Let's make up some achievements

[Marth Koopa]

It's a Trap!
Kill 4 people with a single Boomer

How to Deal With Drunk Drivers
Destroy a vehicle with at least 5 consecutive mines in less than 2 seconds from the first mine

Long Distance Jousting
Cause significant damage to and destroy a tank within 5 meters of your Lancer's maximum range.

TRay'd
Kill 3 NC soldiers with your Beamer in less than 20 seconds

Higby'd
Take a screenshot of a Magrider destroyed by your Vanguard

Man Cannot Outsmart Bullet
Kill 5 enemy troops with an MCG without letting go of the trigger

BF3'd
Revive a soldier who proceeds to become re-killed 1 second later

You're Such An Aimbotter
Get 5 Headshots in a row within 30 seconds

Bridge Battle Participant
Participate in combat on Cyssor's famous bridge for a total of 10 hours

Old School
Bail from your aircraft and proceed to kill 3 enemy soldiers within 30 seconds

[SKYeXile]

Get you stupid wow pop culture achievements the hell outta here, god i hate them.

I like the Merits myself, or military type medals / ribbons.

[Marth Koopa]

Get you stupid wow pop culture achievements the hell outta here, god i hate them.

I like the Merits myself, or military type medals / ribbons.

I agree, I just thought this would be fun to imagine some fun things to challenge players with

[krnasaur]

Man Cannot Outsmart Bullet
Kill 5 enemy troops with an MCG without letting go of the trigger

we need the NC and VS versions of it

hammer time: Kill 5 soldiers in a row with your jackhammer

Deadly disco: Kill 5 soldiers in a row with your lasher


and now for some new stuff

lawn service: run 5 people over with your MBT in a row

V-N-R(only if the macro buttons are different in this game, little nugget to the vets): do X amount of vehicle repairs in a row without firing your main weapon

[Captain1nsaneo]

The lack of amusing quips in the game added gravitas to the world if you were using suspension of disbelief. The only funny thing I can recall was in the merit for the Transportation Citation 1-3 and even then it was done in a mildly serious tone.

[CutterJohn]

The lack of amusing quips in the game added gravitas to the world if you were using suspension of disbelief. The only funny thing I can recall was in the merit for the Transportation Citation 1-3 and even then it was done in a mildly serious tone.

Greetz!

[Canaris]

Have some fun ones
What do you call it in America Driver Ed?

Drivers Zed
Get into a vehicle - tap the brake, now tap the forward key, now turn the wheel, honk the horn and lastly press Z

CONGRATULATIONS you've just learned to drive...... try not to forget this invaluable life skill. Happy Motoring

*fine print* Licence not valid outside Auraxis

[cellinaire]

Oh my, what ya guys been smokin' ? lol

But funny achievements, nonetheless.

[CplVars]

Can't Touch This

survive 3 MBT main weapon shots in a row

[FastAndFree]

The Info Text Was Right!
*Kill a tank with an AP Beamer

[moosepoop]

angel of death

kill 100000000 enemies.

[FastAndFree]

Beat You To It
*Kill 5 generators while Emperor Batsteg is in the same SOI

:rolleyes:

[Death2All]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's sickened by achievements. I often find myself grinding away for hours doing some stupid little thing in game that I would never do normally if the achievement wasn't there and when I finally "achieve" it I hardly ever feel accomplished. More of just a sigh of relief that shit's over with.

They have their place in some games but in Planetside 2 I just imagine a huge ass battlefield and everyone having fireworks shooting over their heads: "YAYYY U GOT AN ACHIEVEMENT" ala TF2. Imagine being a Sniper and getting a headshot achievement and then fireworks go off and give away your position. Of course, this is all taking it to the most extreme example, but that's what achievements make me think of. Really childish and silly things to do in the game for a false sense of achievement.

[FastAndFree]

I hate achievements too but some of these are hilarious, come on play along :)

[FIREk]

I hate achievements, and any other form of mind-numbing progression that exists for its own sake, but I can appreciate a bit of fun. Unfortunately, the only thing I could think of was:

Greets! - Use V-V-H 1000 times. :P
Your best is my worst - Kill 10 players within 10 seconds after they shot you first.
Not likely - Kill a moving enemy with a headshot at over 250 meters.
Surgile - Sprint 10 km in light armor.

[Lonehunter]

Get you stupid wow pop culture achievements the hell outta here, god i hate them.

I like the Merits myself, or military type medals / ribbons.
So really, you like what they both provide, but don't like the word "achievement"? If they called them Battle Merits of Manliness would you except them? lol

Putting Achievements/Merits in a game these days is very popular, and almost guaranteed.

I often find myself grinding away for hours doing some stupid little thing in game that I would never do normally if the achievement wasn't there and when I finally "achieve" it I hardly ever feel accomplished.
THEN WHY ARE YOU DOING IT!?!?! lol. In other games Achievements usually don't effect game play, no bonus, nothing extra except maybe something cosmetic. They just provide additional objectives. The key is just not making them crazy. "Auraxian Riflemen: 4,000 kills" is ok, but "DoucheBro: Get in the way of 1,000 friendly bullets" is not.

[ShadoViper]

BUT THIS WASN'T IN....

*Planetside 1 player/veteran -

[krnasaur]

BUT THIS WASN'T IN....

*Planetside 1 player/veteran -

merits?

[ShadoViper]

merits?

Well I wasnt going for that so how about

BUT THIS WAS DIFFERENT IN....

*Planetside 1 player/veteran

[Talek Krell]

I don't condone achievements or the attendant philosophy. This game sounds fun though!


Heavy Rain
Spend 10 consecutive seconds airborne in an MBT.

[Sardus]

The lack of amusing quips in the game added gravitas to the world if you were using suspension of disbelief. The only funny thing I can recall was in the merit for the Transportation Citation 1-3 and even then it was done in a mildly serious tone.

I couldn't agree more. I enjoyed the whole seriousness thing of the medal/merit system, and they did add just a taste of some pretty good humor in there too.

I just wish the merits were just a little more visual- and maybe this time they will. The shoulder medal pad was cool, but I wouldn't mind other visual upgrades that you unlock as you progress down the tree to the more "uber" merits. It's kinda warhammer eske, i know, but eh.. I think that's kinda the reason why we are even having this discussion.

[Marth Koopa]

merits?

Merits are milestones

Achievements are goofy or challenging activities

[Traak]

Straight to the Ban Bin:
Kill an enemy from 10,000m with anything other than a boomer.

[NewSith]

I propose some newbie awards.


TR
Darth Vader
Wipe the Rebels out. All of them! (0/30)
Duke Nukem
No Aliens! (0/30)

NC
Braveheart
Don't let them take YOUR FREEDOM! (0/30)
Master Chief
Auraxis is NOT Halo (0/30)

VS
Sam Flynn
A new piece on the board... (0/30)
XXXXXXX
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (0/30)


Can anyone help me with the last one?