[mod edited] To Lower The Unrealistic Commendation Achievement requirements

@daft-incarnate said in *Upvote* To Lower The Unrealistic Commendation Achievement requirements:

@fooga
I did say in its current state it's ridiculous.

1000 could be realistic too if they changed how banana crates were obtained in the first place. From what I've read they are currently only available through Message In A Bottle.

Change how we can get them and I'm cool with it.

However, if this is genuinely how it was intended then Rare (microsoft) intentionally tried to appeal to the completionists in order to keep people playing. But at 1000s of hours required for one achievement, they're having a laugh, and I'm going to pass on that one, and so should everyone else.

I'm a completitionist and I never finish achievements like these unless I make a mistake. They are purely just a waste of time. Never do any of them if you can influence your choice; ever.

Dear devs, give me a meaningful path to wander and stop bugging me. These achievements kill my mojo.

Reason why they bloated their content is a plan B.

@zokraitz he got 65 up-votes, i think numerically people identify with his argument more than any post u have totaling less than 65 approvals.

@unkeptbean6214

Update: 66 votes.

@vavume I would like both of you to add me as a friend Ninjah003, I will be the moderator of who stays and who goes. I'll bet my gamer-tag along with the thousands of dollars invested into it that not you not him and not I reach this unobtainable goal in the format that is in place. Anybody wanna put their money where their mouth is. Let's bet gamertags. Cmon you yellow bellied s*****s

@ghost-0f-dawn sorry I want to succeed in life, make 200 k per year, have sex with alot of women and establish friendly relationships in a social setting all while also striving to be a decorated gamer. Long term? Exactly how long of a term are we talking. Will I have this trophy when my grandchildren are born? Frankly I don't want to dedicate my entire existence to cashing in 1000 wooden plank crates on time but I do want to establish balance in life and get trophies here and there and also have a (Mod edited) life. I must be in the minority which is not surprising since many gamers these days equate success in a game to having literally no life in the real world

@ghost-0f-dawn so we aren't allowed to tell you what you have no business offering your input on but you can tell us that our input on a designated forum topic is absurd? Congrats you 100 percent-ed Halo Combat Evolved dude everybody and their mother has done that. Either way whether your GS is 1 mil or 10 you have already identified with the side of this topic as "doesn't really concern me." From the evidence you provided we can infer that you have no real intention of accomplishing this specific commendation. These forums are here for constructive criticism of the game and yet you sit here and offer none. I'm not gonna tell you that you don't have the 1st amendment protected freedom of expression but that doesn't guarantee we have to evaluate your opinion as a worthwhile opinion. I personally feel you offer nothing substantial to this conversation. You oppose his idea of a positive change that would make certain players happy but you oppose it for no real reason. How would his implementation hurt you? Without providing good evidence as to why your opinion matters, this forum of opinions has no real place for you so unfortunately yea see yourself out this doesn't concern you. Not only are you wasting your time trying to convince us to change a view we hold passionately but you're unable to be persuaded by logical arguments that debunk your arguments. He didn't personally attack you, he accessed data that you had publicly available and utilized it to factually disprove your argument. Take the L bro and go contribute to a forum discussion that you actually care about. And if you claim to actually care about this topic then offer some valued contributions which illustrate experience on this game and other games. I don't want to be dismissive about your ideals but in the platform of free speech either your free speech is valued or it isn't. Which category would you group yourself in with?

@bluwolve dude you're missing the point. Yes his initial post discussed lowering the banana crate requirement but raising the drop rate in essence is the EXACT SAME THING. Like tomato tomahto dude. Read between the lines hes simply saying that the current state of the game is unreasonable. Whether you believe this obtain-ability can be reached by method a or method b you at it's core agree with the OP. That something must be done. How about instead of fundamentally disagreeing with him about proper ethics and values you work together with him about how to make this game a positive experience for all of us together. Your constant millenials complaining is so unoriginal. Hey kids get off my lawn. That's what you sound like. Back in my day kids didn't get participation trophies. Congratulations old timer. Back in your day people didn't live to be 120 years old. Your archaic values and virtues are outdated and there's a reason for that. When something becomes obsolete it is replaced by something better. That's what the baby boomers are. An Xbox. Our generation that eats tide pods and wines about participation trophies are Xbox 1. Go back to 1955 if you want to be sheltered in irrelevance.

@kawaii-dumpling said in *Upvote* To Lower The Unrealistic Commendation Achievement requirements:

@arch-fable Then don't do it, matey.

Rest assured. Sad to say, but I definitely won't.

Como caçador de conquistas eu busco sempre fazer o 100% em todos os games e a lista de conquistas do Sea of thieves esta totalmente absurda sem noção alguma, levaria a geração inteira do xbox one para concluir essas conquistas absurdas, peço por favor arrumem essa lista de conquistas, diminuam os valores para desbloquear as conquistas,Obrigado.

@fooga I actually reached out to @khaleesibot regarding the issue and forwarded the link to this page to see if it can get put forward to the right people to address the issue. I haven't heard anything yet, but will update if I do.

Rare wants this to run 10 years... Do you think they're going to make all the achievements easily obtainable within a month of play time?

@rickydown

Don't get why people think everything should be achievable in under 30 days from release? This game was not designed to be fully digested and/or "conquered" (whatever your version of that is) maybe ever, and certainly not within a month of street date.

In WoW there is an achievement for 100,000 honorable kills....

Don't know if they should be lowered but the definitely should give you something for completing them, unique cosmetics/gold/xp/titles....something right now they just seem pointless.

@rickydown Hmmm. I think two things.

A. Care less about what are essentially meaningless digital trinkets... On your deathbed in 50+ years time will anyone give a grog drunk monkey that you traded in 1000 barrels or not.

B. With last point in mind, The game is meant to have some longevity. Just enjoy the ride. Maybe you'll achieve it in a year maybe not.

C. Meaningless digital trinket or not, they are called "achievements".

Edit: Having just recounted these are three things...

I feel many people in this thread have missed OP's point on the achievements. I think grindy achievements can be great to keep you invested in a game. The Gears of War series is good for this.

However, I have played 100 Hours of SoT so far and have had 2 Banana crate missions. To get 1000 would likely average out at over 50,000 hours playtime. Anyone who cannot see how broken that is in it's current form needs to see it written another way.

6 Hours a day
Everyday
For the next 23 years

Will will be at least 2 console generations away and the servers will be closed by then.

@liquidusblue
Odds are you'd still be working on the achievements in 50+ years
(at the current rates anyway)

@themoreyoupro it doesn't matter if you found the banana boxes or whatever...it simply doesn't count! You need to have the delivery for that...so you get the box for sure

@rickydown i want to tell you something about really unrealistic achievements...remember "Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter" (not sure if it's 1 or 2) there are 3 achievment you'll never be able to get: Become World Rank Nr 1 Solo
Become World Rank Nr 1 Team
Become World Rank Nr 1 Solo and Team
So stop complaining about these easy but time spending achievements in this game

@rickydown I agree that 1000 is a really high number. For certain things that you rarely get quests for like banana crates I think it's too high. For other things like Gunpowder Barrels or chests it is achievable. It isnt designed to be a goal you set out to complete...it's more like a tracker of your overall progress. The bigger issue with this might just be the way you are perceiving it

I keep seeing words like 'harder' and more 'difficult'. There is nothing 'hard' about setting an achievement like banana crates at 1000. It's just plain silly. Grinding to achieve this is not 'content' nor is it representing any form of legendary status. Those numbers are far too high and completely unnecessary.

I dont think some people realise just how long it would take to turn in 1000 banana crates. You would have to focus just on this for all of your gameplay and you would still NEVER achieve this. I've only returned 15 and I've sunk roughly over 150 hours into the game (edit: I recorded the wrong stat. I've only handed in 2).

In other words, we are not saying that it's extremely grindy. We are saying it's IMPOSSIBLE. You would need decades to complete this and therefore it's impossible because the game will not be running that long. Do the math before you comment please because you just sound silly otherwise. I'm all for reducing those unrealistic numbers.

@lizalaroo If you consider completing ONLY banana crate quests for the next 20 years of your life reasonable then sure.... that's not including reaching 1000 for all the others too. Each to their own I suppose. Happy sailing!

@klikhizz im a pirate legend by now, you only get banana crates and the others in bottles and thats rare. i have only found one for planks ever so far.

@schwammlgott Thats so arrogant. If your gonna name 3 achievements that are also grindy and based on luck for the most part than why argue on here? If u dont think these achievements are grindy and unrealistic than idk man you mustve put 50 hours into the game and think achievements should be grindy instead of challenging than I feel bad for you.

@solysdayga Gunpowder is 1000 achieveable. But its RNG on if your gonna get the quest for it.