Achievement Discussion

[IDiivil]

The achievements, so far, have proven to be pretty easy... I have 25/50 right now and have really put forth no effort into it. A lot of it is simply keeping a save right before you unbind, putting points into the specific stuff you need, getting it done, then reloading your save... rinse and repeat until finished.

[h4mm32]

Originally Posted by JONBLEACH

commen sense says no, why wud they make it so u can just switch difficulty at very end and get profit.

also because SOOOOOO many other games have had this as an option for getting the achievement... darkest of days is an example of just one game I played recently that had this.

[Mercury]

Anybody else happy this list doesn't involve leveling achievements? I feel like that's such a played-out way to fill up 5 more achievements, it's kinda refreshing to do other stuff than worry about my level.

[zombieshaw]

Originally Posted by Mercury

Anybody else happy this list doesn't involve leveling achievements? I feel like that's such a played-out way to fill up 5 more achievements, it's kinda refreshing to do other stuff than worry about my level.

There is a leveling achievement, you need a top tier Destiny achievement and it requires 109 pts. You get 3 pts per level so yeah you're gonna need to level a bit.

[yevinorion]

Any thoughts on what the most difficult achievement is yet? Or even most time-consuming?

So far for me Out of Your League was pretty tough, but that's mainly because I'm playing on Hard I figure. Had to run to a cave in Webwood at level 3 and fight some red Kobolds. It took a lot of potions (melee dmg boost, etc as well) and a full reckoning meter just to kill one, but it was worth it. Boosted me to level 4 instantly and got the cheevo.

[Enemy Instinct]

Solid list to go with a solid game.

[SuNuS]

Anyone know if the persuasion achievement is tracked through multiple playthroughs or does it have to be in a single playthrough?

[Bergy3]

There is an achievement for killing 500 enemies with abilities, I understand that this pertains specifically to the four 'powers' that can be mapped to the face buttons.

But if I am playing as a tank do I get credit for this total if I am smashing critters with my hammer while using an active buff like berserker rage or relentless assault...?

I may have to respec to a mage/rouge type to bag that one.

[SuNuS]

I would guess that it doesn't Bergy3. I've killed tons with Envenomed Edge active and never got my achievement until I started finishing enemies off with Shadow Flare.

That's just my guess though since I haven't focused on the might skill tree much other than the health bonus and bonus dmg to stunned enemies skills.

[Bergy3]

thx for the input. I have to agree with you on this one, I am pretty sure you must use a projectile spell or somesuch...

[Erydan]

just one question about the difficulty-settings: if i play on hard, save, change the difficulty to "easy" for the "kill an enemy 4 levels higher than you"- achievement and after this i reload my old save - will i still be able to unlock the achievement for beating the game on hard or do i have to start over?

[Siziol]

Originally Posted by SuNuS

Anyone know if the persuasion achievement is tracked through multiple playthroughs or does it have to be in a single playthrough?

single playthrough i think. there should be plenty though. after i unlocked the achievement i found myself just finding a crap ton of dialogue persuasion points without even wanting it. the dlc will help too. do sidequests.

Originally Posted by Erydan

just one question about the difficulty-settings: if i play on hard, save, change the difficulty to "easy" for the "kill an enemy 4 levels higher than you"- achievement and after this i reload my old save - will i still be able to unlock the achievement for beating the game on hard or do i have to start over?

i saw earlier that reloading a save from previous doesn't negate the hard achievement. so you should be able to unlock it, then go to a previous save and be good.

[YoshiExcel]

Great, 2 achievements from getting a full 1000... but of course, im screwed out of 1. I cannot get the Loremaster achievement because I cannot get Castle Windemere anymore because im already done with the House of Ballads quests...

I had almost every single Lorestone.... hours and hours hunting them down, all for nothing. There's no way im up for doing that again. but if anyone knows a trick to finishing this up, please let me know. thanks.

[69caligula69]

yesss i agree 99.9% of the time "Multi-player suxxx" and the achievements are, most of the time are just plain ridiculous!!!! and wayyy too hard.....gears of war 3..for example!!!! too hard to get them all for no good reason!!!

[Wer Bn]

Originally Posted by YoshiExcel

Great, 2 achievements from getting a full 1000... but of course, im screwed out of 1. I cannot get the Loremaster achievement because I cannot get Castle Windemere anymore because im already done with the House of Ballads quests...

I had almost every single Lorestone.... hours and hours hunting them down, all for nothing. There's no way im up for doing that again. but if anyone knows a trick to finishing this up, please let me know. thanks.

what?
The guide doesn't say it's missable...

[jwtaylor1980]

Originally Posted by Wer Bn

what?
The guide doesn't say it's missable...

It's not - at least not exactly. You can make up for those few missed ones with DLC.

[TwistedFate]

Originally Posted by jwtaylor1980

It's not - at least not exactly. You can make up for those few missed ones with DLC.

Or you could do something crazy, like walking into Castle Windmere. It's open just walk in. Just an idea.

[jwtaylor1980]

Originally Posted by TwistedFate

Or you could do something crazy, like walking into Castle Windmere. It's open just walk in. Just an idea.

Are you sure it's still accessible after completing House of Ballads? I can't remember.

[TwistedFate]

Originally Posted by jwtaylor1980

Are you sure it's still accessible after completing House of Ballads? I can't remember.

Yep, I checked before I posted, just to be sure.

[DuanieBaby]

Originally Posted by TwistedFate

Yep, I checked before I posted, just to be sure.

100% correct. You can still access Castle Windmere, I did so today whilst collecting the lorestones.

I've got quite a few missing, some lorestone blocks are still grey yet this achievement popped quite recently. It's nice to see the DLC lorestones are taken into consideration.