesterday.

Had to do fighters guild quest once for my black smith, and second for my woodworker/clothier.

I don't like questing. I'd rather be in PVP or end game group PVE.

I've already done it, but it was a waste of my time and I didn't enjoy it at all.

For things like this, account wide achievements have some utility in my opinion.

This has nothing to do with achievements and everything to do with not wanting to do the required content to unlock something. This should absolutely NOT be an option. Things are content gated for a reason.

Recremen · December 2016

I have no strong opinions either way.