Achievements
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Join Date: 2012-09-26 Member: 160807Members
Join Date: 2012-09-26 Member: 160807Members
This has probably been posted somewhere but I have not found it. I believe adding achievements through steam is the greatest thing you could add for this game.
It would extend the shelf life and time people play it because they will have incentives to reach achievements.
They could be like:
Pistoleer: kill 50, 100, 250, 500 etc aliens with your pistol. And for rewards you could give small bonuses, maybe 1% more dmg with pistol, extra bullets or clip, or a cool looking custom pistol if you dont want to add any physical advantage.
Basically like TF2.
I know balance is very important in this game so adding something small can throw off the whole thing, but if you don't go too overboard with it I think it will be a fun, great system to have in ns2 and get more players to play, and keep them playing longer.
Also, you could make a limit on how many achievemet bonuses you could use, which would add more dynamics to the game where one guy may want to use his shotgun awards, and another may want to use something that adds a small speed boost or something.
Please consider this I would love it to no end.
It would extend the shelf life and time people play it because they will have incentives to reach achievements.
They could be like:
Pistoleer: kill 50, 100, 250, 500 etc aliens with your pistol. And for rewards you could give small bonuses, maybe 1% more dmg with pistol, extra bullets or clip, or a cool looking custom pistol if you dont want to add any physical advantage.
Basically like TF2.
I know balance is very important in this game so adding something small can throw off the whole thing, but if you don't go too overboard with it I think it will be a fun, great system to have in ns2 and get more players to play, and keep them playing longer.
Also, you could make a limit on how many achievemet bonuses you could use, which would add more dynamics to the game where one guy may want to use his shotgun awards, and another may want to use something that adds a small speed boost or something.
Please consider this I would love it to no end.
Comments
as i understood it, UWE has no intentions of giving you any kind of game-advantage (like damage buff, even if it's small) no matter how long you play the game (-> same game rules for everyone). could be a mod though.
they said that they might add achievements in order to encourage certain behaviour, accumulating kills is probably not on this list as it encourages spawnkilling etc.
But i don't think the TF2 style of unlockables would work in NS2. Maybe some reskins or badges or something, but no new weapons... Was one of the most annoying things they put into Red Orchestra 2 imo.
Not sure how you could apply the same to aliens though. Perhaps your skin could turn visibly more and more crimson the more marines you kill.
For example: They could implement a stats system like www.ns2stats.org to the game and give every player a profile page. As benefits for your achievements you could add stuff and trophys to your profile page.
Also I think the idea of teeth on your weapon sounds awesome. Aliens could have some small skin changes like scars etc.
But this is not a prior thing to handle. Some balance and performence changes really need to be done I guess. This whole achievement thing could be thinkable of in post release builds.
Of course all achievements are only achievable on populated servers with >8 people.
If UWE decides to add achievements to NS2, they should announce it and ask the community to give suggestions in the forum.