Achievement Discussion

[The_Iceman2288]

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/g.../achievements/

[Rivercurse]

Thanks!

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[Seraph Metatron]

They look like a normal ME list. I am personally very excited for this game. It will be interesting to see exactly how the single and multiplayer roles interact.

[RDrules]

now those are the best multiplayer achievements ive ever seen... do something in multi or something more in single player

[JuSt BLaZe]

I like the idea that they give us the option to choose between "Earning Achievements in MP or SP". Good job on this one!

[Snoop QC]

Cool! Don't have to play multiplayer to get full gamerscore!

[nuttyprof]

Originally Posted by JuSt BLaZe

I like the idea that they give us the option to choose between "Earning Achievements in MP or SP". Good job on this one!

This was my thought exactly, I don't do multiplayer so I figured I was going to lose about half of the achievements. This is one of the reasons I only have 1 100% (I also can't be a jerk/evil and I don't like playing on the hardest difficulty because I play for enjoyment not frustration).

[B A R 4 D]

Originally Posted by JuSt BLaZe

I like the idea that they give us the option to choose between "Earning Achievements in MP or SP". Good job on this one!

Agreed, I think I will take the SP route on most of them.

[DEG23]

Originally Posted by JuSt BLaZe

I like the idea that they give us the option to choose between "Earning Achievements in MP or SP". Good job on this one!

As grateful that i am that Bioware has done this, it almost makes you wonder if it was done on purpose from the backlash of the community about MP. One the other hand, by doing this, i can guarantee that there are a lot of people now who aren't going to touch MP.

[Katarn84]

Originally Posted by RDrules

now those are the best multiplayer achievements ive ever seen... do something in multi or something more in single player

I totally agree. So that's settled for me a my brother and just one Online Pass. It's a neat 1000 for both without the need to waste 800 MSP.

About the Master and Commander, I think N7 missions work towards getting war assests for Galaxy at war since Tour of Duty says "Finish all multiplayer maps or all N7 missions in single-player".
If I'm right you should get war assest doing multiplayer missions, and since N7 missions are the single player equivalent they too should count toward it. We'll learn it soon enough.

[PBALL]

Best MP achievements ever. Not one complaint. Not going to be easy, but this is a damn good list.

[Kl1n3]

Originally Posted by RDrules

now those are the best multiplayer achievements ive ever seen... do something in multi or something more in single player

Your are not kidding. Other dev's need to take note.

[cjdavies]

I like how they did that with the multiplayer, giving a choice.

No Kinect achievement was shocked it wasn't but at least you won't have to read posts about it.

[TrishTheDish]

I am still stunned there's no shoehorned Kinect achievements into this game. This almost feels like Christmas came WAY early this year!

[nicky6314]

Love how they handled the MP achievements. I'll definitely try it, but it's good to know that I can get all of them in SP anyway.

[Slowhunt]

Finally!! A developer has figured out how to do mp achievements.

This is done beautifully, I can now work at the achievements at my own pace instead of some mad rush to get the online done before everyone quits playing in 3 months.

[superdupergizmo]

yeah really got to give out my props to bioware on this one. no kinect, and revolutionary mp achievements. well props, looking forward to completing the game of the year.

[grimkillah]

This achievement list almost felt like BioWare's passive aggressive way of telling EA to stick their MP where the sun don't shine.

[herms429]

Yeah idk about that

[jules the great]

Another thing, the best thing about this acheivement list is that for many true Mass Effect fans this list will come naturally anyway by the sheer amount of playthroughs most of us will do. I love it.

[DragonusDarque]

This is a terrific list. I love that you don't have to play multiplayer to get those achievements, as they have single player requirements, too.
Can't wait to play this game, but I am not sure how much multiplayer I will be doing. I will certainly play some, but I am not always that great at multiplayer, especially third person.
Also, I believe we will start with whatever level our imported Shepard ended ME2 with, getting us to level 60 in one playthrough.
But, for me, Insanity will be a second playthrough for me. Never did get that one on ME2 .
Plus, best of all, no Kinect achievements!!

[Ephemeral Locke]

It'll be interesting to see if the counter for the achievements to use various abilities count in the multiplayer version. If so, you could just use an engineer or biotic character there and not worry about it in the main story if you're partial to Soldiers, like I am. Also, the 5,000 kills one probably includes kills while in the multi-player...

[ShermanJames]

Personally i really dislike the fact that they made them so easy. If you wanted all 1000 points, play MP. It is redundant to let you get them in single player. No point in adding MP in, if you never even have to play it!

[jules the great]

Originally Posted by ShermanJames

Personally i really dislike the fact that they made them so easy. If you wanted all 1000 points, play MP. It is redundant to let you get them in single player. No point in adding MP in, if you never even have to play it!

But then those who dont have XBL Gold would be fkd. I think getting that 1k isnt going to be cakewalk like ME1 or even a little bit like ME2 tho. This insanity might just be the challenge youre looking for.

[mikeymud]

Originally Posted by jules the great

But then those who dont have XBL Gold would be fkd. I think getting that 1k isnt going to be cakewalk like ME1 or even a little bit like ME2 tho. This insanity might just be the challenge youre looking for.

So? There are quite a few games that require MP for achievements (Gears of War, the NHL series, quite a few others). I think the main reason to keep the achievements offline is that they (Bioware) still consider this primarily a RPG. However, I would suspect that multiplayer factors heavily in their future projects and that having a list of cheevos that are purely single-player are going to be a thing of the past.

[jules the great]

Originally Posted by mikeymud

I think the main reason to keep the achievements offline is that they (Bioware) still consider this primarily a RPG. However, I would suspect that multiplayer factors heavily in their future projects and that having a list of cheevos that are purely single-player are going to be a thing of the past.

Actually this is what I meant. I also dont believe BioWare wanted to do anything to alienate their fans who have been used to the SP aspect of the Mass Effect series.

[Jason0626]

does anyone know if the Overload x shields has to be done by shepard or can it be by one of the crew members you control?

[JuSt BLaZe]

Originally Posted by Jason0626

does anyone know if the Overload x shields has to be done by shepard or can it be by one of the crew members you control?

Has to be done by YOU.

If you don't want to use a class with this power in SP, simply go to MP choose one from there and you will have the 100 overloads in no time. Took me 2-3h max.

[Dragon14785]

Just another 12 hours and I get my copy. I can't wait.

[grimut]

Sounds hard